i'm mario solis. >>> coming up, he has a hit on his hands, no one knows how to let him know about it. entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> kids in the clutch at the national spelling bee. so how did the youngest contestant ever do? stay tuned you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." a number of us waking up to cooler temperatures. in chicago, temperatures in the 50s. 72 in d.c., later this afternoon, beautiful across the east coast should help out travel conditions. central u.s. along the lower mississippi valley the chance for showers and thunderstorms, some capable of producing hail and gusty winds. friday showers toward the capitol. if you're watching us in hartford, in guilford, works of arts inspired by pets going to the dogs and cats and birds. >>> here is an early look at headlines in entertainment. jessica simpson is going to weight watchers, for four million bucks. after an endless pregnancy they thought about cravings about salted canteloupe, she signed a deal. one not so good sign, she is looking forward to "guilty pleasures" every now an

here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning to you. playoff fever in full effect. starting with a pivotal game four between the lakers and nuk its. in denver, a bit of a dis strakz in the second quarter. a woman walks onto the court during play. she reportedly has a history of stalking the nuggets. no one's hurt, and the game marches on. final three. that's your ball game. lakers win, 92-88 to secure a three to one lead. amar'e stoudemire back. final minutes. gametime carmelo anthony hits the clutch three. 41 for melo. closing seconds, miami, with the shots for the win. knicks win it 89-87. >>> to boston mitt romney checking out the celtics and hauchlkts third quarter rajon rondo fakes a behind the back pass. celtics wince 101-79. they can poll eric off atlanta tomorrow night. >>> hawks and nudge. dainius zubrus nets the go-ahead goal. jersey gets the win on his 409 birth. >>> in los angeles candidacy finish off the blues. final minute. blues pull off their goalie but dustin brown takes the puck for the game winner. the kings take the

here is mario solis with an early look at all the sports headlines. >>> good morning, the spurs proved once again they are simply on another level. game two in san antonio, sit back and watch tony parker do his thing, drive, spins and finishes with the tear drop, flying frenchman making the thunder dizzy, spurs up 11. if if i necessary is not your thin, tim duncan throws it with authority, had 11 but blew the roof off the building with that one. to the third the spurs play like this they can't be stopped. manu ginobili behind the back to wide open parker, he's not going to miss that, finishing with 34. spurs win the 20th in a row, and make it look easy 120-111. >>> to tennis, serena williams lost at the french open. the very first time she ever lost the opening round of a grand slam tournament. >>> the rangers signed roy oswald to a deal, he pitched for the phillies last season. >> they could have used him against the mets. i don't think anyone can stop scott hairston, mets win 6-3. >>> as hot as hairston is yadier molina, 12 rbi in the last five games. one man does not make a team. br

here is mario solis with an early look at the sport headlines. >>> hi there, good morning it has beenedible run for the kings, made the playoffs as an eighth seed and headed to the stanley cup finals. for phoenix it had everything. down goes frazier, kings up 3-2 in the h second. the coyotes answer. pyatt throws it to the net. a fortunate bounce and phoenix ties the game at three. stays that way through regulation, then in overtime. jeff carter takes a shot, rebound bounces to dustin penner who nets the winner. they beat the coyotes 4-3 win the series to advance to the first stanley cup finals since 1993. >>> to miami for a physical game five between the heat and pacers. tyler hanseborough fouls dwyane wade hard. given a foul. haslem returns the favor less than a minute later, hanseborough given a flagrant. heat run away in the third. lebron james beautiful pass, streaking wade, miami up 16. flashed with the hail mary to james, miami takes control of the series 115-83 win, they can advance to the finals with the win tomorrow. >>> baseball, carlos penna not only hit a home run against

i'm mario solis. >> announcer: "early today" sports is brought do you by touch of gray. get rid of some gray, never all. >>> well, the new film get hulked at the box office. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, the family that studied together graduated together. we'll explain. you're watching "early today." >>> good monday morning. if you're leaving the house in areas of new jersey or also through delaware, some of these showers pushing through maryland, yu may want to grab the umbrella this morning. looks like some of the rain is going to move up along the jersey shore as we go through the morning rush hour. showers and storms just about everywhere along i-95 corridor. the middle of the country looks dry. and denver we're heating it up. tomorrow you're going to get into the lowet 0s. >>> few your watching us on wwbt virginia, see holiday carding dating from the 1930s to 50s at greetings from the past at the fredericksburg area mooum. these ooh your "early today" event of the day, lynn. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> and now here's an e

i'm mario solis. >> announcer: "early today" sports is brought to you by touch of gray. get rid of some gray, never all. >>> well, the new film "get hulked" at the box office. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, the family that studied together graduated together. we'll explain. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today" on this monday morning. hope you had a wonderful weekend. areas were perfect but that has changed. clouds have moved in along with rainful added humidity, you'll feel it today. there's a good chance of showers from d.c. all the way up by 95 through southern new england as you go throughout the day. the middle of the country looks relatively dry. we're very dry in arizona and that heat will begin to push through areas of texas and denver as we go through tomorrow. well, if you're watching us on wwbt virginia, see holiday cards dating from the 1930s to 50s at greetings from the past at the fredericksburg area musuem. that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> and

that is a look at sports on "early today" i'm mario solis. "early today" sports is brought to you by touch of gray, get rid of some gray, never all. >>> britney bails and the former president in the photo that has everybody talking. the entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> images to keep in mind this weekend amid the sun, fun and celebration. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. time for the weekend holiday forecast. let me take you through the three days. big concern is what is going to happen to the storm off the southeast coastline, also from montana through north dakota, dodging showers and storms right in saturday. we'll be shoveling snow in areas of the northern rockies. cruel near yellowstone. hot conditions will spread by sunday into the ohio valley, indianapolis 500 will be baking in the sun in the 90s. could see isolated storms on both sunday and monday in new england, passing storms but the stronger storms coming down on a cold front from the northern plains. near st. louis or chicago during the late afternoo

here's mario solis with an early look at sports headlines. >>> good morning. if game one of the stanley cup final is any indication how the series will go, we're in for a wild ride. to new jersey, devils and kings played each other twice during the regular season and spent game one getting reacquainted. nobody backing down on hockey's biggest stage. l.a. gets on the board first, frazier beats brodeur. kings up 1-0. new jersey responds in the second. jonathan quick makes the save. look closely. the rebound goes off a kings defenseman and in, a fortunate bounce for the devils, tied at 1-1. stays that way through regulation. on to overtime. justin williams finds a wide open anze kopitar, scores the game winner. kings have yet to lose on the road, they win game one, 2-1 in overtime. >>> to the nba, dramatic finish between the heat and celtics, late in the fourth, ray allen for three, gets it. that ties it at 99. forces overtime. rajon rondo had the game of his life scoring every point for boston in o.t., finishing with 44. that wasn't enough. dwyane wade with the

here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> hi, there. good morning. third time's a charm for the l.a. clippers. after squandering a 3-1 serious lead the clippers finally got it right in game seven against the griz less. the bench getting it done in the fourth quarter scoring 25 of their final 27 points. nick young draining 13. they send them toerly hibernation with an 89-79 win. >>> to miami lebron james getting his mvp award. score 3g 2 points against indiana. in fact, lebron and dwyane wade outscore the entire pacers team by four points in the second half. heat take in game one. >>> to the western conference finals, kings and coyotes. dustin brown with another huge goal. seems like every game the captain steps up in a big way. kings are a perfect 6-0 on the road. they win, 4-2. >>> golf, the tpc at sawgrass was pretty in pink for moe's day and so was match kutcher. donning the pink hat for par on 3, draino. then a tap-in on the win. he takes the players championship by two strokes. >> to the diamonds, earlier this year the marlins mike

i'm mario solis. >>> early today sport is brought to you by ice blue aqua velva. men get it. >>> what has rihanna's friends worried? something jessica biel does badly. your entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> while we enjoyed images of how america observes memorial day. we have one more for you, a beautiful ceremony hawaiian style. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." i mentioned before we were talking about a few hot spots. today we're starting with them. at least where our let's say our starting point is. 75 phoenix, 74 vegas. by tomorrow we're going to start to see the numbers get into the excessive heat watch range. many of the showers through the northern portions of the rockies. watching us on king 5 tv? in seattle, see foe graphic portraits some of the 20th century most important creative minds at picturing the artist at the seattle art museum, your pacific event of the day. >> thanks so much. >>> an early look at headlines in entertainment. reports say kanye west and kim kardashian's relationship has hit a few bumps

here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning to you. playoff fever in full effect. start with a pivotal game four between the lakers and nuggets. in denver, a bit of a distraction in the second quarter. a woman walks onto the court during play. she reportedly has a history of stalking the nuggets. no one's hurt, and the game marches on. final seconds, lakers up three. kobe bryant to steve blake. that's your ball game. lakers win 92-88 to secure a 3-1 series lead. >>> to new york, amar'e stoudemire back for game four as the knicks try to avoid being swept by the heat. final minute, game tied. carmelo anthony hits the clutch three. 41 for melo. closing seconds, miami with the shot for the win, but dwyane wade cannot connect. knicks win it, 89-87, their first playoff victory in 11 years. miami leads the series, 3-1. >>> to boston, mitt romney checking out the celtics and hawks. third quarter, rajon rondo fakes the behind-the-back pass and lays it in. romney likes that. celtics win, 101-79. they can polish off atlanta tomorrow night. >>> ho

i'm mario solis. >> early today sports is brought to you by touch of gray, get rid of some gray, never all. >>> britney bails and the former president in the photo that has everybody talking. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> images to keep in mind this weekend amid the sun, fun and celebration. you're watching "early today." >>> time for your weekend forecast. welcome back. today obviously very windy. we have high danger of fire concerns out there. blowing dust all through the desert areas. now as we go into saturday still going to be windy but not quite as bad. that storm system will begin to move to wyoming, storms in idaho and montana. the west coast we're okay. chance of showers on sunday, but especially monday in the pacific northwest. temperatures are going to be pretty much typical for this time of year, pretty average. we're going to warm it up slowly after a cool period that we're going through right now. overall not bad once we get past the wind of today. if you're watching us on king 5 news in seattle, washington, nearby sequim in a garden o

here is nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> hi there, good morning it has been an incredible run for the l.a. kings. made the playoffs as an eighth seed and headed to the stanley cup finals. to phoenix, this game had a little of everything. bod ker, hits frazier into the bench. down goes fraser. kings up 3-2 in the second. when the coyotes answer. taylor pyatt throws it to the net and it goes off keith yandle's leg and in. unfortunate bounce and phoenix ties the game at three. stays that way through regulation and in overtime, jeff carter takes a shot, the rebound bounces to dustin penner, who nets the game winner. the l.a. kings beat the coyotes 4-3 in o.t. win the series to advance to their first stanley cup finals. >>> to miami for a physical game five between the heat and pacers. tyler hanseborough fouls dwyane wade hard. stays down for a moment, but he's fine. hansborrow given a flagrant foul. haslem returns the favor less than a minute later, hanseborough given a flagrant. i'm getting a sense these two teams don't like each other. heat up nine

here's nbc's mario solis. >> good morning to you.ust a week ago, we all wrote off the heat and cheered on the pacers. now miami is headed to the eastern conference finals. game six in indiana. the second quarter, danny granger capping off a 10-0 run with a dunk. indy up two at the half. but the heat follow that run with a run of their own finishing the third with nine straight points. mario chalmers knocks down the triple. lebron james and dwyane wade were not going to let the pacers back in the game. wade, who was a no-show in game three, had arguably the best playoff game of his career. 43 points plus 10 points. heat advance with the win. >>> so who will miami play in the eastern conference finals? we shall find out tomorrow. game seven between the boston celtics and philadelphia 76ers tips off at 8:00 eastern on saturday. >>> baseball usually when you pitch a complete game you walk off with a win, right? wrong. justin verlander allowed just two runs striking out seven over eight, but the tigers forgot their offense in detroit. jim

here's nbc's mario solis. >> good morning, if game one of the stanley cup final is any indication howries will go, we're in for a wild ride. to new jersey, devils and kings played each other twice during the regular season. and spent game one getting reacquainted. nobody backing down on hockey's biggest stage. l.a. gets on the board first, kcolin frazier. kings up 1-0. new jersey responds. jonathan quick makes the first save, but the rebound goes off a kings defenseman and in. a fortunate bounce for the devils, it ties it 1-1. stays that way through regulation. justin williams finds kopitar, he scores the game winner. kings have yet to lose on the road this postseason. they win game one 2-1 in overtime. >>> to the nba, heat and celtics, pick it up late in the fourth, ray allen for three, gets it, ties it 99-99. rajon rondo had the game of his life, scoring every point for boston in ot, finished with 44. even that wasn't enough, dwyane wade a dagger, celts miss a golding opportunity in miami. the heat take the game two. >>> finally back in 1985, the knicks won the nba draft lottery, ev

i'm mario solis. >> announcer: "early today" sports is brought to you by touch of gray. get rid of some gray, never all. >>> well, the new film's "get hulked" at the box office. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, the family that studied together graduated together. we'll explain. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." hope you had a wonderful weekend. we did watch the rain moving in yesterday in areas of the northwest. a better saturday than sunday. compared to today it's all better, the front moving through with rain and windy conditions, chilly temperatures, going to be in the northwest the next couple days. the big contrast to that is the desert southwest, 108 in phoenix, 107 tomorrow and even vegas should be in the triple digits through tuesday. if you're watching us on knbc in los angeles, nearby beautiful pasadena, admire the history and beauty of the cherry trees through japanese would block frames at the lessons of the cherry blossoms at the norton simon museum. >> thanks so much. >>> and now here's

here's nbc's mario solis. >>> hi, there. good morning. third time's a charm for the l.a. clippers.fter squandering a 3-1 serious lead the clippers finally got it right in game seven against the grizzlies. the bench getting it done in the fourth quarter scoring 25 of their final 27 points. nick young draining 13. clippers send the grizzlies to an early hibernation hibernation they advance to play the spurs. >>> to miami lebron james getting his mvp award. then he shows everybody why he's the most valuable player in the league, scoring 32 points against indiana. in fact, lebron and dwyane wade outscore the entire pacers team by four points in the second half. heat take game one 95-86. >>> to hockey, game one in the western conference finals, kings and coyotes. dustin brown with another huge goal. seems like every game the captain steps up in a big way. kings are a perfect 6-0 on the road. they win, 4-2. >>> golf, the tpc at sawgrass was pretty in pink for mother's day and so was matt kuchar. donning the pink hat for par on 3, draino. then a tap-in on the win. he takes the players cha

here's mario solis. >>> good morning to you. they're not deep enough to win it all. well, when dwyane wade and lebron james play it like this, their dynamic duo is all miami needs. they put on a clinic in the third. the two combining for 28 points in the quarter. the rest of the team had just two. flash at 30. but if you think that's good, listen to this. lebron finishing with 40 points and 18 boards. he was a dime short of a triple-double. heat even up the series with a 101-93 win. >>> it was a historic 72 hours in l.a., three teams hosting five playoff games in three days at staples center. the spurs capping off the busy weekend by ending the clippers season. timmy duncan had 21 points. chris paul kept it close thanks to plays like this. the wild layup tied it up at 96 but the spurs were simply too much. tony parker gave them the lead for good. they complete the sweep and move onto the western conference finals with a 102-91 win. >>> to the ice, it was a dog day elimination. the coyotes' captain stepping up when they needed hi

here's nbc's mario solis. the spurs proved once again they are simply on another level. san antonio, sit back and watch tony parker do his thing. drive, spins and finishes with the teardrop, the flying frenchman making the thunder dizzy. the spurs up 11. if finesse is not your thing, how about muscle? tim duncan throws it down with authorities. he had 11 but blew the roof off the building with that to the third, when spurs play like this, they can't be stopped. manu ginobili, behind back to a wide-open parker. he's not going to miss that. finishing with 34. spurs win their 20th in a row, and make it look easy. 120-111. to tennis, serena williams lost at the french open, the very first time she's ever lost the opening round of a grand slam tournament. baseball, the texas rangers signed roy os wall street walt deal. the phils could have used oswalt against the mets, i don't think anyone with stop scott hairston right now. three games, three home run, mets win 6-3. the cards molena is hot, he has 12 rbis in the last five games, one man does not make a team. braves win 5-4.

here's nbc's mario solis. >> hi there. good morning. it's been an incredible run for the l.a.the playoffs as an eighth seed and now are headed to the stanley cup finals. to phoenix, this game had a little bit of everything. hits collin frazier into the bench. down goes frazier. down goes frazier. kings 3-2. when the coyotes answer. tyler. a fortunate bounce and phoenix ties the game. stays that way through regulation. then in overtime, jeff carter takes a shot. the rebound bounces right to penner who nets the game-winner. the l.a. kings beat the coyotes 4-3 in o.t. they win the series to advance to their first stanley cup final since 1993. >>> to miami for a physical game five between the heat and pacers. hansbrough fouls dwyane wade hard. hasbro given a flagrant foul. udonis haslem takes down hansbrough. he pops right back up. haslem given a flagrant. i'm getting a sense these two teams don't like each other. heat up nine at the half and run away with it in the third. lebron james' beautiful pass to a streaking wade. miami up 16. then flash with the hail mary to james. miami

here's nbc's mario solis. >> good morning to you. effect, start with a pivotal game four between the lakers and nuggets. in denver, a bit of a distraction. a woman walks onto the court during play. she has a history of stalking the nuggets. no one hurt, the game marches on. final seconds, kobe to blake, that's your ball game, 92-88, lakers secure a 3-1 series lead. to new york, amar'e stoudemire back for game four as the knicks try to avoid being swept. final minute, game tied, carmelo anthony with the clutch three. closing seconds miami with a shot for the win, dwayne wade cannot connect, knicks win 89-87, their first playoff victory in 11 years. miami leads the series 3-1. to boston, mitt romney checking out the celtics and hawks. third quarter, rajon rondo fakes the hind the back past and lays it in. celtics win 101-79. they can polish off atlanta tomorrow night. hockey in new jersey, devils and flyers tied at 2, zubrus gets the go-ahead. devils go up 3-1 on the flyers. in los angeles, kings finish off the blues, final minute, blu