i'm fred roggin. >>> rumors fly about scarlet johansson and key anna reeves.early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. plus, they're not just any women's team. they're about to take on some impressive opponents. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. here's a look at your wednesday forecast. mild conditions continue. our january thaw, it's been more like a month-long thaw. temperatures in the 80s in l.a. 71 in phoenix. cooler in the mountainous areas as you would expect. even in the pacific northwest, mostly a dry day. meanwhile, we take breaks of sunshine. temperatures in the 50s. then we do it all over again tomorrow. doesn't look like any rainfall moves in until friday into areas of especially northwestern sections of washington state. other than that, enjoy. if you are watching us on kobi tv 5 medford, oregon, take a tour through a collection of free-hanging painting that is echo the ocean in the installation sea curtains at the rogue gallery and art center. that's your pacific event of the day. >> bill, thanks. now here's an early

i'm fred roggin. >>> the latest charlie sheen saga, is it medical or mental?our early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, with much of the nation suffering through what to do with all that snow, we'll introduce you to some students who just had fun with it. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. here's a look at your forecast. weak storm come through the morgan stanley. just showers today. have that umbrella with you. showers, want in the forecastçt least for friday for central california. we're dry through the desert areas all the way from arizona bank into the beautiful southern california. on saturday more of the same thing. still some shower activity there m northwest. clouds should be increasing on the coastal areas of california during the day, and a little bit of temperatures take a hit behind that cold front. temperatures only in the 60s on saturday, so that's a look for a little bit cooler weather. >>> well, as far as your -- well, here's what's happening -- kenv nez muse 10 elko, nevada. cowboys at the northeaster

i'm fred roggin. >>> "early today" sports is brought to you by, just for men hair color. live forward. >>> well, whose face sold the most magazines in 2010? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, it's unusual to give birth to twins, but it's even more rare to have them in different years. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back an good morning on this tuesday. temperatures are a little cool still in the west, but a nice afternoon. then snow and rain from yesterday is gone from southern california, southern nevada. today phoenix only 60 and suny. same in san dag toe l.a. right around 60 degrees. cool in the pick northwest. a peek at your wednesday forecast. the storm system going up into british columbia will drag a front towards the pacific northwest. increasing clouds and rain out of it. may mix in with a few snowflakes in areas near portland and definitely the higher elevations. southern california, nevada and arizona, a really nice middle to end of your week here with plent of sunshine and temperatures warping up. >>> if you're

i'm fred roggin. >>> jesse james finds his next leading lady. early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, as some kids dread going to school, this high school freshman is going to extreme lengths to be sure he doesn't miss one second of it. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this friday morning. rain on the moderate and heavy side this morning around portland. a wet commute this morning, but a little better this afternoon. what a beautiful weather pattern for much of the southwest this weekend. from phoenix to l.a. to san diego and san francisco looking good. i notice we're dry on saturday in the pacific northwest. then on sunday it's an increase in clouds. we continue with great weather. almost up near 80 in l.a. yesterday we had a lot of santa ana winds. gusty, warm winds, and that trend could continue. especially into any of the mountain passes. >>> if you are watching us on knsd 739 san diego, california, see works of art, including painting, and sculpture, and prints related to the human at my and hum

i'm fred roggin. >>> another embarrassing mugshot of a misbehaving celebrity. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, he may look like your average high school student, but he'll see, he is anything but. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this friday. our friends up in alaska, still feeling the effects of a pretty cold january start. fairbanks today minus 2. barrow at 1. typical. anchorage, sunny. not too bad. more daylight increasing minutes. juno not bad either at 33. not a forecast you want in paradise. hawaii, chances of rain about everywhere. leave the sunscreen in the bag. as far at the west coast, san francisco, sacramento, sunshine. rainfall in the pacific northwest. a peek as we head into saturday. also including maybe even a chance for snow flurries in seattle. should be rather dry going into our saturday. phoenix there at 62. finally, a look at your sunday forecast. not much as far as big storms go. high pressure's going to begin controlling the weather. maybe snow flurries there on interstate 5, possi

i'm fred roggin. >>> hollywood's golden moment adds another notch to her belt.r early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus these boys and parents spent a frigid weekend outdoors by choice. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. there's aelgs rain out there in seattle. it's a smaller type storm system, so it's not going to pour all day. this afternoon it will turn more spotty, and tonight it will be dry. south of there weather is looking fantastic. what a great stretch we have out here from los angeles to vegas to phoenix. i mean, this is just the snow bird weather. this is why everyone goes to these locations as we head through the winter months because they typically are beautiful. that's going to continue right through your tuesday. enjoy. >>> if are you watching us on kntv nbc 11 in california's bay area, see an array of wild flowers and butterflies and enjoy bird watching and explore the living roof with a naturalist at the california academy of sciences. >> i'm so jealous of their weather. >> i'm kind of getting that vibe f

here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> good monday morning. jets backed up a week's worth of trash talking with a sdis sxif shocking win against the patriots. the jets found the end zone in the second quarter. mark sanchez dumped it off to tomlinson. he's done it so many times with the chargers. now he's doing it with the jets. new york was up 7-3. big moment late in the half after a botched fake punt, sanchez found braylon edwards who got into the end zone. should have been 7-3 at the break, but the jets were now up 14-3. and they added to it in the third. sanchez a perfect toss to holmes who made an even better grab. sanchez's third td of the game, and the jets were cruising 21-11. shonn greene put it away in the fourth with a 16 yard run. check out the celebration. they used the ball as a pillow, but it was the patriots that were put to sleep. rex ryan loved every minute of it. just like the nfc. the six seed has knocked off the one seed. jets won it 28-21, they play the steelers next week in pittsburgh for the afc crown. to a cold and wind

here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good thursday morning to you. the spurs may have the best record in the league, but for the second straight night, they stumbled on the road. boston pick it up in the fourth, rondo to davis. jumper tied it at 94-94. rondo, a staggering 22 assists. minutes later, it was ray allen doing his thing. if you've seen it once, you've seen it is 1,000 times. the celts were up by 5. last chance for the spurs, down 2. manu ginobili for the win, but rejected. celts won it. >>> down to the wire. live inside off the mark. right place, right time scored the go ahead bucket. the nets were up two. five seconds left. that was plenty of time for derek rose, but he couldn't get the three to fall. nets the win, 96-94. >>> great shot from crawford. final seconds of the half, crawford heaves one up from the buzzer and banked one from half-court. i don't know if you call it bank but it still counts. that gave atlanta a 14-point lead. they went on to beat the jazz, 110-87. >>> roberto alomar and bert blyleven are welcomed to the base

i'm fred roggin. >>> another setback for the homeless man with the golden voice.our early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. plus, they're friends, they're coworkers, but soon, for one day only, they'll be rooting against each other. we'll explain. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. we're continuing to watch cloudy skies in the pacific northwest. the temperatures are mild. call it 50 today for a high in seattle. portland also. just slight chance of a little drizzle out there, but nothing like yesterday. i don't even think you need your umbrella. 53 in medford. look at san francisco. l.a., vegas. everyone continues this great trend. i mean, this has been picture perfect weather over the last week or so. today or tomorrow, actually, 78 in l.a. 78 in phoenix. even back to the intermountain west salt lake city is even starting to warm up. if you are watching us in anchorage, alaska, see photographs in screen and film for one of the most iconic artists of the 21st century. andy warhol manufactured at the anchorage museum. that's your paci

here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. this has been a rough bowl season for the big ten conference. after five embarrassing losses on new year's day, the ohio state buckeyes salvaged some pride with a throwing win in the sugar bowl. taking on arkansas, ohio state was rolling in the first half, terrelle pryor to posey. a 43-yard strike. buckeyes up 28-10 at the break. arkansas snapped out of it in the second half. razorbacks cut the lead to 10. arkansas cut the block in the final minutes and had perfect field position for the go ahead score. picked off, and that's your ball game. ohio state held on to win the sugar bowl, 31-26. >>> texas rangers couldn't land cliff lead, so they broke the bank on adrian beltre. he signed a deal with the rangers. >>> basketball to the garden, the knicks pulled off another impressive win. chandler led with a season high 31 against the spurs. felton knocked down a 3 late in the game to give the knicks the lead. knicks handed the spurs just their fifth loss of the season, 128-115. >>> every te

i'm fred roggin. >> "early today" sports is brought to you by lectric shave. blade close, lectric smooth. >> the revolving door of rehab is how some celebrities are kicking off 2011. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, it's being called the ultimate set of wheels. but it's not what you'd expect to see in the playground of the rich and famous. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. your forecast for the first monday in the new year. going back to school and work. featuring light range. not a horrible storm system. enough to make roads wet. rain in the forecast for vegas. we're okay in the pacific northwest and you know what? the forecast out west as we go throughout the upcoming week looks pretty nice. no big storms heading our way soon. enjoy what should be a decent warm-up after a very cool period to start the new year. in kwur watching on krra in sacramento, learn about knitting and sharing your knowledge with others and enjoy friendly conversation at knitting and natterring at the arden-dimick library. >> why n

i'm fred roggin. >> narrator: "early today" sports is brought to you by touch of gray.t rid of some gray, never all. >>> "the king's speech" gets a big bump at the box office and a couple big bumps for its oscar hopes. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a small town with some giant feline frustrations. you're watching "early today." >>> a look at your forecast. the west will take a little cool weather compared to the rest of the country because nasty storm woes many the mesz middle of the country and east coast. beautiful. beautiful in los angeles, sunny. much cooler than last week, but at least it will be sunny. vegas, too. partly cloudy in the pacific northwest, and on tuesday more of the same. still on the cooler side just about everywhere, but at least the sunshine will be out as we head into february. >>> if you are watching us on knv on nbc 24, new collections are vibrant art at the janet turner print museum. that's your pacific event of the day. >> bill, thanks so much. the debut of the anthony hopkins' spook "the rite" earne

here's knowns's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning.r since lebron james set out his infamous tweet about the cavs last week, the heat have dropped four straight, and lebron missed two of those with a sprained ankle. james is now back, but chris bosh is out with an injury, and the hawks took full advantage of a hobbling heat. pick it up in the fourth. smith with a page out of lebron's playbook. a huge dunk. more on smith in a moment. hawks down two. joe johnson forced it in overtime. at one point lebron scored 15 straight for the heated. the three-pointer tied it. last minute of o.t. smith drove on dwyane wade, and got the go ahead bucket. one last chance for the heat. lebron for the win. brick. the hawks win it in o.t., 93-89. off to chicago, bulls and bobcats. derek rose and the one-man wrecking crew. he had 38 points. nobody else on the team scored more than 12. gerald wallace to the hoop like a run-away freight train. the layup. theç foul. he hits a free-throw for the lead. colts had a last shot, and who do you think got the ball?

here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. what a difference a day makes. the jersey nets scheduled to meet with carmelo anthony today and hammer out a deal for the nuggets star. yesterday, the owner stepped in and said that's it, enough is enough. >> there comes a time when the price is simply too expensive. i am instructing our team to walk away from the deal and the meeting, which was supposed to held by our management with carmelo is hereby canceled. >> when a russian billionaire thinks the deal is too expensive, you have to wonder what exactly carmelo and the nuggets were asking for. he thought all the media attention were affecting his team and may have been right. nets blew it open in the third. put the trade talks behind them got back in the win column 103-95. they want top dollar for anthony and they will get it if he continues to play like he did against the thunder, scored 25 points, when carmelo put it away. 112-107. the mavericks have been reeling but no better way to break out than a win against the defending cha

here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> there was a full slatef nba action yesterday to honor martin luther king jr. let's get to it. we will start in boston. magic and celts down to the wire. tie game. paul pierce, the jumper and foul. under a minute to play. kevin garnett returned after missing nine games, and came up bigç in the final seconds. stripped jam ear nelson, and that's your ballgame. 109-106, celts win. >> kobe bryant faked, faked, and he had 21. this bucket put the lakers up by ten. they went on to win it. >>> blake griffin it did it all against the pacers. the spin and in. he had 28 at the half. we know griffin can duj, but he can also shoot. he finished with an nba season high 47. clips won 114-107. amar stoudemire seouled showed his old team what they've been miss. dropped a seen high 41 on the suns. it wasn't enough. channing frye with a dagger from the outside and phoenix won its third straight 129-121. >>> final seconds. tie game. joe johnson shot well off the mark. evans bailed him out with a foul. johnson hit both foul shot

here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. and for years, the spurs have played a slow, methodical brand of basketball that could put many fans to sleep. but if you happened to stay awake this season, you have seen one of the best starts in nba history. taking on the jazz, darren williams did his best to stop the spurs. scored a game high 39. but san antonio has too many weapons, if tim duncan doesn't beat you, ginobili will. spurs won, 112-105.they're a league best 39 of 7. >>> couple weeks ago blake griffin now kevin durant has scored an nba best 47, did it in a win against the timer with wolves. fade away jumper in the final seconds of o.t., thunder won it, 118-117. >>> college hoops, number 4 san diego state was perfect this season until they ran into ninth ranked byu. ferdsette put on a show against the aztecs. 43 points, the rest of the team only had 28. byu won 71-58. >>> providence has knocked off a ranked team for the second time in a week. this time it's villa nova. led by 7 at the half and never looked back. won eas