i don't think it behooves himor the phillies to pitch out of the phillies.e like john smoltz and give you 5 or 6 good innings. you have 6 starters right now. you have the kid jay 8 and. two i think with a young unknown pitcher, being the surprise. beckett back in 2003 with the marlins. i don't take happ out of the rotation. one thing you would rather have more than less. they could skip some guys and give some with the league they have, give breathers. maybe cole hamels who i think is a super star pitcher. he is 9 and 8 because he is pitching bad. he is not at 100%. there's a situation where you can flip around and have a 6 man rotation and give some rest. >> asked this question a few months back with regard to cole hamels. how much of this can he lean to the fact they were in the world series? they went longer than any other teamorn the rays as far as putting more on the arm? >> totally. he never pitched this many innings before. he pitched upwards of 230 plus innings. i think it took a toll. not to mention you have a champion nowadays as the world series g

philly's gm said, that happ isn't going anywhere.peculation, that when pedro is ready to pitch, that he'll head to the bullpen. he said he's probably been the most effective starter. 8-2. >> lewis has tested positive fod an elevated testosterone level, and suspended, ten games, pay without pay.s, that an said he took an overthe sust counter substance that he didn't know was banned.anin his and in his statement he said h byt stallworth has been suspended,ig indefinitely for driving drunk l and killing reyes. he met with the commissioner, co wednesday, in new york and,yorkd today, he issued a publicubc s statement saying it is clear, that i exercised poor judgmentso and caused harm to reyes, his family, and nfl, and its owners, and coaches >> coming up, there are reports that crabtree will sit out the 2009 season is the cash isn't what he had in mind. our "n.f.l. live" (announcer) don't go unnoticed don't blend in don't be ordinary, boring or bland in other words don't be so mayo we are our unique one of a kind flavor we are miracle wh

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phillies and cubs. pedro martinez making his phillies debut at wrigley field.dro looking good early on. phillies up 8-1, two on, top 4. urbanez, 27th home run of the season. they go up 11-1, phillies up 12-2shgs bottom 5. fox, fly ball to left center field. shane victorino, oh, there's boor. he still catches the ball. nice concentration. phillies and pedro with the win. >>> yankees and blue jays at the new stadium. bottom of the 11th, tied at 3. now we're not. deep to right center. a single, walkoff, rodriguez zprors seco scores from home. best record in major league baseball. >>> you might call it a recession-proof propose poesal, no dinner, no dancing, just discounts all round. >> an idaho man got down on his knee and popped the question to his girlfriend and walmart. the couple was planning to look at ring but the saleswoman threw out idea to propose on the spot. the impromptu decision went over well with the bride. you can see from the tears she gladly said yes, sir. >> choreographed it with the salesperson and local news crew who brought the camera out. >>

. >> it's almost like phillies g.m. ruben amaro jr. is playing fantasy baseball on espn.com.orld series champs almost landed roy halladay, that didn't work out, instead they landed reigning a.l. cy young award winner cliff lee in a deal that might have had other owners emailing the commissioner to veto the trade. in his debut he had a no hitter going into the to see him up close and personal in his home debut. here is mr. lee, his first time at citizens bank park, the phillies host the rockieses, lee pitching well, his manager charlie manuel says, "he keeps a good composure out there." lee seven innings, one earned, he struck out nine. bottom five now, game tied at 1-1, paul bako launch -- paul bako launching this one to center field. his first home run of the year. actually, his first since 2008, in june. aaron cook picks up the loss and loses for the first time in his last eight decisions. colorado has lost two straight following a five-game winning streak. lee is proving he's a great second half pitcher. he's now 15-1 with a 2.38 e.r.a. after the all-star break the last tw

. >> it's almost like phillies g.m. ruben amaro jr. is playing fantasy baseball on espn.com.orld series champs almost landed roy halladay, that didn't work out, instead they landed reigning a.l. cy young award winner cliff lee in a deal that might have had other owners emailing the commissioner to veto the trade. in his debut he had a no hitter going into the to see him up close and personal in his home debut. here is mr. lee, his first time at citizens bank park, the phillies host the rockieses, lee pitching well, his manager charlie manuel says, "he keeps a good composure out there." lee seven innings, one earned, he struck out nine. bottom five now, game tied at 1-1, paul bako launch -- paul bako launching this one to center field. his first home run of the year. actually, his first since 2008, in june. aaron cook picks up the loss and loses for the first time in his last eight decisions. colorado has lost two straight following a five-game winning streak. lee is proving he's a great second half pitcher. he's now 15-1 with a 2.38 e.r.a. after the all-star break the last tw

fans in phillie watched it on tv. thursday they got to see him up close and personal in his home debut. there is mr. lee, running up for the first time in citizens field. phillies manager said he keeps good composure out there. i'd say so. chris iannetta in second. garret atkins, lee seven innings one earned. clint barmouth one of those victims. game tied at 1 apiece. and launching this thing to centerfield. his first home run of the season. actually his first home run since june 2008, coming off aaron cooke who loses for the first time in his last eight decisions. of as colorado has lost two straight following a five-game winning streak. lee is improving. he is a second half pitcher. now 15-1 with a 2.38era after the all-star break the last two seasons. after the game, he made it clear he wasp happy to get his first one in front of the fans out of the way. >> the initial, you know, shock and adrenaline type stuff that goes along with that was kind of over. it was my first one here at home, so i was anxious to kind of

. >>> the phillies keep winning while the mets keep losing and suffering. plus, new york jets' first rounder mark sanchez gets a warm welcome to the nfl from the baltimore ravens' defense. >> another summer day, another record high in south texas. we'll do it again today. 101 in san antonio. your regional forecast is coming up. youe watching "earl"totcy.da y. >>> good morning to you. i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm eun yang. straight ahead on "news 4 today," growi concerns about swine flu as the local dthea toll linked to the disease s uegrinco toow. what the federal government a the white house is now saying about an imminent outbreak. >> plus, a back to school surprise. students and parents did not expect. thousands of maryland high schoolers were kept out of class on their first day. >> settingde asi >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." >>> in sports, the philadelphia phillies could not have asked for things to look better in late august. they lead their division by seven games. and their rivals, the injury-riddled new york mtsz a

trailing phillies 4-1.ladelphia trying to win to stay five and a half up on florida and atlanta. phillies win it with brad ridge 24th save. 4-1, phillies. they won their 70th of the year. gonzales out on a high fastball. couple of ks and near neo-now has come into the game and pitched 2-2/3. that's for the brewers. vilone coming in. to ride in the bottom of the plane in the dark. no peanuts or nothin'. and then if your bag wants to bring one of its little bag friends for company, they charge another $25. that's just plain mean. why do they hate your bags? at southwest airlines, bags fly free. grab your bag. it's on! ( ding ) ♪ tell me who's watching. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ (announcer) it's right here. it's easy.  >> bob: are those rally cap >> rob: i think they had ice cream in them. >> bob: or we have sizing issues for the hats. ron's 46th game of the year he pitched a third of an inning on the counsell in the 7th inning last night. >> rob: ron vilone trying to loosen up. >> t

. >>> phillies walk the plank. and surprise, surprise, another lands on the d.l. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm christina brown. and here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> if you are just joining us, we have been covering the death of senator ted kennedy. known as the liberal lion of the senate, senator kennedy died last night at his home in hyannisport, massachusetts, after battling a brain tumor. senator kennedy was 77. >>> for the second day in a row, nasa called off the launch of the space shuttle "discovery" this time due to a faulty fuel valve. the next attempt will be made friday. >>> and ben bernanke to a second term. his out of the box thinking helped put the brakes on the economic prefall. >>> and english authorities are investigating mass violence that broke out between westham united and millhall. one man was stand in the chest during vicious clashes. several others were also arrested >> and now here's a look at how wall street will kick off the day. the s&p was up 2. nasdaq added 6

say hello to the rejuvenated philly flash. three-same cy young winner was looking like his old self. philly offense did the rest. jimmy rollins, we have liftoff. three-run bomb, part of an eight-run fourth for the phils. we go to the fifth. bleacher brain surgeon. early shower for shane victorino. we live in a agreesless age. 12-5, the champs giants and dodgers. don't like each other. james mcdonald in on sandoval. he claims malice a fore thought. no punches thrown. no ejections. fast forward to the 10th. uribe. let's go home. two-run walkoff shot. 4-2 win. san francisco just a half game out of the wild card in the national leagues. yankees and blue jays, bottom of the 11th. robinson with an rbi single. fist place yanks. 41-18 at home after beating the blue jays, 4-3. one other baseball ♪, red sox kevin juke list and rick porcello have been suspended five games for their bench clearing brawl. soccer, u.s. and mexico, world cup qualifier. u.s. has never won in mexico, and it wasn't going to happen yesterday. tied at one in the

but the yanks lose 10-3. >>> phillies and braves in atlanta. ryan howard crushing a pair of homers, accounting for all of philadelphia's run production. he has 30 dingers on the year. phils beat the braves 4-1. >>> new touch of gray let's you keep some gray hair. touch of gray for the generation that swore it would never get old. >>> usain bolt giving the crowd a show in berlin. gentleman mayne make can sprinter shattering his own world record in the 100 meters, crossing the line at 9.58 seconds. he is, without a doubt, the fastest man alive. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm bill sue ward. >>> two pretty big names bomb at the box office this weekend. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, talk about walking a fine line. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this monday. we're watching heavy rain across the gulf coast, places like mississippi, alabama, tallahassee can see drenching rains from claudette. across the northeast the big story will be the heat. temperatures in the 90

. >> coming up here, a toast to the philly who won the preak çovu?x?z?z?rrñziçñx >> coming up on nightline we'll have the latest on president clinton's role in the release of the two journalists coming up in about 11 minutes from now horseracing fans will be soon able to do more than toast the racehorse the philly is about to get her own line of wines. releasing a limited edition vintage to honor this philly. each will be honored with rachel's image. the co-owners purchased her after she won the ky -- kentucky derby by more than 20 links. >> i know the redskins are hoping like a fine wine that jason campbell gets better with age. this will be his second year in the system. how about the nats? three in a row. if you left the game early i've got the highlights coming up if you left the game early i've got the highlights coming up next in sports. and with her daughter starting middle school tomorrow, connie's got some high expectations. she expects look 11 might be the one. she expects look 17 might be the one. so she shops target. where they've always got

phillies win it 8-1.-0 since joining the phils with two complete games, mark reynolds with the fourth golden sombrero of his career -- 0-4 with four k's. we've seen this before -- the indians trade the reigning cy young winner to the national league. remember how dominant cc sabathia was last year? cliff lee has been even better in his short stint with the phillies. >> we have major news out of college basketball. several sources tell espn.com that the committee on infractions will release its findings regarding memphis on thursday morning. the word "vacate" is included in the report. in may, the ncaa accused memphis of several major infractions stemming from its 2007-2008 season, including a fraudulent s.a.t. score by a player later to be revealed as derrick rose and more than $2,000 in free travel for rose's brother, reggie. espn.com's dana o'neil broke the story and tells us what will happen to memphis. >> the original thinking was, from what i'm understanding, at least, it doesn't seem as if there are

how are philly fans going to react to animal rights protesters? >> i think some will support him and come to the defense of michael vick. but at the end of the day, mike, it really does not matter. the fact is, as long as this guy obeys the law and doesn't engage in dogfighting and does his work with the humane society he's going to have his critics, he's going to have his advocates. that's really all it comes down to. all this other stuff everybody's mentioned, the man spent 18 months in a federal penitentiary. he couldn't drop the soap. he had to watch his back. he had a lot of stuff to be concerned about. now he's a free man. i don't think he's even concerned about it. he just wants to make sure he stays out of trouble. >> and he anthony, stephen, good conversation, guys. thank you so much. thanks to the viewers for the calls as well. we'll keep following it. >>> here's a story for you. you've got to see this video. robber at a convenience store. well, the husband sees what's going on here. he's going to tackle the guy. it's about a ten-minute

let's face it, press, fans can be brutal in philly. they booed santa one year, right. >> in addition ancient history. it is a town prone, i think, to either loving you or overloving you or, like stephen said, it can be very, very harsh and can bare its teeth. >> let me ask you this, michael vick busts out a 50-yard touchdown run, electrifying run. is all forgiven at that? >> in the end, we're all ron to hypocrisy in sports, any kind of moral stance that the sports fan has now will certainly dissipate if he's in the end zone or if he leads them to a super bowl and something happens with donovan mcnabb. >> real quick, stephen, you say it's going to take more than a couple touchdowns, huh? >> no question about it but also if donovan mcnabb struggles this year and ultimately michael vick produces positive contribution to field and i think then, you'll see a lot of people rallying around him. >> let's get a couple calls. bob in florida. bob, your thoughts here? >> caller: hello? >> hey, bob, go ahead. >> caller: my question i had was kind o

new york city n towards philadelphia, most of the heavy stuff is south of new york, right around philly and towards d.c. with heavy downpours in chicago. you bet it will be a bad travel day and i'll detail that information in about ten minutes from now. >> okay, bob, busy this morning. >> it is. >>> a bizarre incident in atlanta forced students to jump off their moving school bus. surveillance from a gas station shows a 23-year-old man behaving strangely, crouching and fidgeting, then police say he ran out, jumped through a window on the bus and overpowered the driver, but it gets even wilder. how he apparently lost control of the bus and lost his pants. um bill-- why is dick butkus here? i hired him to speak. a lot of fortune 500 companies use him.

let's face it, fans can be brutal in philly. they boot santa. >> right. >> what it is, it's a town that is thrown i think to either loving you or overloving you or like steven said it can be very, very harsh, and it bear its teeth. >> let me ask you this. so michael vick busts out a 50-yard touchdown run, electrifying run. is all forgiven at that point? >> yeah. you know, in the end, we're all prone to hypocrisy in sports so any kind of moral stance that the sports fan has now will certainly dissipate if he's in the end zone or if he leads them to a super bowl, something that happened with donovan mcnabb. >> real quick, a couple calls here. you say it's going to take a more than a couple touchdowns? >> more than a couple touchdowns no, question about it, but also if donovan mcnabb strug unless year and ultimately michael vick is inserted into that lineup as its quarterback and he produces, even if donovan mcnabb comes back like he did last year when andy reid benched him the reality is michael vick has made a positive contributi

phillies win 3-1.initial shock and adrenalin-type stuff that goes with that was kind of over. it was my first one here at home. i was yankees to get that behind me. now i have h. the team gets the win. >> cliff lee is off to a flying start with the phillies. just the 4th phillies pitcher to go 7 innings and allow only 1 earned run or fewer. since 1969. the last to do it before lee was byrd in 1998. >> deep downfield. he makes the catch. touchdown! oh my! 66 yard drive. a beautiful run by tebow. >> [cheers and applause]. >> 2 times the national champs with their heisman trophy quarterback staying. florida was an easy vote as the team to beat in the college football season. the gators were named the pre-season number 1 team in the country by the coaches. good news for gators nation. the 4th time they are ranked number 1. the other 3 times this happened, they did not win the championship in any of those seasons. oklahoma state is ranked in the top 25 for the first time since 2003. georgia was the pre-seas

normally stock traders don't pay a lot of attention to the philly fed, but an hour ago the philly fed numbers came out and i got a lot of e-mails from people who said the numbers were surprisingly good. we had the first positive reading in the philly fed since september of 2008, and the single most important thing is inventories had been rising. this is the first time we have seen positive number, since i think 2007. rarely do we see traders get enthusiastic about the philly fed. >> we knew it would happen at some point, because inventories have gone so low. >> but when was the question. this was a positive surprise. >> financials another biggy. >> talking about markets here, and outliers moving. citigroup got close to $4.30, and boom, moves up. that's the 200-day moving average for citigroup. and yes, the technicals matter, folks. and if you look at aig, people keep asking me about it, it looks like potentially another short squeeze in aig. up again, a two-month high. the thin i would note here -- >> up highest, 28%. >> they owe $180 billion. to the government. that's all you need to

i'm from philly. >> jimmy: oh, very nice. [ cheers and applause ] every time you mention philly, youion from questlove. now, what's more important to you, your family or "rush limbaugh karaoke"? >> definitely karaoke. >> jimmy: okay, good. [ laughter ] that sounds about right. okay, here's how the contest works. just like karaoke, when it's your turn, you take the mike and you start singing the words you that see on the screen. now, the words are taken from the mouth of rush, himself. the roots will supply the music, and you supply the singing. the words will change from white to yellow to help you follow along. once all three of you have gone, we'll decide the winner based on the audiee applause. okay? steve, what will tonight's winner be taking home? >> steve: well, jimmy, tonight's winner will receive a brand new gpx karaoke system. sing along with your favorite songs and follow lyrics with the built-in monitor. it includes a microphone and av-cable. jimmy? [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that is great. that is really nice. that looks like an old ham radio. [ laughter ] it doesn

. >>> lee makes his philly debut. a ball girl takes a pill. and muhammad ali makes an appearance at yankees stadium. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today," everyone. i'm dan kloeffler. and here are some of your top headlines this morning. pakistani intelligence says that country's taliban chief was killed in a cia missile strike in south waziristan, pakistan. he helped plan suicide attacks against pakistani officials and is suspected of involvement in the killing of the country's former prime minister bhutto. >>> in north carolina, ex mistress of john edwards was spotted entering a federal courthouse where a grand jury was meeting to discuss. edwards denies he is the father of hunter's baby. >>> john hughes, writer and director of several teen flicks in the '80s and '90s died of a heart attack. john hughes, 59 years old. >>> and a ram in norway was left to dry when it got caught in a wire. he somehow slipped off a nearby mountain and got stuck 20 feet in the air. fortunately nearby tourists were able

phillies have three earl runs at home against the diamondbacks tonight.nd arizona just scored in the top of the second.   doug davis and joe blanton that game. gonzalezez up the middle. a high chopper, tulowitzki had to lay back, and two quick outs. now, rob, i want to clear up something from tonight. javier and dan from our clubhouse set me straight. saul rivera does indeed have his own batting helmet. he was not using one from willy harris. and it has a flap on each side because i had forgotten that saul is a switch-hitting pitcher. >> rob: that's way too much information. first of all who cares if he has his own batting helmet and who cares if he has s a switch hitter. was he 0-6. >> bob: he is a 000 career hitter. but the clubhouse guys wanted me to know that they take care of guys who don't even get the best. >> rob: come on javey. i've known handoffy for a long time. >> bob: what a year. >> rob: no back with the marlins. i've known him for a long time. >> bob: garrett mock probably has his own bats and he is gon

eagles won the game, and maybe more importantly, no protests from animal rights groups in philly. matt barkley the starting quarterback at usc. becomes the first ever true freshman to start a season opener for southern cal. they host san jose state next weekend. basketball, pirates and phils. defense. charlie morton, come backer up the middle. how about some offense. pirates down one in the eighth. jones put pittsburgh on top with a two-run shot. for the second time in two games, they rallieded to beat the champs, 3-2. now to boston. watch out. fooled the red sox in the old criss-cross throw. no joking around here. clinton took a pitch off the helmet. he would be okay. a towering blast to left. white sox won it, 9-5. ragers lead the yanks. red sox lead one and a half in the a.l. wild card.ngers lead t. red sox lead one and a half in the a.l. wild card. check this out in the angels/a's. suzuki with what looks like a base hit. toss to eric ibar who got suzuki at fist. 4-6-3 for the out. ibar takes the cake. you're not going to see a better play than that on the infield. that's your

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phillies are leading at home, the bottom of the fifth, 2-1 over arizona.hase utley hit his 25th home run, that's against dan haren. he almost found a hole and the ball is dropped by helton tulowitzki decided to float the throw rather than plant and throw. we'll see how they score it. >> rob: way think it's a head. it's dangerous, he walked on this replay. a 67280-pound man, will come down to 1st base, tulowitzki throws it up in the air. helton is right in the way of dunn. dunn almost injured himself trying to get out of the way. that was an ugly play. >> bob: you had two managers holding their breath. it's a base hit for adam dunn. josh willingham hit the daylights of the ball first time up. >> rob: i don't think they should be offended. tulowitzki on his cycle was pretty much handed the triple by their official scorer in colorado. soriano kicks the ball around in the corner and came around second and got into third.   the score invoking the commissioners in the best interest of baseball, for the home team. >> rob: absolutely. that's been going

we have pictures from texas, from long island, from philly. every time a member of congress or a senator calls a town meeting now, the people show up and it's like, i don't know, it's like iran. it's like the streets of tehran. what do you make of this? >> people are hot. i sense it in the phone calls that i get every day. i think they're very nervous about what's going to come out of this debate concerning national health care, and, chris, if i have heard once in the last couple of days, i have heard it 50 times, if they can't get cash for clunkers straight, what in the world are they going to do with my national health insurance? >> you mean they won't figure out the numbers right. >> yeah, they won't figure out the numbers right and it smacks of bureaucratic ineptitude that the federal government has blown through this money so quickly on a plan that seems seemingly straightforward. i also think what's going on is that many people don't understand the elements of this debate, so what do they know? they know they have health insurance. they

philly is a tough town. they want to beat the giants! >> yeah, this is not san francisco where i think it would be a problem, because you would have a collision of animal rights activists and sports fans. >> so what kind of shape is he in? what kind of shape is he in? is he ready to play, because if he starts out bad, people are going to cream him. >> he said he's not ready. but that's okay. they have donovan mcnabb, they'll play him in the preseason in week three when they can, and they'll -- >> this is what we're talking about on a day when ely manning became the highest-paid player in the nfl. they were talking about michael vick. >> $97 million contract for ely manning, no one is talking about. but you don't control what the news is. >> well, we do, actually. >> well, but we control -- >> that's right -- >> what we want to hear about. >> i think you have to remember that michael vick -- this is not a cuddly personality. this is not a guy who is going to be able to get people to love him no matter what. less is more. yes, he has to ap

they will return to philly to make his preseason debut against the jaguars. >>> the nats and cubs this afternoon. top of the first, nats lead 1- 0. when ryan zimmerman connects to deep right fold, a 2-run home run, the 27th of the season and the nats are up 3-0. the bottom of the third. nats lead 5-0. j.d. martin to ryan. snags the liner and nats hold on to being the --em the cubs 5- 4. nice defense. >>> fantasy football lovers make sure to catch the fantasy victory drop special. at 7:30 on fox 5, the show will feature complete nfl player rankings. if you want to win, you need to tune in and tonight at 8:00 p.m., the dolphins and buccaneers, nfl preseason football here on fox 5 and after the gail, highlights of michael vick's debut with philly. he's scheduled to play most of the first half. some at quarterback and andy read said they might use him a little bit at wide receiver or halfback. we'll see what happens tonight. >> we'll be watching. thanks. >>> now you have the news edge. a busy day here at fox 5. we're watching the developments in seston. na knadytedneen is laying in repose.

. >>> mean tile, phillies looking to aid four-game slide. francis koshgs top of the 12th, homer time, takes gregg deep for the solo shot, phillies win 4-3. >>> and now let's go back to jeremy and vinita in the studio. >>> a new humanoid robot giving the competition a run for its money. >> this prototype can run faster than honda's robot and it's no pushover. it can remain balanced against an external force like that push you just saw there but it's a work in progress. right now it's still limited to moving over flat surfaces. >> not enough to compete with cars, toyota and honda have to compete with robots. >> pretty good movement. it glides almost. >> not bad. even withstands the push, as we saw. >>> for some of you, local news is up next. >> for everyone else "america this morning" continues after this. people think that honda is always the most fuel efficient choice. well, this chevy cobalt xfe has better highway mileage than a comparable honda civic. this chevy traverse has better mileage than honda pilot. the all-new chevy equinox has be

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michael vick's presence in philly. his on-field debut after being reinstated, this following two years of prison time for financial dog fighting. against jacksonville tonight he was four of four for 19 yards and carried the ball one time. don't forget to catch nfl football tomorrow night at 8:00 when the washington redskins host those new england patriots right here on wjz. we're showing a whole lot of football, and you know i will be glued to the tube. >> absolutely, i know you will. than >>> the princess of the minnesota state fair gets immortalized in a very special way. she was crowned miss kay of the milky way. the princess' buttery likeness will be on display during the fair's twelve-day run. >>> 17-year-old mike perrin was congratulated by his father after becoming the youngest person to sail solo around the world in nine months. he took the record from american zach

up the road in philly, the eagles confirm today for the first time since december 2006, michael vick will play in a football game this thursday. vick will make his preseason debut as the eagles host jaguars and according to andy reid, it's not going to be mop up duty. he plans to use vick to spell donovan mcnabb while the first team offense is in the game. although first, vick is going to have to fly back up to philly for his bankruptcy hearing thursday morning in time before the game. >>> maryland basketball released their schedule today. a couple dates for you terp fans to keep in mind. the acc opener, january 10 hosting florida state. the home duke game this year is the last home game of the season. march 3 and on december 1, kind of a cool one. a rematch of the 2002 national title game as the terps visit indiana. we all remember how that turned out. the nats embark on a nine-game road trip. if you can call it a homecoming. he is returning to wrigley field tonight for the first time as an opposing manager since he was the skipper of the cubs. rigs led the cubbies to the nl wild ca

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vick has to be ons ps and qs. >> where does philly? >> i think they have the team to beat. they have multiple weapons at wide receiver and running back and a dual threat at quarterback, philadelphia right now is playing for today, not the future and thinking about a super bowl this year or next year. >> all right, dave ross. by the way, not a bad thing to think about. >> no. >> maybe we can start thinking about a super bowl now. >> might be early for that here. >> okay. >>> dave ross in the news. thank you for. that the news involving another sports star. police say another driver is to blame for a fender bender with michael phelps. this is the scene in baltimore. the gold medal swimmer was driving his cadillac escalade when another car ran a red light crashing into him, the honda and even though it was not his fault. the police slapped him with a citation for driving with an expired michigan driver's license. >>> the search is on for the driver in a deadly hit-and-run in southeast d.c. a man be tlineedevo be in his 60s in oe credsswalke on suitland parkway and stanton road

night -- the roots are from philly.hat's why they're going crazy. but last night he pitched a shutout. a complete game shutout. phillies versus colorado, ten strikeouts. this guy's having a good season. congrats to j.a. happ. we're rooting for you, buddy. i like that guy. we're rooting for you here. well, tonight, you may know him as "entourage's" ari gold. we got jeremy piven here tonight. [ cheers and applause ] i love the piv. he's a great dude. he's so talented. he's a funny guy. he's arring in the new film "the goods: live hard, sell hard." that's coming out this week. creator and star of the new film "paper heart," the very funny charlyne yi is joining us as well. [ cheers and applause ] and we've got melanie fiona performing for us tonight. i'm excited. she's great. [ cheers and applause ] she's going to be great. we've got a great show, everybody. but first, you guys know robert pattinson? [ cheers ] [ boos ] he's the dude who plays the vampire in the "twilight" movies. yeah, i agree with you. that guy is one ta

we will have reaction on the redskins on his move to philly coming up later in the hour. vick has some friends on the redskins, d'angelo hall played with him at virginia tech and atlanta and he is happy to see him back. >> think we will ever hear about this again, up in the stands? >> i don't imagine. >> not at all. the eagles bargain for this and they will have to deal with the headache and there are there have been peta and humane society protests in philly. not an easy road for them or michael vick. >> interesting time ahead. >>> earlier this week, michael vick sat down with james brown for an exclusive interview. bret is back with the interview. it sits down in its entirety at 7:00 here on wusa9.com. >>> until a few weeks ago, he was alexandria's police chief. right now david baker is headed for a five day stay in jail for drunk driving. bruce leshan reports the judge gave the former chief a few hours to get his things in order before plead guilty this morning. >> reporter: from the heights of power to the depths of jail. he handed him the minimum of five days behind