. >> reporter: they met with the improbably named kobe laker. eric's best friend. and kobe backed up eric. >> they had a terrific marriage and there was no problems whatsoever. >> reporter: but if the marriage seemed solid, there were questions about pegye. at least according to linda bechler, eric's mother. linda says pegye told her something in confidence just before she disappeared. >> she stopped me on the stairway as i was leaving and said, came up and said i have to talk to you. she said i'm afraid i'm going to jail. >> reporter: according to court documents, about a year before pegye disappeared, the couple sold their physical therapy business to another company but they stayed on as employees. then just four months before pegye vanished, the bechlers were fired amid allegations they had overbilled medicare for over $1 million. so when linda heard pegye had vanished -- >> i started thinking about how disturbed she was about going to jail. >> reporter: and she wondered if pegye had somehow staged her own disappearance. pegye's friend glenda said no way. was pe

did kobe really get shaq kicked off the lakers? ple stuff. >> jimmy: not even, really. did kobe answer that question? >> no, no, kobe wasn't there. that's why i'm saying when we left, my kids asked me. i said, did you get that homework done like i asked you to. >> jimmy: at least they had the good sense to not ask that of kobe. although maybe he would have answered and it would have been -- you're a dodgers fan as well, i know that. >> oh, yeah, matt kemp. he knocked that home run last night. matt kemp. >> jimmy: have you ever thrown out the first pitch at the dodgers game? >> i did. i got a chance to throw the first pitch out at the dodgers game and almost tore a rotator cuff throwing it. i was trying to throw hard because i tried out for baseball when i was in high school and it didn't work out as well. >> jimmy: why not? >> well, i would always try out for basketball teams and sports and i was good at them, but when the report cards came out, it was over with. so i would get to play two games out of the season and then my report

the last team to win three-consecutive titles, the lakers with shaq and kobe. >> impressive. >>> anthony, handling sports. how about the a's today? >> the a's looked like they were taking batting practice against the angels. they scored more than the >>> the magic number is 21, that the a's put up against the angels. they scored five runs in the third. pisciotti continues to be red-hot. that's a three-run jack making it 5-1. he had four rbi in the game. they would add seven more in the fourth. marcus semien with a base hit up the middle. it's 12-1, oakland. after a scoreless fifth inning, the a's answer was six in the sixth. francisco arcia pitched the seventh and the eighth. i feel bad for him. it looks like he's throwing batting practice. the a's get 20 runs. they would win it 21-3, the most runs they scored since they had 23 in 2000. the yankees lose. so, the a's, just a game and a half behind new york for the top wild card spot. >>> preseason hockey. the sharks and the ducks. a good shot at making the team against the redirect right here, past ryan miller. but the sharks trailed 2-1,

lakers teammates for the first time yesterday. after practice, he was asked how he plans on winning over all the kobe fans in l.a. >> listen, i signed i'm here, so -- i mean, i know what i bring to the table and the floor. >>> check out the shoes lebron will reportedly wear in the opener. people quickly pointing out those are cavs' colors, not lakers. >>> and tiger woods back on the course yesterday gearing up for the ryder cup in paris, france. in an interview with the pga, tiger was asked to give his mt. rushmore of golf. >> snead, jones, nicklaus, me. >> bobby jones, jack nick loucn and me. nobody would dispute it, but odd to hear him say it. >> people were offended by this. if he didn't say "me," i'd be offended. >> i like it. >> three more wins, he's the all-time wins leader. tiger might be on the top of that mountain by the time it's said and done. sholls, don't sleep on my colorado rockies. you mention wanted a lot of teams. they are in the post season. good to see you. romans, over you to. >> good stuff, guys. >>> breaking overnight, signed statements from four people who say christine blasey ford told them in recent years a