kelly made the play in the corner and the detroit tigers win it, 5-2. king away, pecking away, and then boom, boom, boom, three home runs, and win it 5-2. >> joe: great pitching tonight from the tigers. and here for the final out, this ball carried a long way, don kelly. disappeared into our view. they called it a foul ball as it was caught as he crossed the line, and that ends the game. the reaction from valverde as he gets his third safe of this postseason. jim leyland has to be thrilled with the start tonight by doug fister. the best play of tonight's game is brought to you by the audi aa. true greatness should never foe unrecognized. it was by victor martinez in the fourth. the tigers added on, they win it 5-2. they now trail in this series two games to one. so getting a chance to return home. the tigers now are on the board. we look ahead to tomorrow afternoon with hairston and porcello. now the tigers have guaranteed that justin verlander will pitch again in this series, game five on thursday afternoon. there's the pitching match-up tomorrow. hairs

the detroit tigers lead 5-1 into the eighth.ling with torrealba, who has two hits. >> tim: that was a good call, joe. i didn't think fister was coming back out as long as benoit was warming and is loose. i guess jim leyland thinking perhaps in the middle of this inning to bring benoit in there, but first is starting the eighth. >> joe: you get the feeling the leash won't be very long. >> tim: no. >> joe: here is the 2-0. a lot of strikes from doug fister. >> tim: there are a lot of great leaders as managers in the major leagues. jim leyland among the best. when his team is down the most, that's when he's happiest. it's a very interesting definition of leadership, in my view. >> joe: he showed no panic on his face when when we went intos office tonight. >> tim: when he's up in a series, 2-0, 2-1, that's what he's suspicious. when he's down he shows his players he's not afraid, and again, that's the essence of leadership. >> joe: full count on torrealba. now the two big guns are getting ready for the tigers in their pen. fister wi

in sports for the second night in a row, the detroit tigers outlasted the yankees and in nose-to-nose playoff match-up leaving new york on the brink of elimination. fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> good morning. they may have had the best record in the league but the yankees are one loss away from being eliminated from the playoffs. game three in detroit, justin verlander didn't have his best stuff but he was pretty good after allowing two runs in the first, he settled down and struck out 11. yankees trailed in the seventh when they got to verlander again. new york tied it 4-4. delmon young belted the first pitch he saw, solo shot to right. just like that tigers back on top, 5-4. two on for derek jeter. valverde had not blown a save all season and he wasn't about to blow one here. struck out jeter to end it. tigers can close out the tears tonight at 8:30 eastern. >>> rays and rangers. texas down 1-0 in the seventh when mike napoli took david price deep. rangers up 2-1. hamilton added to the leave, drove in a pair with a single to right. texas scored four

here is the deal right this second detroit tigers have a 3- 2 lead in the bottom of the 8th 8th inningased on good pitching from starter doug. he faced the winner of this contest tonight will play the texas rangers in the american league championship game. meantime, series, rather, tomorrow night arizona and milwaukee, another game 5 to see who goes to the national league championship game. >> it's going to be pretty exciting game. we're all looking for it -- forward to it. it's going to be, i mean, everybody is going to be out there playing hard. i mean, we all know you either win or go home. >> philadelphia against st. louis, elsewhere the winds will change, white sox new manager replacing fiery odds again. robin of good player to say he's known for this firey encounter with all time strike out king nolan ryan after he got hit with a 94-mile an hour heater. on to the college football front as this -- university of maryland come saturday in atlanta. the georgia texas head by head coach. from 0-2 to '07. then he decided to pack up and head back home and show them how to run the wish bo

the detroit tigers lead 5-1 into the eighth.ling with torrealba, who has two hits. >> tim: that was a good call, joe. i didn't think fister was coming back out as long as benoit was warming and is loose. i guess jim leyland thinking perhaps in the middle of this inning to bring benoit in there, but first is starting the eighth. >> joe: you get the feeling the leash won't be very long. >> tim: no. >> joe: here is the 2-0. a lot of strikes from doug fister. >> tim: there are a lot of great leaders as managers in the major leagues. jim leyland among the best. when his team is down the most, that's when he's happiest. it's a very interesting definition of leadership, in my view. >> joe: he showed no panic on his face when when we went intos office tonight. >> tim: when he's up in a series, 2-0, 2-1, that's what he's suspicious. when he's down he shows his players he's not afraid, and again, that's the essence of leadership. >> joe: full count on torrealba. now the two big guns are getting ready for the tigers in their pen. fister wi

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. >> academies like this one established by the detroit tigers in the west of the country, scout and train future champions. but government currency controls, tax and employment regulations mean it's getting increasingly difficult for them. tigers' scout pedro chavez knows what it's like to battle with bureaucracy. translator: lots of teams have left, like i say, because of political problems. the government makes too many rules, making it difficult and the safety in the streets is pretty bad. >> pedro's name sake, president hugo chavez shares a love for the american pass time but he's famously hostile to the u.s. in most other regards. he's expropriated land and asset of u.s.-owned companies in venezuela in the past, creating uncertainty in the business community. that's not the only challenge to running business in venezuela, the ease of getting business done because of political instability and bureaucracy. >> venezuela's running businesses in the country have little option but to live with the problems. translator: everything here is complicated but when you want to do something,

tigers take a one-run lead in the ninth. tieing run on second. detroiter to end the game. detroit wins game three 5-4. tonight at 8:37 eastern, the yankees rest their play-off hopes, their season hopes on a.j. burnett, a guy who wasn't even supposed to be in the postseason rotation, a must-win game. of course, tigers send rick porcello to the mound. a lot of yankee fans holing their breath with the $82 million burnett pitching. the rangers and rays in game three. napoli connects for a two-run home run. that caps off a four-run inning for the rangers. texas wins game three by the score of 4-3. game four in tampa bay today at 2:07. they could close out the series, texas. in the national league, the phillies and cardinals tied at a game apiece heading back to st. louis. the late game, milwaukee can close out the d back's in arizona. >>> the colts and bucks were playing espn's monday night games. for the past 20 years, you might have noticed something was missing at the top of the show. ♪ are you ready for some football ♪ >> last night that theme song, of co

kelly made the play in the corner and the detroit tigers win it, 5-2. down two games to one. >> tim: uphill climb for the tigers, but they kept pecking away, pecking away, and then boom, boom, boom, three home runs, and win it 5-2. >> joe: great pitching tonight from the tigers. and here for the final out, this ball carried a long way, don kelly. disappeared into our view. they called it a foul ball as it was caught as he crossed the line, and that ends the game. the reaction from valverde as he gets his third safe of this postseason. jim leyland has to be thrilled with the start tonight by doug fister. the best play of tonight's game is brought to you by the audi aa. true greatness should never foe unrecognized. it was by victor martinez in the fourth. the tigers added on, they win it 5-2. they now trail in this series two games to one. so getting a chance to return home. the tigers now are on the board. we look ahead to tomorrow afternoon with hairston and porcello. now the tigers have guaranteed that justin verlander will pitch again in this series, g

they led the rangers to a over the detroit tigers. w have a 3-1 lead american championship series. they will meet again in detroit. into the are hacking mails of celebrities. they targeted e-mails of several stars. and he faces 27 counts of identity theft and wire tapping. warren buffett calls some self mega rich. idea oftting a better that means. had more than he $62 million. he revealed he paid over 70% of taxable income last year. it called for higher taxes on the wealthy. >> paula dean is sizzling. maxim has now entered the television chef. they said in was a bit of a turn on. it also showed a stick of butter. we are not kidding. the latest on ♪ [ female announcer ] everybody loves that cushiony feeling. uh oh. i gotta go. [ female announcer ] and with charmin ultra soft, you can get that same cushiony feeling you love while still using less. charmin ultra soft has extra cushions that are soft and more absorbent. so you can use four times less versus the leading value b bnd. ah. [ female announcer ] using less never felt so good. w

tigers blew it open. cabrera a shot off third and down the line. detroit took the lead thanks to a bit of good luck. nothing lucky about the way delmon young played. he was dialed in. capped off a four-run inning with second homer of the game. tigers beat the rangers 7-5. >>> hockey, penguins got good news. crosby has been cleared for contact. the next step is for him to ditch the practice jersey and play in an actual game. pittsburgh could have used him against. >>> usc beat cal 13-9. a touchdown pass to lee. trojan are 5-1 after a 30-9 win. >>> finally with no end in sight to the nba lockout, lebron james tweetd this week he would love to give the nfl a try. that's not going to happen. seahawk coach pete rare roll ca with it. he tweeted a picture of a uniform with lebron's name. that's your early look at sports on "early today." have a great weekend. i'm fred roggin. >>> what's new and who's favored this weekend at the box office? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> fans of one of america's most watched sports pay tribute to a special winner against breast cans. you'r

the three will share $1.5 million in prize money and, of course, a place in history. >>> the detroit tigersthe very first inning. that propelled the tigers to a 3-2 victory last night in game five of the alds. the phillies host the cardinals and the brewers, i can't get enough of this game, oh, yeah, the brewers take on the diamondbacks. go, tigers. >>> da bears finally getting their white house visit today. president obama will welcome the 1985 super bowl championsed t t afternoon. he is their hometown team and they never met with the president 25 years ago because of the shuttle disaster. that's the news you need to start your day. "american morning" back after a break. >>> mr. spock had and a little more captain kirk. >> mr. obama is has got the ownerous burden of obeying the constitution. captain kirk was captain of everybody's fate. he was a dictator. there was no constitution anybody's rights so he could dictate what would be the solution to the problem. we are going in, we're leaving. we're going sideways. mr. obama is forced to deal with members of his own party and members of the o

the detroit tigers leading 2-0 in the fifth. c.c.ia came in relief and gave up a base hit to martinez who proved to be the winning run. nick swisher with a chance here. nope. strikes out. bases loaded in the 7th 7th. finishes off alex rodriguez. rough series. long with this strikeout, he also struck out alex rodriguez. the tigers, 79-0 this year when they lead after 7 innings. some bullpen. there it is. the new york yankees, baseball's highest payroll eliminated. detroit will face the texas rangers. vun churra is the new -- ventura is the newest manager. nice major league career. anyway he will get a position. you know my motto, never charge the mound unless the guy is smaller than you and you are sure you can handle him. right? >> good advice. we got a guy i always tease, da lin, jr sloan -- >> jr stone -- >> haven't seen him for a while. they would get me but the one guy i would probably take on is da lin. >> he probably knows karate or something like that. >> jeez thanks. you will see da lin tomorrow night. 24 point underdog. cal

detroit proved that last night and the tigers came out swinging. ne kelly tyke nova deep and detroit was up 1 hie1-0 and del young next. came down to missed chances for the yanks, the bags were full. nick swisher struck tout to end the inning. alex rodriguez trying to keep hope alive. valverde was stricken out. they'll play texas in the alcs. chicago white sox hired robin ventura. he has no managerial experience but played ten years in chicago so at the very least he knows where the locker room is. >>> nhl season hoper, the bruins raised the stanley cup championship banner. unfortunately for them the flyers crashed the party and scored two goals in 47 seconds. giroux beat tim thomas. that stretch at the end of the first period was the difference, the flyers won 2-1. may be only the first game of the season but the maple leafs and canadiens don't like each other. very physical. leafs on the board. matthew lombardi's first shot stopped. controlled the rebound and scored and leafs held on to win it 2-0. >>> good news and bad news for lamichael james. f

yankees and detroit tigers. the game picks up tomorrow at 9:30. see the rain storm there. they suspended the game. tied 1-1. game two moved back to sunday at noon. sunday also the 49ers in philadelphia. raiders hosting new england. roger goodel upheld the suspension on former ohio state quarterback terrelle pryor. he gets a lot of attention. he got in all that trouble at ohio state and the same 5 game suspension in college transferred to the pros. they appealed and the nfl upheld the appeal. college football, friday night. ever been to provo utah? got to go. jackie? >> i have driven through there. >> places you haven't been. matthews for the game winning touchdown. ry play there. 27-24. and this is the spirit of high school football. you know, just two teams, just enjoying camaraderie. oh, my gosh. this took place in florida. >> awful. >> unlike kron to show violence. but the producer said i don't care, make sure you show the 17- year-old fighting. there it is. used their helmets as weapons. kron 4 had a terrific tease, coming up, 17-year-olds act violent. i think it held

in the american league series the tigers still alive. detroit'sung had two home runs and a so low shot in the fourth inning. a two run blast in the sixth. verlander struck out eight and a 7-5 victory the tigers avoid elimination. texas leads the series 3-2. game six tomorrow night in arlington synergraft and a british marathon runner has been stripped of his medal for cheating. runner rob sloan said it was a tough race in northeast england. he had crossed the line as third place finish. sloan was seen getting off the bus. he rode for the last quarter for the race. >>> you know better, you do. >>> when we come back, another look at this morning's top sear are stories. a super hero unmasked but vowing to remain a crime fighter, just the same. hey, you made your own lunch. yep! (mom) i'm so proud of you. the bus is here, gotta go mom. okay hunny, have a great day. look in your bag made you something. (announcer) it's more than just that great peanut taste choosing jif is a simple way to show someone how much you care. choosey moms choose jif. >>> on

detroit tigers in american league championship series. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. history made in the alcs and it took 11 innings to happen. game two, rangers/tigers. rangers down a run with nelson cruz crushed one. no doubt about that. solo shot tied the game 3-3. stayed that way until the 11th. sacks full and cruz again. this time a walkoff grand slam. first in postseason history. rangers are on cruise control leading 2-0. >>> milwaukee where pujols put on a show. the plot thickened in the third. pujols drove one to deep center. morgan was there to make the grab but couldn't come up with it. cards up 5-0. how about the finale, another double, another run. take a bow, albert. four hits, five rbi. cards even the series with a 12-3 win. >>> as many expected the nba has canceled the first two weeks of the regular season. owners and players union met for seven hours yesterday and came up empty. two sides will remain in contact but no formal meetings have been scheduled. >>> nfl

tigers blew it open. cabrera a shot off third base and down the line, detroit took the lead thanks to a bit of good luck. nothing lucky about the way delmon young played. he was dialed in. capped off a four-run inning with second homer of the game. tigers beat the rangers 7-5. game six is tomorrow. >>> hockey, penguins got good news. sidney crosby has been cleared for contact. the next step will be for him to ditch the practice jersey and play in an actual game. pittsburgh could have used him against. wideman scored the game winner in overtime. caps remain unbeaten with a 3-2 win. >>> usc beat cal 13-9. barkley threw a pair of touchdowns to marquis lee. trojans 5-1 after a 30-9 win. >>> finally with no end in sight to the nba lockout, lebron james tweeted this week he would love to give the nfl a try. of course that's not going to happen. seahawk coach pete carroll ran with it. he tweeted a picture of a seahawks jersey with lebron's name on it and said do you know what the league's rookie minimum is? lebron's response, yeah, more than what i'm making now. he's got a point. that's your first look at sports

. >> the baseball championship pitchers coming more and more the detroit tigers the andes are in game bronx. bam. fat and deep right field, 1-0 detroit before most of the fans were in the seats. next batter, there were not wasting any time. he drives it into the night, field, back-to-back jack. tigers' lead that baby to-0. right now, they are leading 3-2 that game is in the eighth inning. tiger woods had high expectations in his first game back. almost as inconsistent to day as he was back then. out in california, he missed of 14 today. not get anything going the green. struggled on the green all afternoon. double, two bogeys, and verdi, inconsistent. woods is six shots off the lead. 6 back. i need to put together a good round tomorrow. >> it was opening night in the hockey league. the game was tied at one. jacob gathers the rebound and fires the score. fliers go on to win the opener. the cats open at home on saturday night. and it is the high school football thursday. let's start in virginia. this game went back and forth at times. a combined 83 points. brian griffin says, if i am ev

home of the detroit tigers.xtend through friday morning for parts of the upper midwest, western great lakes, central plains and to the southeast, here in atlanta, we expect the chilly temperatures to continue as we round out the workweek. 37 in minneapolis, 59 in washington, 67 in new york and 61 in los angeles. your forecast of the day, it looks like you'll see the rain in parts of the great lakes and upper ohio valley drift its way to the east. plenty of sunshine for the central plains and for the world series, here's what you have for tonight, rangers and cardinals first pitch, expect around 8:05 clear skies, a little bit of a breeze out of the west at 10 miles an hour. that pushes the ball to the outfield. if you get something that flies close to the warning tracks it might give it the old heave-ho if you're looking for the long ball. >> the texas rangers needed the long ballast night. for some reason the bats have died down. who knows. >> sorry if you're a fan of the detroit tigers. >> i still love the tige

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. >> established by the detroit tigers and the rest of the country, a future champions. a government currency controls and employment regulations mean is getting increasingly difficult for them. the scout knows what it is like a battle with bureaucracy. >> lots of teams have left because the government makes too many rules, making it difficult. the safety in the street is pretty bad. >> she shares the love of the american pastime, but he is famously hostile to the u.s. in most other regards. he has appropriated land of u.s.-owned companies in venezuela in the past, creating uncertainty in the business community. that is not the only challenge to running a business in venezuela. the ease of getting business done and because of political instability and bureaucracy. venezuelans running businesses like retailers have little option but to live with the problems. >> everything here is complicated, but when you want to do something, you have a job to do. you have to get on with him. you fight for that all the way. >> back at the ballpark, the tigers are determined to stick it

the texas rangers and detroit tigers will play right here. the rangers won last night and texas leads the best of seven series, 3-1 games. coverage begins in just about a half an hour at 1:00. >>> tonight at 5:00, it keeps growing, we have seen the so- called occupied protests pop up all over the bay area. tonight, where the protest is breaking out and where some of them are sending the same message to wall street. >>> that's gonna do it from mere. the next news is the news at 5:00. enjoy that gorgeous weather today. bye-bye. i ride muni every day. i enjoy it the most when i'm with sidney. she doesn't notice that it's too crowded or that it can run a half hour late. i'm bevan dufty, and i'm running for mayor because it's not enough to just "get it done"-- we have to get it done better. sidney thinks muni is magic. we go underground and come out someplace new-- just us. i want all of us to see it that way. why did you buy my husband a falcon? thanks for the falcon. i didn't buy anyone a falcon. sure, you did. you saved us a lot of money on aut

his detroit tigers eliminated the new york yankees last night with a-rod striking out for the final out. nats fans not happy though with one national prospect yankee fandom. tweeting in support of the bombers. harper posted these following tweets during the game. yankees, let's go. get some runs. followed by c.c. sabathia going, let's go. the nats prospect has since deleted those tweets. a good move. hopefully he realized the error ofs on that one. >>> this is at bush stadium. in squirrel has been running around between the cards and phillys. he has been dubbed the rally squirrel. he has his own twitter account now. >> but he seems to be helping the cards. but the players and ground crew not too happy about them. they actually have set some humane traps. one of the radio stations put up this huge billboard that just says "go nuts." >> great stuff. >> thank you, kristin. >> thanks a lot, everybody. we will see you later. have a good night. captions by: caption colorado, llc 800-775-7838 email: comments@captioncolorado.com

have much cause to celebrate however the games aristocrats the new york yankees are stood by the detroit tigers in game five of the american league division series yankee stadium normally a tough territory for opposing teams leaving the tigers on for as they started as they meant to continue delmon young making it to nothing in the first inning shortly after his partner john kelly opened the scoring home team weren't going to end the season for the fight though trailing by just a run and nine however whose evolved birdie strike out of alex rodriguez allowed the tigers to. begin enjoying three two victory the texas rangers already held their celebrations surlier in the week no wait the tigers on saturday in the next round and. this is what it meant to detroit the visitors locker room in the big apple roaring with the signed victory fifty thousand fans in the bronx had to watch their star late in the lineup come up short of the next crop of tigers baseball players learning about a winning outness fear firsthand the sparkling bubbly used to drench everybody is thankfully this time around alcohol f

the detroit tigers and texas rangers will play right here on ktvu. coverage begins in just a half an hour at 1:00. >> the ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 follows the game. >>> tonight at 5:00, you've seen it, new york city, washington, d.c., san francisco, los angeles and san jose, today those protesting against wall street will fire up in oakland. it lee against -- it begins with a rally at 5:00. we'll be there live. >>> our next newscast is the news at 5:00. thank you for joining us today v a great afternoon -- thank you for joining us today. have a great afternoon. state farm. this is jessica. hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a little fender bender. oh, jerry, i'm so sorry. i would love to help but remember, you dropped us last month. yeah, you know it's funny. it only took 15 minutes to sign up for that new auto insurance company but it's taken a lot longer to hear back. is your car up a pole again? [ crying ] i miss you, jessica! jerry, are you crying? no, i just, i bit my tongue. [ male

in sports last night, the texas rangers relied on a one-man wrecking crew against the detroit tigers.ere's nbc's fred rogan. >> good morning. history made in the alcs, and it took 11 innings to happen. rangers down a run with nelson cruz simply crushing one. no doubt about that. solo shot tied the game at three. it stayed that way until the 11th. it's cruz again. this time a walkoff grand slam. first time in postseason history. rangers lead the series. now to milwaukee where albert pujols put on a show. belted a home run to left for the opening act. the plot thickened in the third. pujols drove one to deep center. nyjer morgan couldn't come up with the grab. how about the finale? another double, another run. albert, four hits, five rbi. cards even the series. as many have expected, the nba cancelled the first two weeks of the regular season. owners and players met yesterday and came up empty. the two sides will remain in contact, but no formal meetings have been scheduled. monday night football, the lions hosting a monday night game in more than a decade. they gave fans a reason to ch

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now earlier today, south korean president lee donned a detroit tigers cap as both seemed to be on a campaignle tour of the plant. in addition to the bailout, the leaders touted the trade agreements, which congress passed this week. today the president called it a win for the united states and for south korea. now some labor leaders have said that the agreements could cost jobs, but the administration projects that it could actually add about 70,000 new jobs. now this is the president's ninth visit to the politically important state of michigan. the unemployment rate here is in double digits. the president's approval rating is really dropping, so it could be quite a challenge for him to win this state in 2012, which he did carry back in 2008. brian? >> kristen welker on the assembly line in michigan tonight. kristen, thanks. >>> at the same time, two of the president's rivals, republicans running for his job were drilling down on the economy and taxes today. nbc's kelly o'donnell has our report tonight. >> reporter: with a hardhat and a new jobs plan, governor rick perry picked a steel plant

baseball where the detroit tigers have avoided elimination against the texas rangers in game five of their best of seven m.l. b. american league championship series the teams now head to the lone star state with the rangers three two up overall and games the rangers seeking the points on the tigers early in the night snowing to close out the series for good and they started sprightly josh hamilton with the sacrifice fly to center here allowing him to conspire to make it one nothing in the first inning not seemed to wake up the sleeping beast though with a delmon young homer making it to one right after alex said vila tied the game. young getting another huge to run homer in the sixth making it six to you. that the rangers would rally in vain but the seventy five storyline was to belong to detroit . while in the m.l. basler semifinal there milwaukee brewers nodded their series against the st louis cardinals at two games apiece the cardinals first benefiting from an opening postseason homer for not holiday calling craig following that up with a suitable home run of his own in the third

the detroit tigers are headed to the american league championship series. >> the tigers win 3-2.e one of the american league championship series airs tomorrow night. >> the national league match will be decided tonight. st. louis and philadelphia fed back to citizens park for game 5. whoever wins will meet the winner of the diamondbacks slashed growers match up. >>> still another half-hour of "good morning washington. >> two of hollywood's best looking leading men if are taking on the ugly side of the campaign trail. a preview of "the ides of march." >> a great chance to get out this weekend. but it could be tough to navigate. i will explain, coming up. >> sunny and comfortable through the weekend, but temperatures will change. 45 the best place for a vacation is mississippi. you mean louisiana. florida's where folk's want to be. alabama's got you all beat. no matter which state you choose everyone agrees the gulf is vacation at it's best. mississippi outdoors, louisiana seafood, florida beaches, alabama shoreline. so come on down to mississippi louisiana, florida, alabama. the g

diamond the texas rangers have become the first team to reach the world series this season the detroit tigers only able to watch as nelson cruz says a playoff series homerun record in the rangers fifteenth title in the corner tigers who trail three two in the series lashing arch right away amid a hostile environment rangers park six time all star mchale can prayer meeting at one nothing with a big individual homerun three for another before the rangers got back in the saddle michael young's double time to game at two sparking a huge run young would card another trouble in the third putting rangers nine two up crews though he was the man who would set a record with six home runs in a single three of series in the seventh inning of the march fifteenth five that ended the rangers now hoping their second straight world series meeting results in the title this time around. the salutes cardinals meanwhile are one win away from joining the rangers in the biggest baseball showdown of the year sloppy defense costing a birthing game five of their series for milwaukee errors among two three runs from th

. >>> the detroit tigers and the right arm of the great justin verlander squeaked past the yankees lastove within a game of eliminating the evil empire. the question is does new york have a clans on the rode with the erratic a.j. burnett getting the ball? it's "way too early" for this. >>> good morning.

the rangers taking on the detroit tigers. it will be played this afternoon.ers won the first game on saturday. >>> in the nfl, the falcons came on strong against unbeaten packers. atlanta recovered a ryan grant fumble that led to a 1-yard touchdown run by michael turner. falcons have a 14-point lead, but then aaron rodgers, this guy took over. he threw for almost 400 yards and pair of touchdowns. the pack smacked the falcons 25-14. they remain undefeated. >>> in houston, oakland visiting. fans and players remember the raiders legendary owner al davis who died saturday. jason campbell threw two touchdown passes to put oakland up by five over the texans. michael huff's interception, though, 7 seconds on the clock that nailed it. following davis' order, just win, baby. raiders did it 25-20. >>> philadelphia, the so-called dream team is dreaming of getting a second win. the eagles michael vick picked off four times by buffalo. it's the most interceptions he's ever had in one game. the bills clipped the eagles 31-24. philadelphia now 1-4, their worst start since 1

baseball where the detroit tigers home avoided elimination against the texas rangers in game five of their best of seven m.l. b. american league championship series the teams head back to the lone star state with the rangers three two up in games the rangers seeking to points on the tigers early in the nights knowing they could close out the series they started sprightly josh hamilton with this fly to center here in concert to make it one nothing in the first inning that seemed to wake up the sleeping beast go with a delmon young homer making it to one right after alex a viewer tied the game young getting another huge two run homer in the sixth making it six suit the rangers would rally in vain seven five the score line on that belonged to detroit. while in the m.l. b.'s other semifinal the milwaukee brewers noted their series against the st louis cardinals at two games apiece the cardinals first benefiting from the opening season's homer from a alan craig following done off with the sole homerun of his own in the third inning two zero with the score on that stage the bruins for righ

rangers eliminate tampa bay three games to one, they will await the winner of the 80's in the detroit tigersbly the best team in the hut, the phillies of philadelphia. it is always fun because you how tom loves animals. he is built a beautiful shrine to the animals. they said do not touch that squirrel, he has the shrine out in walnut creek and today was his 67 dirt they. that is set, the phillies beat st. louis 3 to carry it they can wrap up tomorrow, the game is also in san louis. but right now looks like you can't forget about nba basketball and least until the the first of the year. and jerry the lakers' owner and a branch of the big shots showed up today amarna stottlemyre, looking wearing a sweater. and mark cuban in his little sweater vest. eric fisher and david journal the guys doing the talking and negotiating and no one is happy. >> today we will be announcing the cancellation of the rest of the exhibition season and by monday we will have no choice but to cancel the first two weeks of the season. >> we find ourselves at a point today where we someone how anticipated will lead bein

baseball where the detroit tigers have avoided elimination against the texas rangers in game five of their best of seven m.o.p. american league championship series the teams now head back to the lone star state's with the rangers three games to two up the rangers seeking to points on the tigers early in the nights knowing they could close the series on this started sprightly josh hamilton with the sacrifice fly to center you're allowing tkinter to make a one off in the first inning not seem to work off the sleeping beast though with a delmon young homer making it to one right after alex and beulah tied the game getting another huge to run homer in the six making it six to the rangers would rally in vain but the seven five for nine was to belong to detroit. while in the m.l. b.'s other semifinal the milwaukee brewers were not at their series against the sin the louis cardinals had two games and pace the cardinals first benefiting from the first post season homer from us holiday and craig following that up with the sole homerun of his own in the third inning to zero the score that's a