>> after the famous painter thomas hart benton. i models my career as it were on thomas hart benton because he used to do these great murals of america and had all of these characters that could be in it. it could be the laborer and i used to have just prints in my bedroom that got me so excited of paintings. so i named my first daughter after benton. second is johnny brinkley. i had an uncle johnny which i never met. he was killed in world war ii at guam. he was a marine and my mother, he was kind of a hero in my life even though i never met him because he died in world war ii. i was a big fan of johnny cash. >> you are going to call him johnny for the rest of his life or john. >> i'm going to call him johnny. he can make that decision when he gets older. >> he is 4? >> yes. >> my youngest is 2 and that's cassidy is her name and it's from a character of on the road and a grateful dead song called cassidy. so it's cassidy brinkley, johnny brinkley, benton brinkley. my wife is ann goldman of new orleans. we met there and got married

hart, 65, hid in the woods as he was hunted. when he made it home, he found that his wife had been buried and his 13 children had disappeared. he never saw any of them again. judge richard stockman, another new jersey signer, had rushed back to his estate in an effort to evacuate his wife and children. the family found receive puge with friends. judge stockman was found in the middle of the night and arrested and put in jail. congress arranged for his parole. when he returned home to find his estate looted, he did not see the triumph. john morton was a british sympathizer, but once he came to sign the declaration of independence, he changed his mind and came out strongly for independence. most of his neighbors, however, in pennsylvania and his relatives, were british sympathizers and ostracized him. when he died one year later after signing the declaration of independence, his last words to his tormenters were, quote, tell them they will leave to see the hour and see the signing of the declaration of independence that i have ren

. >> alex ovechkin has been named the hart trophy winner of the nhl and mvp. he's the first nongoalie to win back-to-back hearts since wayne gretsky in 1980. >> the trophy goes to the nhl's top goalie. it was boston's tim thomas. had a career high 36 wins. he was first in the nhl in goals allowed average, and save percentage. >> the rain is very visible on our screen. it's starting to come down heavier now. clearly a bad drive. it's disappointing. >> to make a hard course that much tougher, rain, mother nature playing a part in round one of the u.s. open. monsoon-like conditions at bethpage black. play was suspended. no golfer finished. in fact, many of them did not even tee off. espn.com's bob harig is covering the u.s. open for us. bob, can you describe what the fairways and greens are like right now? >> it's a mess out there. and it makes you wonder if they're going to be able to get it b ready for friday. they've had a lot of rain here coming into this week. we've had a couple of nice days before today, but it just never stopped raining. i mean, i it's sti

. >> for the second straight year alexander ovechkin is the hart trophy winner as the league's m.v.p.who led the nhl with 56 goals is the first non-goalie to repeat since wayne gretzky won eight in a row from 1980 through 1987. ovechkin also won the lester pearson award begin to the most outstanding player as voted on by his peers. >> pavel datsyuk won two awards. the best defensive forward and the lady byng for gentlemanly conduct. >> rafael nadal will decide friday if he will be able to defend his wimbledon title. the number one seed in the tournament, nadal lost an exhibition matched this to lleyton hewitt and his knees continue to bother him. wimbledon gets under way monday on espn2. >> mother nature washes out the open's first round. what this means for tiger and the rest of the field. top stories on the way. >> i'm eric karabell with your fantasy news. let's look at information you need to know for friday's games. first off, let's talk about the philadelphia outfield without raul ibanez. he's on the d.l. with a groin problem. the other three guy should not be dropped. let's assu

or five more that he has been able to dodge but when you are a diver and you are trying to slap a hartthe other way after that good sinker the pitch before, that's a really good, tough communication between bard and stammen. >> bob: now the tying run's on base. evan longoria retired on the one-hopper to stammen first time up. >> rob: here is the best base stealer in the american league, carl crawford. bobby abreu having a great career with the angels. >> bob: did he find a fountain of youth? that's a double steal, and the throw goes to centerfield. and the tying run will end up at third base on a throwing error by josh bard. i sometimes, you have to let them go. look at longoria. he is right in bard's way. bard has to throw this ball and it goes over the third baseman. sometimes, it's better if you stay right in front of them, get around him, not an easy task and the throw goes arye, but it's the kind of pressure these guys put on you. >> bob: and now that's a 3-2 game with the tying run 90 feet away. >> rob: now you know why manny acta was trying to manufacture runs after we were up 3

for the second straight year, alexander ovechkin is the hart trophy winner as the league's m.v.p.kin who led the nhl with 56 goals is the first non-goalie to repeat since wayne gretzky won eight in a row from 1980-1987. ovechkin also won the lester pearson award as the most outstanding player as voted on by his peers.

and hart to center bringing home kendall and the bruins are down 6-5. and the next batter, j.j. hardy is facing wilson trying to get the save. hardy, the hard-liner up the middle, it gets through. and a run comes in and we are all tied up at 6-6. the giants were at the low point 4-0 and then the brewers came right back. here they are after he struck out and prince fielder up and rips it down the right-field line. and coming down for the winning run and the brewers go bananas. the brewers win it 7-6 and milwaukee won 9 of the last 11 versus the giants. and the giants are 2-14 in the last 16 at milwaukee. trevor hoffman allowing five runs in the last 4 2/3 after starting the season allowing 0 runs in the first 18 innings pitched. >>> with that we say welcome into "espnews." so glad you can join us. helping you stay current with the latest news, scores and highlights. i've will selva along side of mike yam. if you are following us on "espnews" we are bringing you the live at-bats of manny ramirez. we showed you what he did in the first at-bat. and manny is expected to get up, batti

. >> rob: he's been hitting the ball hart. -- hard.didn't have a lot of results in new york, but he hit the ball hard. >> bob: rick eckstein said he could see austin getting closer and closer a respectable, more than respecting a, career pinch- hitting average of .262. josh willingham is scheduled to rejoin the nationals tomorrow. now, after a week off, it might take josh a while to be ready to go out and as rob says grind out for or five at-bats. when he's ready, this might be kearns role on this ball club unless he really starts lighting it up that. ball high in the air deep center. how far? it is up against the wall caught by vernon wells! eerily similar to the distance kearns hit in new york last night. it's 1-1 still into the seventh. they're all around us. which is why pnc created grow up great. a $100 million program that prepares young children for school. and the world they'll inherit.... sooner than you think. pnc. leading the way. at jeep, we build skyscrapers. we build fish finders. we build battery chargers. we build base

would anyone here want to go into major surgery, hart, head, whatever, and have a physician there who flaunt his test five times -- who flunked his test before they squeezed him through the operation and put life in his hands? i think there is a point in time were you have to stop and say hey, if you cannot master this in two or three times, then find something else to do. people love to fly. i know a lot of pilots. flying is a glamorous job. i do not know how it is as a commercial operation when you are sitting in seats to fly back home or otherwise away from home, etc. i think there is a point in time that you say hey, the simulators have -- regulate -- replicate emergency situations. >> very much so. you can really do a good job of training for emergencies. it does not replicate the fact that when you are in an airplane, it is much more three- dimensional. all the force is on you, so sometimes you have to go back to the basic airmanship. to your point, and most of the airlines, that three strikes and you are out is just about the way it works. that is oversimplified, but we have gi

named after the famous painter thomas hart benton. i've modeled my career on him because he used to great murals of america and had all these characters that were in them. there could be the labor. i used to have prints of them in my bedroom that got me so excited. inamed by first daughter after him. second is johny brinkley. i had an uncle named johnny which i never met. he was killed in the second world war in bomb. he was a marine. my mother -- he was kind of a hero in my life even though i never met him because he died. i was also of a big fan of johnny cash. i went with jonny. >> are you going to call an johny for the rest of his life? >> johny. he can make a decision when he gets older. >> these four? >> that's right. my youngest is two. that is cassidy is her name. it's from a character of jack kerouac. there's a grateful dead song as well called "qazi." it's an irish-- called "cassidy" and we got married anand had met in new orleans. becoming a family man changed my life. all my kids want to do is go to the wild places to go s

and fielder scoring hart and a walk-off hitter and the sixth of the career and brewers score three in ninth to win it 7-6. and brian wilson had not allowed a run in the previous 13.2/3 innings and hoffman allowing runs, and started allowing 0 runs in the first 18 innings pitched. >> and we are keeping you current with the latest news, scores and highlights. this is "espnews" available in high definition. along with will selva, mike yam with you. more on the cardinals and what think have been able to do, they pull off a trade. and we have that for you. now manny ramirez. >> we are tracking every single one of his at-bats. the rehabilitation tour. ramirez all business taking part in batting practice, shagging fly balls. and ramirez suiting up with the 66ers. and in his first at-bat he was batting lead-off and went deep. that one off nick schmidt. and introduced to a smattering of boos mixes with cheers as well. in his second at-bat, manny gets walked. and sweltering heat, 106 degrees. and here is the schedule for man ram coming up, sunday, monday and tuesday he is playing against rancho

i mean, would anyone here want to go into major surgery -- hart, head, whatever -- and have a position there who flunked his tests five times? before they squeeze into the operation and put life in his hands. i think there is a point in time were you have to say, if you can't master this into or three times, then find something else to do. people love to fly. i know a lot of pilots, i sat in a lot of second seed in small airplanes and flying is a glamorous job, it really is. i don't know how it is as a commercial operation when you are sitting in seats to fly back home or otherwise away from home etc., but i think there is a point in time in capt. prater that you say this is not a the kind -- of the simulators have a regulated -- replicative emergency situations. >> very much so. you can really do a good job of training for emergency use. it doesn't replicate though the fact that when you're in an airplane is much more three-dimensional, all the forces on you so sometimes you have to go back to that basic airmanship, but your point. at most of the airline said that three strikes and yo

had a couple balls hit hart that -- hard that worked out in my faifert favor right at guys. just keep pounding the strike zone. >> well, bearings certainly has been doing that. look at the numbers over his last four starts. 3-0, one no decision. how about that e.r.a. 1.69 combined in those four starts. bergesen has anchtd eight innings per start. opponents are batting just .193 and he now owns the only complete game victory that the orioles have on the year. jeremy guthrie has the other complete game. that came in an eight-inning loss at toronto. obviously, you see brad bergesen dpaing consistency as you -- gaining consistency. as you watch him, what do you see and what you do you see in his approach. >> like brian roberts says, everybody loves this guy's approach to pitching. one thing is get on the mound, get ready to pitch and throw. he's got a very -- he works very fast, but his tempo has really changed a little bit. very slow through the course of his delivery, but he attacks the strike zone. i think that's what everybody likes. he's got that killer instinct that you lo