nick markakis makes them pay, and nails him at second base. the orioles avoid the sweep and get the victory, 5-4. the cookoff a series against texas -- they kicked off a series against texas. the players ranked themselves in the nfl. now we know the top 10. a pair of ravens made the list. including ed reed coming in at number 5. one spot ahead of try pall maoy palimalu. ray lewis, the highest voted defensive player of the mall, no. 4. a tribute to what he can do on the field. >> it is always an honor any time that you are picked from your peers and you have an opportunity to go out and display your talents. those are the people who you play for and who you play against. when your legacy is done with this game, with all the great ones on the list. >> 6 ravens made the list. tom brady, number one agent paid manning -- peyton manning. >> 71 degrees on tv hill. >> the inner harbor will be filled with people to buy for the fourth of july celebration. i am kim dacey with more. >> we could see a few thunderstorms rumbling around later today. later to

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nick markakis makes them pay. the orioles avoid this week and get the victory, 5-4. they will kick off a series later today against the rangers. not a lot going on with the nfl. the nfl network had the players rank themselves. they went through the top 100. now we know the top 10. a pair of ravens made the list. ed reed, top ten. ray lewis was the highest voted defense supplier, no. four. a tribute to what he can still do on the field and for maybe what he means off the field. a mentor to anyone who'll listen. >> it is always an honor any time you are picked from your peers and you have an opportunity to display your talents. those are the people who you play for and you play against. when your legacy is done with this game, with all the great ones on the list. >> 6 ravens made the list. tom brady, number one agent peyton manning and number two. have a great fourth of july. >> 6:27. much more ahead. >> big plans for baltimore's fireworks display. i have a sneak peek, straight ahead. >> i am live in catonsville talking about their fourth of july celebration. i am with

then nick markakis. rbi double. birds losing 4-3. and the o's beat the braves 5-4. major league baseball announced its all-star game team. tuesday, july 12 in phoenix. one loan orioles, matt wieters who makes the classic for the first time. he is also the first orioles catcher to represent the birds at the all-star game since 1989. he leads all major league catchers in runner. and leads all catchers not charged with a passed ball. batting .262. kansas city in denver today. rocky collision for gonzalez. he made the catch, had to pay the price, leave the game. royals a winner. changing of the guard in the world of professional tennis. third set, fourth game, having a problem with the video. the new winner is novak djokovic. he is the new wimbledon champion. and the new world's number one as of tomorrow morning. pro golf, not locked out but 15 miles from philadelphia. nick watney won today. sometimes we have the craziest things happen. that wasn't golf. you know what we will do? say good night, that's it, thank you very much and back to you adam. >> i wanted to see the

top of eight, nick markakis had a hit streak and today started a new one, he would go yard. 5-4. they scored no more. 5-4 your final, five consecutive losses for baltimore, 10 games now under .500. like the seven on seven football championships on friday, some atypical july weather made the lacrosse games much, much more pleasant than normal. great night for the festivities. the north versus the south. second quarter, north having its way on an awesome effort for the all-star. kyle ends up with the ball, the big shot, 7-3 north. but the south went on a run, seven unanswered goals. murray, great play, 9-7 and the south hangs on to win by a final of 11-9. the girls represented as well, same format and same venue, more sunshine. great day for tatum, a future star at maryland, one of her five goals of the afternoon and m.v.p. honors. the south showing some nice teamwork, though. back from behind, oh, quick move and the quick shot and the score. 15-10 is your final. on this fourth of july weekend, the u.s. women's soccer team making everyone proud today. no problem today against colom

nick markakis plays it. 2-0 rangers. nelson cruz. groundball. finds a seam. the orioles get to expect on one swing. he crushes this one on to the hill in the senate. 4-2. new ball game. jeremy guthrie made it close. a nice plate on this bunt. mike napoli off brad bergesen. a slam dunk after this. 13-5, orioles lose. orioles will play the red sox. quarter files for women's soccer -- quarterfinals. sweden beat the u.s. here is the penalty kick. that is not how you want to start. free kick. off of a u.s. player. 2-0 sweden. the u.s. gets one back. the u.s. will play brazil on sunday in the quarterfinals. the nfl talks, roger goodell and demaurice smith in new york expected to put their stamp on what the lawyers have done the last couple of days. expected to. that is good news. eith.ank you, ke >> the first juror is speaking out in the trial of casey anthony. >> a plea from an alleged massachusetts mob boss accused of being part of 19 murders. >> a chicken and an ostrich. in an unlikely friendship. >> we have some rain in the forecast. >> looking like a parking l

nick markakis. backhands the flip to the glove. that is a big time play. 42,000 on hand. joshed hamilton loses his bat. 13-4, the rangers ripped the orioles. mitch adkins will start for the birds denied. tonight. owners and players. special olympics world's game in athens, greece. this is the soccer team from maryland. playing well. maryland wins over spain, 2-1. we do a lot here at wbal with the special olympics. a big deal. we want to tell us what you can still vote for adam jones for the all-star game, mlb.com. >> thank you, keith. >> his agent worse for us -- his agent works for us. >> the fourth of july celebration at the inner harbor turns deadly. details are next. >> we will look at how other parts of the country celebrated independence day. >> you know how bad the mosquitoes have been. tips on how to get rid of the p >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back. i am stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thank you for joining us this morning. tony pann has a quick look at today's forecast. >> good morning.

nick markakis plays it off a couple of hops. 2-0. nelson cruz. that finds a gap. 4-0 after one inning. derrek lee onto the hill. 4-2. new ball game. jeremy guthrie gutted it out. seventh inning. brad bergesen in. two on. home run for mike napoli. buck showalter not happy with the three years game sweep. >> it is about us not executing. we will have to do better. it is there if you want to takinge it. >> derek jeter and the yankees in cleveland to play the indians. derek jeter it makes a great play. he did not get the double play. that is a big-time player read different derek jeter. in the seventh, the indian sculpture 2-0. lonnie chisseled that home run. first major league home run. derek jeter rips one to write. 2997. he is three shy of 3000. roger goodell and demaurice smith rejoin talks. a question of when a deal would get done. hopefully by this weekend or next. >> to live. 6:27. 72 degrees on tv hill. >> police looking for a suspect after a man with a shotgun at disrupted activity on the b-w parkway yesterday. details are next. >> a debt sh

nick markakis' consecutive game hit streak ends with the final out of the game. adam jones says the story starts and ends with the braves pitcher in the 4-0 loss. >> man, there were times i was seeing 2-0 change-ups and you kept everybody off balance. in that same conversation there were pitchs to hit that we fouled off or missed. that is the nature of the game. >> in their first year under randy edsall the terps football team will have less time to pretty much each week because they have last practice team in the coming season as part of a violation. according to the sun they will lose practice team because maryland exceeded ncaa practice time limits last year and violated rules regarding summer woubgs. to their credit the terps self-reported the violation. maryland will lose 2.5 hours each week that is more than 10% of the total allotted practice and workout time. time was in college football when the name of a conference had a common sense ring. big ten had 10 teams in it. not so much. with yesterday's official exit from the big 12 and entrance into the big te