here's a strike that michael morris takes for a ride. clears the bases for a grand slam nationals break it open and win this one 9-4. that's a look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >> "early today" sports is brought to you by ice blue aqua velva. >> prequels and sequels dominate theaters this weekend. >>> plus, why one group of mall santas say giving is a year-round job. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this monday. over the weekend, we almost had a tropical depression form just south of jamaica. it kind of flared up and now it's died off a little bit. we have about 24 hours before the winds would knock it off. it wouldn't surprise me if it does form more. if it does, regardless, it has no chance of reaching the gulf or areas of florida. it was the chance of becoming the first storm of the season. the heat is wide spread, denver, kansas city, st. louis, in the deep south. a little cooler today in houston, thankfully. because yesterday it was 105. >>> if you're watching us on wgrz channel 2 in buffalo, new yo

here's a strike that michael morris takes for a ride. clears the bases for a grand slam nationals break it open and win this one 9-4. that's a look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >> "early today" sports is brought to you by ice blue aqua velva. >> prequels and sequels dominate theaters this weekend. >>> plus, why one group of mall santas say giving is a year-round job. you're watching "early today." >> welcome back. i thought we would check in with our friends in hawaii. some of those showers but that is typical. 87 degrees comfortable. west coast temperatures below average. most areas the exception in phoenix. la today 67. still wearing sweaters and jackets up the coast. pacific northwest not bad. cooler today and tomorrow chilly. it will get warmer as the week progresses. if you are watching us on ktvu, channel 2 in anchorage, alaska. that is your pacific event of the day. >>> now an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. hollywood continues the summer box office terror with "the x-men" leading the charg

nats -- in san francisco, they touched him up for four runs in five innings, including that by michael morris. the bullpen squandered a three- run lead in the 7th and then in the bottom of the 13th at nearly 3:00 a.m. eastern time, freddy sanchez provided the walkoff win. >>> if you're going to leave college for the nba as a sophomore, you better be darn sure you're going to make it. maryland's jordan williams left last month. many believe he's no better than the second round pick. today as williams showed up at verison center for the wizards, he said that espn anchor and maryland alumni was a quote, big factor in his decision to leave college park. tweeted tonight that the story is not accurate. williams averaged 17 for the terps last season. >> if you thought this hit was ouch, so did the nhl. they suspended him for knocking nathan unconscious. it was dirty because rome left his feet and horton didn't have the puck anymore. horton spent the night in the hospital. he has a severe concussion. >> you heard terrill owens use the expression, get your popcorn ready. one fan took that advice liter

. >> the nats with the late start in san fran facing the giants 2nd inning michael morris had a grandsterday and good- bye tim lincecum, his ninth homer of the season puts the nats up 1-0. right now they lead 4-0 in the4th. >>> brian madison and the orioles starting a series with the a's, bottom of the 2nd, o's up 3-0 , two on, two out for nick markakis. opposite field to the left, j.j. hardy scores. o's up 4-0 and win 4-2 and with the fourth pick the o's take pitcher guillen bundy, a high school senior from oklahoma. >>> uva star pitcher danny olson projected to go in the top five in the draft today and he did picked second overall by the seattle mariners. he was selected in the 10th round by the diamondbacks in '08 but chose to attend uva and it seems like a good decision. he's reigning acc pitcher of the year and a two time all american. >>> game 3, canucks up two games to none. middle of your screen right up nathan horton and horton is knocked out. there's a game misconduct, so he's done, has to leave. horton would leave on a stretcher, but he was moving his ex treatments. so that

they went up by four runs in the 7th and another home run but michael morris but blew the lead to sendt to extra innings. and giants win it in the 11th. >>> the nats continue to build for the future through the draft. >> i didn't even know the draft was coming up. the nfl, you can't miss it. the nats selected anthony rendon, a third baseman out of rice university with the 6th pick. he was the top rated player in the draft according to baseball america but he's had injuries in recent years. the nationals also picked pitcher alex meyer and centerfielder brian goodwin. >>> there is a new option if your looking to head to paris. a look at newest options to come to dulles international airport next. >>> and paul raphel is out celebrating the vibrant links between brazilian and african cultures this morning. how you can celebrate as well coming up next. stay with us.  [ mom ] can a little bowl of cereal change your life? i think it can. one of the challenges for kayla being gluten-free is actually finding choices the whole family will love. then we discovered chex cereals.

michael morris, this guy has been on a tear the last month.t continued last night in san francisco. top of the third. nats up 2-0. he sends it into the gap in right center. roger bernadina scores and laynce nix comes all the way around. nationals were up 4-0. morris drove in three of the nats' four runs. could the nationals bull pen hold it on? the answer, no. to freddy sanchez. the wing run on third. lined that to right field and the game was over. chris stewart scores. the giants win in 13 innings. their eighth walk-off win of the season. >>> you'll love this. last night in hagerstown have you seen this yet? nationals prospect bryce harper was back in the lineup after taking a pitch off his left knee on sunday. bottom of the sixth. crushes his 14th home run. he takes some time to admire the shot. he's very confident. runs around first. then as harper turns for home, he looks toward the mound and puckers up to blow a kiss to the pitcher. take another look. look at that. that's confidence in a big way for a nationals prospect. >> that is suici