all other teams. >> next on espnews, leaders >> next on espnews, a.l.leaders clashing in los angeles. how the angels try to stop the streaking rangers. lance armstrong in position for a shot at a yellow jersey. how he made his move at the tour de france. >> a soccer star fills up a stadium and he didn't even play. an introduction rarely seen in sports. >> jeff fisher reflects on the steve mcnair that led his titans to a super bowl plus the latest into the investigation of his death. welcome to espnews. helping you stay current with all the latest news, scores and highlights. alongside john, that's right, that's him. nomar returns to fenway. more on that in a moment. >> we begin in southern california where the angels and rangers began a three-game series with identical 45-35 records. tied for first in the a.l. west. >> rangers get josh hamilton back off the d.l. good news for them. top of the first, hamilton, base hit to right center. he would go two for four in the game. bottom of the second, two on for jeff mathis. right into the fake rocks. it's the

this is espnews. captioning by captionmax >> hi and welcome to espnews. along with mike yam, i'm j.w. stewart. yammer, vlad guerrero, torii hunter and juan rivera are all hurt, but the angels haven't skipped a beat. >> yeah, j.w., they're one of the hottest teams in baseball entering play, winning seven straight. the big reason, their offense. the angels, during their winning streak, continue to rack up the runs, averaging almost seven runs a game. trying to do it against nick blackburn. bottom four. game tied at 2-2, kendry morales, gap shot to right center field, off the wall, bobby abreu will come around to score. morales just had his 20-game hitting streak snapped but picking it right back up, angels on top 3-2. later in the fourth, angels up 5-2, two on for chone figgins, a single to left field. gary matthews jr. will come around to score, figgins 2-4 in the game, angels up 6-2. next batter, maicer izturis a three-run shot to right, his fourth of the year, angels score nine runs in the fourth inning. that's the most runs they've scored in a single in

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. >> and with that we welcome you to another half hour of espnews. autoa long with aa nis. a comeback in baseball and a hole in one. >> first we start with the yankees. they have reprised the role of school yard bully, going for nine against the as. top seven, 1-1 game and it's landon powell against alfre alf aceves. got a little captain in you, derek jeter way home run and eight to right field. mark texeira his 25th of the year, that leads the american league, it's a 6-4 game in the 9th and the yankees with a tying run at the plate and jeter, this is not going do it. oakland holds ton win 6-4. the eight-game win streak over and against the as over as well. how about ge gonzalez, 6 2/3 and came in with an era north of nine and gave up 11 earned runs in his last start and the as get their first win against the yankees this season and the yankees hit the loss column for the first time since the all-star break. >> we've been playing good. they beat us today. the guy pitched well and their bullpen did a good job. i think they're bullpen's been doing good all year and sometimes

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. >> ahead on espnews, seek and destroy. the machine doing that at wrigley field this afternoon. manny's doctor speaks out. why the dea may have an issue with his statement. another summer day, another possible blockbuster in the nba. we'll tell you why boozer is on hold. and the latest on stalworth's future this morning. >> welcome to espnews, kevin with anish shroff. the mets make a trade this evening. the offense continues to sputter. but right now, we start with the world series champs. the phillies who really

of course we'll have it all covered for you here on espnews.r coverage begining at 1:30. >> course the 400-pound gorilla in cooper's town is steroids and whether admitted users will find a way and mark mcgwire has failed to garner 25% of the vote and rafael palmeiro will be eligible with bonds, clemens and sosa waiting in the wings. hall of famer ozzie smith offers his take on steroid-era players. >> we as hall of fame members have not had that conversation about exactly where each and every one of them -- i think from an individual standpoint we've all probably had something to say about it so we can only speak from a personal stand points and i think when you look at this era and everything that has transpired the only thing that you can do because there are people who were considered hall of famers before they were the accusations and i think the only thing you can do is put an asterisk by it and it has to read the numbers were accomplished during the steroid era. baseball has always been a game where we've always had an idea of what was rea

we will be talking again. >> coming up on espnews: what a day. what a match.and lleyton hewitt. the highlights and reaction ahead at wimbledon. so a guy calls us and he starts asking me all these questions about televisions. the differences between lcds and plasmas. 10,000 versus a 15,000 contrast ratio. hmm, those are very specific questions. so i asked him, "where are you calling from?" and he's like, "ah, i'm at walmart." and i'm like, "ok, you're obviously calling us

still to come on espnews.golfers do sick things on the course but in a couple of minutes we'll show you one of the most insane shots you have ever seen. >> third round of the c.p.r. >> third round of the senior british open. tom watson a name you should know. watson, pretty good approach shot here. lands just a few feet from the pin. watson would par the hole, finish with an even-round 70. he's at four under entering the final round. it's all about the shark, though, greg norman knocking down the long birdie putt on the sixth hole. norman on 15, another birdie opportunity, shot a 64. he's on top of the leaderboard at 10 under. a bogey-free round. he said, "i feel comfortable around this golf course." yeah, i think so. >> rain has been the story at the 100th canadian open at glen abbey. saturday they tried to finish off round two and get through round three and the golf course has really been just one big bird bath. i'll tell you what. leif olson cleaned up right here -- par 3 15th. this is still his second rou

by: >> hi, and welcome to espnews.ailable in hd. helping you stay current with the latest breaking news, highlights and scores. i'm j.w. stewart. he is mike yam. full slate of baseball tonight, yammer, and the yankees have done it again. it is unbelievable. they'd love to see the baltimore orioles in baltimore. pretty good pitching match-up as well. and one of his best starts of the season. 7 and a third innings, one run. eight strikeouts. top of the eighth. runners on second and third. nick mark acheis. the groundball, mark teixeira with the play. next batter is adam jones, the wild pitch. and out at the plate. jose molina. getting the ball there at the plate just in time. yankees out of a big jam. bases empty. hideki matsui, getting it done. his 15th home run of the year. the fourth walkoff home run of the season for new york. actually ties the rangers for the most in baseball. hideki matsui, that is his second career walkoff. the 28th win this season. it's amazing. >> former braves teammates square off in the first

highlights, coming up, right here on "espnews," "postgame news conferences," coming up here ones "espnewscoming if he does win -- be >> oldest player to win a majoro on any p.g.a. tour. 59-years-old. he's close to 60-years-old, hip coming off hip surgery. >> 6th british open nint championship. and 9th major title.ry playe ties him with gary player. we could be witnesses one of thp most amazing stories fromnow sports,on on a.b.c. >> after the final round, you'll hear from tom watson and otherm golfers, talking about him right here on "espnews" 'll be >> we'll be showing you more about tom watson. day it's his day right now. simply amazing. >> this is how it is setting upt 18. hit the green. went past the green, a small een, a lit rough outside of the green. second shot, and third shot on . par 4. righthere close enough just to save par.eh if he does that, it is his. he wins the british open. the stewart cink, is sitting in the, clubhouse, hoping for a three.. >> there you go. here it is. he's -- on the fringe right now. using the putter. so he's playing it safe and he't putting it and it i

welcome to espnews.tory tonight: david ortiz and manny ramirez the 2 faces of the boston red sox when they won 2 world series outed by the "new york times" as 2 of the 104 players who tested positive for performance enhancing drugs in 2003. that was the supposedly sealed test that baseball instituted to see how prevalent steroid use was. they join alex rodriguez and sammy sosa as players whose positive tests from 2003 became public. the reporter who broke the story for the "new york times" was asked if he thinks the whole list of 104 will eventually become public? >> i think that this is under a court seal. the players association would not to it. i don't think the commissioner's office want thes names out there either. it will stay the way it is. it raises questions about the red sox who have been unscathed by the steroids stuff. the yankees have been bathered and had their championships called into questions. >> david ortiz and manny ramirez store up the majors in 2003 when they post tested positive fo

phils have won 11-13 overall. >> still to come on "espnews," check in on the w.n.b.a.and, one of the rare highlights, you'll want to see. plus, we'll go, in the class of 2009, at the hall of fame. stomping throughout ) ♪ lock it up ♪ launch it! slam it! ♪ blast it! huh huh huh ♪ ♪ kick it! take it! ♪ work it! huh huh huh ♪ ♪ rock it up! announcer: gatorade. that's g. >> the 9th w.n.b.a. all-star game. west looking to regain itsconnec dominance, and cash doing her part.wnme opped a record 22 points for the west. but, fowles. she had a little something of her own. >> there it is! fowles! throws it down. >> she rocked the room. throw it down! >> oh, well. it did not help the east, the west reclaiming what was once their 6th-straight time. 131-108. bragging rights. cash, 22 points. she set the all-star game record, which was set, in this game by powell, she was an injury replacement for lisa lease -- leslie. >> the driver underwent surgery, following a high-speed crash during qualifying. he was in stable condition in the icu. the accident happened when a loose part hit him

right now on espnews. our top story. david ortiz and manny ramirez seeing their legacies soiled. the latest super stars outed from the list of players who tested positive for performance enhancing drugs. baseball trade deadline less than 24 hours away. how the ortiz news affects boston and everybody else's wish list. and southern cal football may be in trouble again. the latest from los angeles.

. >> right now on espnews, the latest developments in the steve mcnair case as police reveal the shocking new details about what happened on that tragic day. and also, it's official. the lakers have signed ron artest in an effort to make another championship run.

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we'll see them here of course on espnews. >>> welcome to espnews.h the latest breaking news, scores and highlights. we'll get to the historic men's singles wimbledon final where andy roddick was peskier than ever against roger federer. but first some golf. >> roger federer wins today. tiger woods wins today. in case you missed it, here it is. woods, final round. at&t national tournament that he hosts. texting roger federer after finding out he had won his 15th major, breaking pete sampras' mark. tighter with 14 careers titles in his career. one less than federer. woods with a one shot lead. began tied with anthony kim. kim was very excited about this final pairing. did not match any of his feelings yesterday. didn't quite have his a game like when he shot a 62 in round one. he would make that putt 12 under. kim fighting the swing. looking to bounce back after a bogey on 8. he does. 10 under. he's two back. tiger opens the door on 11. sprays right. hard time with this hole. into a hazard he would take an unplayable lie. but from there, he makes a gri

that's all day on friday beginning at noon eastern here on espnews. cardinals have already upgraded. bottom three, i mean when philly is hitting, there aren't too many teams better in the majors. that's chase utley a two-run homer. then in the fifth inning, ryan howard. behave came off todd wellmire. bottom seventh, ibanyez's 26th home run of the year. who needs roy halladay when the bats can do that? phills go on to pound the cardinals into submission. a mine final of 9-2. joe blanton picks up the win. he's now 7-4 on the season. blanton has given up just four runs in four starts in the month of july. all right, it's just gone final. mets and astros, jerry manuel and company gunning for their first road series win since early june. top three, luis castillo 3-3 game the. in the fourth inning, triple brings in alex cora. then jeremy reed, say it ain't so, a trio of the mets win by a final of 8-3. livan hernandez, his seventh win of the season, strikes out seven over seven innings. david wright goes 2 for 5 with a pair of runs scored and a pair of rbis.

captioning by captionmax ♪ >> welcome to espnews.eeping you current with the latest breaking news, scores and highlights, along with jonathan coachman, i'm michele lafountain. our top story -- he's back. >> that he is, michele, the anticipation has been growing for well over a week after a 50-game suspension and a mini-tour of the minor leagues, manny ramirez returned to the dodgers friday night. but before he did, ramirez addressed his teammates, management, and fans. >> i don't want to get into my medical records right now. i'm happy to be here. i miss the game. i'm ready to play. i was practicing in triple-a, and i can't wait to get into the field. i want to say, i'm sorry to the fans, to my teammates, that they are always there for me. i want to thank frank mccourt for his support. my friend texted me, "big day tomorrow, showtime," so i told him, "hey, i'll be ready." i not having been playing in two months, but still got it on me, so bring it on." >> manny batting third, starting in left field. introduced to the crowd at petco p

that's coming up on espnews. the comments you want to hear from some of the big names in baseball history. one of the biggest names in football history sounds off on another. montana on favre. tiger woods, you think he's done it all. well there's two things he has never done on a golf course and they both happened today and that's next on >> braves and the brewers. the pitcher against tommy hanson. that will bring in a run. 1-0. top six, guy yar dough does what he does best. on the mound gets chipper jones looking. 7 1/3 scoreless innings. tommy hanson, the braves' hot shot rookie was 5-0. loses for the first time in his career. tenth time atlanta gets shut out this season. guiardo wins for the first time in five starts. hasn't won in almost a month. look at the n.l. central, brewers win coupled with the cardinals loss, thriews leads by just two and a half games after a loss they couldn't gain ground on the cards. the cubs push to a half game behind the cards. fantastic game with toronto. we boil it down to one h

only at pizza hut. >> right now on espnews, hot kwre69 team in baseball, the phillies. some trouble with the chicago cubs. roy halladay, which team is the hottest after the bluejays? michael vick is a free man. news now on when he's going to meet with the commissioner if he gets back in an nfl you know form. [closed captioning provided by espn, inc.] >> lot of baseball wrapping up around the country and in canada. toronto, up 1-0 on the indians. one out in the top of the ninth. victor martinez didn't have a run batted in in the ninth inning all season. brings home one to tie the game. and two to win it. he holds on in the bottom of the 9th. cliff lee, back-to-back complete games after starting so brutally. now he's 6 and 9 after the back-to-back 18-inning efforts right there. 2-1, with the victory. and gets back to two games under .500. indians win, they're 20 below 500. the indians and bluejays would have gotten 500 with a win after reading that graphic. >> great way to start the half hour. after jonathan coachman, will do his job in the next half hour. our job is to k

welcome into the studios here at "espnews" where we keep you current. bram weinstein in ten minutes or so you might want to opt out from watching this segment as two hot-dog eating champions joins. 'eric karabel will get you set for the fantasy football draft, and yes, it's that time of year for tennis and roger to shine. wimbledon, nobody defeats the king. here he goes, eyeing pete sampras. taking on 6'10" ivo karlovic. this is what the tennis world comes up with to handle federer. how about federer with the backhand winner. double-break point and serves wide. and federer gets it up the line for the winner. the first time in the tournament that karlovic, who has a bomb,   . >> bob: this may be the fastest rain delay to action. everybody. they did a good job here. 1-0 to nick. >> rob: maybe he is not loose. sometimes they go in, rain condition. >> bob: if it is a short delay, would you be better off sitting outside than going in? >> rob: absolutely. going in there, you can get stiff really easily. >> bob: a no

espnews starts now. >> fe hello, welcome to espnews where we always help you stay current with the latest news, highlights and scores. alongside will sell virginia, i'm mark morgan. feet agency period kicks off at 12:301 a.m. eastern time -- 12:301 a.m. eastern time. two hours away. it could start cranking up soon. mark stein with espn.com will be along to discuss that in a moment. >> first, on the diamond. the cubs and the pirates, cubbies 3 1/2 games back of the division leaders. bottom seven, here we go. pirates leading 2-0, one on, two out for freddy sanchez. that drops in for a double, one run scores. pirates end up winning 3-0. the cubs been shutout for the second time in three dames. the lost 7 of 9 overall. lilly suffering his first career loss, first to pittsburgh. the pirates, they've won 5 of 7 overall. >> nba free agency news, carlos boozer of the jazz decides not to opt out of the last year of his contract. he will stay in salt lake city. he was joined by center oak fewer, oak fewer decided to stay with the jazz. >> allen iverson is out there, looking for a new team. came to

that'll do it for this espnews update.now back to jeremy and vinita. >>> oklahoma city did being completely rebuilt but not with bricks and stone. a lego master is painstakingly duplicating the cityscape with the blocks. >> kurt zimmerly is using more than a million legos to re-create all of the city's major landmarks spending 12 hours a day. at that rate it could take him the rest of the summer to finish up.

that's the latest here in the studios here at espnews. more on what is going on, on the nascar scene later. and kurt warner is going to join us to discuss his family life which can be more confusing than his football life. i am bram weinstein. we start with wimbledon where everyone is wondering: can anyone beat roger federer? andy roddick is one of those that may have a shot at him. he has to get 2 more matches. he had a classic with lleyton hewitt. the 5th 70 of the quarter-finals. roddick up 40-15. hewitt up 40-30. and they keep battling. roddick back and forth and running out of team. roddick battling. it will hit the net. hewitt takes a 4-3 lead. next game roddick back on serve. his strength on this day. serving and hewitt back into the net. ties it at 4. next game advantage roddick. roddick 10 and 12 in 5 set matches. this is not typically the clutch time for him. he gets this past hewitt and roddick gets the huge break and has the opportunity. his serve for the match. 40-30. here comes roddick. with the return by hewitt. he charges

that'll do it for this espnews update.now back to jeremy and vinita. >>> oklahoma city did being completely rebuilt but not with bricks and stone. a lego master is painstakingly duplicating the cityscape with the blocks. >> kurt zimmerly is using more than a millionegos to re-create all of the city's major landmarks spending 12 hours a day. at that rate it could take him the rest of the summer to finish up. look up to 5 years younger in 14 days. satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. go ahead. take the anew ultimate skincare challenge! avon introduces anew ultimate gold emulsion. combining technologies so breakthrough skins moisture levels surg by more than 400% on day 1. look up to 5 years younger in 14 days. satisfaction guaranteed or you money back. anew ultimate gold emulsion. call 1-800-for-avon to find a representative and take the anew skincare challenge! waking up to breakfast delicious. now, we're making it more affordable. with five one-dollar-off coupons... in specially marked boxes .of cereal. wake up to b

. >> espnews brought to you by: >> we've got a final from san francisco. the pirates and the giants. here it is. randy winn facing matt happ. that gets into the corner that. would be that. the giants win it. what a game for matt happ... excuse me, for matt cain who doesn't figure in the win. nine innings, just three hits. he stays at 12-2 on the year but lowers his e.r.a. to 2.12. matt capps takes the loss. his name has been lofted about in many trade rumors. >> let's talk college football, big 12 specifically. look for another compelling edge-of-your-seat season in the big 12. my miss and nebraska split the north division title with missouri going on to the conference championship game. the south division was an absolute barn burner all season long. there was a three-way split for the division grown between oklahoma, texas and texas tech with the sooners advancing to the title game. oklahoma eventually losing to florida in the b.c.s. national championship game. let's hear more about this compelling conference from the coaches. >> last year's season, we ha

espnews has you you covered all day long.ball tonight" insiders like peter gammons and steve phillips will be a long way as we sort out the rumors and react to the deal so far. roy holliday still a toronto blue jay. we'll see if there is any talk. >> my sources tell me it will be a dandy of a show. >> it's been a great career for me. it's over. as hard as that is for me to say, it's over. as they say, all good things must come to an end. >> there will be no viking adventure. brett favre calling it a career. espnews begins now. >> coming off his perfect game, mark buehrle retired the first 17 batters he faced against the twins. by the way, johnny vandermeer, only guy ever to throw back-to-back no hitters. in the fif ghts book's lure gets cuddyer swinging. smiled against jencks. he retired jencks consecutive batters at 41. next batter, joe crede grounds to short. buehrle has the new record, 42 in a row. he was perfect through five. perfect through 5 and 2/3. in the sixth, alexei castillo walks. so there goes the perfect owe. bu

. >> welcome back to espnews. john buccigross and the coach.om that grubbing on sunday. hernandez off brad lidge. nawts them ahead lidge continues to struggle. falls to 0-4 on the year. the reds beat the phillies for the third time in the last ten meetings. brandon phillips, his fifth career multi home run game. depending on who you ask, the pedros saw the phillies throw a game on thursday afternoon. tim kurkjian, what kind of a fit would pedro be in >> i think he can be a fit if he wants to be a fit. that is not, you know, not want too much money to come back and pitch the final two months. we cannot forget how well he threw in the wbc. i sat and watched him with a bunch of scouts when i was in scottsdale, and they raved about his stuff and told me it was the best they've seen him throw in two years. now granted the time he threw recently wasn't as good, but the phillies can get him without trading for anybody, and since the market for pitching isn't very strong. this makes a lot of sense, but he has to throw well today if there's going to be

find out next on espnews. >> thanks for joining us on espnews. we're keeping you current.en a royal fan probably opened the newspaper this morning, saw the pitching matchup, bruce chen against josh beckett. game was probably won and lost right there. >> you're saying advantage red sox? >> off the bat. >> beckett looking to join his teammate tim wakefield for most wins in the american league at the all-star break with 11. he was sharp throughout, getting mark teahen in the second inning. top three, john buck swinging. beckett retired the first nine batters he faced. five on strikeouts. top seven, little 4-6-3 double play. beckett gets out of a jam. in the ninth inning, billy butler to end it. takes just 94 pitches for beckett to twirl his second shutout in five starts. red sox win it by a final of 6-0. beckett does indeed pick up his 11th win. it is his second shutout in five starts. the red sox have won 5-6 overall. >> we update you on the new york system rather than the kind of restructuring of bank debt that has been proposed by senator bradley. what's the difference? ..

we'll have in depth analysis right here on espnews. >> the yankees are 10-2.ting some defensive help from mark teixeira. chamberlain, eight innings pitched. all singles, no earned runs. the yankees up 5-0. the blast deep to center. take a quick look. espn sky cam coming right at you. the yanks win it 6-2. make it 11 of 13 for the yankees. chamberlain 4-0 in his last 11 starts. he's 5-0 on the road this season. meanwhile the race falls to a season high 7 and a half games out of the al east. >> the story tonight was certainly joba chamberlain. he did that earlier this season against the cleveland indians. but this was against the tampa bay rays. a playoff contender. he looks really good. >> the big knock on him all year long has been too few innings first start. there was only one guy with fewer innings. the problem has been his fastball command. that's not been a problem as of late. just take a look at the k zone. with the fastball early in the zone. even though they're elevated, he can do that at 92 to 95 miles an hour. by doing that, you can set up the called

this is espnews. [closed captioning provided by espn, inc.] >> welcome to espnews, along with kevin connors, i'm j.w. stewart. this is the latest the red sox and yankees have been tied for first in the a.l. east since august 2nd of 2006. >> if the yankees could just avoid playing the red sox. against teams not named the red sox, the yankees 25 games over .500 entering play against the angels. big reason why the yanks eight-game road win streak. they keep on keeping on. top of the third inning, still early in this one. a-rod, an r.b.i. double in the first inning. nick swisher followed with an r.b.i. single. johnny damon tacked one on in the second with an r.b.i. single of his own. the yankees have not trailed on the road now in 69 consecutive innings. we'll keep you updated on this one throughout the night. >> all right. john lester facing the kansas city royals for the first time since he no hit them last season. and he was just as effective against them this time. eight scoreless innings. struck out

. >> still to come on espnews, there is news about plaxico burress's future.e looking at more time behind bars. we have the very latest. >> phillies are still talking to the jays about roy holliday. find out if both sides are any closer to making the trade. and a bizarre rift between the gm and daily news writer. plus some other whacky. had ings around the diamond coming up on espnews. welcome to the now network. population: 49 million. right now 1.2 million people are on sprint mobile broadband. 31 are streaming a sales conference from the road. eight are wearing bathrobes. two... less. - 154 people are tracking shipments on a train. - ( train whistles ) 33 are im'ing on a ferry. and 1300 are secretly checking email... - on a vacation. - hmm? ( groans ) that's happening now. america's most dependable 3g network. bringing you the first and only wireless 4g network. sprint. the now network. deaf, hard of hearing and people with speech disabilities access www.sprintrelay.com. when we're in a sandwich you'll know it we are our own mixed up blend of one of a kind

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>> glad you found espnews in h.d.e're always helping do you stay current on news, scores and highlights. that is mike hill. i'm linda cohn. "aircheck" coming up. >> we love "aircheck." we got some good topics today, too. we start off with some baseballd the cardinals and cubs, longtime rivals in a tight n.l. central race.. that's lou piniella.day lou, his team down 3-0. that's big lee. derrek lee, three-run shotfo   >> >> jim: coming up on o's orioles xtra pre-game show, cesar izturis is back with the orioles. the bylaw jays are in town for the first of three to close out the first half. greg zaun renewing akuwaitances with his former teamates and kevin millar back against the birds. it's the orioles and blue jays and it's o's o's xtra right now. and we begin tonight with news of the day as manager dave trembley has been suspend by major league baseball for two games. he will serve that suspension tonight and tomorrow night. dave joust will act as manager for the next two days. dave

. >> coming up here on "espnews."the orioles overcame the largest deficit since their move to baltimore. josh beckett charged with making that a one-night wonder. and roger faces dr. ivo. could the champ come over the sport's biggest curiosity? that's coming up. you know what i like about tennis are the rankings. i like to know exactly where you stand at all times. yeah, it works for us. yeah. hey, if they ranked "sportscenter" anchors, where do you think i'd be ranked? - i don't know. - come on. i'd rather not get into it. come on, pick a number between one and 10. well... i'm not sure you'll be in the top 10. i'm in the top 10, roger. >>> ♪ >> headed to big mac land. gone. >> hammers it to left. he has done it again. >> not since alex rodriguez had 30 at the all-star break and ended up with 50 homeruns has albert gone to 30. what are we watching here? ,. >> we're watching how everyone else in the lineup hits around him. ludwick getting healthy, derosa being in the lineup now. that's what is important. albert is so c

. >> keeping you current on espnews, kaka was introduced in front of the ma dritd fans. brian berry, suspension will be lifted july 7. he was suspected for an alleged use of a racial epithet. and the ncaa rejected an appeal from former basketball coach at indian kelvin sampson, charged with five years of potential penalties for violations with the hoosiers. >> still to come, serene and venus on court to make it an all williams final, why it's closer to becoming a reality. >> a quiet night but that kwo change between now and 12:301 eastern time when the free agency period begins. ♪ 100 calorie light beer with lime. miller chill. - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! now get big meals like our stuffed pizza rolls, pizza mia, the p'zone... and our personal panormous pizza starting at just $5. the big eat tiny price menu. only at pizza hut.

same deal right here on espnews. we are the place to be. college football right around the corner.. football media week wrapping up today, espn.com college football reporter mark schlabach has been in hoover, alabama, all week. he joins us now with his tick on what transpired. mark, i think i know the answer to this question, but what was the biggest story of the week there in alabama? >> well, obviously who didn't vote for tim tebow. i don't know if it's a surprise or a disappointment that that was the biggest story coming out of three days of s.e.c. media days, but it was the question asked of every coach, often the first question. we had to wait until friday of the last day today to find out it was steve spurrier. spurrier says it was a mistake. his football ops director filled out his ballot. he claims that he said it was okay and charles bloom, assistant s.e.c. commissioner confirmed to me this morning that steve called him last night and said, hey, it's a mistake, we want the change it, and to steve's credit he said tim tebow and danny wuerffel are the greatest quarterbacks h

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you can catch that press conference right here on espnews. >> all right. after people cloture motion to trevor ariza told sources that lebron james had said he was going to stay in cleveland after he became a free agent, well, now lebron says, wait a second, i never said any such thing. this back and forth all happened when apparently lebron was trying to convince ariza the sign with the cleveland cavaliers. that's not happening either. and meanwhile, grant hill apparently according to the new york post has been offered a free agent contract by the knicks. according to the paper, the team offered hill the mid-level exception. that's approximately $5.8 million. no word yet on whether the former all-star will accept that offer. and point guard mike bibby has reached a verbal agreement to resign with the hawks. the 31-year-old bibby and the team have agreed to a three-year deal. >> investigators in tennessee are hesitant to rule the death of steve mcnair a murder-suicide because they have not yet determined a motive. mcnair was found dead last week with multi

stewart at espnews. >>> good morning. tom watson gave us a british open we will never forget.round of turnberry at 59 years old trying to be the oldest major championship winner. at 18 stewart cink for birdie. around 69 for cink moves into the tie for the lead. on 18 third shot from off the green for tom watson. runs it by the hole so he's got this par putt coming back the other way to win the british open. he said i made a lousy putt. he bogeys 18, finished at 2 under so stewart cink who made that birdie putt on 18 comes out for a four-hole aggregate playoff with tom watson. third playoff hole on 17, tom watson would double bogey the hole and that was pretty much it. stewart cink taps this in to win the british open. he wins it by six strokes in the four-hole playoff and stewart cink captures his first major championship. >>> roy halladay and the blue jays taking on the boston red sox. challhalladay went the distance. fourth complete game of the season. jays take it by a final of 3-1. >>> yankees going for the three-game sweep of the tigers. 1-1 game. mark teixeira into the s

. ♪ ♪ >> glad you are watching espnews where we are keeping you current with the latest breaking newsores and highlights. with mark morgan, i am linda cohn. plenty of baseball matinees ahead. exciting finishes. >> but first tennis. >> that's right. we go to wimbledon. american andy roddick twice a runner up at the all england club trying to take the next step facing lleyton hewitt. most people thought this would go five sets and it did. roddick in the 2nd set. i jumped ahead a bit. set point for hewitt in the far court. hewitt can't return the well placed drop shot. this is not a tiebreaker. tied at 9 there. later, hewitt with set point again. roddick ending his 13 straight tiebreaker winning streak. hewitt takes the 2nd set. 3rd set. roddick up 4-1 in the far court. crushing the forehand. roddick takes the tiebreaker 7-1. the 4th set. hewitt with set point. up 5-4 in the far court. hewitt attacking. then roddick misses. hewitt battles back to force a 5th set. in the final set. hewitt serving. no tiebreakers in the final set at wimbledon. they could play all night long. roddick return

stewart, kevin connors going to show you how you finish strong on espnews. >> i know.human after all. michael phelps forced to withdraw from the 100 meter freestyle today. he's got a sore neck. phelps swam through the pain last night. not only did he swim through it, he set the world record in the 100 meter butterfly. >> elsewhere, president obama says he'll attend the world cup next year in south africa. blazers rookie guard paddy mills fractured a bone in his right foot. remember he broke his hand playing for st. mary's. and american sprinter tyson gay ran the fastest 100 meter time in the world, clocking in at 9.77 seconds. >> coming up, kev not connors and j.w. stewart. and albert pujols chasing the triple crown. ♪ 100 calorie light beer with lime. miller chill. ♪ it basically took me the whole summer. ♪ and i don't know how many times i needed to go to autozone. but... at least now when i go... it's not on my bike. ♪

wrie>> welcome to espnews, where keep you current with the latest breaking news, scores and highlights. i'm michelle lafontaine. and we'll have roger federer going for history, tiger woods going for his third win of the season but some good stuff going on right now in baseball. >> big day in sports. and manny ramirez just pinch-ity fo-hitfor the dodgers. he was given the day off. he came up the top of the 11th. first pitch. it blooped in for a single but there was a very nice sliding catch to end the inning. first along the right railing in right and then he robs ramirez of a bloop single to shallow right center with a nice sliding catch just above the beautiful turf on a beautiful day in san diego. so it's 6-6, bottom 11. dodgers should have won this game. it was 6-1 going into the bottom of the ninth. they had their best starter on the hill, chad billingsly. something went a bit wrong and it went more huange wronger ande game was tied. >> the astros and giants in san francisco. astros looking to avoid a three-game sweep. look at randy johnson. the american league, he's batting, swing