the new thing is in the postseason her glasses it's the kids and the tv show family matters but theseple and ridiculous. >>> it's a look. it looks good on you though. anyway oklahoma city is also playing host to the college softball world series this again and top-ranked cal is aiming for the second national title in school history this may have been the hardest hits of the game tied to in the sixth inning to my reason until the chopper presumption sister the bears scored three runs in the inning to take control chile is in ditches seven complete games in the postseason to improve to 37 to the bears win five to three they will play oklahoma announced tomorrow. what's going on in the world of golf? film nicholson's to now before the u.s. open last only 18 holes he went through after shooting a 79. he quit because of fatigue. tiger woods didn't quit to under '70s back in later scotts same tiger is a factor at olympic in two weeks. he's confident you're breeze will resolve a contract dispute before training camp begins tonight top five. what else is a point you can't dinner-dance. i you

one of the more exciting postseasons we've seen in awhile. about a quarter of the games, about 25% of the games decided by three points or less. we saw incredible comebacks. how about the same team, the clippers, they trailed by 27 and won. led by 24 and lost. we saw great team scorers. how about the celtics getting to the conference finals and game seven. the san antonio spurs reeling off ten straight playoff wins after ten straight regular season. incredible individual performances. rajon rondo, russell westbrook, lebron james. durant puts it up. that won't go. and wade, the rebound. it's been a strange season, a painful lockout, no doubt. but it's also made for great basketball. bosh misses. kind of remembering, or reminding us, jeff, why we love the game so much, with so much excitement. collison inside. blocked from behind. they just won't stop. >> jeff: you know, going into this series, i thought oklahoma city was the better team. i thought they would win it. i thought it would be close, i thought it would go a long way, as harden knock

one of the more exciting postseasons we've seen in awhile. about a quarter of the games, about 25% of the games decided by three points or less. we saw incredible comebacks. how about the same team, the clippers, they trailed by 27 and won. led by 24 and lost. we saw great team scorers. how about the celtics getting to the conference finals and game seven. the san antonio spurs reeling off ten straight playoff wins after ten straight regular season. incredible individual performances. rajon rondo, russell westbrook, lebron james. durant puts it up. that won't go. and wade, the rebound. it's been a strange season, a painful lockout, no doubt. but it's also made for great basketball. bosh misses. kind of remembering, or reminding us, jeff, why we love the game so much, with so much excitement. collison inside. blocked from behind. they just won't stop. >> jeff: you know, going into this series, i thought oklahoma city was the better team. i thought they would win it. i thought it would be close, i thought it would go a long way, as harden knock

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there is his numbers for the season, 9-11 last year, he was perfect for the season and the postseason7 special era over 5 against new york. >> we talked to jeff jones yesterday. this is what jeff told us. he needs more deception with the splitter. they have been working on that. he has changed his delivery and is more deliberate than he was before. that's being deliberate. first up, russell martin. and that runs right up against his jersey or shoulder, can which has the jerzo it. either way, he's grazed by the pitch. and valverde asked the catcher didn't and it went right off the shoulder, into the glove of omir santos and we will have a pinch runner, dewayne wise will come off the bench and run for russell martin, that's the tying run. he's hit by the pitch. of all things, i'm sure jeff jones didn't foresee that, first pitch, hitting russell martin. now jeter's up there, he might have bunted first and second, nobody out his last time out. but he's not bunting here. this is the perfect combination to run against i. absolutely for dewayne wise. valverde was so slow to the plate. >> yea

there is his numbers for the season, 9-11 last year, he was perfect for the season and the postseason. 7-7 special era over 5 against new york. >> we talked to jeff jones yesterday. this is what jeff told us. he needs more deception with the splitter. they have been working on that. he has changed his delivery and is more deliberate than he was before. that's being deliberate. first up, russell martin. and that runs right up against his jersey or shoulder, can which has the jerzo it. either way, he's grazed by the pitch. and valverde asked the catcher didn't and it went right off the shoulder, into the glove of omir santos and we will have a pinch runner, dewayne wise will come off the bench and run for russell martin, that's the tying run. he's hit by the pitch. of all things, i'm sure jeff jones didn't foresee that, first pitch, hitting russell martin. now jeter's up there, he might have bunted first and second, nobody out his last time out. but he's not bunting here. this is the perfect combination to run against i. absolutely for dewayne wise. valverde was so slow to the plate. >>

unfortunately that includes the postseason. the n.c.a.a. has declared them ineligible to participate in the n.c.a.a. post-season tournament due to failure to meet minimum academic standards. the academic performance rate that measures the team's academic performance and graduation rates dropped below acceptable standards in 2007 through 2011. the last four seasons under the former head coach. the decision was appealed this past season. the n.c.a.a. denied the appeal. not since jimmy johnson beat the sooners in the '80s have a team from south florida had so much on the line against a team from oklahoma. the heat needs only one more win to clinch the nba title. coming up clutch -- that puts the heat up by three. the closing minutes and then in the final minutes -- a foul and it is both free throws. the win for the heat and pushes james within one win of his first nba championship ring as he leads the best of seven series three games to one. on the topic of heat, we've got >> here is what we are working on for 11 its died -- police believe som

a's trying to end a nine-game slide in kansas city, and tam high in mill valley ended the longest postseason drought in the area. the results next in >> mike: the a's need a win bad. major least batting average of .208. kansas city, charlie finley's old mascot. weeks scores on a cow gil field ever's choice, yay. 1-0 a's. then for more unruns, a's up 4-1, session bed desbrings reddick home. a's with ten hits on the way to the 9-3 victory snapping a nine, game losing streak. >> turn back the clock dane in san francisco, going back to 1912. everybody is dressed for the party. the bunt toward third, the throw. called safe. clearly out. look at this. that's a call from 1912. former a, david dejesus gets the cubs on the board first with the drill to center field. gone. cubs up 1-0 in the fourth. complete highlights at 11:00. >> tam al pies high school has not been the north coast section division 3 championship game since 1929. an 83-year drought that ended at the coliseum. beautiful day for baseball. tam high in blue. the game was all acalanes. the slide home, just beats the tag. a big second inn

three runs in the six deadly against lsu gillian anderson pictures seven complete games of the postseason to improve the 37 into the bears win five to three the oklahoma tomorrow. >>> in the french open nobody gives their that is the money's worth john eisner p keizer 1816 1/5 he went five hours and 41 minutes only half as lawn chemicals and went through after an opening round 79 at the memorial tiger woods added to wonder 7 so he is four shots behind scott stall and here's the question. mickelson withdrawals because of fatigue in of the open in a couple of weeks to go taggard do go fill or somebody else? >>> of canada's ports and pulls out after 79? duque was fatigued he was citing illness. dr. dennis o'donnell plays and gentlemen. ,, [ male announcer ] it would be easy for u.s. olympian meb keflezighi to deposit checks at the nearest citibank branch. ♪ like this one. ♪ or this one. ♪ or, maybe this one. ♪ but when it's this easy to use citibank mobile check deposit at home...why would he? ♪ woooo! [ male announcer ] citibank mobile check deposit. easier banking. every step of the way.

the nba files, the miami heat handed the oklahoma city thunder their first loss at home in the postseason. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. the heat made some changes, chris bosh got the start, and miami evened the series. here we go, game two nba finals started out like game one. dwyane wade with one of his four. like tuesday, the heat held the lead the entire game. cashed in at the bank, got the jumper to fall. he had 30. forced a turnover. russell westbrook found kevin durant. knocked down the three. oklahoma city under two. under a minute to play. could durant bring them all the way back? no. lebron was all over him. questionable noncall. no whistle. he held on to win it, 100-96. >>> after being swept by the yankees the mets did some spring cleaning of their own. they swept the rays in tampa. kirk knew enheight ripped one to north. they won with a 9-6 win. >>> kansas city, brayan pena came through in a clutch. royals breath the brewers for the second straight day in walk off fashion, 4-3. >>> golf, first round of the u.s. open

postseason was dominant, capped by a finals filled with what he called game-changing plays.trying to quiet the crowd -- oh, throws it. james puts his head down, drives inside and puts it in. lebron james from downtown! bang! james drives inside -- and a foul! james, the drive -- count it, and one! tries the three -- bang! james on the break -- and the finish. james drives right at ibaka, count it, and a foul. westbrook, blocked by james! back to lebron james, lays it in! an avalanche from miami. lebron james and the heat kept saying all year, experience was the greatest teacher. maybe the most skrut nilzed player in nba history. perhaps the most hyped team the league has ever seen. they had their ups and downs. but it all came together through hard work, sacrifice and good old fashioned team work. now, the miami heat get to call themselves nba champions. . >>> tonight's heat could be by thunderstorms. the forecast of when you will need the umbrella. >> the new city budget takes effect in just a little over a week but the fight is still on for all fire companies to stay open.

. >> reporter: the new postseason format starts after the 2014 season. there was some concern extending the season could be dangerous for players or hurt them academically. dr. steger said they'll continue to monitor that situation. in the meantime they have to figure out how to split all money from this new playoff system. >> that's what it's about, splitting up that money. >> that's right. >>> now to a developing story in virginia that we've been following more than 24 hours. a police standoff in falls church finally over tonight. police are not releasing the man's name who barricaded himself inside a house on hillwood avenue. after 28 hours officers arrested the man. they say he had a gun and may have fired a shot as police was helping two family members out at the start of the standoff. >>> victory for the university of virginia's popular president. the board of directors reinstated teresa sullivan. the move comes less than three weeks after her dismissal that infuriated students and faculty. fox 5's john henrehan has the story. >> reporter: the effo

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the radio was left of the postseason roster the second pitch of the game at 84 mi.l right down the middle and to make some hay with a leadoff homer. then the fed josh hamilton crushes his 22nd homer of the year the raiders went five nothing against the first time the giants have been shut out this season but the good news is policy and of all the a's offense were going a lot quicker than it took her to open in arizona the needs of the day. pitcher tom malone hitting it to run single in his first at bat of the air his sixth run second inning but the lead was down to 86 and 921 and to offer he ended with a three run homer he blew his third save the diamondbacks beat the kings 98 i have another has had enough. the calls will not race and has been retired this will intendant. he was attempting to become horse racing's first triple crown winner in 1978 says the media has been a big kid with players from all sports but it's not as popular with some of the coaches. phillies manager charlie daniels begins to talk top five. on hot days like today. what does that mean? and no

game one of the nba finals, the oklahoma city thunder maintained their perfect home record in the postseason, cooling off the miami heat. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. lebron james may be the mvp, but kevin durant proved once again why he is the scoring champ. game one of the nba finals in oklahoma city. miami riding high from their victory over the celts and kept it going against the thunder. knocked down six three-pointers in the first half. when they weren't hitting from downtown, they were forcing turnovers. lebron james with two of his 30. miami up by as many as 13. thunder cut the lead down to seven at the break. durant over chris bosh. it was a sign of things to come. okay. see, he looked like a completely different team in the second half. russell westbrook, the layup and the foul, the thunder with their first lead in the game. kevin durant took over in the fourth, off the turnover. coast to coast for the jam. 17 of his 36 came in the fourth. thunder ran away with game one, 105 to 94. >>> best team in baseball just locked

he made 22 spectacular saves if the devils for a third postseason shutout.he kings blanked nu eed new je 4-0. they can clinch the cup tomorrow night in l.a. >>> in basketball, one more win and the oklahoma city thunder are headed to the finals. rustle westbrook's jumper. with a minute and a half left in the game puts the thunder up by four over the spurs. he finishes with 23. manu ginobili throws up a prayer for a tie with three seconds on the clock, but he misses. the thunder beat san antonio 108-103 to take a 3-2 series lead. >>> to baseball now, the oakland a's jared parker got so close to throwing a no-hitter. the rookie was mowing down the rangers in the skechbth inning, striking out six. then in the eighth michael young singled for center, getting the only hit off parker. a's blast texas, 12-1. >>> and some ninth inning heroics. the dodgerss hereras, top of th inning against the phillies, he punches one into the left field to drive in the inning with a run and in the bottom of the frame, he makes a great diving catch. l.a. rallies past philadelphia, 4-

the kings haven't been able to get going this postseason is their power play.y can check that off the list. the hero scored on the man advantage and justin williams followed that up with another power-play goal. jonathan quick flawless in the other end, third shot, kings beat the devils 4-0. only team in nhl history to have a three games to none lead in every series of the playoffs. >>> game four of the stanley cup final 8:00 p.m. eastern on the nbc sports network. >>> the thunder have rattled off three straight wins against the mighty spurs. final seconds of the third, kevin durant spun and hit. the buzzer beater gave oklahoma a nine-point lead. spurs hung around got within two. tim duncan had 18 but every time they would get close the thunder would answer. james harden scored 8 points, none bigger than the three with under 30 seconds to play. man knew ginobili came up short. thunder held on and they could punch their tickets to the finals with a win tomorrow. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> another look at lohan as liz

sports, last night the miami heat handed the oklahoma city thunder their first loss at home in the postseasonroggin. >> good morning. heat made changes, chris bosh got the start and miami evened the series. game two nba finals started much like game one. dwyane wade with two of his 24, but unlike tuesday, the heat held the lead the entire game. late fourth quarter, lebron cashed in, got the jumper to fall. he had 30. thunder made it interesting down the stretch. forced a turnover. durant knocked down the three. under a minute to play. last chance for the thunder. could durant bring them all the way back? no. questionable noncall. after being swept by the yankees, mets swept the rays in tampa. mets ended interleague play with a 9-6 win. pena scored two with a single down the line aproyals beat the brewers 4-3. golf first round of the u.s. open, all eyes on tiger woods. was his win a fluke or a sign of things to come? drained the long bird. finished three strokes off the lead. shot of the day turned in by nick watney. looked good in the air. even better on the green. rolled all the way it to th

having said that, there's obviously a variety of reasons why we're looking at the next evolution in postseasonl. we're all convinced this could be done and keep the regular season healthier than it's been. >> a committy could choose the four teams that would meet for the national title. the controversy would start as soon as the four teams wer agai. ill start alover again. >> we'll be right back. >>> it is a big honor for a little bakery in the east bay. >> the cupcake shop is going big-time, as in hollywood. it will be one of the featured goodies in the goody bag given to celebrities at the daytime emmy awards. the shop is run by a mother/daughter duo. they will head to l.a. tomorrow. look at those. and they'll bake and drop off down in l.a., 1,200 cupcakes for the big show. >> we were told by the promotions that the research team found us, based on the gourmet cupcakes in the san francisco/l.a. area. we're very pleased about that. >> because we're doing the story, do we get a cut of the action. >> i was wondering if we need to judge the cupcakes ourselves. >> that's a sweet deal. >> have a g

in game one of the nba finals, the oklahoma city thunder maintained their perfect home record in postseasonoling off the miami heat. here's nbc's fred roggin. >>> good morning, lebron james may be the mvp, but kevin durant proved once again why he is the scoring champ. game one of the nba finals in oklahoma city. miami riding high from their victory over the celts, kept it going against the thunder. knocked down six three-pointers in the first half. they also forced turnovers. lebron james with two of his 30. miami up by 13. thunder cut the lead to seven at the barack. durant over chris bosh. a sign of things to come. okc looked like a different team in the second half. russell westbrook, the lay-up and the foul, the thunder with the first lead of the game. kevin durant took over in the fourth. off the turnover, coast to coast in the jam. thunder ran away with game one, 105-94. >>> best team in baseball just locked down one of their best players, signing andre edhier to a $5 million extension. the yanks grabbed the lead with two big swings, alex rodriguez tied the game with a grand slam. ni

first team to beat san antonio in this year's playoffs the thunder ending the surprise ten game postseason winning streak with a dominant home victory san antonio actually won twenty straight games dating back to the regular season the thunder what it meant to upset the spurs on home court and they did just that kevin durant leading the way with twenty two points the thunder though still trail to one of the best of seven series with game core also no one home on saturday night. that was a. game we used to. use our services. to loose a fifty fifty dollars interest you know do we do play turner grass could. you know it was a one game and i'm going to be ready for game four. well two ice hockey where rushes off dorothy's are looking to build on the country's recent success at the world championship head coach in the two are bullied enough first season at the helm was a successful one these men won all ten games at the recent world championship on the way to gold meanwhile the federation chief says the victory was only one step on the way to olympic success at sochi in two years' time and beyo

new postseason system running through 2025 will feature four teams selected and seeded by a committeewo national semifinal games played on either new year's eve or new year's day, a national championship game awarded to the highest-bidding city. important details to be decid. who will be part of the committee responsible for picking the four-playoff team. you've got it, fans, a playoff in college football. >>> we told you president obama appeared to have run afoul of red sox fans with some ill-timed comments in boston at an event about the trade of kevin youkilis to the president's beloved white sox. listen to the reaction of the crowd at the fundraiser on sunday night. this is in boston. >> i want to say thank you for youkilis. [ crowd booing ] >> i'm just saying -- going to have to change the color of his socks. >> so we thought yesterday a lot of people thought it sounded like booing from the boston fans, but jay carney, the white house press secretary attempted to clarify that reaction yesterday on air force one. he took up the issue telling reporters quote anyone who knows boston

team to beat the san antonio spurs in this year's playoffs the thunder ending the spurs ten game postseason winning streak with a dominant home victory san antonio actually won twenty straight games dating back . the regular season the thunder we determined to upset the spurs on home court and they did just that kevin durant leading the way with twenty two points the thunder still trail two one in the best of seven series with game four also in oklahoma on saturday night. that was a game where we used our hands user athleticism. got to lose to fifty fifty balls in just no deal what we do play turner graspable in you know just one game and i'm going to read it again for. now to ice hockey where russia's off storage fees are looking to build on the country's recent success at the world championship had hopes in a chiller billion enough first season of the helm was a successful one his men won all ten games at the recent world championships on their way to gold meanwhile the federation's chief says the victory was only one step on the way to olympic success at sochi in two years' time and beyo

they were doing a whole postseason mcguiness order to you know play to do specially on our home floor so we just want to try to make one more two more plays and maybe you know come i would have victory you know where they were due to. sports likes her. culture is that so much you don't even know there is a huge music history of nourishment on the mark when violence in syria is now officially called a civil war this is probably cold comfort for the syrian people as western powers decide the fate of. there hasn't been anything good on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact. before the source material is worth hopes he journalism on the real world. we want to present. something all. the evening it's. easy to. see. if you're followed up on my doubt you'll get it in good. times are sort of a throwback and archaic part of our law. and it goes back to a time when people would light out on their horses in the wild west and pick up these future days important to mention the sheriff for prosecution there's no one thing like company man almost no money when they go out there he's got w

team to beat someone to win you in this year's playoffs the thunder stomping on the spurs ten game postseason win streak with a dominant home victory santonio had actually won twenty straight games dating back to the regular season but the thunder were the term and said this was a home court and they did just that kevin durant's leading the way for the win it with twenty two points the thunder though still trail two one in the best of seven game series with much for all to go home on saturday night. an interesting start up the memorial meanwhile with some of golf's biggest stars are done by their lesser heralded colleagues in the opening round in ohio four time champion tiger woods along with remark of royal and phil mickelson all carding seventy or greater with scott stallings the man sitting top of the leaderboard and six hundred sixty six the twenty seven year old taking advantage of the excellent conditions to guard six birdies including this effort on the par three is sixteen. compton who's known for remarkably having had two heart transplants feeling the rhythm on the day he sets one sh

you know we don't want to keep coming in order to keep their daughter the whole postseason we're going to order to use their you know play to do especially on a whole floor so we just want to try to make one more two more plays and maybe you know come i would have been through you know always they were due to and lastly seven time tour de france winner lance armstrong is gearing up to fight the latest doping allegations against him the u.s. anti-doping agency claims to have evidence that shows he used performance enhancing drugs during his record breaking career and intend to press charges against the cyclists but armstrong vehemently denies any wrongdoing and his lawyers have now demanded access to the evidence gathered by the dating agency so they can start their defense armstrong has until june the twenty second to respond in writing to the accusations if found guilty he could be stripped of the top titles he won the two nine hundred ninety nine and two thousand and five. others in the sport for the moment thanks for. the question was that so much different and there's a huge decisi

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they are ineligible for postseason play this season banned from the tournament and cake townny for abstandard rate over a four-year period. tow son's appeal was denied >> lebron james one win away from his first championship. the heat beat oklahoma city. game four, kevin durant of the thunder acrobatic move, 228 points. oklahoma city led by 3 at half. twain wade blocked the shot. jim will finish with a jumper. he scored 26. 104-98 miami. they lead the series 3 games to 1. game five tomorrow night in south florida. highlights coming up. maybe they'll get a run are. that would be a highlight >> yes ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, don't miss the cbs lineup tonight at 10. csi followed by begins at 11 >>> finally tonight, the airport sends a rocket blasting into space >> and the engine reports to life, and liftoff for the united launch alliance, rocket >> the unmanned rocket is on its way to or bit following its launch from cape canaveral florida. it is carrying a satellite for the united states; but details reclassified for security reasons. the republic tried to launch monday, but a mccall problem kep

they've got doing it the whole postseason, especially on the home fluor.e wanted to make just one more or two more plays than they made. >> our goal was come and get one. you know, this time of year, as we continue to say, both teams are good enough to win on each other's home floors. we felt we had opportunities in game 1 to win, tonight we seized the moment. looking forward to see what lebron will do in game 3. one more final note. it was announced today that georgetown will be playing florida a basketball game will be played on a u.s. navy carrier off the coast of jacksonville, november 9th, to kick off the college basketball season. two other games will be played on other carry es, one off san diego as well. so la jollas will be back in action. it's the first-place nationals in the nl east tries to prove the nl east is the real deal as ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverage

that's the mvp of the postseason. the first time eighth seed has ever won the stanley cup. >>> closer to home it is the u.s. open so naturally many a great story will develop over the next week. for now how about the golf coach at the university of oregon qualified for one of the biggest tournaments in the world that of course would be casey martin who you may remember as the golfer who sued years ago. won the right to use a golf cart because of a leg condition. today he spoke about his expectations on the course. >> i said to not shoot 1 million, tongue and cheek obviously i don't get to compete much. i've gone from nothing to the pinnacle of golf. i'm going to go compete, give it my all and see what that means. if it means last place, that's what it means. if it means last place, it's not going to mean last place but you know. >> imagine making it to the finals of a huge event like the french open. right in the middle of it you have to wait a nervewracking 18 hours to resume. it's the spaniard nedal who handled the

that's the mvp of the postseason.d it's the first time eighth seed has ever won the stanley cup. >>> closer to home it is the u.s. open so naturally many a great story will develop over the next week. for now how about the golf coach at the university of oregon qualified for one of the biggest tournaments in the world that of course would be casey martin who you may remember as the golfer who sued years ago. won the right to use a golf cart because of a leg condition. today he spoke about his expectations on the course. >> i said to not shoot 1 million, tongue and cheek obviously i don't get to compete much. i've gone from nothing to the pinnacle of golf. i'm going to go compete, give it my all and see what that means. if it means last place, that's what it means. if it means last place, it's not going to mean last place but you know. >> imagine making it to the finals of a huge event like the french open. right in the middle of it you have to wait a nervewracking 18 hours to resume. it's the spaniard nedal who handle

monday we have the chance of clouds rolling in.,,,, >> cal women's softball team has been through 27 postseason. but just one national championship. today their quest for a second began in oklahoma city. against lsu. tied at 2 in the sixth inning. this infield chopper brought home her twin sister. giving the bears a 3/2 lead. in the same inning another rbi. three runs in the inning, cal is in control. joline henderson struck out five and got the final out for another complete game and the bears win 5/3 and will play oklahoma tomorrow. not a great day for phil mickelson. he was one over on the 13th and the wheels fell off. bogey 13, shot six over on the back nine and later withdrew with a 79. he said that fatigue was the reason. the next up is the u.s. open along with that man, tiger woods. better today. a double bogey on 18 was his only blemish. he is for back from the leader. two years ago john eisner played it the longest match in tennis at wimbledon and today at the french she played the second longest match at the french. he fights off a match for in the fifth to tie it at 15 games. it fina

. >> in the postseason i have been doing a lot of reading and watching movies and things like that buto not hear any outside noise about what is said about me or the team. >> his performance was a sight to see last night, he joined wilt chamberlain as the only players to have 45 points, 15 rebounds, and five assists in a playoff game. roy mcelroy one of the few big names playing in this week's st. jude classic after missing three state cuts, he wanted to get his game back on track before the u.s. open. mission accomplished, he takes a lead heading into the weekend. calling the final round of the scene to classic, a special preview of the par-5, dennis o'donnell will be live at the olympic club. there has been plenty of talk all about the changes that have been made to the olympic club to get ready for the u.s. open. but dennis tells us that there is one thing that will remain the same. >> >> 156 golfers will vie for the u.s. open trophy next weekend, every day hundreds of golfers will come away with another prize at olympic. >> what makes it unique is it is a hamburger on a hot dog bun

having said that, there's obviously a variety of reasons why we're looking at the next evolution in postseasonnced that this could be done and keep the regular season healthy, maybe even healthier than it's been. >> of approved by university presidents next week, the playoff format would start in 2014. >> we showed you a live look in the south bay, not nearly as hot as it was yesterday. yesterday was pretty hot here. meteorologist christina loren, we don't have to sweat much. >> that's the good news. give your ac a break, get outdoors just about all day long in san jose and livermore where we hit the upper 90s yesterday. all day long we're going to stay below 75 degrees. so if you want to go for a run, take that dog for a walk, today is your day. you're going to get many days. 55 in san jose, climbing into the low to mid-60s. then we'll round out the day about 20 to 25 degrees cooler than where we ended up so you need that jacket. let's check your drive. here's mike. >> good morning. we'll take you out to the east bay, a smooth drive, a little slowing eastbound for the one eastbound bore. no m

. >> we're excited to be on the threshold of creating a no postseason structure for college football.our sport. we take our responsibility to our universities, our presidents, and to the student athletes seriously. we're determined to make this the best sport in the country even better. >> well, notre dame, it is such a great sport in part because the university of michigan has thrashed you three years in a row. just saying. >> this is the full court press. >> weather headlines making news march madness will be different next spring. the ncaa ruled 10 teams academically in eligible for the annual men's basketball tournament including three time national champ you uconn. they and four other schools failed to meet the minimum academic rate. >> they don't care about academics in uconn. who knew. >> more in 25 minutes. >> brit and mitt have something in common. the car elevator that mitt romney is getting installed in his new home. u weekly confirming pop star britney spears had the same one in a house that she recently rented. no word if she has one in her new home. >> i didn't know that

the kings barely made the playoffs as an eight seed and then went on an amazing 16-4 postseason run. team captain dustin brown was first to hoist the cup. kings goalie jonathan quick was named playoff mvp. the kings win the stanley cup for the first time in their 44-year history. we'll have game highlights coming up in sports. >>> an absolute brawl involve in a kentucky courtroom. we'll have the story behind this dramatic video. dude you don't understand, this is my dad's car. look at the car! my dad's gonna kill me dude... [ male announcer ] the security of a 2012 iihs top safety pick. the volkswagen passat. that's the power of german engineering. right now lease the 2012 passat for $209 a month. visit vwdealer.com today. >>> 12 minutes past the hour. checking top stories now, the justice department says it will sue florida over its program to purge voter lists before the november election. an initial comparison of florida drivers licenses and voting records turned up more than 182,000 names of people who might not be u.s. citizens. washington says the program unfairly targets minor

sports fans embraced the improbable postseason run of their hockey team and kings are giving back tohe community in a rare move for a sports franchise. $50,000 has been donated to a reward fund to find the gunman that killed a 1-year-old baby. >>> just a few hours from now, the murder case against former illinois cop drew peterson heads back to court. lawyers will argue motions over the central charge that peterson murdered his third wife. her death was ruled an accidental drowning. that trial is expected to begin next month. peterson became the focus of a police investigation after his fourth wife, stacy peterson disappeared in 2007. >>> the woman who signed off on jpmorgan's risky investments is back under the microscope this morning. ina drew made more than $15 million in 2010 at jpmorgan chase but lost her job and officially retired after her department lost $2 billion but now she's in line to receive a settlement package worth nearly $15 million. lawmakers are demanding answers. in the next hour, a banking regulator testifies on whether her pay should be "clawed back." the stunn

completing a magical playoff run after just barely qualifying for the postseason., christine. >> i know. wow. what a great story. zoraida, thank you. >>> ahead on "starting point," fed up with politics, former governor jesse ventura comparing both republicans and democrats to gang members. coming up, we'll ask him live why he calls the two-party system a bunch of thugs. from jesse ventura's play list, "whole lot of love." come on, play it. there we go. ♪[music plays] ♪[music plays] ♪[music plays] purina one beyond. food for your cat or dog. [ female announcer ] the sun powers life. ♪ and now it powers our latest innovation. ♪ introducing the world's only solar-powered home energy system, which can cut your heating and cooling bills in half. call now to get up to 1,375 dollars in rebates. or zero percent financing for 18 months on select lennox home comfort systems. offer ends june 15th. plus download our free lennox mobile app with an energy-savings calculator to show how much you'll save with a lennox system. if your current system is 10 years or older, start plan