. >> let's start off talking about johnny manzel. he's been in the news a little bit.exas a & m is going to sample life without their heisman trophy winner when they open their season. now, it shouldn't matter. they are playing rice, not a top team but of all the teams in the top ten, is a & m most susceptible to losing a player like johnny manzell. >> texas a & m has already lost a lot of guys and johnny manzell has had a tough off season. so it's going to be interesting to see how a & m gels together and how he shakes off the rough off season and just concentrates on football. can he concentrate on football after everything he's been through, after the ncaa, after partying, winning the heisman, all of this new celebrity and fame? i think that's what people are most excited to see, is whether johnny manzell can be the excitable player that everybody saw last year, and not be kind of the poster boy for a heisman fail as he has been this off season. >> well, college football's opening night the s.c.c., you could certainly say was the star with south carolina winning and

unfortunately, johnny manzel had to mawait 30 minutes because of his autograph scandal.o make matters worse, texas a & m suspended four other players. johnmy manzel playing cheerleaders. if you give a hoot, the owls took a 14-7 lead as charles ross powers in for the score but johnny manzel's back-up, mac joeckel would rise the troops. jones seals the deal by spreading in for the 71 yard score. >> here is john income, johnny manzel working magic on his second drive. he hooks up with mike evans for the 23 yard score. manzel putting his signature all over this game bythrowing three touchdown passes, 6 for 8 for 94 yards as thing agies would go on to hammer rice 52-31 is your final. number two ohio state airing it out on buffalo. braxton miller unloads a rainbo to devon smith. miller threw two touchdowns on the day the buckeyes would win big, 40 to 20 is your final. here is the question: will tim teabow ever play quarterback in the n.f.l. again? they cut the heisman trove winner to get to the 53 man roster. he has struggled this preseason completing 33% of his passes while t

johnny manzel working his magic on his second drive.ooks up with mike evans for the 23 yard score. manzel putting his signature on this game by throwing forg three touchdown passes. he was 6 for 8 for 94 yards, aggies 50 to 31. after the game, manzel had one incidents where he was called for unsportsmanlike. coach benched him midway through the figure out quarter. >> wasn't very smart. you know, that's why he didn't go back in the game either. so, you know, you would hope at this point we have learned something from that. we are still working that. >> that's why he wasn't going back in the game no matter what was happening. >> number 2, ohio state, airing it out against buffalo on their opening drive, braxton miller unloads to devon smith. miller threw two touchdowns on the day of the buckeyes would go on to win big. 40-20 is the final. here is the question, will tim tebow ever play quarterback? they cut the heisman trophy to get to their 53 man roster. he has struggled this preseason completing 33% of his passes, throwing two touchdown

johnny manzell has denied accepting money for autographs. although he did end up autographing a number of footballs had end end up on ebay, student athletes are often asked for autographs from fans but unfortunately, an individual's why motive is to resell the items. texas a&m hosts rice saturday in college station. >>> well sports have often been the catalyst toward social change and that's certainly the case when it came to integration. in fact it was a football game that was played six years after the march on washington that proved to be the tipping point towards desegregation in the south. the civil rights act in 1964, several aspects of the south remained divided down racial lines including one of the region's most sacred cultural treasures. football. >> football is like a religion in the south, college football games were segregated long after the universities themselves had been forced to integrate. so the ability of the black colleges to compel integration had a huge effect on society throughout the south. >> sam freedman the author

the nook and texas a&m, have made the agreement to suspend johnny manzell. reigning heisman trophy winner, has denied ever accepting any cash for autographs. since he admitted signing so many foobles that ultimately ended up on ebay, manzell is being punished, student athletes cannot permit their names or likenesses, used for commercial purposes, including promoting sales of commercial products or accept payment for such. >>> jesse owens, joe louis or jackie robinson. but a football game played six years after the march on washington was the tipping point towards complete desegregation of the south. >>> the civil rights act in 1964, several aspects of the south remained divided down racial lines. including one of the region's most sacred cultural treasures, football. >> football is like a religion particularly in the south. college football teams that were segregated long after the universities themselves had been forced to integrate. so the ability of the black colleges to compel integration by dint of how effective their football teams were had huge effect

johnny manzell is being investigated for being paid to sign autographs.portedly signed hundreds of photos and helmets that were dealed real by authentication companies. if he accepted money or gifts both he and the aggies could face punishment. he could be ruled inel vi ed inr a few games during the 2014 season. many starters on both teams sat this out giving the young guys plenty of time to make an impression. the cowboys won the opener 24-20 but obviously in preseason nothing really counts. little piece of breaking news that came down. fox sports, this is fox sports reporting that 12 players will be suspended for their connection to the biogenecist clinic. major league baseball has not confirmed we're waiting for an announcement connected to alex rodriguez. >> thank you very much. we're going to follow up on that. the sports world is waiting to see what he will happen to alex rodriguez. he's the highest paid player and whether or not that suspension and what kind of suspension he'll get. i want to bring in sports editor of the nation magazine. dave, jus

reporter: big news as it relates to the heisman trophy winner, the ncaa has greed to suspence johnny manzelor his role in an autograph sunday. he spent six hours answering questions from the ncaa. because he admitted to autographing a large number of football that ultimately ended up on ebay, manzell will have to miss the first half of the game as punishment, quote, student-athletes are often asked for autographs from fans, but unfortunately some individuals so motivated asking for the autograph is for resale. and there is a situation there is a strong likelihood that the autograph seeker plans to resell the item. >> well, when we think about the influence of sports on civil rights we also tend to think of the pioneers such as jesse owe owens, joe louis, jackie robinson. but below the mason dixon line it was a game that tipped to complete desegregation in the south. >> reporter: even after brown versus the education in 1954 and the civil rights act in 1964 several aspects of the south remained dividedded down racial lines, including football. >> football is like a religion, particularly in

multiple sources say the ncaa and texas a&m have reached an agreement to suspend johnny manzel for theirst half of the aggie game for his role in a scandal. four weeks ago alfonso soriano returned to the yankees after reaching a milestone. soriano has hit 11 home runs since being traded back to the yankees back on july 26 president. >>> and it's day three in flushing, new york, on the women's side both advance winning in straight sets but then the rains came delaying the matches of serena and venus williams, and andy murray was scheduled to play today. we'll be back in 20 minutes with more sports. >> united nations troops fired on rebels fighting the congolese army and the democratic republic of congo. they are iowa cuesed of attacking goma, a city of 1 million people near the volume tearwandaand congolese border, g for the violence. >>> the in the death of the bottlenose dolphin is attributed to a virus. the number of dolphins that died this year is nine times than the historic average. >>> in north carolina, a new mandate is dividing some people in that state. ç] >> welcome back to a

. >> during six hours of questioning recently with officials, reigning heisman trophy winner, johnny manzel for his autographs. allegations arose three weeks ago that he received a five-figure sum for signing footballs and autographs during the off season. there is no timetable. the school has imposed a gag order on the head coach and its players, preventing them from publicly discussing the investigation. manz manzel is listed as the starter quarter book on saturday. >>> roger federer quest to another victory got off to a rough start. rain delayed his march from monday night to tuesday. but fedder won in straight sets. fedders, recorded 12 aces and 35 winners in the match. the top seeded american on the men's side easily advanced to the second round with a win over italy. he is looking to be the first american to win a grand slam tight until ten years. >>> and on the women's side a huge upset, a 17-year-old american beat 2011 champion. she earned a spot in the tournament as a qualifier was playing just her second ever grand slam match. >>> you see it in the nba, nfl and even major league b

. >> yeah, johnny manzel wants to get back on the field, but this past sunday he faced six hours of questions that he received cash payments for signing footballs and other memorabilia. he denied ever taking any money for his autograph. >>> one of the best players in soccer history has signed a new long-term deal. he has been considering a return to europe, but his substantial raise from the galaxy convinced him otherwise. >>> and the farmer'sal man ak is predicting the first-ever super bowl to be held in the new york area will be a snowy and cold one. so it may be snowing during the actual game. the farmer's almanac claims 80% accuracy dating back to 1818. >> all right. michael, thank you. >>> still ahead how iraq is coping with the flow of thousands of refugees arriving every day. and trying to understand and stop a meez -- measles outbreak in texas. ç] ♪ >>> welcome back to al jazeera, i'm tony harris. here is a look at your headlines at this hour. the un investigation into a chemical attack. a un team was able to collect samples on tuesday. one of the largest wildfires in california hist

>> it's interesting, because i think this issue has obviously, in the johnny manzell news and this half-gamepension, and people wondering, why can't he get paid for his own autograph or a picture of himself, there really has been a wave of criticism of those rules themselves. and there has been more push. should we pay players, open it up, or do a stipend-type system. a lot of athletic officials like that idea. a more of a, just to get through the campus year, these kids can't have full-time jobs in addition to their commitment to college football. so there might be gray areas or ways that you can help these student athletes a little bit more without blowing up the system for, you know, pay the players and, you know, you have unions and trades and all sorts of whatever you would have with these pro leagues when you flat-out pay players. so i think there is a push for stipends, $2,000 a year or different conferences are pushing different things on that. >> you know, i stand really in the middle of this. i do have this sense of, you know, wanziting the innocence o college ball to really be abo

johnny has had a really tough off season. so it's going tock interesting to see how texas a&m jells together. how manzel shakes off this rough off season. can he concentrate on football after everything he has been through? after partying winning the heisman, all this new celebrity and fame, and i think that's what people are most excited to see, is whether johnny can be the excitable player that everybody saw last year, and not be kind of the poster boy for a heisman fail. as he has been this off season. i think what we saw from the s exc already this weekend, proves that this is going to be a formidable conference. you saw vandy, and olemiss play a nail biter, which was really exciting and those aren't even two of top in the conference, i expect a lot out of alabama. i think they are going to show they are the most come innocence team in the conference, it could be kind of violent, and kind of exciting to watch if you are an alabama fan. if you are a person that wants to see the three pete. >> moving to tennis, serena williams taking yaro from kazakhstan. in top form on friday night. screen that easil