is so much emphasis on winning that you sometimes look at teams like the buffalo bills or the minnesota vikings. they always got to the super bowl but never got to the championship. tavis: you gave examples of the college game. one of those examples had sportsmanship written in it. is the nba lacking in sportsmanship? in these playoffs that we are still in right now, the technicals are off the chart. drag you down this road of what happened in the game, but what happened to the finesse. it is all muscle. is that theyes me are complementary to each other. we see the bird man get his suspension for a game. it draws that attention to it. , thethe best players golfers encouraged each other to play better through the masters, it was a lot of fun to see that. the problem with living in a society where everything is about getting one's self against the other? zen, youke from your are the best you can be and you in the position of asking between kobe and michael. into thet want to get better or best aspect, but these are the attributes that separate them. they are so alike. the competitive drive, the s

the minnesota vikings to the open the season on the road in the division. they could pull that one-two punch. boy, that makes them the team to beat in the nfc north. >> thom: i want to look at how your power rankings shape up. that's as competitive a division as there is top to bottom. one through four. of any of the entire nfl. i mean, really the afc north. >> brian: how good is the green bay packers? aaron rogers. you have uh to have them there. minnesota, the question is christian ponder. mark trusman. where are the detroit lions? will they revert to the playoff form of two years ago or struggle like last year? >> thom: a lot of people are surprised. maybe i'm the only one. that you have green bay that highly rateded. >> brian: aaron ronlers is the best quarterback in the nfl for my money. i think they have help with lacy. the running back, jonathan from -- >> thom: alabama? >> brian: no, no. franklin, excuse me. jonathan franklin. this is going to be a team to deal with. >> thom: we'll look at the afc north when we come back. get the snap off prior to t

we can tell you sunday night, 49ers, sunday night football on nbc bay area taking on the minnesota vikings a great game to catch. >> we'll be seeing -- and jim's invited. as are you. we are going to see a lot more -- maybe not a lot more but quite a bit more of colin kaepernick than we have been, right? >> game three most mirrors a regular season game. this is the one to watch to get a feel for what this team looks like. >> jim, thanks a lot. for a full half hour of sports coverage watch sports net central tonight at 10:30. >> we'll be right back. >>> coming up tonight at 11:00, getting closer to the opening of the bay bridge. how crews are handling the approach to the tunnel to prevent accidents like the one that happened a few years ago. >>> and meteorologist jeff ranieri is here now talking about warm but not for long. >> exactly. we're going to get a cool down coming our way. the next two days, upper 80s to near 90 looks like low to mid-80s coming back. after one of the hottest summers since 2009 looks like temperatures will be study the next couple days. >> thanks for watching nbc bay

speaker hitting the links with the donald in new jersey, and al franken playing catch with the minnesota vikingsolina republican 2008, who is watching the panther game? what's the score? here's the score. zero, indiana darks zilch, zippo, but not much work is getting fun.

three rowdy fans tried to run on to the field during the fourth quarter in the game against the minnesota vikings. only one fan was successful but that forced the 49ers security team to bring in bike cops that were outside the stadium to help with the efforts inside. the 49ers meanwhile had no problem with the vikings beating them 34-14. >>> incredible video of controversy at the go pro grand prix on sunday. take a look. scott dixon who led a good chunk of the race clipped another team's crew member as he was pulling out of the pit row. the man went flying. luckily only had a twisted ankle. dixon the driver said he did it on purpose. he was hit with a penalty. sending him from second to 15th place. will power ended uptaking the checker flag. >>> time now 6:26. there is a shift among drivers in carolina. there are more older drivers and fourteen age drivers. that could mean the roads are less safe. drivers over the age of 85 caused the most accidents. they are now 75% more older drivers on the road than there were ten years ago. >>> this morning more people are being warned to evacuate from a wild

the 49ers play their final home game of the pre-season facing the minnesota viking starting at 5:00 p.mbc7 news continuing at 5:30 with the top stories including the legal trouble facing the father who lost his two daughters in a deadly black friday crash on the peninsula. >> the new medical care a young boy will have to receive following a pit bull attack inside an east >> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, welcome to friday. good morning back at you. i am eric thomas. mike nicco is here with a look at the weekend forecast. >> live doppler 7 hd shows visibility out there is fairly unlimited in the horizontal but we have cloud deck on top of us that is not going to hang around so expect more sunshine and warmer weather today. this is how it looks from the exploritorium camera you can see the clouds out there. inland, it will be 81 in the north bay to 89 in the east bay valley and around the bay, close to normal at 70 to 80 and the coast to san francisco mid-to-upper 60's. now, the traffic. sue? >> starting to bunch up out of the travel valley and o

tonight 49ers hosting the minnesota vikings. we switched gears from football, baseball, and the return to the as for kirk back in the dug out yesterday for his second tour of duty with the as, there he was against the orioles. got a hit, scored a run. we're looking at chris just go at it, fast ball change hub, they both went eight innings gave up a run. i'm going to put this team ahead. 13 home runs, 9 of them have put his team ahead they win 2- 1. two and a half back to the rangers man they're not messing around. this one off the broken back. the giants and tim 6-3. could close, fc dallas tied it up on penalty kick and that is how it tended a 2-2 draw. at the pga barclays in new york, two aces yesterday afternoon, this one 5k joy. impressive, huh. yeah, got one from the right side and then we've got this one from the left side. craig, yeah, matt kutscher shares the lead for that one. tiger woods is some four shots back final round from new york. we'll see you later everybody, have a good day. >> last time bart went on strike co

speaker hitting the links with the donald in new jersey, and al franken playing catch with the minnesota vikings quarterback, and south carolina republican 2008, who is watching the panther game? what's the score? here's the score. zero, indiana darks zilch, zippo, but not much work is getting fun. actually, correction, no work is getting done, and when congress finally returns from the summer break in september the house will only be in session for nine days before the budget deadline hits october 1st. no funding and the government shuts down and each day our debt keeps piling up, day in and day out. the one thing being done in washington right now. what is it? the administration installing solar panel on the white house. i kid you not. panels that jimmy carter put up. ronald reagan took down, and then art laffer cannot figure any of these guys out. art, don't think -- i have nothing against. i just think there's more pressing issues on the table. both parties ignoring. >> i never knew that the white house was in the place where the sun shined, either, neil. >> neil: now you're being petty. go

minnesota vikings football club you. get to cashing them over the years, you like purple.ring purple ties and stuff. >> i wore one in honor of you, you know? >> but you do have a fondness. and for me they helped me so much off the field in my transition in life that i'll be forever indeaded to minnesota. >> you also were able to pull off, there's been a number of former players that have pulled it off, but you're at the top of the list in terms of success. making a transition into broadcasting is hard. it's not easy work. >> it's not. but i had a great agent that had prepared me halfway through my career. we started taking classes. i started getting a speech coach. we went to europe, broadcast games where nobody watched and i made all kind of mistakes. a >> you would not want to hear my early broadcasts. i refuse to airport first "hannity and colmes" on this ever. >> you were able to cut your teeth. he was able to see where i was going. by the time i had finished my career i already had a resume' of tapes, i had called games, i had done studio shows, i had hosted my own ra

joining us is chris carter nfl hall of famer, former minnesota vikings star and author of the book calledw wide receivers became the most compelling figures in prosports." chris, nice to see you. >> glad to be here. >>clayton: why did you want to put your life down in a book form? there is so much here especially the early days in the nfl when you had no money sending cash home to your mom. why did you feel the need to tell the story? >> i never wanted to write a book, didn't want to write a book about myself but i think information about wide receivers, there is only a little bit about it. i think it is a compelling position. i love it, love the personality and i love the things that come along with being a wide receiver. i took on the project, it took a year and a half and i'm proud of it. i wouldn't call myself a real big book reader but when i took on this project especially with sports fans out there because it is the most popular sport, the nfl is now, for them to understand the game and get closer to the game that was my goal and to explain some of the personalities that go into pl

vikings left their starters on the sideline most of the game. it works, especially marcus cheryl's kickoff return for 109 yards. minnesota, 24-23. >>> let's talk college football, north carolina and south carolina. south carolina gets moving very early. this touchdown in their very first possession. south carolina for that one, 27-10. i'm looking forward to michigan playing this weekend. 736 stairs. a good workout normally, right? >> this guy is doing on a unicycle. he's doing it in prague. he's going up a tv tower. his old record 299 stairs. >>> kobe bryant, in rehab for his achilles surgery. what does he do?

vikings and niners at the candle stick tonight. kaepernick he connected on a 5 yard touchdown. san francisco's victory, 34-14 over minnesota10 today, giants and pirates. giants won their second streak of their split series with the pirates. >>> oakland had 105 straight games since april without allowing ten runs. that's all over today. baltimod oakland, 10-3. declined of two games for the a's and battle of the second. a's move onto detroit tomorrow. >>> really quickly kiwis with going to be facing off with the oracles, that's the deal. >> good night. [ music no mics ] ♪ [ male announcer ] when the a.c. goes out in a heat wave, it's nuccio heating and air conditioning that comes to the rescue. at&t helped nuccio put a complete mobile solution to work. mobile routing to send the closest technician and mobile payments to invoice on the spot. where do you want to take your business? call us. we can show you how at&t solutions can help you do what you do... even better. ♪ >> announcer: the following is a paid advertisement for cold plasma sub-d by perricone m.d. how old does your neck make you look? would you like to take years

vikings left their starters on the sideline most of the game. it works, especially marcus cheryl's kickoff return for 109 yards. minnesotaalk college football, north carolina and south carolina. south carolina gets moving very early. this touchdown in their very first possession. south carolina for that one, 27-10. i'm looking forward to michigan playing this weekend. 736 stairs. a good workout normally, right? >> this guy is doing on a unicycle. he's doing it in prague. he's going up a tv tower. his old record 299 stairs. >>> kobe bryant, in rehab for his achilles surgery. what does he do? >> that's smart. >> jump 40 feet into a pool. why not. >> he's 35 years old. >> i hope that dive is worth it. >>> time now for our "first look" today's political stories and for that we turn to politico. kevin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. thank you for having me. >> i want to focus on syria. the president may not need congress's authorization for limited military action but do you think it's important he acts without their support. >> i think yesterday after a 90-minute phone call with top congressional leaders the messag

vikings left their starters on the sideline for most of the game there. seemed to work. especially marcus sherrell's kickoff return. 109-yarder. minnesota, 24-23. >>> college football. north carolina and south carolina. south carolina gets moving way early. this touchdown in their very first possession to the third quarter now, south carolina's mike davis busts through the huddle. sprints for a touchdown. his longest ever. south carolina, 27-10. >>> how do you celebrate a torrey hunter walk-off win? prince fielder comes out swing with gum balls. and the reporter, well, couldn't avoid this water cooler bath courtesy of the catcher pena. yeah, what do you do? here's my report. >>> 736 stairs. that's a good workout. but on a unicycle? 736 stairs. a man did just that at the tv tower in prague. his old record, 299 stairs. >>> kobe bryant in rehab for his akillez surgery. a major injury at 35. sdwhat he do? he jumps 40 feet into a pool below. he sent that video out saying, hey, if i can run, i can jump. i don't know. >>> just ahead, donald trump offers miley cyrus some advice. >>> plus, new details on paul mccartney's latest project. you're w

vikings/49ers. hawkins returning a 105-yard punt for a touchdown. he gets the flag, though, for taunting at the end of it. the niners do keep the touchdown. minnesota's adrian peterson had his preseason debut as well but only for two plays. 49ers take that one, 34-14. >>> saints and texans. new orleans pierre thomas powers through the texans' defense after a pass from drew brees. a juke. >>> quick turns. would he get a touchdown out of that one? texans matt schaub responds later to andre johnson. in the end, saints win, 31-23. >>> mike tyson saying he's on the verge of dying. during a press conference, tyson said this. >> i haven't drank or took drugs in six days. and for me, that's a miracle. i've been lying to everybody who thinks i'm sober, but i'm not. >> the little league world series ends with an incredible double play by japan to beat california. this was japan's ninth little league world series championship. >>> the pga's barclays championship. tiger woods needed a birdie to force a playoff with adam scott but, no. misses by inches there. i'd grab my forehead, too. gary woodland misses a putt that would have tied him with scott. scott wins it

scary moments during the vikings-titans game last night. minnesotath a concussion, but is expected to be okay. >>> the nfl reaches a settlement with former players over concussion-related lawsuits. under the proposal, the league will pay out $765 million, about 170,000 per player. players filed the suit, accusing the nfl of hiding known risks of concussions, essentially admitting it by paying this out. they had faced the possibility of losing and paying out billions of dollars. so they settled out of court. a lot of ex-players weighed in. >>> bad news for boss stan baseball fans. study finds fenway park has the most expensive beer per ounce out of all the major league ballparks in america. the price? sixty cents per ounce of beer. that breaks down to 7 bucks and 20 cents for every 12 ounces of beers. st. louis in second. sorry. and the blue jays in third. they're from canada. now to anna and our last concert series star. anna, i'm sad, but looking forward to this. >> anna: we're going to go out with a bang for the all american concert series with jus

vikings, 9ers, lavelle hawkins returning a 105 yard punt for a touchdown. he gets a flag after that. he's so happy because he was taunting. the 9ers keep the touchdown. minnesota'shis preseason debut. 49ers take it 44-14. new orleans pee eyre thomas powers through the texans defense after a pass from drew brees. a juke, quick turns and gets the touchdown. matt schaub responds to andre giants, the saints win 38-23. former heavyweight boxing champ mike tyson saying he's on the verge of dying. during a press conference tyson said this. >> i haven't drink or took drugs in six days. for me that's a miracle. i've been lying to everybody else thinking i'm sober, but i'm not. >>> the little league world series ends with an incredible double play by japan. they beat california. this was japan's ninth little league run in a world series championship. in the pga barclays tournament, tiger woods need add birdie to force a play-off with adam scott, but no. just inches there. grab your forehead on that one. gary woodland misses a putt that would have tied him with scott. scott wins it. by the way, here is a golf fashion side note, rickie fowler and joan news blix made a pact

minnesota. enjoying the first pre-season as the sure-thing starter. we'll show you how things went down in candlestick. hosting the vikings in week three. that particular drive 6 for 6. this effort started the night third for seven. the newly acquired john baldwin. a nice 19 yard catch. mccoy was named the team's back-up as the 49ers go onto win this one 34-14. >>> meanwhile, the raiders will have a new starting quarterback. meanwhile, prior in front of the microphone is saying all the right things. >> definitely not all the way there. it's being a quarterback and learning. don't get me wrong, i could lead if i was called upon to do it. i'm just out there getting better. >> pirates giants, you might call these the dog days of summer at at&t park. posey singling to right. the giants have an early 1-0 lead. ryan vo dprks elson got the lead. he strikes out jones looking for bogey. bottom eight, two on for pablo sandabal. he triples to triples alley, basically. two for four, two r.b.i.s and that triple with the giants winning 4-0 is flipping the series as the pirates sail away. how about the orioles. the rubber game of this series, bottom t

vikings' football. teens playing baseball. >> they're going to be playing now until thursday morning. a huge fund raiser for cancer center at university of minnesotarecord for the longest ever baseball game. >> we are going to try to play for over 62 hours up to 72 hours in a row. >> this will test everybody. i am going to go for it. going to be here the entire time. >> only 55 more hours to go. >> the current record for a baseball game is 60:11:32. for those counting. by the time they're finished they're expecting to play about 300 innings. i tell you what -- when i was a kid i would have signed up for that. >> i will tell you what-- the only people in the stands are very loving mothers. >> mothers, sisters. they ride home. i don't know what it is. >> i have a hard time sitting through a baseball game period just nine innings. there is action. >> but i guess. >> 300 innings. >> 300 innings. >> i would need a whole lot of beer. >> whole lot of hot dogs, bathroom breaks. it's all good. coming up surprising test for an important disease. >> how world leaders and celebrities can help detect merebrities can help detect >> story of inspiration and hope