sasha signed with the signing, there is an nba record, 93 international players in the nba.now, there is interest globally, other than soccer, professional soccer, what other sport has this much interest internationally because of what david sturn started and hopefully in time will see teams in europe, too. >> a good point. not just teams but the incoming nba commissioner for the last several years, he believes they can have a division of teams, london, paris, barcelona, frankfurt, munich action not one or two teams but like one in toronto in canada but an entire division of nba teams in europe. >> that's a global growth. >> that would be a travel schedule. wouldn't it. >> they could work it out. >> a great trivial pursuit question, who was the commissioner before david sturn? >> larry o'brien. and his name is now on the trophy that the teams get when they win a championship. >> you can play. >> i'm sorry. >> thanks, michael. next, our picture of the day plus super spot. it may be the best commercial from the game and you didn't even see it. hello again. across the northeast

yet, he hasn't played another game in the nba.'m wondering, do you think that his coming out closed a door to the nba for him? >> i think it's one of those questions we'll never know. he did this at the end of his career. >> he's only 34 years old. >> in nba years, that's quite old. for a player who had been marginally contributing over the course of the previous two seasons, right. i don't know that we'll ever know that. if you talk to him as i do, i think he has had a lot of doors open personally as well as professionally. just don't happen to be on the basketball court. >> he was, as you said -- i don't want to say a marginal player, but he wasn't lebron. he wasn't kobe. i'm wondering, does that mean that teams look at these situations as is it worth, is he worth the trouble that it's going to bring. >> i don't think you can generalize that across every team. every team has different ownership. every team has different management. and i think -- i have no doubt that there were teams in the nba who look ted situation and said, y

i was blessed to play in the nba for 16 years.at stuff go on because when you're part of a team, like every now and then you might cross the line and say something, but i was very surprised and disappointed that other players on that miami dolphins team let some of that stuff go on. that's what disappointed me the most. >> yeah, disappointed a lot of us. let me quickly get your thoughts on a subject we spend a lot of time here in "the situation room" reporting on the past several weeks and months. dennis rodman and north korea. what's going on here? you know dennis rodman. >> i like dennis a lot. i think he made a mistake trying to think he could go to north korea and keep everything just about basketball. it's obviously a very tricky situation. i can't tell dennis what to do. he's a grown man. i wish he would not have went because i hated all the scrutiny he was going through. but you can't go to a country like that and say, i'm just going to stick to basketball. it's not that simple. >> is there a question when you walked out of

to his place is a nba deputy commissioner and silver was unanimously approved by nba owners external presided over a period of expansion and growth for the nba both domestically and internationally in two thousand eleven that included a new collective bargaining agreement with players after a five month lockout in spore and silverlight and scared for his work expanding in the business potential and turning professional basketball to delay this today. david has transformed the ministry not just the nba and he's done it over thirty years plus one and remember it's not just as he during his tenure as commissioner is the general counsel before that he was outside counseling before that i think david is the one who turned sports leagues and brands from him. once the business. the fifty one year old silver previously had eight years as president chief operating officer of the nba entertainment the film production arm of the week . i eye the rule. do will he be. to me. or. i will do. goes yes. though. i am. it was our the you and chc!vez will who will win he reasoned economic commission wil

for me, the pressure is playing in the nba game tonight, and last time i played an nba game was last a young guy anymore. stanford and ucla. cardinal, a nice following in socal. fields had 30 against cal on friday. 24, in this gay. chiney ogwumike, double-double machine. the foul. count it. 26-15. stanford wins 65-56. clinch its 14th straight pac-12 title. >> senior day for usd but the bears had no empathy for them. a 12-0 run second half. gray had 22 points, sixth consecutive double-double. great inside-outside ball movement. 76-57 the final. tim limbs culp's no-hitter was the bright spot in a second consecutive sub par season. 10-14 with a 4.37 earned run average. lincecum struggled, and he was bolstered with the contract extension. timmy believes he can be a cy young award winner. >> the first thing you do when see a veteran, you question, how has he stayed in the game that long and what he does to simply identify the game for himself when things go awry. and to be able to just come in and have him say something like that, just eliminated any would-be stress on any given day of pi

long-time nba player jason collins will make history tonight. that's because collins signed a contract today with the brooklyn nets allowing him to suit up and play tonight, making him the first and only openly gay athlete in major professional sports. collins is an nba veteran, but hasn't played since last april, shortly before he opened up about his sexualty in an interview with "sports illustrated." let's talk about jason collins and what his signing means on and off the court. so, it's so interesting that i have both ben and terrance back, we were talking about this yesterday, right? then we have l.z. granderson. ben ferguson here along with terrance moore and sports contributor to cnn.com. so, terrance, i'll start with you. what kind of reception will jason collins receive? >> i tell you something, don. right now we should all be getting lottery numbers from jason collins. he is the luckiest person on the face of the earth for a lot of reasons. first of all, the best thing to happen to him was michael sam. takes all the pressure off of him.

for me, the pressure is, you know, playing in the nba game tonight and last time i played an nba game was last april. i think that's enough pressure right there. >> in the second quarter of the mets laker's game tonight, this was that historic molt. jason collins checking into the game for brooklyn. you can see fans at the staples center were on their feet. jason collins not only becomes the first openly gay player to play in the nba but the first openly gay player to play in any of the four major professional sports. erica? >> thank you so much, jason pew. >>> the winter games have officially come to a close with a spectacular show in sochi. the ceremony featured fireworks, music and dancing and jim had a front row seat for all the action. >> reporter: we're back where it began, olympic park, a traumatic send off from 8 8 different countries. the curtain comes down together, and the world is a bit closer, and a bit smaller. the stage couldn't be any bigger, some 40,000 saw a spectacle of colors and lights and medals of the newly crowned. how was the show? >> incredible. russia did su

the nba? is probably close to soccer right now.opefully in time we'll see teams in europe too. >> and there is also growth domestically as it relates to women's basketball. how significant of an accomplishment is the creation of the wnba for stern's legacy? >> i think the thing that is the biggest black eye is the brawl between the pacers and the pistons, and i'm not saying the wnba is out by any means. but seven teams have went defun defunct, three have moved. i think they are figuring out that they have got to put the wnba in smaller venues in towns that really love college basketball, because they have had a lot of struggles, kind of maybe even go back to the what the abl was doing. >> mark spears thanks for the time. >> all right. mike. >>> he is right there have been struggles with the wnba, but the reason it is still around is because of david stern. >> fantastic. thank you so much. >> uh-huh. >>> orders to move. still ahead on al jazeera america, why google is being forced to relocate a mysterious barge. plus the gift of goa

for me, the pressure is playing in the nba game tonight, and last time i played an nba game was laststanford and ucla. cardinal, a nice following in socal. fields had 30 against cal on friday. 24, in this gay. chiney ogwumike, double-double machine. the foul. count it. 26-15. stanford wins 65-56. clinch its 14th straight pac-12 title. >> senior day for usd but the bears had no empathy for them. a 12-0 run second half. gray had 22 points, sixth consecutive double-double. great inside-outside ball movement. 76-57 the final. tim limbs culp's no-hitter was the bright spot in a second consecutive sub par season. 10-14 with a 4.37 earned run average. lincecum struggled, and he was bolstered with the contract extension. timmy believes he can be a cy young award winner. >> the first thing you do when see a veteran, you question, how has he stayed in the game that long and what he does to simply identify the game for himself when things go awry. and to be able to just come in and have him say something like that, just eliminated any would-be stress on any given day of pitching. >> 23-year-old

like i said, they're really open in the nba. and remember a lot of these guys were already teammates with jason collins. they've been around the league, he's been around the league. kevin garnett who plays on the nets, he played with jason collins last season on the celtics. joe johnson played with jason collins, the coach jason kidd played with jason collins many years in new jersey. they know him and they know what he's about. they might not have known he was gay when he was playing with them, but just speaks to their character that they're able to understand that they're friends and, you know, being gay doesn't make you who you are. >> stefan bondy, thanks so much for your time. again, if you're just joining us, the news being jason collins signing with the brooklyn nets. ten-day contract, potentially playing tonight in los angeles against the lakers. >>> all right, moving on now to ukraine where the country looks to an uncertain future with no clear leader. former prime minister yulia tymoshenko announced she does not want t

and with that ifrnts introduction, history was made, the first openly gay basketball player in the nba. >>> thieves tape up a boy and his grandmother while they steal from an east bay home. >>> and protests as the dalai lama visits the bay area. why these people are not sharing his message of peace. >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> good evening. i'm diane dwyer. >> and i'm terry mcsweeney. jason collins made history tonight. he made history as the first openly gay player in professional basketball. we're live near stanford. what's the response to collins breaking this barrier? >> reporter: they stay congratulations but they also say what's the big deal, if he's good enough to play basketball he should. he had a steal on 11 minutes on the court that made history. wearing number 46, jason collins became number one. >> a historic moment at staples center as jason collins becomes the first openly gay athlete to play in any of this country's four major professional sports. >> reporter: the 35 year old came out less than a year ago on the cover of sports illustrated. but then no team re

even when he's not playing, the nba's biggest stars still making shots.n is still out with a broken nose. nice suit. maybe they should give him a three-point lead. that kid can play. he got along just fine. it is miami on the break. 93-79 win over chicago. final seconds at the wizards game, made a. 3/10 of a second. wizards win by one. the syracuse coaches meltdown act comes to maryland. the coach had a little issue with a call last night at duke. i agree with him. i went to syracuse. against one called of his players that would have tied the game. jim was tossed out of the game. syracuse has lost two straight. the best shot is tomorrow night. >> we have teammates ranked number one. hopefully we will have a great turnout, a lot of energy in the building. >> speaking of energy, lady terps up against georgia tech. here is the star of the team, melissa thomas. outside.nside, they go 79-62. the caps will start up after the olympic break on thursday night. a lot of guys who play with the caps are on the verizon center ice this afternoon. it is the american hoc

sixth fastest in nba history. only pat riley, phil jackson, larry costello. >> jeff: what a showing and what an jut standing basketball coach erik spoelstra is. >> mike: five straight wins now for the heat. 8-1 in their last nine games and they're just a game and a half back of the indiana pacers for the top spot in the eastern conference. an impress iive win as they win for the second time this season. lebron james only missed two games and they have won both. one in portland and a great defensive battle. we'll be back here in miami after this time-out. ♪ [ male announcer ] chevy's presidents day is here. good luck. [ henry] thanks. [ male announcer ] get great offers on 2014 chevy vehicles in stock. hey we just wouldn't want you to miss out. welcome to chevy... [ henry ] presidents day? you got it! [ male announcer ] just announced! now get a 2014 chevy malibu lt for around $189 a month during chevy presidents day. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. impact wool exports from new zealand, textile productio

he's one of the better athletes in the nba. as for his teammate, bradley beale wall, isn't concerned about his performance tonight. in fact wall likes his chances to take event. >> i got brad. you know i got to take brad. and he's got some tough challenge facing his staff. and there was other guys, but i have to go with my teammate there. >> we just enjoyed the whole experience, we're representing the team, representing the city, and represent our family. >> the dunk contest always my favorite event, nba all-star weekend. so we'll see how john wall does tonight. >> nightly news is up next, we'll see you again after the olympics. chilly, windy night, great night to stay home ♪ what is this place? where are we? this is where we bring together the fastest internet and the best in entertainment. we call it the x1 entertainment operating system. it looks like the future! we must have encountered a temporal vortex. further analytics are necessary. beam us up. ♪ that's my phone. hey. [ female announcer ] the x1 entertainment operating

jason collins, the nba's first openly gay player, he gets in the game. good morning, everyone. great to see you this morning. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> and i'm christine romans. it's monday, i'm sorry, february 24th. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east, and a lot to get to this morning. we'll begin with breaking news from ukraine, where an arrest warrant has been issued for the country's ousted prime minister, viktor yanukovych. ukraine's acting interior minister says he's wanted for the mass murder of peaceful citizens. this morning, his whereabouts are not known. it follows a weekend of political upheaval that saw yanukovych tossed out. a former rival freed from prison, and parliament appointing an acting president. there's growing concern about possible intervention by russia. cnn's nick paton walsh is live in kiev. bring us up to speed, nick. >> reporter: well, christine, the mass murder you're referring to is, of course, the shooting dead of dozens of protesters here, mostly by police down a few days ago just from where i'm standing here. now, they believe that

. >>> jason collins is back in the nba tonight.he first openly gay athlete to compete in any pro sport. >>> you make history. what does that mean to you? >> and we now have the names of three people killed in a capitol heights apartment. motive and suspect unknown. >>> also, a notorious killer from montgomery county in the late 1990s shot dead sunday in an israeli prison. >>> and the spring-like weather sending. >> we're watching the return of colder air in the first alert seven-day forecast. >> hello, i'm bruce johnson. thanks for joining us. tonight jason collins who is back in the nba, the first openly gay athlete to compete in any professional sport in all of the country. collins played for the washington wizards last season. after that season ended he came out in an article for sports illustrated and said he still wanted to play in the nba. he signed a 10-day contract with the brooklyn nets. he suited up tonight against the l.a. lakers. >> reporter: jason collins received a warm welcome's entered the game for the nets, the fir

the biggest name in the nba also not claim.had a rocha knows, but cannot resist the obvious. nose, but cannot resist the obvious. just fineot along without him. the bird man, chris anderson. miami on the break against chicago. here is ray allen finishing it off. the heat go on to win 93-79. maryland basketball fans are hoping they can catch superpower syracuse in a weak moment. tomorrow night, they will play the terps in college park. in the closing seconds the other day, a charge was called against one of his players that would have tied the game. at the comcast center. maryland also on the court. andcuse dropped 2 straight, even if they had not, maryland thinks it is a great opportunity. >> they are still number one, still a good team. it is still going to be a good win if we win. >> a team that is second in the , a great opportunity, great players, a lot of pros on their team. it is a great opportunity for us. >> another opportunity for the lady terps taking on georgia tech. nice dish. the person who made the dish from the o

. >> the nba allstar game was held there. the highest scoring game in the history of the event. everybody got into the act including steph curry. your highlights, mvp and reaction next in sports. >> this medal count update is brought to you bayou nighted. by united. united, proud to fly team flying shootout with the highest scoring nba allstar game in league history. tonight in new orleans it was the big easy when it came to scoring and the defense was looser than bourbon street. steph curry started the game for the western conference. 12 points and 11 assists. look at this lob to blake griffin. the defense is not allowed in the allstar game. lebron going around several players and finishing with a monster dunk. a circus act here. chris paul off the glass. a two-hand flush. two of 11 beyond the arc. the west lead it 89-76 at the half. kyrie irving and the floater and east was down 18. an mvp season and drains the three for a two-point lead. carmelo anthony with one of his record three's. 163-155 and the highest scoring allstar game in nba history. >> just being out here with all

flying shootout with the highest scoring nba allstar game in league history. tonight in new orleans it was the big easy when it came to scoring and the defense was looser than bourbon street. steph curry started the game for the western conference. 12 points and 11 assists. look at this lob to blake griffin. the defense is not allowed in the allstar game. lebron going around several players and finishing with a monster dunk. a circus act here. chris paul off the glass. a two-hand flush. two of 11 beyond the arc. the west lead it 89-76 at the half. kyrie irving and the floater and east was down 18. an mvp season and drains the three for a two-point lead. carmelo anthony with one of his record three's. 163-155 and the highest scoring allstar game in nba history. >> just being out here with all of these great athletes and playing with a great crowd in new orleans, i think as athletes we want to make the game competitive is specially as an allstar game. both teams competed until the end. the east wanted to win it and we took it personal. >> we wanted this win. the

new orleans played host to the nba all-star game.uld have been the slam dunk competition itself. lebron among the superstars playing in the game. on the inbounds, steph curry, over the back board to kevin dura durant. and then carmelo anthony, the lob and lebron. then it's griffin's turn. doing his thing. kyrie irving had himself a ball game. he's your mvp. will they play together next season in cleveland? i don't know. the east wins it, 163-155. >>> creighton player doug mcdermott passes larry bird for 13th on the division one scoring. >>> group play concluded in sochi. look at the bracket. the americans are the second seed. they play the czech republic of slovakia on wednesday in the quarter finals. if the favorites all advance, we're looking at a usa-canada semifinal. and a rematch of the gold medal game in vancouver. for the latest from russia and the rest of your sports needs, check out "sportscenter" live on espn, 9:00 a.m. eastern time. have a great day. >>> and along the sidelines at the fab all-star game yesterday, a giant i

globally and we weigh in on the nba national flavor. >> the growth of 20 years and you see nba in 215es and he signed with the la clippers today with the slavanian signing and there is a record, 93 international players in the nba and now there is interest globally and other than soccer, professional soccer what other sport has this much interest internationally because of what davis stern started and hopefully in time we will see teams in europe too. >> reporter: we will have an in-depth look at this in the next hour. syracuse was sporting number one ranking to put it on the line against notre dame, the last team to beat the orange and ranked number one is the irish but no de-sha-view and 33 points and matching a record of 9, count them 9, 3-pointers and orange was 22-0 with 61-55 win and that is a look at sports this hour. >> mark, thank you. a warning about a spike in cancer cases and the reasons between the 75% increase and what you can do to lower your risk. >> this is what she is getting away with because of the statute of limitations. >> reporter: the video, a woman posted abou

lebron james says he will end up on the nba's mount rushmore as one of the best in nba history when all and done. judging by the finish to tonight's game with golden state somebody should grab a chisel and get started. the straw that stirs the drink. the heat played suffocating defense. look at lebron. get out of my way. curry quiet in the first half. three balls here. had 10 points at the break. lebron baseline this would be, with authority. heat were up by as many as 21 in the third. leading the charge and double clutch jam. 108-107 miami. look at steph get to the hoop and one on on chalmers. 29 for steph. warriors by two. clear out for lebron. good night, game over, drive home safely. a fade away 3 from 27 feet with .20 of a second left. lebron 36 points and 9 assists and 111-110 heat. the experts believe that stanford will be in the ncaa tournament this season, but tonight's game at washington is not going to help the cardinal resume. remember "rain man"? his son is playing for udub. a lesson to young players, follow your own shot, young man. 18 for powell. huskies with nigel willia

so the nba is sort of cashing in. >> you think it is the nba cashing in or do you think there are a lot there that are saying, wow, i admire this guy for what he did? i'll actually take a stand on that. he actually is pretty heroic that he stood up for his own truth and he is very brave. 'what i think kids should idolize. >> if the nba is making money off of it, fine. the number 98 is a great number to wear. >> you are still hot. >> that was our hot flash. ahead at this hour >>> one of the most store reed upsets in the history of all sports, the fight that launched mohamm muhammad ali into the stratosphere. that's don king here to talk about this next. [ car alarm chirps ] ♪ [ male announcer ] we don't just certify our pre-owned vehicles. we inspect, analyze, and recondition each one, until it's nothing short of a genuine certified pre-owned mercedes-benz for the next new owner. [ car alarm chirps ] hurry in to the mercedes-benz certified pre-owned sales event. visit today for exceptional offers. ♪ purina dog chow light & healthy for exceptional offers. is a deliciously tender and crunc

. >>> let's switch gears to basketball and today was an hift orric day for the nba. collins has signed contract to play with the brooklyn nets becoming the first openly gay player to play in the nba. collins a 15-year nba veteran hasn't played yet this season and the center spent the second half of last season with the wizards. today, the brooklyn nets tweeted out this picture. this is his head coach jason kidd, alongside collins signing his contract, just a few minutes ago wizards head coach randy whitman talked about his former player. >> being a veteran guy that has been around this league for a long time, the respect that he has. so i'm not surprised. i'm happy for him and you know he's worked and kept in shape and should be a plus for them. >>> moving on to women's college basketball, maryland women visiting georgia tech today. brenda freeh's trying to fire up her term. whatever she said there it worked. this is lexy brown, the freshman coming in with the steal and easy layup. maryland's up half a dozen early. second half, terps up by 10 and she dishes it to ali

lebron james says he will end up on the nba's mount rushmore as one of the best in nba history when allnd done. judging by the finish to tonight's game with golden state somebody should grab a chisel and get started. the straw that stirs the drink. the heat played suffocating defense. look at lebron. get out of my way. curry quiet in the first half. three balls here. had 10 points at the break. lebron baseline this would be, with authority. heat were up by as many as 21 in the third. leading the charge and double clutch jam. 108-107 miami. look at steph get to the hoop and one on on chalmers. 29 for steph. warriors by two. clear out for lebron. good night, game over, drive home safely. a fade away 3 from 27 feet with .20 of a second left. lebron 36 points and 9 assists and 111-110 heat. the experts believe that stanford will be in the ncaa tournament this season, but tonight's game at washington is not going to help the cardinal resume. remember "rain man"? his son is playing for udub. a lesson to young players, follow your own shot, young man. 18 for powell. huskies with nigel williams

we are not competing with the the nba is a phenomenon.greatest pro leagues in the world. there are a heck of a lot more great asking ballplayers in the world than 400. what we are saying is we will present them with an opportunity to come here, late in a high level league, in front of rabid, passionate fans. and quite frankly, giving the choice between going to europe and plying their trade or standing here in canada where the proximity to where these players in the u.s. come from is so close, the choice is a clear choice, that they would rather play in canada than go far away from their hometown. , you describe the fans as rabid and passionate. truth be told, there are not that many of them. i looked at all of the attendance figures for all of the games the national desk a ball league of canada has played so far. the maximum attendance was just shy of 7400 fans and the minimum was 117. at your league needs to be a business. how are you going to keep people in the stands? >> you build the league with branding. you build the league by gett

>> you know, you occasionally see something like this every leap year or two in the nba.ess -- >> basket brawl. >> that's exactly right. in detroit with the knuckleheads going up in the stands and that sort of thing. but this is unprecedented in college basketball. don, i'll start with this, there is never any excuse for a player, a coach, umpire or referee, anybody going into the stands touching anybody. that's why it's interesting to see what this guy says in a few minutes about what his reasoning was. >> right on. i've been to basketball -- i've been to -- this has never happened at a college basketball game, but you go to an nba game, right? people say the craziest you know what to players. and they are light there screaming at them. and they can say anything, your momma is whatever, just anything. those guys are supposed to react to that? >> you call those people fans, which is a derivative of fanatics, okay? if you try to please every fan in every sporting event screaming ugly things at players, there would be nobody in the stands. look at what's going on at duke. t

lebron james says he will end up on the nba's mount rushmore as one of the best in nba history when alludging by the finish to tonight's game with golden state somebody should grab a chisel and get started. the straw that stirs the drink. the heat played suffocating defense. look at lebron. get out of my way. curry quiet in the first half. three balls here. had 10 points at the break. lebron baseline this would be, with authority. heat were up by as many as 21 in the third. leading the charge and double clutch jam. 108-107 miami. look at steph get to the hoop and one on on chalmers. 29 for steph. warriors by two. clear out for lebron. good night, game over, drive home safely. a fade away 3 from 27 feet with .20 of a second left. lebron 36 points and 9 assists and 111-110 heat. the experts believe that stanford will be in the ncaa tournament this season, but tonight's game at washington is not going to help the cardinal resume. remember "rain man"? his son is playing for udub. a lesson to young players, follow your own shot, young man. 18 for powell. huskies with nigel williams with the

the nba's first gay player took the court tonight. stanford grad jason collins just signed with the brooklyn nets. >>> just the dalai lama is in the bay area. what he had to say to hundreds at a rally in berkeley, why others proper testing his visit. >>> a death investigation at a popular south bay mall. what we know after police shut down part of the busy shopping center. >> good evening. i'm terry mcsweeney. >> i'm diane dwyer, on late tonight because of olympics coverage. we begin tonight with the dalai lama visiting bate area. they landed friday, today he spoke to a sold-out crowd in berkeley. it hasn't been all peaceful. dozens of people are protesting his visit. nbc bay area's chase cain is at santa clara university. the dalai lama will be there tomorrow? >> reporter: he sure will. they are already getting things ready. may see some barriers out here. inside they are rehearsing for tomorrow morning's talk. but this morning the dalai lama began at the tibetan community center in richmond bless blessing the community center that's

nba finals. the los angeles lakers versus the boston celtics. >> i just wanted to see what was going on, see if the lakers won or not. and if they did win, i just wanted to see how the victory celebration went. >> we won, baby! >> the final score, lakers 83, celtics 79. in game seven, the lakers clinched the title, and gatuna heads toward the arena. >> the atmosphere was very energetic. a lot of people were shouting celtics suck, lakers won, lakers won. i headed to staples center because i heard from a lot of friends that that's where a lot of crowds were forming. and once the lakers won, you know, a lot of people got excited, and i just decided to head home. >> but on his way home, gatuna encounters an unruly mob. >> i caught a bunch of people surrounding a taxi, and it seemed kind of interesting because they were pushing the taxi back and forth, and so i decided to take out my camera and start recording the event. >> the mob had pulled the taxi driver from the car and soon,

smart is considered a solid nba prospect. >> >> united states won their second gold medal. a day after the u.s. won in slopes >> one of the last to drop and it just felt so good to be able to do something that i knew i could do and i bleached it, but just having the passion and determination to really do what i'm capable of. >> the u.s. also won the bronze medal in team figure skating.

a good time tonight at the nba frishman verses sophomore game.iday evening means women's college hoops. the landscape to themselves. that's lindsey. stanford dominates. tonight they handle arizona 65-49. stanford a winner big over arizona state. and speaking of arizona state, on the men's side they knock of second rank arizona tonight by a score of 69-66. and somebody is going to get hurt. friday night you don't want to have a moral lecture. any time you beat a team ahead of you. you think one time somebody is going to get stuck under there. every once in a while. that's a new thing. they lost tonight 23-2. everybody bum rushes the coach. young man who played baseball at sara high school went on to be a all star for the annings. and the angels to their first american -- fergosi passed away today at the age of 71. 50 years in baseball. jim fergosi as a player, as a ma executive. almost 200 pages of research proves incognito was as inhumane as speculated. nfl went full born into this thing. martin was subjected to racial slurs, sexual taunts. marti

the nba will never be the same after tonight.ourt as the league's first openly gay player and the olympics comes to a close in sochi with no terror attacks, plenty of odd stories and a closing ceremony that pokes fun at how it all began. >>> the unrest in ukraine has settled down, but the acountcou future is very much in doubt. >>> let's begin with a tornado warning that threatened the daytona speedway and has now been lifted within the last 30 minutes. now, there are two new tornado warnings, but they don't include the speedway. earlier track officials had started to evacuate nearly 250,000 people there. the race was stopped in lap 38 because of bad weather and got increasingly worse. cnn news editor john nuse news on the phone with us from the track in daytona. john, is everyone being allowed back in? what's going on? >> fredricka, it's hard to hear here. a lot of people here inside the front entrance and here on the track, in the roberts tower. a lot of people here, very calm. everyone is just trying to wait out the storm.

any player growing up dreams of the nba not the d league.rience. so it's a proven path. and the warriors and d league seem to be a great match. >> the men's super g race andrew waybrackh with .3 of a second behind yazru of norway -- jansrud of norway. >>> u.s. hockey team completed an undefeated run through youth play over slovania. that will do it for this late sunday night edition of sports wrap. have a good week everybody. >> all right, thank you. >> we want to go to santa cruz and watch a game. >> i want that tie died shirt. >> it's 2,500 people every night. a great experience. >> thank you joe. >> and be sure to join the ktvu morning news for more on the shooting that took place outside the west field mall out there in san francisco. remember we're always here for you on ktvu.com and local ktvu. thanks for joining us and have a great [ male announcer ] pillsbury grands biscuits. delicious, but say i press a few out flat, add some beef, sloppy joe sauce and cheese, fold it all up and boom! delicious unsloppy joes perfect for a school nig

mark kelly is there on more on the historic time on the nba court. >> reporter: jason collins is now one offer four openly gay player ifs in the major leagues. last night's game with the nets against the lakers welcomed collins with a worm reception. his basketball career could have ended up rather average, but collins let his guard down last spring, announcing in sports illustrated he is gay. at the time he wasn't with a team. collins says the past ten months have been terrific. the nets have been the first since then to pick him up. >> it has been terrific. don't have to hide who i am. i don't have to hide. but i don't have time to think about history right now. i just have to focus on my job tonight. >> reporter: collins was the star center at stanford. former coach, mike montgomery, a pal, says he is happy for collins and wishes him well. collins has played for five other teams. he is respected inside and outside the league. in fact, first lady, michelle obama, invited him to the state of the union. >>> the brooklyn dodgers back in 1947 broke color barriers, signing jackie robins

before the nba collins was a star center at sanford. the former coach, mike montgomery, says he is happy for collins and wishes him well. >> of course, missouri michael sam announces he is gay, as well. he will be taking part in a conference this week. >>> the brooklyn dodgers back in 1947 broke the color barrier, signing jackie robinson to their team. >>> happening today the dalai lama will speak out to a sold out crowd at the santa clara levy center. we are live there with kit where people are apparently already lined up. >> reporter: yes. yesterday they lined up at 5:30 in the morning. i don't see anybody out here just yet. i would not be surprised, however, if they start showing up pretty quickly here. here is a quick glimpse of what it looks like in berkeley yesterday. yes, the event in berkeley starting off on a some better tone with a deep chant of tibetan monks, but his holiness drew the first of many laughs when he donned a matching maroon colored visor to shield his eyes from the spotlight. the lesson on happiness was simple.

continúa impresionando con su bate >>> en la nba el miami heat ganó fácilmente sobre oklahoma, ,peroque harbook se queda, es la tercera la vencida. >>> esperamos que sí. >>> muchas gracias, willia. >>> buenas tardes. >>> vamos a ver un adelanto del clima. >>> hola, ¿qué tal amigos?, feliz vienr, viene el fin de semana, posibilidades de lluvias y más para california, esto al volver >>> las autoridades del coliseo de oakland homenajearon a un buen samaritano que le salvó la vida a una mujer, donny navidad de stockton estaba disfrutando un juego de los raiders cuando atrapó a una mujer que cayó del tercer nivel >>> hoy en el segmenrto su dinero cuenta, tenemos más nombres de residentes del área de la bahía con dinero sin reclamar y que no se han dado cuenta, es dinero que está e las arcas de california, aida garcía, ,magda tiene 1004 con 24 centavos de oakland. >>> basilio beltrán con 3000 dólares sin reclamar. >>s> i usted quiere buscar su nombre para saber si tiene dinero sin reclamar vaya a encuentresudinero.com o el número en pantalla. >>> es el momento de pasar al pronóstico del ti

and they won the nba championship.d so every year, i would get tickets closer and closer to the court. and just became enthralled with nba basketball. and then i was on the board with someone that said the team might be for sale. so after a six-month long process of negotiating and ok'ing -- ok'ing the deal and looking at an x-ray of sam bowie's leg and other things we were able to roach an agreement. and so i ended up owning the team. so that's my -- of the two franchises that's my longest owned nba -- professional franchise. >> and then the seahawks. >> and then the seahawks. and that was -- that was a matter of basically siffing leaders coming to me and saying, look, the team is going to end up in los angeles unless someone local steps forward and wants to take ownership of the team. and i knew that the facility the team played in, the kingdome, needed to be -- we needed to have a new facility and redone. so i made that conditional on a referendum. we had the referendum. we had a very narrow vote. and we were able t

and it's the first game john wall has played since being named an nba all-star.is performance showed he was deserving that honor. welcoming home kevin durant to the verizon center. not a very warm welcome. first quarter, wizards up eight off the turnover. trevor ariza and wall with a two on one. that's just two easy right there. the wizards up by ten. okc came back. within three. reggie jackson to durant, who throws it down. he had 26 points. a quiet 26 points for kevin durant. wall, he stole the show. had a great game tonight, gets the turnover here and the flush. 17 points, a career high 15 assists for john wall tonight. he had 6 steals, 4 rebounds, wizards win impressively 96-81. >>> let's talk some football now. not that peyton manning could feel anymore pressure for super bowl xlviii tomorrow, but tonight, manning was named the league's mvp for the regular season. it's his fifth mvp award. no other player has won more than three. no doubt manning will be in the hall of fame some day alongside some great players. here's a look at the 2014 hall of fame class.

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the nba posted this on the site, number 98, a top-selling jersey on the nba site this morning. >>> 5:de more than $1 billion, at least on paper. >>> a special homecoming for a northern california olympian. >>> tesla ceo elon musk add mord than $1 billion to et net worth as excitement grows over a megabattery factory. according to bloomberg, musk has a net worth of $11.7 billion, that's up 10% since yesterday alone. makes him the 94th richest person in the country behind mark zuckerberg inwell gains this year. >>> lives are changed forever. a northern california couple go out for a walk but stumble upon buried treasure, literally. the man and woman who don't want their napes released were walking on the property in the sierra foothills when they saw something poking out of the dirt. inside the canister, you see it there, 1400 gold coins dating from mid to late 1800s. at the time they were buried, their value was $28,000. now, worth about $10 million. the couple says it will sell most of the coins on amazon. others will go to private collectors. great shape as well. amazing. >>> montere

. >>> nba up top, in the old days you had all star game sunday, but the league took pace from the nfld created a whole weekend experience. i give you curry, tonight the league all star challenge, curry made -- he finished in third place, and in the three-point shootout, curry a favorite, never got in a rhythm or out of the third round. he couldn't believe the either, three-point round this year, surprisingly went to former warrior, now a spur, mark belinelli, and he beat beal in a tie breaking shootout. >>> and hip hop artist, playing tracks of about the dunk contest, here's barnes, a nice effort, but it hardly moved the meter with the judges. the second dunk, the second best dunk, over shaq in a chair, the crowd says it's over, and here is john wall of the wizards. oh. over the mascot, grobz the ball -- grabs the ball, and then -- john wall, the nba slam dunk champion. as i slow it down. >>> 33rd running of the derby today, mile and an eighth distance, eight horse field, after a clump of colts, it looks like the paint clad, out of nowhere, out of nowhere the four horse, ridden by hal

it's nba all-star weekend, folks, from new orleans. ,,,,,,,,,, or tim hardaway used . >>> nba warriorsh curry will start in sunday's all-star game mainly because his former warrior used to say he's got skills. tonight, curry got the biggest praise yet. >> he's the best shooter i've ever seen. i believe that. in terms of being able to, you know, off the dribble, get his shot off from anywhere that fast, best i've ever seen. he can shoot. his daddy could shoot, but he could only stay in one spot and shoot, right? >> president obama, how about that? meanwhile airson barns is the all-star festivities in the rising stars challenge. barns shot to the corner his team wins. the cardinals, they tore them apart. stanford wins 61-35. it was the first game since stanford was upset by washington. >>> oh, and i just beat the buzzer. i should have taken a shot. >> good, you made it. [ laughter ]. >> you're a good shooter. >> absolutely. >> nice lefthanded jumper. >> that was an interesting interview. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, [captioning sponsored by fox broadcasting company twentieth century fox television

why lebron james is the best player in the nba. >> people still talking about that game.not turn out so positively for the warriors. but you know what, you got to put it in perspective. you are looking at the greatest player of our time. there is the shot that won it with .2 seconds left and a 1 point win it was with the three- pointer right there. second guesser out there today, keep the ball away from him. he was up on him and face it, the guy hate sensational shot. here is the reaction after the game to the greatest player we know today. >> he didn't try to get him off balance. he kind of just rhythm, dribble, melt the knock down and made the shot. >> pick your poison. live with defense one-on-one. >> i thought we won the game but, you know, big time player. big time shot. >> he made a great shot. a great shot. >> look forward to the challenge of playing the best in the league and tonight was demonstrated that to the fullest. >> you want to be the best you got to beat the best and the warriors not there yet. memo to brian wilson, former san francisco giant, take a look

forthank you very much spending time with us, bill cartwright, nba jam and -- champion and -- nba championairman of cartwright downes. coming up, investors are scooping up hard works by young artists and flipping them for lots of money. find out why some are comparing it to the initial public offering market. ♪ >> the bidding has been described as ferocious. wealthy collectors are scooping up in works by young artists and reselling them quickly for profit. bloomberg reporter katya has an exclusive on the story and joins us with details. thank you for being here. you were telling me that the publication of this story has sent your twitter following off the chart. >> i have 40 new followers. >> congratulations. what are these people reading about, that there are whole cadre of contemporary artists -- i have to admit i've never heard the names of any of these people before. but something is going on. what is happening? >> there is a feeding frenzy is how it has been described. the artwork -- the art world focuses on a few select artists and the prices are being picked up and they explode with