where his fellow all-star team made left off increasing the score to three zero in the same innings granderson would further drive the point home in the seventh the thirty one year old connecting on a two run effort to increase new york's lead to find. the home crowd would try and raise the tempo but the team couldn't quite match their hopes five for the final score the red sox so yet another krakow third main focus later on thursday. to some. former european greco-roman wrestling champion circuit or two and has died of a heart attack at the age of just thirty five in two thousand and five two hundred one goal for russia the european championships but during the latter years of his career competed for better or worse from a sporting family he was the elder brother of former international ice hockey player yes gainey or two had his death apparently occurring after a recreational game of ice hockey. to boxing where the talking is continuing ahead of this weekend's middleweight title unification julio cesar chavez jr preparing to take on sergio martinez in las vegas on saturday mexican chavez is

remain tied with the baltimore orioles for first place in the m l b's a al east the yankees curtis granderson got things started for the visitors with home run in the fourth the robinson kaino promptly picking up right where his fellow all-star team had left off increasing the score to three zero in the same innings granderson would further drive the point home in the seven the thirty one year old connecting on a two run effort to increase new york's lead the five the home crowd would try and raise the tempo but the team couldn't quite match their hopes for them the final score the red sox so get another crack out there are main fulls later on thursday. to some sad news now former european greco-roman wrestling champion surrogate or two and has died of a heart attack at the age of just thirty five in two thousand and five two had one goal for russia at the european championships but during the latter years of his career competed for better reuss from a sporting family he was the elder brother of former russia international ice hockey player yes skinny or to hand his death apparently occurring

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iniciamos en el camden yard, curtis granderson, salió de la banca para conectar su 35to cuadrangularreras, y los yankees vencieron por pizarra demoledora de 13-3 a los orioles. nueva york logró recuperar el liderato en solitario de la división este de la liga americana al repartirse victorias con los orioles en la serie de cuatro juegos. derek jeter también puso la bola del otro lado de la cerca por los yankees, que aventajan a los orioles por un juego cuando restan 22 en la temporada regular. en el parque de los nacionales, ricky nolasco lanzó pelota de cuatro hits para blanquear a washington por segunda vez en dos semanas y giancarlo stanton sacudió un jonrón por tercer juego seguido para que los marlins de miami superaran 8-0 a los nacionales. nolasco también aportó a su causa con un doble de dos carreras, luego que bryce harper perdió su elevado en el sol. los marlins ganaron dos de tres en la serie contra los punteros del este de la liga nacional. ahora washington vio acortada a cinco juegos y medio su diferencia sobre los bravos de atlanta. el abridor de los nacionales edwin ja

granderson, on a tear, his 39th of the year. top of the seventh, tampa with a rally on luke's got.o right, making it 4-3. top nine, sorry on a to close it. the yankees and 0.5 games up on the orioles, tampa for back of first. >>> game 3 of the season for the maryland terrapins, hosting uconn. edsal was emotional, facing his old school. uconn dominating the early. the punt return, esperance free of the right side, upon, 57 year yards. 7-0 huskies. then a freshman, under pressure, throws widely to the end zone, his first touchdown. just like they druid up. that calmed the terps. -- just like they drew it out. here come the terps, but they fall 24-21. >>> navy, facing penn state, not going well. the first quarter, 45 yards, 14- 0, penn state. fourth quarter, the game is out of reach. up the middle, fumble. all emerges from the pile with the pigskin, 74 yards. penn state wins, 34-7. >>> towson how was staying william and mary. 16 yards, 7-3. second quarter, the tigers downed 10-3. the towson quarterback cannot find anybody open, looks for the end zone, called sot the ball. third quarte

earlier i posed that question and more to lz granderson and will cain. they're both cnn contributors. since we can assume that the president won't specifically ask delegates if they're better off now than they were four years ago, what he thought the president might say. >> about nine months ago, i'd say, he gave a speech in kansas where he talked about the middle class. he pos itted the status of the middle class against those that are wealthy. i think those are themes we'll hear from again. i said nine months ago, so that's not going to be a new message. what he should do would be to say something along the lines of what you suggest he shouldn't, gary. are you better than you were four years ago? look, i inherited a difficult situation. it's on the right track. i've turned it around slightly. i think you can try to make that difficult message. >> lz, what do you think the president should say this week? >> it was funny listening to the way will characterized the president and the way the dnc platform is going to be. i don't see it as a division. i see

curtis granderson with the go- ahead, the yankees went 2-1. the orioles can take over the top spot in the wild-card race with a win tonight. justin r lender gets out of a jam and gets out brandon mosque in the seventh. the pursuit of the triple crown, his 41st home run of the year, only one behind josh hamilton of texas as detroit beat oakland, 6-2. at the moment leads the tigers five games back from the wild card. the tampa bay rays could use some super heroes after dropping seven of their last eight. desperation time for tampa, facing boston. a solo home run to left field. the game is tied at three apiece. bottom of the six, desmond jennings will triple. the approach to the infield gets away from pedro. a home run as tampa beat boston, 13-3. some highs and lows and a lot of momentum swings. the ravens saw firsthand at the championship game at joe flacco can play with scott brady. experience has taught them that being the pacers will take as much mental toughness as physical toughness. ray rice thinks this year's ravens team has the maturity

lz granderson and will cain are here. they are both cnn spobters. is also a senior writer for espn. they are sitting next to each other in new york city. so no arguing, no fighting when we are done. >> note toself. >> well, we can assume the president won't ask delegates if they're better off now than they were four years ago. what do you expect him to say and what do you think he ought to say? >> you want me to take this first? >> first will. >> here is what i expect, gary. i expect to be a week of divisions to be honest. i think we're going to hear about dividing americans along the lines of age. i think we're going to hear about it along the lines of gender. i think most of the heavy lifting of that will be done from the speakers leading up to president obama. that's obvious in the booking of people like lily ledbetter, speakers from planned parenthood. i think there will be one division saved for president obama and that will be the division of class. about nine months ago i'd say he gave a speech in kansas where he talked about the middle class

curtis granderson belted his 40th homer of the year. yanks beat the twins 6-3. they won 9-10. >>> the pesky orioles aren't going away. look closely. lewis a yell la made the catch of the game in the bull pen and snagd it with his hand. they're a game and a half back of the yanks. >>> tigers are playing catchup. prince fielder left the yard. tigers win it 6-2. >>> despite the win they couldn't make up any ground on the first place sox. adam dunn strikes out and he hits home runs. last night he did both. two home runs and two strikeouts. white sox held on to beat the indians 5-4. they lead the central by a game. >>> the sacks fall for adrian belt beltre. a walk off single. the rangers win it 5-4. >>> that's an early look at your sports today. i'm fred reeg begin. >>> singer chris brown dodges a bullet. plus we'll tell you about a temporary truce in the age old battle between cats and dogs. your early morning headlines are straight ahead. >>> welcome back on this tuesday morning. worst weather in the country right now is heading from northern portions of missouri t

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granderson runs it down at the wall. nice play. yankees up, 1-0. two on for derek jeter. a classic jeter hit. drops it in between the defense. run comes in to score. with that hit, jeter ties willie mays for tenth on the all-time major league hit list. one of seven strikeouts here in the game. 2-0. they set a three-game set at home against the rays tonight. dodgers and cardinals fighting for a wild card. craig breaks a tie with an rbi single. dodgers lost four in a row. cardinals have a two-game lead over the dodgers for the final m.l. playoff. pirates lost six games and fallen three out in the wild card. at the top of the hour on "morning joe," rage against the muslim world. what is president obama's next move and what is he dealing with in these countries? we'll talk about that with the "morning joe" crew. we'll huddle around the water cooler to get a look at the much anticipated spielburg film about president lincoln. ♪ [ male announcer ] the first look...is only the beginning. ♪ ♪ introducing a stunning work of technology. ♪ introducing the entirely new lexus es. and

curtis granderson, a pair of home runs against the red sox. it's the 13th time he's done that. the sox scored late, but not enough. yanks win it 5-4. they remain tied with baltimore for first. >>> tigers inched closer to the top spot in the central. prince fielder got clearance for take off in the seventh. detroit beat chicago 8-6. they're a game back. >>> and don't look now, but the phillies are back in the playoff race. left for dead, the phils were major sellers at the trade deadline. now they're just three games out of the wild card spot. jimmy rollins with a go ahead homer. they beat the marlins 3-1. >>> rangers have been in the hunt since opening day increased their lead in the a.l. west with a victory over the indians. adrian beltre making a late push for mvp. his 32nd homer. rangers won it 5-2. >>> finally, forget tebowing. that's a thing of the past. there's a new pose sweeping the nation. it's called griffining. born on sunday when robert griffin iii was seen celebrating his first touchdown pass from the seat of his pants. now everybody is striking a pose. at the offi

curtis granderson belted his 40th homer of the year. yanks beat the twins 6-3. won 9 of 12. >>> the pesky orioles aren't going away. look closely. luis ayala made the catch of the game in the bullpen and snagd it with his ha ors t dehr in the blue jays a game and a half back of the yapgs. >>> tigers are playing catchup. prince fielder left the yard. tigers win it 6-2. >>> despite the win they couldn't make up any ground on the first place sox. adam dnnlyoeswoth, he strikes out and he hits home runs. last night he did both. two home runs and two strikeouts. white sox held on to beat the indians 5-4. they lead the central by a game. >>> finally how about a walkoff? the sacks fall forian belt. a quockoff rbi single. the rangers win it 5-4. that's your first look at sports. i'm fred roggin. >>> a u.s. coach is being accuseof ordering one of his skaters to tamper with the es of a ciaivt a championship event last year. france co-reports. >> reporter: simon cho, a u.s. bronze medalist in court documents says that he tampered nandhe direction of his m from the coach. th

granderson, 13's time he's done that. yanks won it 5-4, remaining died with baltimore for first.ed closer to the top spot in the central. prince fielder got clearance for takeoff in the seventh. detroit beat chicago 8-6. they're a game back. don't look now, but the phillies are back in the play-off race. left for dead, the phils were major sellerses at the trade deadline. jimmy rollins with the go-ahead homer, beating the marlins 3-1. rangers have been in the hunt since opening day. a victory over the indians. adrian beltre making a late push for mvp, his 32nd homer. rangers win 5-2. forget tebowing, that's a thing of the past. a new pose called griffining, born on sunday when robert griffin was seen celebrating from the seat of his pants. now everyone is doing it. everyone is griffoning. that's your first look at sports. i'm fred roggin. >> griffining. good to know. here is meteorologist todd santos with the weather channel forecast. >>> hey, a beautiful day for everybody. going to be playing outside, getting football in at least with some friends. did want to mention areas wher

curtis granderson, in the business of hitting home runs. and business is good. he would hit two two-run home runs on wednesday night. his 36th and 37th of the year. it's 5-1. top of the eighth, yankees up 5-3. derek jeter grounts into a double play. unfortunately, he would have to leave the game with a bone bruise. he's expected to play on thursday. bottom of the eighth. same score. cody ross with a full count. take his base. what? strike three? question mark. he gets tossed for arguing. bobby valentine starts jabber jawing, too. he gets tossed. the yankees win it by a final score of 5-4. >>> so, the yankees are tied with the orioles for first place. the rays are now three games back in the a.l. east. that will do it for me. hope you have a good day. >> we plan on it. our thanks and congratulations to our sister network. today, espn is airing its 50,000th "sportscenter," the flagship show. it started way back when in 1979, and they were risk-takers. >> hard to imagine a world without espn now. >>> up next, "the pulse," and a bike you have to see to believe. >>>

ichiro, this time, driving in curtis granderson. your next batter, ichiro, once again, stealing second base. once again, with plenty of room. in the same at-bat, though, ichiro doing something that put himself into the yankees record books. ichiro stealing third. four hits, four stolen bases. first yankee to do that since rickey henderson in 1988. let's go to the ninth inning. rafael soriano on to button up the save. and he does. number 41 on his season. yankees win 2-1. they complete the sweep of the doubleheader. >>> orioles and mariners on the west coast. they went 18 innings on wednesday. 11 innings on wednesday. orioles take a 3-1 lead. they go on to win by the same score. >>> tonight, college football action. byu and boise state at 9:00 eastern. i'm randy scott. have a great day. >>> here's one that has us thinking of dorothy and the wizard of oz. clicking her heels and saying there's no place like home. >> these shoes are the work of a british designer. when the wearer clicks the heels together, a gps device is activated. a l

facing curtis granderson. and rodney is your huckleberry. 41st save on his season. the rays win 4-3, just 2 1/2 games back of new york. >>> same two teams headline a major league baseball doubleheader tonight on espn. coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern. i'm randy scott. have a great day. >>> and a final sports note. tiger woods is the first golfer to ever earn over $100 million on the pga tour. >> he crossed that threshold after finishing third in a tournament in massachusetts. woods has played 277 times on the tour. that means he's earned more than $362,000 per start. nice life. >> wow. >>> coming up next, "the pulse." and stories swirling about the tom cruise casting couch. did scientology officials really audition wives for him? >>> and best friends. the loyal dogs with a welcome home to melt the heart of a tough marine. for write this. it's like the days before esurance express lane™. you had to find a bunch of documents just to get a car insurance quote. now express lane finds your driving info with just one click, saving time to be nostalgic about the days b

curtis granderson, solo home run. he had two home runs in the game. now 37 on the season.o added a two-run homer laettner the inning. yankees up 3-0 in the fourth. middle of the game, red sox lost a key player. dustin pedroia learns his wife is in labor, leaves immediately to be with her. good for him. hope everything went well there. red sox edge closer. mike ave. las goes down for an rbi double. eighth inning now, nightmare situation for yankee fans. jeter grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. pulls up lame on first. he injured an already sore ankle. jeter insists he'll be back tomorrow. cody ross gets, let's call it a generous call. he's ejected. the inning ends. bobby valentine joins him in the clubhouse. players, manager, all told, three of them get tossed for the game. valentine has the record for most ejections in the season with six. jacoby has a chance tore the hero, right back to soriano. yankees remain tied with the orioles for the first place spot in the a.l. east. they have a day game against the rays this afternoon. yanks and red sox tonight. tigers and white sox

s in east the yankees' curtis granderson getting things started for the visitors with a solo home run in the fourth robinson kaino promptly picking up rights where his fellow all star team it left off making the score three zero and see an inning gunderson would further drive the point home in the seventh the thirty one year old connecting on a two run effort to increase new york's lead to five. though the crowd would try and raise the tempo of their team couldn't quite match their hopes five for the finals for the red sox they'll get another truck off their main foes later on thursday. to some. former european greco-roman wrestling champion surrogate are two and has died of a heart attack at the age of just thirty five in two thousand and five or two when one goal for russia the european championships but during the latter years of his career competed for better wrists from a sporting family he was the elder brother of former russian international hockey player yes gagne arctic and his death partly coming after recreational game of ice hockey. to boxing where the trash talking is con

curtis granderson at the plate.e best home run ritters in the game right now -- hitters in the game right now. a two-run shot, his 39th of the season. 2-0 new york. bottom of the eighth, alex rodriguez bait hse hits. top of the ninth, rays threatening with two on. rafael soriano says not this time. yankees win 5-3, taking control of first in the a.l. east. >>> meanwhile, cal and stanford were focused on upsetting their opponents this afternoon. both teams facing top 15 opponents. on the farm, usc is leading the cardinals 14-7 in the second quarter. we'll have in-depth highlight of that game at 11:00 tonight. what about the cal bears? the guys face 12th ranked ohio state. cal trailing 20-7 in the third quarter. take a look at brendon bigelow. whoa! he's off to the races. 81-yard touchdown run. extra point was good. that made it a six-point game. fourth quarter tied at 28. the kicker from 42 yards out. the third field goal of the game. this time ohio state makes them pay. braxton miller, 72-yard t.d. pass to devon smi

that scores curtis granderson and russell martin. the orioles do not flinch. adam jones. he said it was the biggest hit of this night. mark reynolds again -- when he hits them, the ball launches off his bat. chris davis hits another home run. the os take round one from the yankees 10-6 and are tied for first -- the orioles take ground one. a sellout crowd. a crowd of 46,000 last night. mark reynolds said he was nervous. adam jones said he had goosebumps. cal ripken said, enjoy the september pennant race. cal making a back can play at shortstop. billy ripken and brady anderson addressing the crowd. maybe the biggest guest of all, vi ripken in the crowd watching jr. say thanks to the crowd. tomorrow, a public viewing it on the field for art modell. he was more than just the owner to ozzie newsome and ray lewis. >> the greatest thing life offers is the opportunity to help someone. he was one of those guys, one of those spirits. >> based on all the texts, females and phone calls i've gotten from people, the impact that he had on my life, he had a major impact on their life, t

curtis granderson off aaron cook. 1-0, yankees. two batters later. with a man on. robinson cano.s guy one of the best players on the planet hits home run number 30. 5-4, the yankees hang on. they are tied with the orioles orlse play at 12:30 this afternoon. ravens play the eagles sunday in philadelphia. they look for their second win in a row. is ray lewis really in his 17th year? ray lewis is 37 playing like he's 20. 14 monday against the bengals. he'll have his hands full this week. he will try to stop michael vick from both throwing and running. only the second time ever the ravens play in philly. manny machado. 20 years old. brooks robinson. >> beautiful. >> great. >> thank you. >> coming up in the next hour, president obama is vowing justice for the killings of four americans in the middle east. the latest on america's response in a live report from washington at 6:05. >> officials say a group of airport workers filled more than 100,000 liquor bottles. >> what do legos, transformers and g.i. joe's all have in common? >> i had them all when i was a kid. i still have them all.

. >> cnn contributors will cain and lz granderson, many thanks to you. and you can take part in the dnc and cnn's election roundtable. this tuesday, join wolf blitzer and our political team for a live virtual chat. go to cnn.com/roundtable and submit your questions, and we will give you the answers in realtime. the "cnn election roundtable" is at 12:00 noon eastern on tuesday. >>> as charlotte preps for the democratic national convention, some who will arrive there won't necessarily receive a terribly warm welcome. they've been called the paparazzi of politics. you'll hear from one, next. >>> newsmakers have to be vigilant nowadays as the paparazzi close in, filming their every move, but we're not talking about hollywood elite. we're talking politicians, whose own words can be used as ammunition against them. kelly m aaher is a tracker for revealingpolitics.com. she'll be at the democratic national convention. she's a republican. and earlier, i asked her what she hoped to accomplish. >> finding delegates and also finding people who are rallying and figur

don lemon spoke about it with cnn contributors elsi granderson and anna navarro. >> last time we talkedut this, you got really passionate, you and will really went at it. and you were specific saying you weren't going to sugar-coat it. >> this is driven by race. i was at the speech last night. i will tell you i didn't leave there thinking, oh, i need to vote for obama because he's black. i left there thinking as an american citizen, we all should be offends that these tactics are being used to curtail our rights, the right that is blacks and whites have died for. you don't have to go all the way back to slavery. jesse helms used tactics to scare blacks from going back to the polls. >> it's nothing like this. >> let me finish. i allowed you to finish. saying things like, if you go to these polls and you don't have x, y and z documents, you will go to documents. that wasn't a long time ago. we were in collegehen that was going on. >> we invited will to be back. he's traveling. so he's unavailable. why are you so passionate about this? it's going on in a number of different states. pennsyl

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granderson who leans left. l.z., are democrats having a hard time answering that questi question?se it's not the right question that should be asked. >> so what is the right question? >> the right question is why have there been for the past 40 years a dying off of the middle class? this isn't about four years of president obama. this isn't about eight years of george w. bush. the fact of the matter is the numbers have shown that the middle class has been shrinking not just in terms of its size but the actual income for the past 40 years. >> the question is, are we better off? and they should have jumped on that answer right away. >> that's a campaign question. that isn't a question about the real state of the economy or the middle class. that that throws red meat to people opposed to the obama administration and it's a question a lot of democrats throw at george w. bush but it doesn't address the real issue which is what's going on with the middle class and that's been going on for 40 years. not just four and not just eight. >> will, are we better off today? >> no. as you asked t

men at the corners for curtis granderson, a sac fly to left. there'll be a play at the plate.sher comes in to score and the yankees lead. cc sal bath kc sabathia is jus. no hitter in five, top of the sixth and two men gone. sabathia, he strikes out gomes, but in the ninth inning a home run for brarn don months that has tied the game at one. we're in the bottom of the ninth. 1-1. the wild card position. and they have a tough schedule ahead. for the giants, the magic number is three. that means they could be down to one when we see you again tonight at 11:00 from the xfinity sports desk. how about that? ? i know don'ters are tied 1-1 with the reds. >> did you say the giants could clinch the pennant in the next two weeks? that could be interesting. >> fudge it a little bit. give him some credit. he's at least following it. >> these going to do it for us. for a full half hour of sports, you can watch comcast sportsnet central at 10:30. >> we'll be back in a moment. >>> that's going do it for us. we're going to leave you with a great view of the shuttle. >> have a great weekend. ha

el z granderson and anna navarro. take a listen to paul ryan this morning on fox. >> yes, we've had some missteps, but at the end of the day the choice is really clear. we're giving people a really clear choice. we have these pro growth solutions for opportunity and upward mobility in the dynamic economy. you have the president promising four more years of stagnation and dependency. >> paul ryan acknowledges what he calls missteps and admitting mistakes, missteps. is that a deliberate strategy? >> i don't know if it's a smart strategy. but i know it's a realistic strategy. obviously they're down in the polls. i think he's being humble. i think he's being realistic. he's admitting there's been mistakes maitt romney said he didn't make the best articulation when speaking of the 47%. they do need to eat a little humble pie and admit things are not all rosie. we can't deny what the polls are showing. we may be able to argue with the polls a little bit, but things need to pick up. i think paul ryan admitting that this morn