stewart of espn news. >> good morning. i'm j.w. stewart with this espn news update.ron and the cavs visit the heat. first quarter, heat throw the ball away. j.j. hickson makes them pay. throwing down on d. wade. hickson with 12. wade would get a measure of revenge here in the first. tagging and hitting. he had 24 points in the game. only six in the second half. second quarter, shaq comes up with the steal. gives it to danny greene. up top to lebron. he had 36. and the caves have won fenn in a row. >>> alexander ovechkin and the caps have won 11 in a row. meeting up with the rangers. 15 seconds left in the second, ovechkin. with one hand, he beats henrik lundqvist. worth another look. going five-hole on michal rozsival. that's ovechkin's second goal of the game. third period, 5-5 game. caps on a powerplay. poti's shot and save. niklas backstrom will score off the rebound. backstrom, part of a five-point night. and the caps have won 12 in a row. >>> the ottawa senators on a ten-game winning streak. hosting the vancouver canucks. going into the first on the powerplay, m

with more sports, here's steve weissman of espn news. >> good morning, america.after kobe used memphis to set a record, lebron makes the grizzly his target, as well. cavs up 12. lebron, finds anderson varejou. o.j. mayo thinks he has an easy lay-in. later in the third, james to j.j. hickson. he had a career high with 15 dimes later, cavs up early. lebron had 22. cavs. >>> how about kevin durant, coming off of 45 points. thunder hosting the hawks. hawks down three. mike bibby for the tres. he had 12. tied at 89-89. thunder up two. durant doing his thing. 33 points. thunder up four. less than two to go. westbrook, give and go with durant. k.d. scoring 25 points for the 22nd-straight game. oklahoma city, the victor. >>> to campus we go. tom izzo, michigan state, visiting wisconsin. they haven't won in madison since '01. lucas, the reigning big ten player of the year looks hurt. and he is. he gets help off the floor and would not return. bucky up 12. hughes making like his moniker. that's tres. now, up 16. keaton getting in the act. bo ryan staying undefeated at the

one driver tweeted today that maybe espn could cover her on one channel and the other 50 drivers on espnlassic. she'll race in the nationwide series race saturday. danica played it safe today. she was just happy to keep the car out of the wall, which she did. the same could not be said for reigning champion jimmie johnson. joey lagono also involved in the crash. why are these swedish hockey players laughing? take a look. their player hopped on to the ice but he forgot to take off his rubber skate guards and had to crawl back to the bench and that had them laughing all night long. you know what you're talking about. >> you pull them off? >> well, he forgot. yes, it's much more helpful if you pull them off. >> i guess he was saying why not walk out on the ice. >> he was too busy falling on his ski. it's hard to reach down there while you're behind. you can't do it. >> that's the information we're looking for. we'll be right back. g÷gyç which is fantastic. we'll have them over for a friday night pizza. it's just our way of entertaining without going out. this is where all the magic happens

espn's tony kornheiser did it on his nationally broadcast radio show.e's been suspended for two weeks. but did he really controls the line in talking -- did he really cross the line? "kelly'kk's next. >> she looks like she has sausage casing wrapped around her upper body. megyn: fox news alert. jumping back into the toyota hearing where the president of the north american toyota is take questions. mr. inaba is his name. >> you offered an override feature for some vehicles. why haven't you offered that feature for tall toyota vehicles? >> allow me to explain the situation a little bit. factors contributing to the unexpected acceleration i believe can be roughly classified into four categories. brac translation icat gore >> first problems with electronic systems. secondly the way in which a car is used the for misusage of a car. and thirdly the structural as spcts of the correct and the structural as expect of the parts used in the vehicle. these i understand are four major factors contributing to unexpected acceleration. [translation in progress] >> and

they will open on labor at home against navy and a game televised on espn. you can find the entire maryland football schedule on wbaltv.com. bad weather coming, sports schedules have started to double. the men's basketball game against james madison scheduled for saturday is postponed. it is now on monday night at 7:00. we will have more for you on wbal radio. we have the dicey seven-day forecast up -- coming up. >> a second automaker says it will affect more than 70,000 vehicles. hull ford plans to address the problem with popular hybrid models that has. and people are looking to lose weight. were you spend time can help you track your waistline. those stories >> a lot of snow coming our way into saturday, possibly measuring by 1.5 feet or 2 feet of snow by the time is winding down saturday evening. lots of sunshine on sunday. the fine weather on monday, and another storm not quite as strong with more snow on tuesday next week. >> we had a dress rehearsal last snow. >> is the real deal. >> we will have the latest at 11:00. [ male announcer ] mark your calen

. >>> espn suspended tony kornheiser, cohost of a radio show, often discusses how celebrities dress.e went too far last week in how hannah storm was dressed. >> hannah storm in a horrifying, horrifying outfit today. she has on a red go-go boots and catholic school red skirt, way too short for somebody in her 40s or maybe early 50s by now. .and she's got on her typically very, very tight shirt. so she looks like she has sausage casings wrapped around her upper body. >> espn's vice president calling kornheiser's comments unacceptable and hurtful. he told radio listeners no one should take anything he says about them personally because, quote, i am a troll. >>> a restaurant owner got a big surprise when she came to work this week when she found a man stuck in the chimney. she says she didn't realize he was there until she spotted -- how creepy is this -- dangling feet. the man was freed and then he was taken to the hospital. it's not known if he'll face charges there. >>> former presidential candidate john mccain facing one of the top primaries to watch this fall, being challenged by te

they will play the season opener on labor day and get national tv exposure on espn. 12 in a row and accounting for the capitals. they needed half-dozen goals to do it and they beat the rangers 6-5. he puts it in, 5-3 rangers. one-handed, for his 500 goals. they took off from there in the third period. off the rebound, puts it in. three unanswered goals, and they knock off the rangers, 6-5 for the final period peyton manning likes to keep using systems that work. the colts have taken a similar approach to sunday's super bowl. they walked or staying at the same hotel they used three years ago when the colts beat the bears at the super bowl. they use the same practice facility as they did the last time. i want to point out, the colts have borrowed a few things this week, namely one of my expressions. check out the phrase the coach drop into today's press conference. >> the hague is not in the barn. there is still a lot of work to do -- the hay is still not in the barn. it is an opportunity for us to show that we know the team in what they do from an offensive in defense of standpoint. >> trademar

three quarters of the analyst at espn are picking the colts to win.obody thought the falcons had a chance against the broncos in super bowl xxxiii, either, and they were right, the broncos won 34-19, so -- like most offices, we have a super bowl pool. the receptionist always wins that and it drives everyone crazy. for that reason, we thought it would be smart to ask our recepti receptionist, angela, who she thinks is going to win the super bowl. >> my final prediction for the super bowl is saints, 16, colts, 25. >> jimmy: well that's -- i didn't know that was played. probably dizzy. that, by the way, goes on all day up there. this is embarrassing. you know, in the old days when you had a job on television, you were only on television while you're at work but now we're lucky because thanks to websites like tmz, you are able to be on television all the time, when you go to your car, when you go to get coffee, when you go out to eat. there are dozens of very talented reporters following you constantly asking you important questions, and videotaping you i

>> wolf, i'm here in the espn zone, a sports mecca here in the heart of times square, but hours ago ittopped, the cacophony of sports, and olympics and everybody stopped and listened to the remarks by tiger woods. >> many of you in this room are my friends. many of you in this room know me. >> do you forgive him? or do you think it will take time for that? >> well, i mean -- i'm not here to judge him. he did what he did, and he owned up to it. i don't -- nobody supports what he did, you know, but it is what he does from today on. >> he doesn't have to apologize to me, but he has to apologize to his wife and sponsors. >> it will never be the same for him, ever. that is unfortunate. >> reporter: what do you think? >> i think he did a great job. he was very impressive. i think he said exactly what he should have said. >> i think it is what i expected him to say, i'm sorry, nothing more or nothing less and long overdue. >> i forgive him. i'm a wife and a mom and i forgive him. >> tiger always wants to control everything, let people in the room to ask questions. or let somebody in the room

[captioning made possible by espn] >>> welcome in to our s.e.c. network studios and s.e.c.work tip-off. whit watson alongside charles davis. happy to be here. you have no idea after the weather delays over the southeast. six conference games today. kentucky and tennessee tonight. more on that in a moment. the early game is lsu and vanderbilt. >> vapid and hvanderbilt is pla excellent basketball. >> they're 15-0 at home. sophomore jeffery taylor career high 26 against tennessee on tuesday, and he scored 15 points in the previous two games combined. >> the beauty of vanderbilt is it's not one guy you have to focus on. jeffery taylor has combined 15 points in the previous two games. no problem, the teammates pick him up, jermaine beal and a.j. ogilvy, a plethora guys who can score. when jeffery taylor is on, they're difficult to handle. 26 against tennessee, 15 in the first half. shoot the three and take it to the rack. i like his game. >> plethora. >> it's almost s.a.t. time. >> lsu is still winless in conference. one of the bright spots has been tasmin mitchell, third in the

in an interview with espn, said he has spoken with new redskin coach mike shanahan and he expects tokins next season. >> he said any tension between jason campbell and himself has been cleared up. >>> the health of dwight freeny, topic number one for media day. he suffered an ankle injury late in the colts victory over the jets in the afc championship game and at this point is the only starter who night not play due to injury but that would be a big loss for the colts if he can't go. >>> straight ahead at 6:00, latest on the messy morning commute. tony has a check. the forecast. we'll run down the school delays and closing for you. fox 5 morning news is back in two minutes. we're the watchful ones. we like to know where things stand. we keep a close eye on what we have and what we spend. suntrust would like to applaud our solid financial ways. now when you pay your bills online you'll not only gain more control of your money, you can also earn up to one hundred and fifty dollars. find out more at suntrust.com/solid live solid. bank solid. suntrust. two of nature's sweetest wonders gr

tomorrow, you'll be on this tomorrow i'm tomorrow i know espn is running it all day long.ready said we're going to have all day tiger. you know, i agree with donny, too. he could come back bigger than ever. >> larry: do you think he was being spiteful, jim, in holding this press thing tomorrow at the same time the accenture tournament is under way which dropped him? >> well, his agent mark steinberg says, no, there is a pending reason and a deadline as to why he had to do this. ernie shells, a former number one player in the world, some players in tucson are upset with the whole thing. rory mcill roy, one of the fine young players, top ten player in the world. young man 20 years old from ireland said he's tired of the whole thing, sick of it, hopes tiger comes out and can put this behind him. it's really difficult to say just exactly if he did it out of spite, larry, or if he was doing it because he has this impending deadline. i do want to tell you this. we were given this news that the golf writer's association who had three seats in the room tomorrow with tiger to liste

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. >> there have been rumblings in rebate months that espn is started to look at bringing the nhl backor the second inspectwork or creating another network to fill some of the programs -- the nhl network has come a long way. >> it has made huge strides, yes. >> nhl on the fliment that is fan that -- on the fly. that is fantastic. >> why don't they have your number? >> i don't know. >> what would i do -- >> you look at the football deal and you see this. they haven't had any type of strike since 1987. >> correct. >> and you are looking at 2010, and they will sitting and acting as if they aren't making any money. >> they use the economy, too as an excuse. >> tv says this is a good deal. to have the labor piece, they are moving along. now you get the owners looking at it -- well, not really the owners. two owners started the junk. the insider and jerry jones. yes, they are the highest two money-making teams out there. but you have to realize, if you start cutting off the low market teams, it hurt it is whole league. when you look at the overall -- you know, roger goodell. he comes in and

our guest, espn's trey and nbc's chuck todd. >>> unexpected drop of unemployment rate sincere not boostingts entirely inside the white house. chuck todd is now with us, nbc news, and co-host of the daily rundown, cnbc john harwood, also of the "new york times" and steve liesman, cnbc senior economics reporter. welcome all of you. first of all, steve, what do we really know? take us inside the unemployment numbers that went down to 9.7%. you did not hear a whole lot of celebrating in washington. >> the reason, andrea, there's two different report that is come out every first friday of the month. one is a household survey where they call and say are you employed? that gave us the number that showed the unemployment rate declining to 9.7%. in the other survey, the payroll survey, they get reports of some 300,000 businesses and say how many people are employed there? that still showed a decline of 20,000 workers. so, two different reports. these things usually come together over time. especially at turning points, where a lot of economists think we are,

. >> but espn polling over 100,000 people now, 65% said he was sincere. >> you know what?nd that's fine. but what he wanted to do was make this go away, and the mainstream media isn't letting this go away because it's getting viewers on tv. it's getting viewers to web sites, it's selling newspapers, and i think a credible interview with a credible journalist would have done a lot more good. >> dr. drew, how did he do? >> he did okay. i mean, the fact is, he had this highly rehearsed very prified kind of presentation, and there was some dramatic pauses and there was real effect in those pauses. but i walked away with a bad feeling, i have to tell you. not that there weren't some good things. he said he's going to dedicate himself to his treatment and put golf aside and he now has a supportive peer group. i had a couple bad feelings. one he was so repeating over and over again his apology. at no point -- he kept emphasizing how he was a bad person, an irresponsible person, outside of his core values but he never said, i'm a sick person with a problem and this is where it too

joining me again is christine brennan, columnist for "usa today" and commentator for abc news and espnshe is in vancouver for the winter olympics and we'll discuss that more in a moment. but she also covered golf and tiger woods for many years and that is where we start. so yis teen, this was a man speaking to a number of audiences today, right, family, golf world, corporate sponsors and a huge public. >> oh, absolutely, yev. this is the first opportunity to see this man we've been discussing nonstop for three months, first time to eyeball him, so to speak. and it was kind of i remarkable 15 minutes or so. tiger woods, someone who we never see sweat, always put together, so concerned about his image. here, if this was really true and if it's all from the heart, at rock bottom. it was almost breathtaking. and it is-- seems to be the first step in his plan, his journey to start recovering. the fact that everyone has been talking, speculating about when he will play golf again. and i think the word golf finally came up in about the 12 minute or so. and just quickly and then brought to the

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with veteran olympic reporter christine brennan columnist for usa ted and commentator for abc news an espn. christine, welcome again. for more olympics coverage. the luger's name was nodar kumaritvashili. what more can you tell us about what happened? >> this is a tragedy. and jeff, i've got to tell you, this is my 14th olympic winter and summer going back to l.a. in 1984. and i don't remember something like this happening on an opening ceremony's day. the opening ceremonies the ultimate of highs and excitement. and the preparation of a city for seven or eight years now finally come to fruition. and to think that this news is, of course this tragic story of a man's death. and then that this also would be the news of this day. it puts a damper on this city that no rainstorm could equal. and i really feel, of course first of all for the athlete, his family, the georgian team, but i also, i wonder what this will mean in terms of the games and as an omen, maybe, as a harbinger, maybe, it also just something that people now will remember, that this happened a few hours before the opening ceremo

. >> turn off espn. get back to work. [laughter] >> she would do that. so again i want to thank you so very much for coming out today. i'm going to sign books. i'm happy to sign books. i'll be here as necessary to sign them. i also want to say one more final thing about this great church and how much you met to my life, life of my family. there's a story i tell in the book -- i won't read to you. but it's a book about st. paul. and i was asked earlier why do i go to the places i go. as a journalist that's my job. my blackberry says go to north korea i will. i don't take risks. i have colleagues at cbs news who have been killed in iraq.

kentucky has a tough one tonight against tennessee on espn.uld kentucky lose that game and vanderbilt win this game, there would be a debt head on top of the s.e.c. east. the rematch between vandy and kentucky is on this floor in a couple of weeks. >> bob: nice scenario you described. john calipari's guys don't want it to happen tonight. they'll play their best against tennessee, i guarantee you that>> ericthat>> eric:. >> eric: playing bruce pearl's club. to spencer. >> eric: got it. wow! >> bob: the guts of a cat bu burgler! should have got him the last two possessions in the same way. carry a team. right now difficulty time wise. and foul. >> eric: the lead is five. ogilvy. no. rebound goulbourne but he ran in his own man and lost the basketball! in transition. mitchell takes his time. gets a man up in the air. rewarded with a couple of free-throws. >> bob: last night, triple overtime in big east. pittsburgh beat west virginia. maybe we're seeing some of that here. the ball fake. man in the air. go into him. get the call every single time.

at "new york times" square people were glued to tvs and espn sports bar. on the pga tour, tiger's competitors watched. >> i couldn't imagine having to apologize what he had been up to for the last however long. so that must be extremely difficult for him. >> reporter: woods admitted he's been in rehab for 45 days and goes back for more saturday. he promised he'll hit the links again but won't predict win. the pga is watching. >> at the end of the day, you know, he's a human being. we all make mistakes. we all have made mistakes. and when we're lucky, we learn from those mistakes. >> so let's go live to cnn's susan candiotti. susan, tiger obviously a big brand. what are his sponsors saying after this news conference? >> reporter: well, of course, that apology included several i'm sorries to those sponsors. and many of them are rallying. the ones in particular, of course, who have stuck by him, including nike, including ea sports, gatorade, gillette. they all congratulated him on his apology and said that they will continue to support him and hope he does we

well, i had a chance to talk with our good friends at espn radio, mike greenberg and mike goc.e already in miami, of course, for super bowl xliv. talked with them a little earlier this morning. and we talked about the manning family and so much more. people are saying that peyton manning, because of his love for this city, and that, that that's going to maybe play in his head. now, you know better than most. there's no way he is thinking about that at all. it's all about the colts and trying to lead them to victory. >> that's a laughable thought. it's laughable to think that there would be any kind of thing in his heart that says, well, you know, if new orleans gets it, that would be fine. no. peyton manning is preparing to beat the new orleans saints. he loves new orleans. we know that. but that has nothing to do with this game. he will go in. he will try to carve up the saints on super bowl sunday. that's his job. and that's what he's going to do. >> i want to add to that, robin, absolutely. i think peyton manning, the moment the super bowl is over, his heart will be with the

. >> joe: i believe that game is on the espn network.t will be a good one. >> dave: florida has to take a quick time-out with 12 seconds on the shot clock and 4-22 on the game clock. well, confident came in here with so many big accolades, number one team in the country, came in here a few weeks ago and, well, south carolina did a number to the top-ranked team in america, winning their first game against the number one team. they were 0-7 previously. and champion apparel will be showcasing the history of the sec tonight. we go back to that team, and what a game devan downey put on. >> joe: the crossover dribble, and you just can't guard him one-on-one. you have to have support help around him. he gets all wait to the basket. he uses either hand around the goal to protect against the shot blockers. very, very smart player, as i said, and just understands the crease necessary the defense and how to take advantage. >> dave: one of his six 30-plus performance necessary the sec this season. six of eight conference games he scored 30 or more.

we want to know how much they watch besides espn. the answer -- not much. who is this guy?know. gorbachev. >> reporter: who is this man? >> i want to say ben bernanke. >> reporter: who is this guy? >> looks like a crook. >> reporter: he looks like a crook? >> yeah. >> reporter: why? >> he just got that look about him, man, about to take everything you own. >> reporter: who is this man? >> dr. phil. >> i think it's raj -- >> reporter: raj rajasa? >> yeah. >> reporter: who is this man? >> what country is dubai in? >> i know it's in an expensive area, i know that. i don't know. it's over there. >> reporter: over there? >> across the way. >> say it slowly. united arab emirates. >> reporter: how much is $1,000 worth of gold worth? >> $1,000 worth of gold? $1,000. >> reporter: $1,000 worth of gold is probably worth $1,000, right? >> no, more than that. >> reporter: $1,000 of gold is worth more than $1,000 of gold? >> gold is up right now. >> reporter: what is the interest rate in the country right now, what%? >> 50. >> 38. >> 38. >> 38. >> reporter: lower. >> 28. >> reporter: low

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well, you can watch it for yourself tomorrow starting at 10:30 in the morning on espn and that's -- c-spanm the papers. this is from the politicses in the nation. washington "the washington post." inquiry saw carrie johnson writing that lost e-mails are of concern covering of critical period in 2002 when the justice department attorneys labors under heavy pressure -- host: that's from "the washington post." this is about the house ethics committee sorry. two of the lawmakers a democrat from indiana and a republican from kansas may have tacitly tied request for campaign donations to earmark requests in violation of house rules after couple of columns are mentioned and cleared by the ethics committee friday. -- host: canyon lake of texas. sophie talking about bipartisanship-and-luce advising of the president forego that and shoot for the moon. caller: hi, cillian's my name. host: cillian, i'm sorry. caller: good morning. i just want obama to just doing what they're doing. the health care summit proved that obama's an idiot and he can't take any suggestions without belittling people. and he's