. >>> dale earnhardt popped into watkins glen, his first public appearance since suffering a concussion. he has not been cleared to come. he can continue to go through the concussion protocol and go with the advice of his doctors. >> we hope and expect that when we go back for the next evaluation that we are symptom free and can start to see a timeline develop. until then, we are taking it one evaluation at a time and those are typically every two to three to four weeks. be a special night in canton, ohio. eight men will be inducted into the pro football hall of fame. two of the inductees come from right here in the bay area. tony dungy and eddie bartolo junior. have a great weekend, everyone. >>> take a look at the screen. this advertise the best reason to get up early. >> looks like golf scores. >> aside from watching abc action news this morning, which is a fine show on the weekends. >> right. >> between 7:00 and 8:00, that may be about the time we see a good shot at sun until later on in the afternoon. sunday, monday and tuesday. lingering moisture to the west will keep us very mois

. >>> dale earnhardt referred to second place as just first- place loser. the worst position to end up. the olympics, that's fourth- place, no metal. that's what's happened to the olympic road race, she broke away from the pack, looked golden but with the finish line in sight, she was passed by three cyclists working together as she finished fourth. by four seconds. said abbott afterwards quote, i rode it to the max. i got to 200 meters and thought, oh, my god, this is going to happen. then they passed me. unquote. >>> rough finish for martin truex, jr. as well, the local nascar racer he made a move to win it at the end. instead, he got hit on his end. brad keselowski spun him out right before the line. he ended up finishing eighth, denny hamlin won the race and then after the race tracks did you had some choice words for keselowski. >> i said it was his fault. simple as that. it's all good. just hard racing. i just wanted him to know that i wasn't happy after the race. as far as the rest of it, it's not a big deal. hard racing, road course. sports history.

. >>> nascar news, dale earnhardt jr. will be out as he recovers.eff gordon will continue to fill in. he's been in the number 88 car. >>> a nascar champion ditched his race car for sneakers tonight to take part in a fun run. i took place at the park. the six-time champion, jimmy johnson was among them. all proceeds will benefit jimmy johnson's foundation, funding for public enl indication programs. jimmy kimmel live is next. jimmie's guest, salma hayek. "action news" continues at 4:30 with tamala edwards, david murphy and karen rogers with traffic. now for the entire "action news" team,

. >>> nascar news, dale earnhardt jr. will be out as he recovers.o fill in. he's been in the number 88 car. >>> a nascar champion ditched his race car for sneakers tonight to take part in a fun run. i took place at the park. the six-time champion, jimmy johnson was among them. all proceeds will benefit jimmy johnson's foundation, funding for public enl indication programs. jimmy kimmel live is next. jimmie's guest, salma hayek. "action news" continues at 4:30 with tamala edwards, david murphy and karen rogers with traffic. now for the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner. tonight, salma hayek -- mark consuelos -- snoop dogg -- and music from grouplove. with cleto and the cletones. and now, more than likely, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: hi, i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching. thank you for

dale earnhardt jr. has missed races. jeff gordon will be back in the car in darlington. >>> hope solo has been suspended for 6 months in us it comes after comments she made following the teams lost to sweden in the lipids. she called the swedish team -- she will not be able to play again until next february. >>> despite his recent soccer in rio, ryan lochte will be getting some star attention. the swimmer will be on the next season of dancing with the stars. this comes days after he lost sponsorship from for companies including speedo and ralph lauren. football? thursday night football debuts tonight. atlanta falcons and miami dolphins go head-to-head. you can catch all the action starting at 5 pm right here. >>> gamers beware. pokimon go, doctors are seeing injuries linked to the repetitive motion of all the sweating and tapping and clicking. some call it pokimon risk. they recommend anti- inflammatory medications and stretching. >> the best medicine is put on your phone. >> or you can do this. download jimmy fallon. he

. >>> dale earnhardt jr. is feeling good enough to be at the track. he is walking around with jeff gordon his substitute driver. >> you put everything -- nothing else really is a priority but for just getting the symptoms clear up. >> i know everyone wants to see him back on the track but people like seeing jeff gordon. >> yes. a win-win there. >> yes. he needs to be on his game at 200 miles an hour. >> absolutely. yes. >> thank you, mandy. unexpected ending. still to come, a man who found a new friend along the way. >>> what it took to rescue a man who fell while climbing a mountain. >>> a family reacts to the release of police now, customers are going to call asking for on demand. all they have to do is install this kit. you take the male...the female... is that my blender? it's just that simple. don't forget that the on demand kit requires the internet, sir. what's the internet? that's that thing that goes beep [vocal noises] it's time to move on from satellite. for on demand without the hassle, >>> chicago police today released a series of videos

. >> there's still no change in status of nascar driver dale earnhardt, jr..ardt has not competed since july 9 race in kentucky because of concussion. alex bowman will drive number 88 car this week if jr. cannot go. >> this is one of those, what are the odds stories because on surprised a minor league baseball player slam. there was only one problem the ball hit his truck. >> he hit the grand slam. >> and the ball. >> hit his truck yes. >> brandon tom sos smacks a homer over the left field fence 1345rbing in the windshield of his own truck. he tweeted the damage was worm it. >> i would say it was absolutely. but what are the chances. >> move your truck next time. move your truck. >> that's what happens when you have too good of a parking space. >> it's time to say good morning to facebook fan of day. today it's natalie palco porto. >> it's her 50th birth day she would love to be facebookp fan of day because she and allison turn 50 in the same year. >> for a chance to be the facebook fan of the day head to our natalie's foel photo. >>> hey, welcome back. listen

dale earnhardt jr. popped into watkins glen yesterday, his first public appearance since suffering that concussion. he still has not been cleared to to -- race and has no idea what time he will be able to race. all he can through the con -- concussion protocol and go with the advice of his doc. >> we hope when we go back for the next evaluation that we're symptom free and can start to see a timeline develop. until then, we are just taking it one evaluation at a time, and those are typically every two to three to four weeks. >>> and finally tonight, it will be a special night in canton, pro football's hall of fame, but all of us here in the tampa bay area can be proud to know two of the induck tees come from here in the bay area, tony dungee and ed debartalo, jr. both certainly worthy of their place. that's your morning sports update. enjoy your day. >>> this is a rough story. an 86-year-old woman in an assisted living facility robbed, her credit cards taken away. >> and at the hands of the coming up, we

ran operates for dale earnhardt. what does racing and music do that sports needs to do?> i'll tell you, one of the things that's really building the brands of our athletes, understanding how to get the fans emotionally connected to our stars. and telling great stories. we have some fantastic athletes with amazing stories. and so we're excited to capitalize on the the momentum of the olympic movement and the olympics here and really make these athletes household names. >> all right, doping's been a huge story for months. increasingly we're seeing athletes now call out other athletes. which some say is the by-product of an ioc that's not going to be absolute in it's tolerance. do they need to rethink how they're disciplining these athletes? >> well, i'm encouraged by our international leadership at the iaaf and the steps they have taken to clean up the doping issue. i think that it's healthy to have this robust conversation. i'd say all the time people don't do what expect, they do what you inspect. the scrutiny is good, conversation is healthy. i think globally we can get

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