. >>> coming up, historic night for paul pierce.he kentucky wildcats prove why they're number one. and a giant parade for the super bowl champs. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> arizona state supreme court has removed a candidate from the ballot in a city council race. affirming a ruling she does not speak english well enough to hold the office. almost 99% of the residents of san louis are latino. >>> sad news out of england. the last known surviving veteran of world war i has died. 110-year-old florence green served as a member of the women's royal air force working in the mess hall on an air base. >>> england's prince charles cut a birthday cake yesterday to celebrate charles dickens' 200th birthday. the prince and his wife toured the dickens museum and attended a service of thanksgiving at westminster abbey while prince charles laid a wreath to mark the occasion. >>> nasa shows off a spectacular v

ohio state won it. 87-84. >>> nba, big night for paul pierce in boston. ocked down a three to move past larry byrd into second place on the celts all-time scoring list. then like byrd did so many times before him, pierce led the celts to a win. the dish to kevin garnett for the bucket, celts over the bobcats 94-84. >>> now to oakland. ellis put on a show. 30 points by halftime and finished with 48. unfortunately the warriors needed three more. ellis missed the game tying three in the final seconds. the thunder held on to win it 119-116. >>> hockey. what did lightning give steven stamkos for his birthday? how about a pie in the face? good to see the team splurge for his gift. he returned the favor against the kings and scored league leading 35th goal of the year to tie the game. l.a. came right back. rob scuderi with a hail mary type pass to kyle clifford. kings beat the lightning 3-1. >>> the city of new york threw a giant party for the super bowl champs yesterday. giants treated to a tickertape parade in manhattan. hundreds of thousands lined the streets

paul pierce to beat the clock, he had 30. ray allen, puts them up 5. they win 91-89.icks lost 11-13. you can already get the feeling, if phil jackson wants to return, they will be waiting for him. warriors tomorrow night in sacramento. baseball season around it had corner. pitchers and catchers 16 days away. brian wilson will keep his beard. buster posey, well, we will see how he is feeling. matt cain and tim lincecum had to answer questions. sandoval, he is 40 pounds overweight. buster posey is he 100% and ready? >> unusually one of those things in the morning i am stiff but once the day progresses it feels good. i am happy with where i am. i am optimistic for having a good healthy season. >> one of baseball's great stories had a scare this week. real scare. josh hamilton, at one point in his career on the streets, severe drug and alcohol problems, recovered to be a star with the rangers. earlier this week, lot of publicity. he was found drinking in a dallas bar. >> i had a weak moment on monday night. in dallas. personal reasons with a family member. no drugs were u

celtics down by one and paul pierce with a chance to win it and it's blocked. it's l.a.n ot at boston. while veteran receiver they are are -- terrell owens didn't play, he says he can still contribute. he played for the bengals in 2010. remember too he refused a trade to the ravens back in 2004. >> a lot of people remember that. >> and we don't allow crying. no crying. >> thank you, mark. >> coming up it's anjanette flowersal you have to see to believe. >> theories of ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> it's not a horse of a different color but a squirrel. some think he got caught in a septic system. we think he's a rains fan lost in pittsburgh. in pittsburgh. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,t of place share the love with a delicious chocolate heart donut from dunkin'. spread the donut joy today. >>> next on the late show with david letterman. >>

paul pierce surpassed larry byrd for second place on boston's all-time list.tendance tonight. john havercheck still the all-time scorer. >>> tiger woods once again made this week's at&t and national story. it is funny. without him, it's hi , huey lewis, and ray romano's here. everybody paying attention. espn had a big interview with him tonight. vicki was back here taking care of somebody's eye care. jim harbaugh is coming up. but right now, here's tiger. >> my kids are becoming at an age that they want to see daddy on tv. and daddy, you're going to a golf tournament. are you going to be on tv? i said, well, i have to play well. well, can you please play well? >>> a little charity event today. sfrien er 49ers versus the giants. harbaugh was asked about winning coach of the year. he didn't show up to receive the award. >> all of our success was due to the play on the field. so the -- i hate taking a deep bow for that. it's the -- our fate is in the hands of the players. >> and it's the same thing here. our fate is in the hands of the news director. [ laughter ]

. >>> big night in boston for paul pierce.e moved past larry bird on the celts all-time scoring list and like bird did so so many times before him, pierce led the celts to a win. celts over the bobcats 94-84. >>> now to oakland. ellis put on a show. he finished with 48. unfortunately the warriors needed three more. ellis missed the game tying three in the final seconds. the thunder held on to win it 119-116 hockey what did lightning give steven stamkos for his birthday? how about a pie in the face. he returned the favor against the kings and scored league leading 35th goal of the year to tie the game. l.a. came right back. a hail mary past the goalie. kings beat the lightning 3-1. >>> the super bowl champs had a giant party with a ticker tape parade in manhattan yesterday. hundreds of thousands lined the streets for the parade. eli manning and justin tuck joined mayor bloomberg on the parade route. a big day in the apple. i hate to be the one who has to pick up all of that confetti. >> that is your early look at sports on "ear

paul pierce for the win, no. ray allen for the win.ected by gasol and the lakers hung on. 88-87. >>> nuggets continue to struggle and lost their fifth straight last night. golden state rode the hot hand of stephan curry. warriors win it. 109-101. >>> hockey, caps and jets. keep an eye in the middle of the screen. byfuglien with a shot from center ice and he scores! take another look. the shot took a wild bounce. a goal from that distance ought to be a three-pointer. jets won in a shoot-out 3-2. >>> finally, pebble beach pro am underway yesterday. tiger woods the favorite, but ken duke had the shot of the day. par 4 16th, duke's approach from the fairway, up, on line and in the hole for an eagle! look at duke's reaction. that is either dancing or he has something in his pants. get down with your bad self, ken. there is the cabbie patch. nice, nice. luckily, duke's golf game is better than his dancing. >> that is your early look at sports on "early today." have a great weekend. i'm fred roggin. >>> so who would you pick to play princess

fast forward to the end of ot, paul pierce for the win, no, allen to the win, rejected by gausol. lakers held on. >>> the nuggets continue to struggle, lost the fifth straight. golden state rode the hot hand of stephan curry, the warriors won it. >>> jets and caps, dustin bufflin, the shot from the red line took a wild bounce, a goal from that distance ought to be a three pointer. jets won 3-2. >>> peeble beach pro-am, tiger woods the favorite, ken duke had the shot of the day. on the par 4, 16th, up, on line hit the green and in the hole for an eagle! look at duke's reaction. that is either dancing or he's got something in his pants. get down with your bad self, ken! there is a cabbage patch, nice. luckily duke's game is better than his dancing. >>> that is the first look at sports, have a great weekend i'm fred rogan. >> another look at the weather, here is todd santos, has the weather channel forecast. >> fred getting the dig in there. >> i couldn't top that. >> own the moves. >> go for it, if you can slit a -- hit a shot like that. staying off the golf course in chicago unless

there's paul pierce. we pick it up in the fourth quarter. matt barnes.he truth with 18 points and 7 rebounds. lakers, down two. the black mamba so deadly. 27. down the stretch, here we go. rondo making his mark. 14 points and 7 dimes. pau gasol, firing the three, we don't see that too often. bynum muscling it in. the rebound, and one. bynum, asked to the all-star game pliing for the western conference squad. here's allen. boston up by two. he had 22. lakers still trailing. gasol, the spaniard getting there. 25 points, 14 big rebounds. five seconds left. we're tied. mickael pietrus. off the mark, no good. we get some more basketball. doc rivers, the night before, wamping his son, austin rivers bury the game winner. pietrus not able to do that. there's pierce, sizing up metta world peace. boston up one. bynum there with the tip-in. 16 points, 17 rebounds. five seconds to go. pierce, off the mark. lakers pull it out. still pick up the win. lakers not done just yet. friday night, the espn double-header. lakers taking on the knicks and jeremy lin, followed by

paul pierce and the celtics taking on the bobcats. boston down two.pierce from the corner iffer the "j." celtics tie it up at 35-35. third quarter, pierce, hitting the three, and moving ahead of larry bird. to second on the all-time scoring list for the celtics. boston wins, 94-84. >>> how about college hoops. number one kentucky taking on the florida gators. bradley peal. anthony davis, a huge block. under 11:00 to play, 16 points for him. kentucky wins 78-58. >>> how about third-ranked ohio state hosting purdue. purdue down two. jackson, turn-around "j." knotted up at 40. second half, a steal. taking it the other way for the jam. later in the second. first shot won't go. rebound. the finish and the foul. he would make the free throw. tied at 62-62. under thr3:00 to play, buford f three. under 1:00 to play, jackson, jumper. it won't go. buford taking it the other way to the house. the buckeyes go on to win, 87-84. >>> that's your espn news update. i'm jorge andres. for more, tune in to espn news. >>> well, new york city welcomed the super bowl champs

points to ninety seven storing a bit of pride against the side which beat them two days earlier paul pierce the main man for boston with twenty points and he helped them head off a late challenge from cleveland driving into the basket to give his side an eleven point lead in the final quarter there and they needed it to them kwan's jamison and then kinnear vying cutting the deficit to two in the dying minutes but boston made sure of the way thanks to kevin garnett and the game's biggest bucket the visitors holding out for the ninety three ninety six. now the clock ticking down to sunday's super bowl the new england patriots and new york giants have held their annual press day and reveal key factors which could determine who will be crowned champions the media days pretty much like a circus atmosphere with players and coaches fielding hundreds of questions from hundreds of journalists the giants defeated the patriots in the super bowl final of two thousand and eight and despite winning ten straight games coming into the final the patriots know they'll have to be flawless against a very stron

luol deng faked out paul pierce and sank a three-point shot he also scored 23 points bulls went on to2-0 run in the quarter to beat the boston celtics 89-80 the seventh win without derrick rose the season the planner jersey at 3 tomorrow afternoon right here on wgn. illinois basketball coach chris webber tried to clarify comments he made after illinois fourth straight loss wednesday night he released a statement yesterday saying he's disappointed in himself for not developing a culture of toughness he said the illini still have a lot to pay foplay for including the end c aa tournament u.s.-led director mike thomas said that he won't make a decision on that job until after the season ... >>good afternoon everyone here are your midday winning lottery numbers ... here are the winning kick remembers:pick three numbers: 9 7 6 here are the winning pick four numbers: 3 9 3 3 $61 million is the jackpot for mega-millions ... hey, it's me -- water. when i think about how lucky i am that i've had a pur water filter remove 99% of lead and microbial cysts... [ sniffs ] and then i think about the w

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it's paul pierce. no, the follow blocked by gasol. good-bye ocho cinco.orts he plans to change his name back to chad johnson. i think -- he doesn't want his wife to have the last name. golf. without the l in pebble beach. the pro-am. you like seeing the pros like tiger woods team up with other pros like tony romo. here's tiger. who's a scratch golfer. the beautiful birdie put. four under for the day. here's the best shot of the day. ken duke. his approach on 16. it bounces on the green, the best part, watch him celebrate or hide your eyes, here it comes. oh, my goodness. >> oh, no, he didn't. >> come on. ouch. >> he's going to have to live with that one for a while. >> amazing shot though. >>> a new kind of horror movie using iphones. >> sweet dreams. >> you know we have a love hate relationship with high-tech when our phones start killing us. >> go to hell, you stupid phone. >> you first. you stupid little idiot. >> and the most bloodthirsty of them all is apple's virtual personal assistant. >> does anybody have a knife? >> siri, are you capable of murde

. >> i'm only talking about paul pierce. >> come on. >> back to apple. all the global guys i talked to who spend their whole day trading currencies and fixed income kept hitting me saying if apple turns, the market turns. so that is how insane this has gotten. if you just looked at the apple chart, it's complete blow off. it made me want to short it except it's apple. they have lines out the store. it's hard to get short. but i agree with joe, you want to be less long. >> if we just put up a chart of apple, technically you would say sell this chart. whatever it is, sell it. >> if you put that in front of me and i didn't know what it was, i would say sell. >> that's like apple coffee roasters. i still love it. there's a lot of value there, but this is just -- >> but what do they have in their disposal that you don't want to short the stock? that's the ability and the knowledge potentially you'll get a special dividend at some point from apple. could be in the next few weeks, month, next few months. i think that's the reason why you don't. i think there ar

paul pierce is now the celtic's second highest scorer of all time. he knocked byrd down to second. that -- 26,000 points? >> stole the ball, one of the most famous radio calls in history. >> i told you about that. in my vast nba knowledge -- eight titles, but pierce, only one. thank you, control room. >> very good. i'm old enough to have seen all of them play. finally, the moment you may have missed. chances are, you didn't get an

now paul pierce to beat the clock had 30 and then ray allen put the celtics up the 191 to 89. already get the feeling that if phil jackson wants to return to be the coach of the knicks, the way for him. and baseball season is just around the corner, pitchers and catchers it is just 16 days with. brian wilson announcing that he will keep his beard. and buster posey, we will see how he is feeling. and someone said possible that you saw there is 40 lbs. overweight. anyway, is cozy 100 percent in ready? >> is one of those things i wake up in the morning and i'm stiff, but once the day gets going and progressive fills a pretty good. i am happy with where i am and i am optimistic for having a good healthy season. >>gary: one of baseball's great stories you know at one point in his career he was on the streets. he had severe drug and alcohol problems. he recovered to be a star with the rangers. earlier this week there was a lot of publicity he was found drinking in a dallas park. >> i had a weak moment monday night in dallas personal reasons with my family member, no drugs were used

. >>> the ex-wife of paul mccarty, took on pierce more dan. this was -- morgan on thursdayer. -- thursday. she was saying one of her private voice mails could have been obtained only through phone hacking. >>> despite to legal lie -- the fact to legalize same sex marriage will get heated today. >> the trial of george hugely, accused of murdering on again, off again girlfriend. what they say. >>> the white house shooter back in court. we're going to tell you what's ahe man who allege dly tried to kill the president. >>> let's get a quick check of the forecast, because it could be a change. >> you hit the nail on the head. that's what's going to happen as we go later into this evening. in the meantime, let's enjoy what we have this morning. basically, maryland's most powerful radar, not picking up on anything. we have nothing to scan as of now. change is on the way. as you step out the door on this friday, well, it's going to be another cold start. temperatures still above average, but you need to bundle up. baltimore around 35, manchester, 30.

rubin hechanova, peter stoneburg, jim lazarus, louise renny, paul erickson, norman perce. -- perce -- pierce. >> my name is peter stone berger, and i and the commodore of the st. francis yacht club. we have 450 members. we are a small business, a nonprofit corporation. are substantial -- we are a substantial rent-paying tenant of the port of san francisco. we are already seeing the jobs creation and economic development we were all hoping to see. most clubs are experiencing declining membership. many are even closing down. in spite of the fact we do not have a team in the competition, and in this tough economic climate, are small business is doing great. we have nearly 200 union and nonunion employees, most of whom are minorities, who rely on us for their livelihood. we are already hiring local employees in anticipation of the cup. since the host city agreement was approved by this board, and we have experienced substantial growth in our membership. you can see from this chart that our new membership grew 69% last year. i attribute most of this growth to the america's cup. our club is a lead

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difference ron paul's republican think there's a difference with him that i really doubt the same for the much. better business room. he's done a lot into a somewhat copies of the pierced yeah but he's also like gotten a lot of people out of jobs with his business he's been a little bit ruthless in his business and so you've got so much more to so why would you trust him to represent you in represent the common man oh i don't trust him at all gingrich i don't like either. he's a little funny or his rhetoric is funny to watch entertaining is that important in a presidential candidate. i'm not going to vote for either one of them so it doesn't matter if you had to choose someone to run the u.s. who would you choose. the wrong person to ask i really like any of the candidates. but we got a big why didn't we get it two zero zero zero am i really right now are high honestly dying good luck to us raise good luck do you think the rest of the world should care about the who becomes the next president thanks to you by just by some of the remarks of global superpower to figure out what should feel as what's going on have you seen any coverage at all in scotland or yes but so new