leroy smith was there. leroy who? maybe the reason jordan is who he is.it's the first time jordan was cut from any team. >> he's the tame 6'7" guy. not any bigger. he started the whole process with me. when he made the team and i didn't, i wanted to prove to leroy smith and to myself, i wanted to make sure you understand you made a mistake, dude. can you imagine -- leroy smith was there. can you imagine being him watching that. >> can you imagine being the coach saying, yoe, i did. >> one of the biggest mistakes of his life. friday night. high school football. it's powerhouse taking on eastern. eastern had their hands full in this one. ramblers in blue pumping away. dunbar opens up with a bang. this is how you do it on the punt return. take tes. turn it upfield when you get on the sidelines. 46 yard -- wow, it's long. they take the lead. freshman quarterback, matthews. 22 yard score. dunbar up 26-0 after one quarter. they go on to win it, 54-6. nice one. >> that's a whooping. >>> up next, the shuttle gets t aoran fhe lhedi he >>> the space shuttle "discov

. [ laughter ] you played leroy. >> i played leroy., "well, there might be some bigots in the audience." and i was like, "well, we shouldn't cater to the bigots. who were coming to see the sixth grade production of 'fame.'" i mean it was like, it was the first, like, artistic stand i think i ever took. yeah. >> jimmy: that is ridiculous. okay, very good. >> leroy. >> jimmy: okay, second question. what was the worst lie seth ever told you? worst one. >> we had a -- we had a rabbit named petey. a very sweet black rabbit. she smelled horrible. and she had a hutch in the garage. and one day i came home, and petey was so cute. she was sleeping. i was like, oh, everyone has to come see petey. she's so cute. she's sleeping. she was dead. >> jimmy: okay. [ light laughter ] >> and so my father was like, you know, i was inconsolable. and he told seth, "you have to go bury petey," and gave him a shoe box, and a shovel, said "go get this done. and we're going to have a sort of -- you know, some kind of ceremony out there." so, as i'm crying in the

leroy larose, passion wilson, sherrone jenkins?wer, passion wilson, miami police officer took the stand describing her initial assessment of the scene when she first arrived. >> i arrived, there were a lot of people in the street. they were pointing to the house where the victim was. when i approached the door, she was laying in the doorway, bleeding from her neck, life the, in her mother's lap. >> leroy larose pleaded guilty to his role in the shooting death of sherdavia jenkins in exchange for seven year prison sentence, he agreed to testify against the defendant. sherrone jenkins, the victim's mother, gracefully took the stand, recounted reee vents of date leading up to the moment her child passed away in her arms. monica from florida our first viewer to e-mail us with the correct answer. so they've take ainn a break in the courtroom. jennifer barranger, paul martin, let's talk about the prosecutor's spperspective, charged with second-degree murder but nobody says he intended to kill the 9-year-old girl. what's the language? wha

leroy van, fumbles it, gets it right back, races to far sideline and the little dude can fly. 5'9" and he's gone. a 66-yard punt return, his second punt return for a touchdown in the game. a&m downs horde 48-10. >>> on the hardwood, mystics at

to the coach who actually picked leroy over me. i want to make sure you understood you made a mistake, dude. >> yeah, dude. biggest mistake of your life. all right. it was friday night football last night. our game of the week was in the district. and it was featuring powerhouse dunbarton's up and coming eastern. it was happy to be on the field after forfeiting their season last year. here's how it went down. eastern had their hands full against dunbar in this one. the ramblers in blue. punting the ball away after their opening possession and dunbar opened things up with a bang. fields it. he says uh-oh, i'm thinking about changing direction here. and this was a very wise decision. he took had thing on his own 46. how about 54 yards to the house? cuts down dunbar to take an early 7-0 lead. courtesy of mr. brae. very next dunbar possession. matthews. looking like a freshman here. sweet pass to riddick. that's a 22-yard touch. dunbar up 26-0 after the first quarter. they go on to win it, 54-6. >>> to damascus high school. swarming ho

. >> so it turns out ha the man with dreadlocks that she saw walk by and then heard shots fired is leroy larose, also known as "yellow man." he was one of the two defendants in this case. two weeks ago he took a plea to the top count of second degree murder. he is expected to testify for the prosecution. he says he was firing in self-defense. cher dasherdavia jenkins fell a threshold of her apartment pleading profusely from a wound to the right side of her neck which the prosecutor yesterday in opening statements characterized as an internal decapitation. and she died in her mother's arms. >> she was paralyzed as i understand by that bullet as well. did the medical examiner not extract that bullet from her spine? >> reporter: well, it was extracted i believe from her spine. her spine must have been severed. we'll hear that testimony later in the week. >> and katherine jenkins, as you said, she's three years older than she was at the time of the shooting. i think she was eight at the time of the shooting. but she seemed to be remarkable as a witness on the stand. this is not the first tim

you referred to leroy as a tough friend. is that like tough love? is interesting because i am not easy. but he was a very tortured soul. but also, not only was he tortured and sometimes angry and sometimes -- he was almost infuriating and repulsing, but it was because he was tortured by whatever it was in his life. by frustration, maybe the same things we are all frustrated by, maybe not able to say or get your ideas across, not feeling the freedom that you want when you want it, whatever holds us back. he was frustrated by things, and he would take it out on himself and take it out on his friends. but also inside that was someone that would tell you things or at moments would be so generous and so kind, the way he was with his music. when he put the horn in his mouth, it was genuine, and he was searching. you could hear it because it was never the same thing. he was always looking for something else. i fell first in love with him as a musician listening to him play, and that blew my mind. right from the beginning, he was that same person. hey, dave

on the witness stand right now is leroy larose.ing conducted through his direct examination. he just finished showing the jury where he had been shot two months before the shooting that is at issue here. apparently mr. larosa bit of a bullet magnet. let's go inside the courtroom and watch. >> yes. >> when you were shot that time, where did you go afterwards? >> i went to the hospital. >> were you treated? >> yes. >> and as a result of that shooting, did you do anything? >> yes. >> what? >> i went and purchased a firearm. >> why did you purchase a firearm? >> for protection. >> and did you carry that firearm? >> only when i went into the liberty city area. >> why when you went in that area? >> that's where i was shot the first time. >> what type of gun did you purchase? >> a .44. >> a .44 what? >> revolver. >> and when you say revolver, can you describe it? >> it's like a round cylinder, snug knows, black and brown color. >> how many shots can that revolver fire? >> six. >> did it have any extra magazines or ability to fire more? >>

i wanted to prove not just to leroy smith not just to myself but to the coach who actually picked leroyo understand, you made a mistake, dude. >> any slight michael jordan ever heard, he took it to heart. and david robinson was talking about his coach larry brown. i'm pete gilbert. see you back here at 6:00. >> the long rainy night belonged to the baltimore orioles. jeeter broke the record held by lou gehrig for more than seven decades. the o's overgame the deficit. jeeter's third-inning sibbling single game him 2,722 points. one more than gerhig whose hall of fame year was -- career was cut short by illness in 1939. >> the ravens kick offer the regular season tomorrow against the kansas city chiefs, but the fans kicked off the season yesterday as you may know. every friday is when fans wear everything purple. rob roblin has more. >> there is music from the ravens band. ravens cheerleaders pose here. yes, it is purple friday as the ravens kick off the 2009 season on sunday. >> i have been waiting since february for this day. i am just too excited. happy birthday. >> can't wait for the g

leroy is waiting for it. this is usually trouble. he fumbles with it and scoops it up. a 66-yard punt return. he's 5'9" takes it to the house. 48-10 is the final. caps up in buffalo for the preseason opener. he made 20 saves. they beat buffalo 4-3 in overtime. passes to chris. gives it back. baxter marched to brian. that's the game winner. they win the first preseason game of the year, 4-3. >> he needed this game. >> glad they got the chance. >>> farmers market opened today in the shadow of the white house. michelle obama's office helped secure a permit to close down the busy street at the height of rush hour. she was there to celebrate the opening. the market will be open every thursday through october. the street will be shut down during that time. >>> with a summer full of political events, "saturday night live" returns this weekend. we got a taste of what's ahead wráh "snl" prime time weekend update. despite the wealth, some cast members say their creative cast is spontaneous. >> we have about as much planned this season as last season, which is nutting. >> i can sa

leroy kelly. watching namath. number 83. 24-21, cleveland. 38 seconds to go.amath, trying to make something happen. the uniforms just look good. on the baseball field, joe picked off by a diving billy andrew, returns it 25 yards. complete browns win the innaug rat "monday night football." 31-24 2 1. keith howard, near one. frank replaced keith in year two and here's jo-willie and 40 years ago. on this date. number one song, look at diana ross "ain't no mountain high enough." number one movie "five easy pieces." key, we all looked like that back then by the way. film revolutionized the process of olding toast and dinner. wasn't that cybill shepherd in there and one of our favorites. young vida blue, lefty, for the oakland a's pitched a no-hitter against the minnesota twins. reggie wayne forges memories. you saw the baseball turf. one of a couple of stadiums that still has the baseball diamond out interest in september. more on tonight's match-up, heading down to south florida, join stuart scott for the "monday night football" launch engineered by the gmc sierra

that's leroy van. last week, returned two punts for tds. there goes van.eturning a punt for a touchdown. in this tird quarter, van gets another chance. despite muffing the punt, he scoops it back and takes it for another touchdown. four punt return touchdowns already. the record is five. the rattlers from famu win it 48-10. >>> that will do it for this espn news update. back to you in new york. >>> a utah man is feeling like 1 million bucks this morning, after making a shot of a lifetime. >> that's how much he won from this incredible hole in one at this charity golf tournament. the hole was 150 yards away. the ball landed ten feet past the hole, rolled back and went straight into the cup. he almost backed out of playing because of a sore wrist. but he changed his mind an entered at the last minute. with your fiber. but you already are great at doing that. really? sure! you're made with fiber just like me. but best of all, you're the perfect size for smaller kids, and they love your chocolaty taste. kellogg's® frosted mini-wheats little bites cereal. an ex

born leroy page in mobile alabama and got the name satchel working as a baggage handler.e called, he lent his services to the highest bidder. he was so good that from time to time he even called in the outfield and then strike out the side. on that day in 1965, page pitched three innings against

leroy van, fumbles it, gets it right back, races to far sideline and the little dude can fly. 5'9" and he's gone. a 66-yard punt return, his second punt return for a touchdown in the game. a&m downs horde 48-10. >>> on the hardwood, mystics at comcast center last night, starting their first round playoff series indiana. in tend, too much tamika catchings. >>> that's your sports minute. i'm dan hellie. everybody have a great weekend. >> another sign of the economic times. d.c. libraries will be cutting back their hours and services. it's because of deep budget cuts. the library system will have to trim $4.8 million byext year. that's 11% of its budget. on the chopping block, bookmobile service, city schools. in addition, the libraries will be changing their hours. right now martin luther king library is closed on sundays, while neiborhood libraries are open. but starting october 5th it will be the other way around. all public libraries will be closed on monday holidays. >> coming up on 5:21, 64 degrees outside. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. >> we go to tom kierein to start us

this is florida a&m punt returner leroy van back to catch this thing. this is not the way he wanted to start the return. he's 5'9", 185 pounds and he can absolutely fly. one of two kick returns for a touchdown in the game. he's had four in the last two weeks. famu beats howard 48-10. our high school football game of the week at prince george's county. suitland players with a heavy heart after head coach nick lynch died in a car accident last december 31st. they did make him proud today. guys playing well honoring their fallen coach with stickers on the back of their helmets. suitland up 6-0 and on the move. kevin williams getting the handoff and taking it to the house. 15 yards for the touchdown. his second td of the game. the two-point conversion. 14-0, suitland. how abouter who? this is a 20-yard touchdown. suitland shuts out northwestern 21-0. they are now 2-1 on the season. talking baseball now. nationals starting a three-game set against the mets in new york tonight. last night they got a good performance from their rookie pitcher. the phyllis got

i had such a crush on leroy, i'm glad that it's coming out again. >> that's so sweet.. but i have to say in 30 years the issues and challenges for young people are still much the same. are they going to get into the school? are they going to get into the scene. are they talented enough? those are big issues of young people's days. >> it doesn't change that much in the sense of the original movie. we are not going to see a completely different unfamiliar kind of movie here, are we? >> it's a different story from the fame movie. i think the rated is different. it was r rated then. it's pg now. it's been made for broader audience intentionally. i think that at its core, you're going to fall in love with the young people. our television series made us a global phenomenon. they just released first two years on dvd and i'm excited about that, too. the movie, i think, will create a new brand, if you will, with a new generation. >> okay. we're talking about this and we're familiar with it, but for people who don't know what fame is all about, give me a quick synopsis of the mo

. >> richard anthony aceto >> donald leroy adams. >> stephen george adams. >> shannon lewis adams. >>fuakwah. >> and my uncle. from the family, we love and miss you. >> my fellow marine, sean patrick tallon. you are not forgotten. i am also honored to be here today on behalf of the volunteers of cornian hospital. thank you. >> joseph agnello. >> david agnes. >> terrance andre aiken. >> godwin ajala. >> gertrude alagero. >> andrew alameno. >> peter craig. >> jacqueline aldridge. >> earnest alikakos. >> edward l.allegretto. >> eric allen. >> joseph ryan allen. >> richard allen. >> richard l. allen. >> and our own dear son christopher edward allingham. >> ana allison. >> janet m. alonzo. >> antonio javier alvarez. >> victoria alvarez brieto. >> telmo alvear. >> cesar a. alviar >> joseph amatucco. >> christopher charles amoroso >> calixto anaya jr. >> yvette constance anderson. >> john andreaacchio. >> michael rourke andrews. >> joseph angelino jr. >> joseph angelino sr. >> and my father. joseph. >> mary lynn edwards angel. >> laura ankletta. >> lorraine antigua. >> peter paul apollo. >>