officer dykstra helped the guy get out of the car. >> you could see the light go out. >> just a few more feet or a little bit faster or if the road is slippery, that pole would have landed right on top of the car. >> and there's no way the cop would be able to stop on icy roads. he kind of made a safe landing with his car just driving over the pole with controlled speed. >> and no damage to the police car, believe it or not. >> take a look at this video from auckland, new zealand. there on the right hoond side of your screen, his name is john bellinger. he was out jet skiing in the water when saw this bird struggling and having a little bit of trouble. so he jumps off of his jet ski. he grabs the bird and is swimming the bird back to his jet ski. that's a ganet. and what john realized was that it was tangled up in fishing line. we actually have john bellinger via skype right this minute to tell us about this brave act. >> when did you first realize this little guy was in trouble? >> you see fishing line around his feet. i thought that doesn't look right. let's see if i can catch this bir

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. >>> former world series hero lenny dykstra has been sentenced to three years in prison for grand theft auto. they said he scammed auto dealer ships by trying to lease and then held high-end cars. he face federal bankruptcy charges as well. >>> this sunday is selection suntd. these days, college hoops is all about get into march madness. we get the details from espn news. >>> i'm chris cotter with your espn news update. college basketball conference tournaments, you win, you're in. you lose, you're going home. we go to the southern conference. davidson dominated the league all season long taking on west carolina. cochran with the layup. closing minute of the half, davidson up one. they make it more with a three-pointer. second half action. under 25 seconds left. western carolina, down four. sumler with the three-pointer. in the extra session, motumbo with the layup. there'senjoying the game. second overtime. davidson, lead by two. last chance for the cat, a mounts. davidson wince, 93-91 in double overtime. they're going dancing. >>> west coast conference, gonzaga taking on st. mary's. m

a judge rejected lenny dykstra's no contest plea. he was accused of using a foe knee business, credited with one year of time served. he has pled not guilty toex posing himself to women he met on craigslist. >>> at topt of the hour on morning joe, 40 minutes or so less until the first poll opens in the state of ohio where mitt romney is looking to prove he's the nominee. what if he loses to rick santorum? we'll knock it around with our morning joe crew. >>> we will watch stephen colbert begin the clock down, putting the clock up until conservatives will fall in love with mitt romney. "way too early" coming right back. [ female announcer ] nature valley granola bars, rich dark chocolate, toasted oats. perfect combinations of nature's delicious ingredients, from nature valley. ♪ nature valley granola bars, nature at its most delicious. [ mayhem ] please continue to hold. the next available claims representative will be with you in 97 minutes. [ laughs ] ♪ and if you got cut rate insurance, there's nothing you can do about this. so get

in a separate case, dykstra has pleaded not guilty to exposing himself to women he met on craigslist.ow, this real sports story may need to be updated. one of the best "real sports" stories i ever saw was lenny dykstra while drooling out of the left side of his mouth being able to make millions of millions of dollars in business. >> he was supposed to be this investment guru who beat the market, figured out the game, turned out it was all a big fraud, unfortunately. >> makes me sad. >>> one more item, exhibition tennis at the garden in new york. why do we show you that? caroline wozniacki one game away when she turned to the crowd for help. guess who? her boyfriend, rory mcilroy, the number one ranked golfer on the face of the earth, comes down to the court at the garden, handed the racket, this hours after his win at the honda classic that made him the number one player in the world. there he is playing sharapova. going with the underhanded serve. rallies a little bit. and sharapova hits one long. mcilroy takes the point from sharapova. his girlfriend, wozniacki, eventually lost the

. >>> and disgraced former new york mets star lenny dykstra was sentenced to three years in prison todayto and filing a false financial statement. >>> wow. >> what you're watching is not a movie stunt. that's a real chopper crashing in the arizona desert last week while filming a stunt. it looks scary, but local police say no one was seriously injured, which was really amazing when you see that video. no word on what caused the helicopter to go down. >>> and sad news. the comedian who made us all do a sad take, he has died. steve bridges was found dead at his l.a. home on saturday. he was 48 years old. we're going to show you a video of his 2006 performance. >> as you know, i always look forward to these dinners. >> it's just a bunch of media types. hollywood liberal, democrats like joe biden. how come i can't have dinner with the 36% of the people who like me? >> he was very, very talented, john. >> that was a great dinner. a lot of fun. sad to see him go. kate, we'll

. >>> and disgraced former new york mets star lenny dykstra was sentenced to three years in prison todayto and filing a false financial statement. >>> wow. >> what you're watching is not a movie stunt. that's a real chopper crashing in the arizona desert last week while filming a stunt. it looks scary, but local police say no one was seriously injured, which was really amazing when you see that video. no word on what caused the helicopter to go down. >>> and sad news. the comedian who made us all do a sad take, he has died. steve bridges was found dead at his l.a. home on saturday. he was 48 years old. we're going to show you a video of his 2006 performance. >> as you know, i always look forward to these dinners. >> it's just a bunch of media

it's three years in prison for disgraced former mets and phillies outfielder lenny dykstra.ia to grand theft auto and giving a false statement. bad play by him. the judge refused to let him withdraw his plea. prosecutors say he gave bogus info to obtain credit and lease upscale cars from dealerships and he originally pleaded not guilty after police arrested him and found cocaine, ecstasy and hgh on his -- in his house. 21 of the 25 counts were dropped when he pleaded no contest. not good for our former guest. what's good news, though, mario manningham here, made one of the greatest catches in super bowl history and he'll be live to talk about the giants dvd that's now out, a season in review. he'll be here live in the morning and he might take place in the big race with carl lewis. >> fantastic. >> ok. >> i'll pick him. >> and mark conseulas, husband of kelly and fine actor and athlete in his own right. >> let's tell you about genie daniels. she was traveling from california to houston to see her boyfriend. she was sitting in her seats and she put some nail polish on her fin