how lsu followed up monday's dramatic win and how texas responded with its season on the brink. and the unprecedented proposition the lakers are making to phil jackson, and how the legendary coach is responding to it next on news.

-- lsu 1, virginia 0.earlier cal state fullerton lost 10-6. sonnanstine's retired nine straight starting with zimmerman's bases loaded ground ball three innings ago. zimmerman, dunn and dukes here, top 6, nats by one. nasty breaking ball low and away. ryan out on strikes. sonnanstine with his fourth k of the game and he's retired 10 straight. he has rung up adam dunn twice. jordan zimmermann has he -- has returned the favor by ringing up evan longoria twice. not a fun night for the big power guys. home run leaders, adrian gonzalez. we mention now that carlos menna has hit his -- pen qua has hit his 20th. ryan howard will be the next evidently and adam dunn will be right after him. adam right now, 5th in the national league in home runs and rbi's. 17 over 45. number one in walks with 50. lifting that ball to left center. it's got some carry to it. it will stay in the yard and it's run down by carl crawford. those two statements go hand in hand. if it stays in, carl crawford usually catches it. two outs. her

. >> college world series, lsu against arkansas. right-handed starters. right-handed starters. elimination game for the razorbacks who went to closer steven richards to start this game. number one pitcher finished the game on wednesday. first inning, brings home one. bases loaded in the third. arkansas matched the collegein world series record by using eight pitchers. lsu hit them all. dean a grounder to first. it's booted.at l one scores to put the tigers up 2-0. top of the ninth, pinch-hitter tyler hanover connects for a two-run home run. loses wins 14-5 to eliminate arkansas and advances to the finals for the first time since 2000. >> arizona state beats texas twice to advance to the college world series. >> the power rangers face one of the best power pitchers of all time. and later in top stories, one has made up his mind. the other has not. kobe and phil address their future with the ♪ ah, that hits the spot. it's drinkability. it means bud light is good where ever you are. if you're at a party. or, playing golf. like those guys. or, in a bar. [ old timey western bar musi

lsu moving on to its 15th college world series appearance.ifth inning red sox a 2-0 lead on the texas rangers. the story is john lester. a perfect game, nine strikeouts for the red sox through five innings. we'll keep you up dated on this one throughout the night an espnews. >> a bird took flight on the back stretch. not the bird you're thinking of. we have the exciting conclusion of the belmont stakes if you missed it coming up on espnews. ♪ five, five dollar, five-dollar footlong ♪ ♪ five, five dollar, is go-go-goin' strong ♪ the famous subway $5 footlong rolls on. the made-to-your-order blt and many other... regular $5 footlongs -- all day, every day. ♪ at subway ♪ is go-o-oin' strong the famous subway $5 footlong rolls on. the mangialicious meatball marinara and many other... regular $5 footlongs -- all day, every day. ♪ at subway

by the way, virginia has tied that ballgame with lsu, 1-1 bottom of the third at the college world series >> rob: well, i think black zeppa was watching colome throw. kind of slowed him down on his rendition. >> bob: it was about the same pacing. >> rob: as this game has come to a screeching halt. >> bob: that's the worst thing i've seen in a ballpark since two women with orange hair were booed off the dodger stadium years ago for doing a real buy bad national anthem. >> rob: i'm going need some standing can an here in a minute. >> bob: pulled to the right side, anderson hernandez throws out ben zobrist. it was also elijah dukes first career hit. straightaway center. >> rob: they retired those uniforms along with the devil in front of the ray. >> bob: they got rid of that green color. >> rob: that wasn't the greatest uniform combo. >> bob: that was in 07. elijah would hit only .190 that year, but he drove in 21 in 52 games. 184 at-bats. drafted in the third round in 02 by the rays. out of hillsboro high school in tampa. there's a pop-up to the right side. off the bat of pat burrell. nick

lsu got a couple of runs in the bottom of the third leading virginia now at the college world series 3-1. >> rob: we said yesterday, this is a good stretch of two weeks to really gauge how you are or how you're doing, because it's going to be a test every night. you got to bring your a game. >> bob: that ball well hit to right by carl crawford but kearns is there. we've got a guy there. p - oh, it's on. - it's on. - it's on. - ( music playing throughout ) - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - totally on. jimmy, it's on. - it's on. - oh, yeah, it's on. affirmative, it's on. announcer: southwest airlines announces new service out of bwi airport, with three daily nonstop flights to new york laguardia for just 49 dollars one-way starting june 28th. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding ) - book now at southwest.com. >> bob: tropicana field petersburg. nats down by five. a guy who had a pretty good run as a closer earlier this decade in st. louis, jason isringhausen. before injuries got him, taking over. trying to keep his career alive. they might need a guy like hi

. >> bob: aaron hill is a former sec player of the year and all american from lsu in his fifth year withthe blue jays. 27 years of age a really good second baseman and a 13th overall draft pick back in the first round. there's a swing and a foul tip and zimmerman strikes -- zimmermann strikes him out. blue jays and the nats have not met since 2007 and the jays haven't been in the district since 2006. vls is -- vernon wells is really having a buzzing season. the blue jays, more hits than anybody. nats at home, 22-17 in interleague play since becoming the washington nationals. it's kind of odd they played the blue jays interleague play 12 times. only three of those games have been in dc. at 2-1 for the nats at rfk back in 2005. >> rob: you saw that stat about how they lead the american league in hits. hill has 90. lind has 80. scutaro has 81. rios has 77 and rolen is catching up with 69. they're all good at putting the ball in play. >> bob: vernon wells is their highest priced player. signed a big deal 2 1/2 years ago, $127 million. rich -- richest contract in the history of the toronto bl

how lsu followed up monday's dramatic win and how texas responded with its season on the brink. and the unprecedented proposition the lakers are making to phil jackson, and how the legendary coach is responding to it next on news. >> happy to welcome you inside the espnewsroom. kevin connor, mike yam keeping you current with the latest news, scores and highlights. tuesday night the magical manny tour, began not in springfield but albuquerque. >> the last time the ic isotopes were this big homer simpson was using the bat. dodger outfielder suspended for 50 games for violating major league baseball's drug policy. he was playing with the albuquerque isotopes. the isotopes in ""the simpsons" threatened to move. manny, who struggled in this game, maybe it was the southwest flight that he took to fly to albuquerque. he did fly commercial. manny did play four innings. he went 0 for 2 with a strikeout. in his time on the albuquerque field. and for ramirez, he is scheduled to play two more games, too. five innings on wednesday, and six innings on thursday, then fly back to los angeles fo

second-round pick out of lsu. once traded for a player named boomy bomuchera. zim, his 11th start.t innings. 50 k's. gets lots of ground ball outs. i think this will be a real test for him tonight just a good-hitting club he's facing. >> he pitched extremely well against tampa bay last outing. did not get the decision. i had a chance to sit down earlier today and visit with a guy that won his first major league game last night at yankee stadium and you could see the numbers interest. -- there. tallet, 4-4. zimmermann, 2-3. look at the e.r.a. brian a little better than jordan's. the strikeout comparison goes to zimmermann there, phil. >> absolutely. again, 4-1 strikeout to walk ratio. zimmermann doesn't have a win since the 26th of eighteen 6789 -- april. >> craig stammen and i sat down and talked a little about last night's game and what a thrill it was for himself to get his first major league victory. >> craig, got to congratulate you on a fabulous performance against the yankees yesterday in what had to be one of the longest days of your life just waiting for the game. >> yeah,

it's part of the lsu system. c-span: i counted in the front of your book 16 books, plus this one. is that right, 17? >> guest: that sounds pretty good. c-span: which one sold the most? >> guest: gee, i couldn't tell you -- oh, "rise to globalism," certainly, by far. i'm sorry. that's a book on american foreign policy that is widely used as a textbook, and it's now in its ninth printing. it's been for 18 years a standard, really, around the english-speaking world. it's been a fabulous -- it put five kids through college for me. c-span: i started to say earlier, i've got another book that you did, one of the many that's on former president nixon, and in the introduction you say that "it's a lonely life that you spend, five-and-a-half or six days a week at a typewriter, and you wonder if anybody ever reads what you're going to write" and in the last month you can't turn on television, pick up a newspaper without seeing you or your name. what happened? >> guest: i guess i just kept at it. c-span: why all of a sudden are you on "nightline," on cbs, at the nixon funeral? >> guest: in th