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he must recently assisted john carlos in writing his memoir, "the john carlos story: the sports moment that changed the world." dave zirin, welcome back to "democracy now!" talk about the significance of these n.c.a.a. sanctions and what it means that the n.c.a.a. did not give penn state with the sports world is calling the death penalty. >> the significance is that it is absolutely unprecedented. it is unprecedented in a way i think should be very frightening for "democracy now!" listeners. i think one of the things that will allow people to understand, think about naomi klein's book "the shock doctrine." there is no book but enough, no punishment to break that we would like to see these will suffer. yet that is why we have civil and criminal courts. with the n.c.a.a. did is something that never done in history, which is involved themselves in a criminal manner and punish a school unilaterally for the purposes of their own grand rehabilitation. if you look at what resulted from the n.c.a.a. doing yesterday, with a really did is removed scholarships from people who work for years old w

. >>> the story of san jose state's tommy smith and john carlos is well-known. in the 1968 olympians will forever be remembered for what they did on the medal stand, giving the black power salute after winning gold and bronze medals respectively. a documentary that looks at that iconic moment from a different perspective has premiered in london. the film called "salute" tells story of australian peter norman. he won the silver medal in the race and wore a human rights badge on the podium to support both smith and carlos. >> peter backed himself because he did not need tommy smith and john carlos to believe in what he did. he just happened to be blessed to be on the victory stand that two people that believed the same thing he did. and that w the power of that human rights stand in mexico city 1968, togetherness. >> that documentary will be released on dvd at the end of this month. >>> and still ahead at 5:00, the rumors are swirling. could condoleezza rice be leaving stanford to join mitt romney as his running mate? >>> and an interesting way to invest in music.

he's been chosen to replace john carlos stanton. and next week's mid summer classic.comes the youngest position player ever to head to an all-star game. harper met with fans before today's game against the rockies, it was hot outside, so here, have a popsicle. during the game, it was announced that ian desmond, who's out of the all-star game because of an oblique injury, he looked pretty good there. his 16th of the year. nats take a 1-0 lead. top of the 6th, tied at one with, geo gonzalez was on the bump today. he'll be in kansas city, because the man can deal. carlos gonzalez goes down swinging. geo goes six innings, struck out six. ryan zimmerman, he comes through, he shoots one into center. danny espinosa scores to put the nats up ahead. zimmerman has been raking lately. that's his 125th rbi in his last 10 games. next up, two on for michael morse. facing josh renniki. zimmerman is safe on the steal. that throw allows bryce harper to come home. the nats go up 3-1. bottom of the 9th. tyler clifford on to close it out. he gets save number 14. chris nelson goes down lo

everything else paying off shore it like jobs to talk more about team usa as a living champion dr john carlos john so great to have you on the show today so you were one of them a year ago the pride and joy of america our of our limbic athletes but do you think americans would be surprised to find out that some olympians were not even born in america well that will give you reason for a. certain look you know it's not going to work or that represent americans but what you have to this issue really nation remembers you know. you ever heard it was in jamaica and you were going to say go and logically recognition as you make into wrong when you look at games. jamaica. is many things that take place within their living rooms that the general public really don't have a clue as to what the mechanism is allowed to happen. like our guys talking about you know let's say you know academies you know back in the eighty's. dr carlos dr smith was a walking talking. now who we. want well you look good maybe is talking to told me that. it was a journey and. god bless america we've been murdered but we don't

first but then it was back to business as a good race his mcclaren here the iconic crown awards john carlos was also on hand while russian feel the french youngster picked for their ten extravaganza. for the flak for the world championship of racing fever the capital for the fifth time and hamilton said he would like to drive. when everyone asks me about race you know in london or in moscow for the city race i'm always yeah let's do it let's do it this is you know i think moscow has the opportunity i hope in the future to put on the street race i think i've seen the same images of moscow at night and it looks absolutely spectacular so i think a night race here one day as we do in singapore would be you know one of the highlights of our season so i hope that you guys welcome us. he. has tightened his grip on the moto g.p. standings the spanish rider cruising to victory at the telling grand prix to stretch overall lead the reigns over to compared to who started from zero on the first and the anaheim and never looked back after that draws to second result now leads to draw so why nineteen poin

harper earned a spot on the roster when the marlins john carlos suffered a knee injury this weekend. the teenager has created quite a stir after playing 63 major league games looking power to the experience. >> being around all the top talent in baseball is pretty impressive and it's going to be a lot of fun. i think being here for the first time i'm trying to take it all in and really trying to enjoy myself of moment i can and try to -- every moment i can and try to enjoy with the family and really enjoy myself. >> talk about enjoying themselves, tonight the home run derby, angels mark trumbo connected on 13 home runs through two rounds. check out this blast, a huge shot to left field. watch who makes the catch, the officer, tough night of work for him. the blue jays jose batista racked up 13 home runs. batista would edge trumbo two homes are to one. in the final 2009 champion prince fielder against batista, fielder hit 12 home runs including this 476-foot bomb. he beats batista who only had seven. fielder joins ken griffey jr. as the only multi winners and he celebrated with his so

down to win to want to time to get back on after just forty three seconds a past that to a fellow john carlos and luke eight to keep up the loft with the visitors in front but half an hour later on to much pressure later sunday at a level if you. just before the interval you know bought a new super set debutantes the scene a try or a try to strike home or prove to you that we're not against his former club to want . one a late penalty here's a bit of such a one one draw at home to turn back ten minutes off to the end of all our. one of which the grocers like in front of a better surrogate hadn't called. to catch the check chairside were denied victory eight minutes from time as the bullets fired one hundred a year something in the penalty area. and power whiteford luis come out here though made it one one i missed. while the one moment made the fix just for the i think we tenders this monday night twice former champions robin got to present. time to us where champions league winners chelsea selby's a late one one draw in a friendly against big spending paris and you're not in new york and the

else being off shored like jobs well i actually had a chance to speak with a limb big champion dr john carlos to talk about team usa and he gave me a behind the scenes view of the olympic games here's a short part of that interview. well out of that there would be. certain looking as in not born in america that represent america as well as we have citizenship of any nation to represent places you have to get with in jamaica and you have very good to say that you can go and gladly recognition as jamaican to run the olympic games live jamaica. is many things that take place within the liberal grounds that the general public really don't have a clue as to what the mechanism is to allow these things to happen. like our guest talking about the uniform of the lesser uniforms they get amazing back in the eighty's. dr carlos dr smith walk the walk and talk the talk now here we are at two thousand and twelve the eleventh committee is talk of the tall enough. and it was a target and. god bless america waved america but we don't give a the american public works the workers of america the opportunity to

. >> john carlos, had to use their furniture as firewood they were so poor.hat struggle that he had, really took its toll on i life. and the same thing with tommy smyth. >> the statues looks on in honor of carlos and smith. he says history has been kind to their legacy. >> now people understand what they were talking about because people are experiencing it new york city due to the financial crisis that we're all having. so because of that, they can relate to why they did what they did. >> john henry smith for nbc bay area. >>> thank you, john henry. so cycling stage 15 of the tour de france. to the frenchman wins the route, while the british rider bradley wiggins is well positioned to seal the three-week race after a much-needed rest day. >>> on the heels of the u.s. open golf wise, daily city is hosting the u.s. junior's championship. 14-year-old hanna o'sullivan qualified for the u.s. women's open. she tied for 144th. after tomorrow's second round, qualifying you have to be in the top 64 to enter top play. jessica, i missed you. >> he never says that when

. >>> bryce harper heading to the all-star game rookie phenom replaced marlins, john carlos stanton who needs knee surgery the news came hours after learning desmond could not play in the midsummer classic because of a sore abdominal muscling. he joins dwight gooden add the only other 19-year-old to participate in the 83 year history of the all-star game. >> good news about that, a mental break from the pennant race you get a mental break from that and enjoy representing the national league it is a great honor. you are with a lot of talented players. >> 19 years old says it all for itself. almost where i will quote his line that is a clown question bra you have a kid like that at 19 at the all-star it is well deserved and honored. >> that injury to desmond didn't keep him out of line up against the rockies yesterday. he broke a scoreless tie with that homer to right. his 16th of the season. nats lead 2-1, and a pitch in the dirt catchers throw to second, gets away, nats score 3 in the inning and defeat rockies, 4-1. they wrap up the series this afternoon. >> today's womennable done minu

he replaces john carlos stanton and desmond is out to rest a strained oblique.e diamond, game 2 against the rockies. ryan zimmerman drives in the go ahead win and gonzalez gave up three hits and one run. nationals win 4-1. geo is tied for the most wins in the majors.pond, serena williams took down radwanska in three sets. her and her sister take home the women's double title. >>> tony stewart wins the coke zero 400. that's your morning sports have a great day. >>> venus will be in the district this week to help open two new stores. one is in dupont circle and the other is at union station. venus will be there on tuesday signing autographs and taking pictures. hilda solis and kia henderson will also make appearances. they'll represent team usa in london. we are just 19 days away from the start of the 2012 summer games. you can catch all the olympic action here on nbc. that starts july 27th. >>> sports is the reason for a number of programming changes here on nbc4 today. reporters notebook is back next weekend. you'll see the "today" show at 7:00 this morning inst

for john carlos long wait.lopez : "i'm hope."spitals for years. elvia lopez: "he has congenitall hypprinsulinism, it's the opposite of diabetes. he over produces masssve amounts of insulin." noww"j--" as his parents call him -- is gettiig a new friend to help. her namee-- is grace. she's a labrador retriever.ttainer: "are you john? this is john, hi john, phissis grace. hi, this is grace."ttainer: "isn't she cute?" mom: "she's perfect!" lopez: "she's gonna be able to alert us 20-45 minuues before his blood sugar drops, so we're hoping that will greatly reduce the amount of brain damage he suffers." lopez: "it's haad because he's sick we can't let him do most things that four-yeer-olds do, so now that he's gonna get a dog hopefully he can continue running around and be a normal four-year-old."sikorsky: "oh, myself. just stanning their ed just watching them meet for the first time and knowing what she's going to mean to his life." because of j-c's devellpmental delays -- his parents had no warningg signs before a seizure.lopez: "iim

filled with iconic events and athlete from michael phelps gold medal records to tommy smith and john carlos fists into the air on the medal stand. one of the most enduring memories is a tragic one, 1972 in munich, 40 years ago, when palestinian terrorists invaded the olympic village and in all killed 11 israeli athletes and their coaches. remember this? >> each had a plan in planning munich. they're going to kill them, one by one. >> that is from steven spielberg's movie munich about retribution for the olympic attack. now israel's leaders say they're on high alert for the olympic games and sara joins me from jerusalem. good morning. in 1992 at the barcelona games assad was in charge for the 20th anniversary. any types of special arrangements being made for the 38 israeli athletes in london this time around? >> reporter: there certainly are. they would not divulge exactly what they are. we do understand israel is among a handful of countries that is being given extra added security. it was able to speak with ephraim zinger traveling along with them and talked about the fact british security

estadio nemesio diez, diablos rojos recibÍan a chivas rayadas de guadalajara, del holandÉs john van't schip juan carlos guadalajara, escuchemos reacciones. >>> con ayuda de los compaÑeros todos hicimos un bueno trabajo y los 3 puntos creo que por eso trabajamos toda la semana y la temporada. >>> es un sistema nuevo y lleva tiempo desde luego que es arrestado debated y hace dar espectÁculo al final el equipo juega bien creo que en la medida que juega bien vendrÁn consigo los resultados. >>> el partido mÁs esperado entre atlante y pachuca, termiÓo decepcionando los tuzos y potros no se hicieron daÑo empataron 0 a 0, en un partido amistoso en estadio de yankees de new york el parÍs y chelsea, empataron a uno, nene anotÓ el gol y gol del empate lucas, al mitad 72, franceses e ingleses empataron a uno. >>> antes de irnos guardado juÓo el segundo tiempo con valencia de espaÑa, el club ganÓ 4 - 0 a el club de alemania con buena participaciÓn del jugador mexicano. >>> en instantes vemos dos comos elecciones en dos estados diferentes les decimos donde esta tarde , en primer impacto.selena gomez nos recibe en ex

john buck singles. miami goes back on top 2-1. unfortunate, because geo deserved a w tonight. just didn't get the run support. bottom sixth, gets carlosgh cheese. six innings, nine strikeouts. 127th on the season, just one behind steven strasburg with the league lead. roger with the tieing run on second facing steve, and he goes down swinging. nats fall 2-1. strasburg gets the start tomorrowth the orioles pitching staff keeps getting better. jason hamels, who's basically been there ace may need surgery on his right knee. if he does, he could be out until saturday. bottom two, tied at one, robert and dino, takes max scherzer deep to left. the o's had a 4-1 lead in theh. jim johnson's been the best closer in baseball much just one blown save all year. until today, two out in the ninth, quinton barry slaps one to the left. brandon bosh to the plate, tied at 4. o's down 5-4, adam jones. already his three walkoff winners in extra innings this year. scores nick markakis, who had three doubles in the game. o's tied at 5. bottom 13 after j.j. hardy hit a home run tied at 6th. taylor tea garden. with a man on, it's a tea garden party. his firs