. >>> the eagles donovan mcnabb fractured a wrist, so they signed garcia yesterday. played for the eagles in 2006 and was 5-1 as a starter. >>> baseball, possible preview, angels and yanks tied, mike bounced his throw to third, ball went left, brett gardener scored the go ahead, yanks have won six of their last eight. >>> roger federer not meant to be, one martin del potro, rallied from being down two sets from one to pull one of the biggest tennis upsets in history. won two tie-breakers, and in the end it was federer who did himself in hitting his back hand long. shocked the tennis world winning the u.s. open. that's your early look at sports on "early today." >> thank you, fred. >>> kanye west on making friends and influencing people. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, when most loved ones kiss their soldiers good-bye, that's it. but one florida girlfriend has found a way to have her cake and eat it too. well, sort of. you're watching "early today." morning. quick update on your forecast. we are only looking at rain for the mos

compare the eagles with donovan mcnabb to the eagles without donovan mcnabb. >> this team is an explosive team with him. he can run outside the pock sxet make it happen with his leg, like the play when he was injured. he has a great cannon arm to find receivers in the middle of the football field. so many weapons. this team is not the same without him because they don't have the versatility as with him there. >> at least now michael vick is available in week three. we need to wait and see what andy reid and donovan mcnabb will have to say. we will bring the news conferences right here. and an incredible finish between the bengals and broncos. cincinnati grabs a lead late in the sixth. kyle orton, and pass tipped in the air. and e.a., take us through this, how on earth did the bengals lose this game? >> what an incredible head's up play by stokley. tipped and overthrow. that is what we teach, tips and overthrows have to be defense. stokley running the football and making it happen. congratulations to the broncos, by hanging on and playing quality, quality defense and then making a big play

very next weeg eagles's possession. donovan mcnabb dumps it off to brent sell lick. cles his way into the end zone and then the touchdown celebration. kids don't try this because you'll get in trouble like the eagles. they still win but donovan mcnabb left with a broken rib. reid says there's a chance he'll play next week. >>> we'll go to baltimore, ravens, chiefs. todd hailly and brodie coil gets an earful. thourt quarter, the chiefs are down by seven. tight end shawn ryan dives in for the touchdown and chiefs tie the game at 24. we got a ball game. the ravens would turn to joe flacco. no sophomore slump here. less than three minutes to play and flacco goes deep and hauls it in for a touchdown and flacco threw for more than 300 yards. the ravens downed the chiefs, 38-24. >> you had flacco on the bench? >> i'm going to hear i now. >> you got him on the bench. >> can i move along? >> no one really cares about what i'm stalking in my fantasy football league. >> i care. >>> college football. last nightmare land rallied to beat james madison in overtime on a field goal. t

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donovan mcnabb? hip hurt? is this eagle grounded? geico sports extra continues.  >>> welcome back to dike owe sports extra. david feldman joined pie fox 5's lindsay murphy. the only thing redskins fans could hope for today is maybe a bad day for the rest of the nfc east. did they get any help? >> unfortunately, the cowboys didn't have much of a test. the eagles, they just passed their test. so we'll start with the cowboys. joe owens, who needs him. that's what tony romo and the dallas cowboys are saying after their season opener today. romo had a career passing day throwing three long touchdowns that t.o. would have loved to have had his hands on. wade phillips in his third year with the cowboys andra home morris in his first. cowboys down 7-6, tony romo throws to the sideline for miles austin. he has a nice move there. 42 yards for the score. cowboys up 13-7. 4th quarter dallas up 20-14. romo with time. he looks downfield, fires away to a wide open creighton. romo throws a career best 352 yards. the cowboys beat the bucs 34- 21. >

eagles. starting without donovan mcnabb. kevin kolb making his first career start. play-action here.71 yards and a touchdown, his first career touchdown pass for kolb. longest of his career too, surprisingly. drew brees, six toochtd passes a week ago. rolls out. finds evans. down the sidelines and in. drew brees, 311 yards and three touchdowns. that's nine touchdowns over the first two weeks of the season and the eighth straight game with 9 least -- with at least thry dating back to last season. >> you look at the guys up front, the offensive line, they've been together for a long period of time. butch art has stepped in and done a great job in the absence of jamal brown. they're calming long and we're excited about what we have. >> we played pretty good today, but there are some things we've got to do to improve. i thate approach for each of our weeks is to get better for the next week. >> there are some good plays and some plays he shouldn't have done. the first half he did some real good things. >> donovan, if he's not your starter next week is kevin kolb your starter? >> emmitt >

tony romo with 223 yards passing and is a pair of of touchdowns and the eagles continue their roll. but donovan mcnabb injured to make it 38-10. we'll update you and get more information. donovan mcnabb was seen reaching for his lower back. >> tony gonzalez has his first touchdown catch as a falcon. chiefs and ravens, at 17, touchdown and flacco answers. jaguars down two against the colts. five and a half minutes to go. addai and wayne has touchdowns. thanks for hanging around with the lions, they were down at the half. matthew staffard rushed for a touchdown and vikings win in cleveland with nine and a half minutes to go. adrien peterson pair of of touchdown runs and brett favre first one goes to percy harvin. >> when those games are done, you'll see live coverage of the post-game news conferences. how is peyton manning dealing with first possession interception. can indy hold off jackson for an early win? it >> time for baseball. tampa bay and the red sox in the first game of two. buck buckholz on the hill. and the throw is off the mark. and gross tries to score, but thrown out by casey kotchman. an

eagles. although victory sort of secondary, compared to what happened to donovan mcnabb. see this eagles defense. like rabied dogs in the second quarter. >> just a good job designing a blitz to get after it. get that one guy open. that's all you need is one guy. then the special teams stepped up big today with who i just think this guy is fantastic player, so explosive, jackson. >> you want to see him get into the end zone. he is so fantastic. 85 yards. eagles led 17-10. third quarter. gonna see this play a lot here in the days to come. mcnabb into the end zone. but after the play, grabbing at his back. appeared to be a rib. michael vick -- >> can't tell if it was the initial hit there or if the guys falling afterwards. but just eagle fans everywhere right now just holding their breath. >> well, so, too, may be donovan mcnabb, depending on how painful it is. it is a fractured rib. but michael vick on the roster, not available until week three. kevin cobb finished out the game. he was obviously not in a situation where he needed to throw the football 38-10 win. but after th

eagles. >> welcome back. no donovan mcnabb out for philly with a cracked rib and drew brees with a 6-touchdown pass pace. i'm kidding. maybe not. here we go. the eagles, who is that? is that sheldon brown coming out to try to scare the eagles. kevin kolb in his first career start but you'll need to score points against drew brees. six touchdown passes last week, two went to jeremy shockey. the opening drive of the game, 15 yards. certainly brees would be off a little bit to start. maybe not. third and four, five yards is shockey. at the 15, a little fake, a little toss. marcus olson, 5-5, brees on the drive. 7-0, new orleans. >> look at the route. look where the ball is delivered, away from the defender, on the inside shoulders. spun him around a little bit. watch the accuracy. >> but kevin kolb says ok, i get it. desean jackson says i've got it. 71 quard. he's gone it. tied at 7-7-it's kolb's first. in his career in limited action, two minutes to go in the half. third and 5, the eagles own 8. kolb trying to make something beh

a bittersweet day for the philadelphia eagles, taking on the panthers creek donovan mcnabb lost out of the pocket. watch the end of the plate. he stayed down for several minutes. he walked off and did not return. mcnabb broke his wrist on the play. the baltime ravens bill good about themselves. 32 yards for the touchdown. they beat the chiefs 38-24. a controversial finish to the semifinal u.s. open match wits arena williams. sirena served, and a line judge called for a foot fault. the replay does not clearly show eight football, but she goes -- a foot fault. she received a violation for smashing her racket. she got a second violation that cost her a point and the match. serena explains what happens as she saw it. >> she said she felt threatened? i have never been in a fight in my whole life, so i do not know why she would have felt threatened. >> eliza duke's at the plate. a blooper to the right, the national's lead the marlins 7-2 in the ninth. tiger woods put together quite a tournament. his second shot lands right on the green and keeps moving and then spends back and keep going. it

eagles. >> donovan mcnabb throws for just 79 yards and they still ps score in the 30s. love this team.tough and finds cal. >> but he's uncertain for week.. two number three, the giants. >> they face the cowboys in dallas.yses i typical new york giants' game. some big play, good pass rush. tough, physical football. i love this team.i lo >> do you love the patriots, colin?colin, y do you? do you? >> tom 1 brady, 21 straight wins as the starting quarterback in the regular season. when it counts,t he's absolutely money again. >> and still on top as they wers last week and could be for a c while, the steelers at numberil one.s >> a well, troy polamalu is out and the running game is suspect. patriots' running game a little suspect, as well. wet again, i get ben roethlisberger, mike tomlin, they're tough, they're physicaln they're built like the eagles and giants to win late in thent season. >> you know, the steelers were technically one last year, too. >> sometimes you get lucky. las >> that's it for sports nation for now. we'll be here monday through n, say at 4:00 and midnight on espn 2. >

eagles. f >> welcome back. no donovan mcnabb out for philly with a cracked rib and drew brees with a 6-touchdown pass pace. i'm kidding. maybe not. here we go. the eagles, who is that? is that sheldon brown coming out to try to scare the eagles. kevin kolb in his first career start but you'll need to score points against drew brees. six touchdown passes last week, two went to jeremy shockey. the opening drive of the game, 15 yards. certainly brees would be off a little bit to start. maybe not. third and four, five yards is shockey. at the 15, a little fake, a little toss. marcus olson, 5-5, brees on the drive. 7-0, new orleans. >> look at the route. look where the ball is delivered, away from the defender, on the inside shoulders. spun him around a little bit. watch the accuracy. >> but kevin kolb says ok, i get it. desean jackson says i've got it. 71 quard. he's gone it. tied at 7-7-it's kolb's first. in his career in limited action, two minutes to go in the half. third and 5, the eagles own 8. kolb trying to make something beh

let's move on to eagles news. donovan mcnabbay due tie fractured rib though he's not ruled out completely. he sat out practice for the third straight date and cobb could make his first career nfl start on sunday and if cobb does start and his previous work is any indication eagles fans may be worried he completed over half of his passes over last season with no td and two picks and a pass passe low passing ra. ladainian tomlinson has been ruled out for the start on sunday. it's the second time the former nfl mvp will miss a start due to injury in his nine year career. and when the game was in question it was darren sproles had 66 yards in offense and 56 came in the fourth quarter enroute to his game-winning touchdown with 18 seconds left. here's john clayton with his weekly nfl injury report. >> chief quarterback matt cassel was in better shape this week then next week but they'll have to wait to next week to see if he'll play with the mcl strain and pierre thomas the running back for the saints will probably have to mace the ga

eagles trail. kevin kaulb in for donovan mcnabb. he fired downfield to deshon jackson and goes 71 yards. the eagles tie it at 7 and then look at kaulb. he comes to the sideline and mcnabb is there to give him a nice hug. the second quarter, game tied at 10 points a piece. saints on offense. drew brees, this guy is so in control. he throws a strike to marcus coalson and hauls it in with a 25 yard score 48-22. that's your wrap for the nfc east. >>> the emmies were handed out tonight. kanye west was -- i'm kidding. >>> no kanye west taylor swift drau drama tonight. it was another huge year for our hit series "30 rk." for the third straight year "30 rock" picked up the ward for best comedy series. also, the funniest man. best actor ia comedy series. jon stewart they took home two statues. for the seventh year, "amazing race" a show i've never seen -- best reality show on television. seven straight years. never seen it. >> my dad said if he could do any reality show that would be it. >> would he take you with him? >> not if he wanted a shot at >>> from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the

donovan mcnabb still not ruled out. if he can't go sunday, the eagles won't be short on option. kevin kolb threw for 391 yards but served it up twice. jeff garcia brought in after mcnabb got hurt with one and you have the wild card, or in this case, the wildcat in michael vick who will be unleashed sunday, herme, when they play the kansas city chiefs, your old team. as a head coach, with all this uncertainty at quarterback, how should andy reid use michael vick to maximize his ability? >> i think you'll put him into the wildcat situation. that's where he's best suited for right now, watching him in the preseason, he was not ready to play the traditional quarterback. i think if you look into preseason, he took some snaps there in the shotgun, hero watch him here, a shovel pass, did a good job in this instance here. another one is coming up now where he basically scores, he is a little bit of a wildcat if you want to call it fill in the shotgun formation because he played more quarterback against the jets in the last preseason games than in the wildcat formation. here again, he's t

. >>> hey, eagles quarterback donovan mcnabb got hurt during the first game of the season and may bequite a while. jay leno says one of his teammates is there to help him. >> as you know donovan mcnabb had to leave the game sunday, maybe a cracked rib. i thought this was nice. michael vick offered to put down mcnabb for free. i thought that was nice. wonderful. >> last night leno also interviewed tom cruise and filmmaker michael moore. that was rough. okay. so the story surrounding a south african sprinter at the center of a gender controversy has taken yet another turn. i want to hear this. here is rafer weigel. >>> now south africa's minister has filed a complaint with the united nations over how caster semenya's case has been handled, the way the athletics community has gone about this has been a, quote, blatant disregard for her dignity, with all due respect, there is no dignified way to do a gender test. now the complaint asks the division for the advancement of women to investigate. as you know, she's been going through extensive gender testing. now track officials have refused

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. >> reporter: donovan mcnabb continues to heal from a broken rib. kevin could be likely to start when the eagles play the chiefs sunday. vick or jeff garcia could be the back up. >>> the orioles are not saving their best for last. the final weeks continue to be a struggle in toronto. jeremy guthrie pitched into the 8th inning. travis snyder connects for a solo home run in the 6th. guthrie a loud 7 runs. it's a 7-3 blue jays victory. 7 straight defeats for the o's, their longest losing streak of the year. good news, day off tomorrow and then they start a series in cleveland. and cleveland comes here to play football. >> thank you mark. be >>> have you got 90 seconds? that's all a wichita man needs to draw a map of the united states. terry downing has been drawing since the fifth grade but now they're much more details. because of his skill he has earned a few beers pat bars over the years. he says the sdraungz are a way to show his appreciation for the united states. 90 seconds and he does the whole u.s. >> i bet he has to stop and ask for directions every now and then. what is it to lead? at pnc

we don't know who the quarterback of the eagles will be this sunday but it won't be michael vick. if donovan mcnabb is not able to go, kevin kolb will get another start. >> you know i thought kevin kolb for starting his first game and putting up 378 yards, i thought he did good things. can he learn from the interceptions? yeah. can he learn on some of the other plays there? he can learn. i thought overall he did a good job after having an opportunity to evaluate it. michael vick, is he 100% back and ready to play a whole game? i can't tell you that. i don't think so. i don't plan on putting him in that position right now. >> again, that was andy reid today. kevin kolb had his first start in place of the injured mcnabb. 31-51, 391 yards, two touchdowns and three costly interceptions. i want to bring in sal paolantonio on the phone now from philadelphia. sal was at the press conference and spoke to mcnabb. what is the latest? >> well mike, i did speak with donovan mcnabb. let's take andy reid first. he has a very difficult juggling job at the quarterback position. he has to figure out if mcnabb can p

eagles coming off a blowout loss. they still don't know whether their starting quarterback donovan mcnabb will be back. michael vick will be on the field at some point this coming week. vick is back after serving his two-game suspension. he will dress and be on the sidelines. randy reid won't say whether vick will be the third string quarterback or not. vick says it's a dream come true after sitting out two years and much of that te in prison. >> i'm excited. if i was to suit up and go help cobb, that's fine by me. i'm very excited about my future. if i continue to work hard and continue to diligently work at becoming the best quarterback i can be, my future is bright. hopefully i have that longevity i've longed for. >> that's michael vick ready to play this weekend. turning now to hockey. oly the goalie called it a career after 14 seasons in the nhl. he played 719 games. 7: 1 1 for the capitals. the staff evaluating the final 36 players remaining in training camp. one of those guys played in two preseason games. aucoin spend last season with the bears where he was one of the top stores in the entire a

. >>> the eagles signed jeff garcia to a one-year contract because donovan micmac boy is sore from cracked ribs on this play. -- jonathan mcnabb was sore from cracked ribs on display. >>> bills-patriots, tom brady with the pass for the touchdown. then this kickoff return. the patriots get back with two minutes to play. incredible turn of events. brady, wasting little time, 16 yards, touchdown, ball game. watson caught two touchdown passes in just over one minute. the new england patriots steal one from the buffalo bills. >>>. upset at the u.s. open, roger federer upset. he let it slip away. two pois away from his title, he cannot close the deal. his opponent was pounding the ball. came back and beat the top- ranked federer. he wins his first-ever grand slam title. >>> the nationals were off tonight. in baltimore, the orioles beat the devil rays. incredible turn of offense tonight and today. >> what is in the air and water and new york. >>> the last days? >> one more nice day, then it goes downhill a little bit. we still have beautiful weather coming. looking at the map tomorrow, sunshine and the forecast, the cold front late t

eagles are preparing for michael vick's first regular season game. vick is eligible to play this weekend against the chiefs. andy reid says that vick will get in if donovan mcnabban't go? >> regardless of what i'm doing this week just to suit up and be able to go out and play in the game when it counts. this is a dream come true season for me. and in my eyes i've already won a super bowl. >> vick's alma mater continues. parade roles on. hokies and miami. hokies are ranked number 11 in the polls making this just the 20th showdown between two ranked teams in the history of the stadium and it is the acc opener for tech making it double important. >> they are a complete football team. big game for us. first conference game on our side. really important for both us. >> we have played two really big games already in three weeks. we understand what it is going to be like and what we need to do. >> baseball and nats trying to delay a dubious milestone tonight. one more loss and they reach 100 for the second year in a row. rogers beat them 14-2 last night. number 99. there are 12 games left in the season. >>> nhl season opening a week from tomorrow and first time in 20

. >>> carolina now, eagles beat the packers 38-10 but lost donovan mcnabb on this touchdown run.el vick not eligible to play until week three. >>> broncos-bengals, under a minute to play. kyle orton aired it out. pass was deflected. look what i found. brandon stokeley with a gift, sprinted down the field to score a game-winning touchdown. broncos shock the bengals 12-7. >>> golf, tiger woods has done it again. he won the pga championship by six strokes. the first time he's won a pga event by eight or more strokes. >>> u.s. open. kim clijsters made history by becoming the first unseeded woman to win the open. courtesy of a forehand smash. she was unranked before the match but will likely be in the top 25 after winning her second u.s. open. >>> on the men's side, roger federer defeated djokovic in straight sets. federer had no option but to return it between his legs. an incredible shot worth another look. federer showing why he is ranked number one in the world. a between the legs, back to the net, cross-court winner from the baseline. federer would call it the greatest shot of hi

no donovan mcnabb out for philly with a cracked rib and drew brees with a 6-touchdown pass pace. i'm kidding. maybe not. here we go. the eagles try to scare the eagles. kevin kolb in his first career start but you'll need to score points against drew brees. six touchdown passes last week, two went to jeremy shockey. the opening drive of the game, 15 yards. certainly brees would be off a little bit to start. maybe not. third and four, five yards is shockey. at the 15, a little fake, a little toss. marcus olson, 5-5, brees on the drive. 7-0, new orleans. >> look at the route. look where the ball is delivered, away from the defender, on the inside shoulders. spun him around a little bit. watch the accuracy. >> but kevin kolb says ok, i get it. desean jackson says i've got it. 71 quard. he's gone it. tied at 7-7-it's kolb's first. in his career in limited action, two minutes to go in the half. third and 5, the eagles own 8. kolb trying to make something behind jackson, forced to pubt. -- forced to punt. the saints at their own 46. drew brees. fakes that good eagle pass rush but not on this day to reggie bush. works his way 29 yar

biggest influence that the eagles is going to have right now is teams are going to to defend against the wild cat and what if they see michael vick. they will have donovan mcnabbnabb will be so much better because people won't be working on him in the standard offense. brian: he is the one to ho said to his unbelievable credit bring michael vick in. even though they will be chaptering his name. proctor and gamble now has official locker room products of the nfl. stuff that's even in your house? >> in my house in every locker room in the nfl. you get up in the morning got the fusion jill let raiser. head and shoulders for the hair. you know i got to take care of my hair. brian: what's going on there? >> splash a little old spice. these football players have got to look good and smell good leaving that locker room. brian: there are things i want to do as a football player but smell like them is not one of them. you smell fine. >> that's why i use febreeze to make sure you smell good. brian: are you clearly the most valuable person on nfl sunday? >> without question. do you think michael bradshaw. brian: absolutely not. >> fox nfl sunday is the best. brian: great