for the rockies' jason giambi, those three things are home runs. had a hand in all the rockies runs and speaking of threes, giambi is the third player this season to hit a hat trick of homers. rockies roll, 7-1. >>> finally, seattle is not known for the sun, but don't tell that to the angels' torre hunter. carlos piguero, high fly to center. easy play for hunter. easy for me to say. lost it in the sun. in came the winning run. not exactly the way they drew that up, but they'll take it. the suns shining of the mariners, they won it, 2-1. that's your early look at sports on "early today." have a great weekend. i'm fred roggin. >>> a surprise return to the big screen for one blockbuster favorite, this time in 3d. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, normally only one lucky hard working student qualifies to graduate at the top of the class. normally. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. >>> today is going to be one of the most beautiful spring days we've had. it will be gorgeous. california along the coas

jason giambi homered in each of his first three at-bats, 7 rbis, surprisingly giambi's first three-homeun game. the rockies win 7-1. >>> kevin durant, check out. duran you the la scored 24 as they win that game, series 1 apiece. no chance for a save, the bruins take a 2-games to 1 lead, a 2-0 victory. of course san jose sharks will try to make it 2-1 in their series tomorrow night. stay out of the penalty box. >> right. i agree. >> 53 minutes yesterday in penalties, oh boy. >> yeah. >> exciting time in sports, nba playoffs, nhl playoffs, baseball. >> thank god there are no nfl mini camps. who needs those anyway to report on. >> we'll tell you more at 11:00. see you then. >> see you. >>> if your mother is 45 orr older, take this online test. >> find it at cbs5/bone. this osteoporosis, find it and prevent fractures, as we age, our bones weaken and loss density. >> 70% of people with osteoporosis have never been screened. that means they are at risk for a life-changing fracture and don't each know it. >> in fact, the national institutes of health consider osteopoe rose assistant one of the

former as slugger jason giambi has a good night. a career high, seven runs batted in against the phillies. at 40 years old, he is the second oldest player to hit three home runs in one game. 40 years old? really, that old? >>> a former football star is back in oakland this week. he's spreading the word against bullying. >> i grew up in a neighborhood where i saw a lot of obstacles in life. i felt it was important to give back to the youth and come to areas where i'm familiar with. the bay area is somewhere i spent a lot of time. i wanted to come back and show the importance of making a difference in your life. >> he will spread the message again today at palo alto high school. it's going to be busy later traffic wise, right mike? >> yeah. get over between the bay. the oakland folks are going to head to the city and see the game at at&t park. the bay area divides for this series here. here, where the roads come together, 680 and 580, an earlier accident. it sounds like it has moved to the shoulder. it is out of the connector from wha

. >>> in baseball the rockies' jason giambi had a big night in philadelphia. three consecutive home runs off the phillies. at age 40 he is the second oldest player to do that. giambi's homers drove in all of the rockies' runs in a 7-1 victory. >>> and in the seventh inning in toronto, a tie-breaking home run for the blue jays. the home team hung on to edge tampa bay 3-2. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. and a startling report on breakthrough surgery that can help the paralyzed walk again. what is that? it's you! it's me? alright emma, i know it's not your favorite but it's time for your medicine, okay? you ready? one, two, three. [ both ] ♪ emma, emma bo-bemma ♪ banana-fana-fo-femma ♪ fee-fi-fo-femma ♪ em-ma very good sweety, how do you feel? good. yeah? you did a really good job, okay? let's go back to drawing. yeah? you did a really good job, okay? >>> on the "cbs morning news," here's a look at today's weather. after a stormy, rainy week in the northeast, it looks like the system is finally beginning to leave the region. the c

the former a's slugger jason giambi with a career night. three home runs this evening for the rockies. and a career high seven runs batted in against the phillies in the process at 40 years old. he became the second oldest player to hit three home runs in the game. he had three in 1962 at the age of 41. colorado, a half game back of the giants. it is not a deep hole yet. that will come if the sharks lose tomorrow. it seem a little just like deja vu. last year in the finals the sharks lost the first two game at home. now they're returning to the tank for game three tomorrow after getting beat up in vancouver. they need to win four of the next five to move on to the stanley cup finals. the sharks are far from out of it but tomorrow is truly pivotal. >> i think when we're down, different guys like to step up and that's been the case during the course of the year. and we wouldn't expect anything different. we're down 2-0. we know guys will step up and lead the way. >> vancouver did a good job. that's what you have to do in the playoffs. win the

jason giambi homered three times. he had just three hits all season coming into the game.115. at 40, he is the second oldest player ever to hit three homers in a game. the rockkies went on to win the game 7-1. >>> if you can't beat them, beat them up. the sharks tried that and did not work. they are down 2-0. >> in the series. things fell apart in the third period. they kept getting called for penalties. eager completely lost his mind. five penalties all by himself and that included a ten minute misconduct on top of it. the sharks love eager's intensity but he was way over eager last night. >> i guess he runs the fine line and the refs have been on to that and you definitely have to take a look at your game and watch out in crtain area. when walks that line on the right-side he is a great player for us. >> there will be dislike. it is the conference finals and that much more intense. we play again tomorrow. >> game three eastern conference finals in tampa. bruins and lightning. first period more than a minute in. off the rebound, a great move. boston with a 1-0 lead. nicel

he has passed nearly 500 tests over 20 years of competition. >>> jason giambi is a former a.l. mvp. mostly riding the bench for the colorado rockies, but todd helton had a sore back so giambi took the call in last night's game in philadelphia and he answered right away. top of the first, two runners on, he takes kyle kendrick keep to right field for a three hef run shot. back up in the third he sends another pitch into the right field seats. a two-run homer this time. now top of the fifth, he sends a third shot right out of the park, another two-run homer. giambi becomes the second oldest player in mlb history to hit three home runs in a game. he drives in all seven of colorado's runs. the rockies win. >>> giants closer brian wellson trying to get the last out but the bases are loaded. jamey carroll hits a hit to right field and the diving catch ended the game. i love seeing that. >>> dr. cornell west was a big supporter of barack obama in 2008 but now west has harsh words about how he feels about the president and how the president is treating the black community. west claims the pr

lopez came on to get out of the jam as jason giambi finished it. 3-0 the final.w just a game back in the nl west with a day off tomorrow before arizona comes to town on tuesday. >>> compared to their first two games in the series today's effort by the as in kansas city was an easy one. there is always something that characterizes baseball in the city and in kc you can get barbecue. as on the board quickly against jeff francoeur. conor jackson poking one to right in the first inning. coco crisp comes home with a hit. as got two in the inning to get tyson ross off to a good start. one goes up the middle. mark ellis stops but then throws away at second. kevin kouzmanoff runs the ball down. then he is tagged out. you can see just out muscles francoeur. adding to it kevin kouzmanoff gets out of a francis pitch sending it well over the fence. number 3 for kevin kouzmanoff. royals putting a couple runs on the road and as went long ball again. kurt suzuki against louis coleman in the 9th. the as make it two out of three in kansas city with the 5-2 win. they are tied with

jason giambi homered three times. not bad for a guy who had three hits all year and was hitting a buck 15. at 40, giambi the second oldest player to hit three bombs in a game. >>> the sharks spent the day trying to figure out what went wrong last night in vancouver and how to fix all of that before the playoff series tomorrow night. the sharks lost 7-3 with the roof caving in during the third. the canucks scored four times in the third period taking advantage of repeated power play opportunities. the sharks are being outworked and outplayed by vancouver and that has to change if the men in teel are going to have any chance to win the series. >> we had a good team meeting. not any one called out individually, not usually is. you know if you played well or not this time of year. >>> punch you with the face. game two, nba western conference finals. thunder and mavs. the dunk of the playoffs. with authority! kevin durant on the head of 7 shooter. his elbow was over the net. james hardin a six pullup. they even the series