and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. >>> the red sox and yankees battling head toplace. here's nbc's bill seward. >> hi, everybody. if you're a baseball fan it doesn't get much better than the yankees and red sox with first place on the line at fenway. ninth inning, sox down one, man on third. all pedroia has to do is hit it deep. he does that. sac fly to left. we're off to extra innings. completed it in the tenth. reddick with an rbi single and red sox walk off with a 3-2 win and take over first place in the a.l. east. >>> to texas, the rangers hung a five spot, elle just andrews scored a pair. they beat the tribe, 5-3. >>> rays and a's, that rhymes and so does this, wham, bam, thank you willingham. >>> tough for the mets. reyes left with a strained hamstring and an acl was torn on 28. chipper jones singling the go-ahead run and mets lose in more ways than one. >>> nascar, despite breaking his ankle, brad keselowski won his second race of the year at pocono. >>> the big story in golf was supposed to be tiger woods' return. instead his recently fired caddie stole t

the red sox and yankees battling head-to-head for first place. here's nbc's bill seward with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> hi, everybody. if you're a baseball fan, it doesn't get much better than the yankees and red sox with first place on the line at fenway. pick it up in the ninth inning, sox down one, man on third, all dustin pedroia has to do is hit it deep and he does exactly that. sac fly to left, in came the tying run and we're off to extra innings. they completed the comeback in the tenth. josh reddick with an rbi single into the corner. red sox walk off with a 3-2 win, take over first place in the a.l. east. to texas, where the rangers hung a five spot on the indians in the eighth. elvis anders scored a pair to give texas the lead. they beat the tribe 5-3. rays and a's. that rhymes. so does this, wham, bam, thank you josh willingham. solo shot in the tenth put oakland on top. they win it 5-4. tough day for the mets. jose reyes left the game with a strained hamstring. daniel murphy, likely out for the season after tearing

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she'll continue to coach the lady vols, quote, as long as the good lord is willing. >>> baseball, the red sox haven't won in texas until now. adrian gonzalez starting to heat up. he had a pair of homers. sox win their first game in arlington 11-5. to the bronx, the yankees were down 6 and rallied in the eighth. nick swisher cut the lead in half. his 16th homer of the year. new york is back in business. to the ninth. down one. swisher again. deep to right. but not deep enough. a's won it 6-5. yanks and sox tied for first in the east. a couple of kids helped the braves increase their lead in the n.l. wild card race. 22-year-old jason hayward hit a grand slam then craig kimbrel. that tied the rookie record. braves beat the cubs. martinez with a fly ball to shallow right. look like it would drop in for a hit. then carlos gonzalez came out of nowhere to make the diving grab. from a sing toll an out in the bling of an eye. rockies blind side the astros. mariners and the indians when that earthquake hit the east coast. it rattled upper deck for nearly a minute. shin-soo choo sent an after shock thro

a first place battle between the yankees and the red sox. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. as september approaches, it appears the yankees and red sox will go down to the wire for first place in the a.l. east. here we go to kansas city. yanks and royals. robinson cano is heating up at just the right time. home run derby champ belted his first in the last six games. gave new york the lead in the fourth. they go on to win it. 9-7. double-header for the red sox and rays. jacoby els bury took james shields deep in one. they won it 3-1. defense took center stage in the nightcap. sean rodriguez, a shot to left. lowry on to first for a triple play. around the horn and the second triple play in as many days. unfortunately, not enough. rays won it 6-2. yanks now lead the east by a half game. walk-off, anyone? how about five? dodgers and brewers. bases juiced. mark kotsay at the plate. all he needed do was hit one in the outfield, and he did just that. in came prince fielder. milwaukee won it

in sports it was a rough start for the red sox in their opener. the four-game series with the rangers. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. the rangers and red sox could play each other in the postseason. if last night's game was any indication on how that would go, boston is in trouble. we go to arlington and pick it up in the sixth. the rangers led 1-0. looking for more, mike napoli found it, a three-run bomb. they shut out the sox 4-0. tigers justin verlander took another step towards winning a cy young. struck out eight and got his 19th win of the year. tigers beat the rays 5-2. >>> we have shown you great catches this year. this takes the case. guerrero takes to center, and a leaping over the shoulder grab before crashing into the wall. doesn't get much better than that. ben reviere, the catch of the night. then the catch of the night and perhaps the catch of the season. >>> football picked up terrell pryor. former ohio state quarterback will be eligible to play week six of the regular se

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reddick is the winner, red sox win 3-2. red sox up one game in the a.l.g two out of three from the yankees. >>> yesterday, the final day of the bridgestone invitational. the turn of tiger woods sidelined three months with a leg, an achilles injury. by yesterday woods an after thought. 6, misses a putt for bogey. the real story, there was a tiger link. his former caddie stevie williams, teamed up with australian adam scott who entered the final day with a e one-stroke lead and never looked back. he finished 17 under winning his first ever world golf championship. how pumped is steve williams? he was dumped by tiger after he stood by his side for a couple of years. after the round as scott made his way to the clubhouse reporters rushed to williams to ask him about his reaction to the win. >> i got to tell you, david, i've been a caddie for 33 years and that's the best week of my life and i'm not joking. i'm never ever going to forget this week. the people here have been absolutely unbelievable and all the people in new zealand. a lot of expectations today.

bottom of the tenth, red sox get runners on second and first. josh reddick, driving in pinch runner, darnell mcdonald. red sox win 3-2, in walkoff fashion. >>> the phillies have won nine-straight. roy oswalt making his first start since coming off the d.l. carlos beltran in the bottom of the third. three runs allowed. top of the eighth, chase utley hits the ball with his bat. it comes towards tim lincecum, hitting him on the leg. utley would check on lincecum to make sure he was okay. to reassure that was an accident, which it was. later in the inning, javier lopez. he gets raul ibanez to fly out. and the giants who lost eight of nine coming in win, 3-1. >>> this has been your espn news update. for all of the latest, check out "the highlight express." >>> here's an extreme sport for you. underwater gallery of hopping. a dozen works of art are made on a ship off key west. >> and the artist shot photos of the ship. >>> up next, the stories we'll be following later today, including what could be a jittery day on wall street. >>> and warren jeffs, b

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good morning, the raiders and red sox could play each other in the post season. last night's game was any indication on how that would go, boston is in trouble. here we go to pick it up in the sixth in arlington. the rangers led it 1-0. looking for more, mike napoli founded the three-run bomb. that's all texas would need. they shut out the sox 4-0. >>> and justin better lander struck out eight and picked up his league-leading ninth of the year. they beat the rays 5-2. >>> this catch may take the cake. vlad guerrero shot to center, ben rav eevere made the grab be crashing into the wall. the catch of the night and perhaps the catch of the season. >>> football, oakland raider picked up terrelle pryor in the supplemental draft. former ohio state quarterback will be eligible to play week six of the regular season. >>> times look ready for the season to start. in the fourth, he stumbled at the line of scrimmage, then off to the races. 97 yards to pay dirt. that will help the rookie make the team. giants won 41-13. it wasn't all good news. they lost cornerback terrell t

they unloaded to red sox tonight. tim wakefields with the knuckleballer to bump.ng for his 200th career win, didn't get it. >> scott sizemore sizes this up. one of his two blasts for the evening. josh willingham got into the act. >> he golfed 2 home runs. >> a's win it 15-5. a's scores runs tallying big time on the road trip. the nfl the raiders broke training camp and look who arrived terrell pryor, after signing his contract. rusty at times but it was his first nfl practice and he jumped it. in on 17 snaps. 17! >> the problem is that i'm 17, 18 days, practices behind, i'm catching upright now. some of the stuff is getting there, and i'm starting to get familiar with the stuff, within one day, give me a couple days and i should be feel more comfortable. >> big nfl weekend tomorrow, the 49ers will host the houston texans, on sunday the raiders will host the saints. >>> grand prix racing at infineon on sunday. look at danica patrick's car, this will be the last open wheel race here for her as she's making the switch from indy to nascar. going to run a full nascar-

red sox acquired pitcher erik bedard from the mariner, then h: completed his best july in history. dustin pedroia. sox win their 20th game of the month beating the white sox 12-3. ubaldo jimenez to the indians. too bad he couldn't pitch against the royals. raul ibanez with a date to remember hitting two home runs against the pirates. then he ends it with an rbi single. pirates didn't make a splash. detroit up 3-0. but check out as he tosses his bat, showboats as he trots to first. weaver's not having that. weaver throws at his head. he's eject and not very happy. he struck out nine. tigers win 3-2. plaxico burress is officially back in the nfl after spending two years in prison. he signed a one-year deal with the new york jets. nascar, paul men ard won the brickyard 400. then a mix between supercross and enduro. all spills and thrills. all kidding aside, it's a very difficult sport. >>> that's your look at sports on "early today." >>> the final harry potter film reaches a magical milestone. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. we'll introduce you to a marin

ellsbury with an rbi double and the red sox win big, 9-3 the final, all that rain pushed game two back self hours. ortiz, big papi, a two-run jack. 2-0 sox in the second. branton continues to impress. that's at's good as it got for the a's. they drop game two. the weather a little better in jersey where they're wrapped up a shortened 54 hole barclays. nothing but nut. fires a 6-under 65 for a story stroke victory. matt kuchar's fifth career pin on the pga tour. the 49ers offense pulled a disappearing act tonight against texas. most of their completion went to the other guys. a good night's sleep. woman: which means a little heat to keep us warm. and a good dose of support for my back. some over-the-top comfort couldn't hurt. and our perfect dream factory's been built. you're feeling sleepy already? nighty-night. [giggling] >> mike: the 49ers are hoping to get their offense unleashed against houston but they gave them problems. in the third preseason game, had to love the start. burris, easy money in the end zone. 7-0 niners. rookie water, kaepernick cook -- took over and got his welcom

let's check in on the a's and red sox. two out for jason varitek. home run to right center. varitek's ninth of the season to make it 3-1 boston. now 4-2 red sox. bottom of the third. two on, now out for david ortiz. he's swinging the bat there. that will bring in adrian gonzalez and pedroia. 6-2 that time. meanwhile, hurricane irene looming over the eastern seaboard. rain becomes a problem. jon lester can't grip the ball on the warm -- pitch. tarp comes out on the field. after three hours of delay, the a's fall 9-3. by the way the a's are losing. that score is 3-0 in the fifth inning. diane, i got to get out of here. i need my tim lincecum bobble head. >> come on. you like being here with us. >> i love it but i want my bobble head doll too. >> get over it, henry. get over it. thanks a lot. >>>e'll be back with an update on hurricane irene. >>> we have meteorologist nick o kelly with us again. what's going on now? >> it's going to be a busy overnight for fks in the mid-atlantic and the northeast. this storm just pushius fshore from the chesapeakeay entrance. why that's signif

it is arguably the greatest rivalry in sports, and last night the yanks and red sox lived up to that hype. highly anticipated series in boston. pick it up in the fifth. yanks up 1 when francisco cervelli took john lackey deep over the green monster. just his second homer of the year. check out the thunder clap when he hit home plate. lackey would remember that. in cervelli's next at-bat, lackey plunked him. hit him with first pitch he threw. sparked a bench-clearing stare down. never a dull moment when these two teams get together. the stairing contest was a draw. the yanks won the game 5-2. they're a half game back in the east. ryan howard topped the 100 rbi mark in style with two homers against the reds. he has had 100 or more rbi in six straight seasons. roy halladay did the rest. phils can't wait for the postseason to start. they beat the reds. tigers and royals needed extra innings. ramon santiago, maybe one of the smallest guys on the roster, but he carried a big bat. tigers won it 2-1. >>> college football, the ncaa has suspended eight players from the miami hurricanes footbal

the red sox live off the long ball, and the u.s. final is set in little league baseball. plus, the new york yankees do something that has never been done before in the entire history of baseball. your "first look" at sports is straight ahead. >>> welcome back to "first look," i'm lynn berry. despite all the things the yankees have accomplished over the years, yesterday they did something new. here's nbc's fred roggin. >>> good morning. the yankees are known as the bronx bombers, and yesterday they certainly lived up to their name. let's go to new york. they were down 7-1 to the as and suddenly caught fire. cano, martin, and granderson all hit grand slams. first time a team has ever hit three grand slams in a game. the yanks won big. real big. 22-9. after struggling all season in texas, the red sox have finally turned a corner, and adrian gonzalez is the reason why. hit two home runs against the rangers, he's now hit five in the last three games. boston won it 6-0. quick baseball note. a week after hitting home run number 600, jim thome going back to where it all began. th

the red sox live off the long ball, and the u.s. final is set in little league baseball. plus, the new york yankees do something that's never been done before in the entire history of baseball. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> on radar i'm tracking the sensor, the eye of hurricane irene as it heads towards north carolina. >>> good morning. if you are just waking up, this is "early today," and in sports despite all the things the yankees have accomplished over the years, yesterday they did something new. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. the yankees are known as the bronx bombers, and yesterday they certainly lived up to their name. let's go to new york. they were down 7-1 to the as and suddenly caught fire. robinson cano, russell martin and curtis granderson all hit grand slams. first time a team has ever hit three grand slams in a game. the yanks won big. real big. 22-9. after struggling all season in texas, the red sox have finally turned a corner, and adrian gonzalez a big reason why.

red sox. jason varitek hits a two-run shot into the bull pen. gives up eight runs in four innings. boston takes the opener 9-3. >> i keep saying i don't think the heaviness will come down for quite awhile. >> the red sox let people in for a free, following a third rain delay during game 2. graham godfrey got called up from sacramento to make the start. david ortiz welcomes him back to the big leagues. popping one up down the first baseline. but the rain and wind turned it into a nightmare for brandon. little league world series. us championship huntington beach taking on billings, montana. california's dillon palmer hits a two-run homer to right. his first at williamsport. california beats montana 11-2 to advance to tomorrow's championship game where they had take on japan. we are not done yet. >>> whose the early leader in golf? fedex cup standings. find out next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, winning for the second yeara row at infienon went up this afternoon... power claimed e pole position for tomorrow's grand prix of sonoma... >> what are the chances for winning for winning? they went

a first-place battle between the yankees and the red sox. here's fred roggin. >>> good morning.tember approaches, it appears the yankees and red sox will go down to the wire for first place in the a.l. east. yanks and royals, robinson ca s is heating up at the right time, giving new york the lead in the fourth and they went on to win it 9-7. jacoby ellsbury took one deep, and they held on to win it 3-1. defense took center stage in the night cap, sean rodriguez went to left, a toss to second for two, on to first for a triple play. around the horn for the second triple play in as many days. unfortunately, not enough. rays won it 6-2. yanks now lead the east by a half game. walk off anyone? how about five. dodgers and brewers, all he needed to do was hit one in the out field and he did it. milwaukee won it 2-1. braves have won more games in extra innings than any other team this year. that didn't bode well for the giants. pr prado ended it with an rbi. white sox and indians needed 14 innings, one rbi single, white sox walked off with an 8-7 win in 14. pirates and cards after pitts

the red sox win 4-3. was hit in hand, tony lar russa defriended the retaliation. >> it's a very dangerous pitch and we almost paid a hell of a price, so i don't want to hear about it. >> you understand the argument shts though. it looked intentional. >> it might have looked intentional, but if he ducks it, fine, then we stop doing it. but just look at the location and the potential danger of the two of them. just think about that for a second. down here, it's just a little sting. >> my opinion, i'm sure -- >> were you watching yesterday when a ball was thrown in on albert? >> did it hit him? >> who do you think is pitching, greg maddox? >> halves a death stare. mcgee launching a home run in the first, the third, and then one in the sechbtd iventh. brewers win. it's only one week into nfl trading camp and tim tebow already getting some criticism. yesterday espn analyst merril hoge had tough words for tebow calling his play awful and embarrassing last year. not long after, tebow found a powerful ally on twi

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red sox beat them 9-3. the weather is terrible but trying finish game two. boston leads 3-0 but coming off the rain delay. defending champion will power won the poll position for -- rather for sunday's grand prix but the buzz around the garage is news that danica patrick is jumping to nascar. now maybe danica was distracted from this week's blitz because today she finished 25th out of 28. thursday danica announced she'll race full time in nascar and been a part-time racer in the nationwide series since '09 but she never even sat in a sprint cup car yet. but she'll enter as many as 10 races with the big boys next year and danica says she didn't make the move because of the paycheck. >> if i wanted to go for money, i would have gone along time ago. i would have. i would have gone in 2006 when i could have made a lot more money. but if anything, nascar has gone down wide a bit over the years. so i can't say i caught it at the right time but it's what i want to do. >> golfers matt and dustin johnson knew that hurricane irene forced the new jersey based tournamen

red sox acquired a pitcher from the mariners and completed their best july in franchise history. pedroia puts boston head in the seventh. sox beat the white sox 5-3. jimenez from the rockies. royals beat the tribe 5-3. two home runs against the pirates and in the 10th, he ends it with an rb chlt single. pirate dismakerates did make a . >>> detroit up 3-0, but check it out, he show boats as he trots to first. next batter, weaver throws at his head. he's ejected and not very happy. on the other side, ver lander had a no-hitter going into the eighth. struck out nine. tigers win. plaxico burris is officially back in the nfl after spending two years in prison. he signed a one year deal with the new york jets. nascar, paul menard won the brickyard 400. and this is a mix between super cross and comedy hour. there are rocks, wood portions and a ton of thrills and spills. it's a very difficult sport, it made its x games debut last night and i think it will be bringing people smiles for years to come. and that's your first look at sports. >>> and now for another quick look at the weather, h

red sox win it on a walk-off. that was a walk-off win in the ninth. 3-2 is the score. kees also won. still a game behind the sox in the a.l. east. >>> cardinals and brewers, good game. dangerous pitch. oh. drilled albert pujols in the hand. he would shake it off and stay in the game. that scares you. that was the head, actually. cardinals retaliate coming inside on ryan braun. you hit our best player, we hit yours. just missing him. next pitch. there he goes. gets braun, back-to-back pitches. things got testy. lance berkman singles to left, that scores matt holliday. cards win 8-7. milwaukee still two and a half up on st. louis in the a.l. central. >>> phillies looking to improve against the colorado rockies. big night for ryan howard. baseball's best team in the fourth inning, he hits a bomb. 443 feet to the second deck in right field. in the eighth does it again off matt lindstrom. his 23rd of the year. phillies beat the rockies 5-0. they have the best record in baseball. the mets lost last night to the marlins 4-3. still a night to remember for one young mets fan. 11

red sox and twins tied at 2-2 in the eighth inning.home breaks the tie, an rbi double into left center. joe mauer going to score from second, part of a three-run inning for minnesota, the twins end the red sox' four-game win streak, 5-2. >>> here are your updated amplts l. east standings. boston up now by a game and a half. >>> a good one between the rays and the royals in tampa. i swear, david price with a night off, didn't mind or didn't notice being showered with sunflower seeds. vanderbuilt's finest. rays start the ninth inning, down 7-3, but they battle back. defense like this helps, that's not a great play, throw or scoop. evan longoria scores, tying run on first. sam fold drill it is deep to right center, it drops in, the tying run going to come all the way around. fold going for a triple. the ball gets away from third baseman mike sack is, fold drives head-first into home. comes all the way around. that's your game winner. the rays come back to win 8-7 and he gets the obligatory shaving cream pie to the face. strange moment cau

the a's pound the red sox 15-5.lay a double herd tomorrow to avoid hurricane irene. >> raiders agreed to a deal with shepherd. the two-time probowler was a first-time pick. shepherd spent the last season with the vikings and had one interception. >> jim harbaugh says he expects rookie quarter tbok get some playing time with the first team offense tomorrow in the 49ers third preseason game. so all the starting receivers better remember to wear their gloves. >> they always say he throws so hard, he burns a hole in their glove. is it that? really? he throws hard. he throws pretty hard. no, i'm just joking. i jammed my finger. >> a reminder, you can see vernon davis and the 49ers in texas tomorrow night at 5:00 right here on cbs 5. it is time for the friday night top five. at number five, fenway, darnell mcdonald, not so much on the mound. at number four, packers and manning can't play in week wop. as long as nobody guards all proreceiver reggie wayne. at number three, miguel tejada safed a run, thanks to the 9th pick a

the red sox come back to beat the twins 8-6. so boston goes up a game and a half in the a.l. east. if you need a reason tore thankful that the nfl is no longer in lockout. look no further than arena football. this is a playoff game. the jacksonville sharks and the georgia forest, you throw out the records when these two teams get together, during the dpirkt kickoff, georgia's returner grabbed by a fan before he could even get out of the end zone. the fan puts the bear hug on johnson, wow. and -- the players congratulate the fan for helping them. come over to congratulate him on the assist, jacksonville is penalized in the play. no one seems to care, the sharks, let's just watch this one more time, the sharks going on to beat the forest, 64-55 in a defensive struggle. >>> now for all your thailand premiere league soccer league news, navy goes up two goalings a collision at the net. the player takes a little poke at the goal keeper. wow. who delivers a swift kick to the chest. that was no joke. soccer players flop. this is no flop

the yankees pull within one game of the red sox.er notable game, the brewers beat the cardinals 6-2, milwaukee has won seven consecutive games and they're 3 1/2 up in the nl central. yesterday the first day of training camp for the jets who recently made news by signing plaxico burress fresh out of jail. but it wasn't burress who was drawing the attention yesterday. check out the ink on the right calf of rex ryan. see that? ryan picked up the tat during a vacation in hawaii. one jets executive tweeted the potential later in the day. lrp so many questions to the front office, ryan had to release a statement to the press explaining his decision by saying, quote, i just felt like it. that's all. rex ryan with a new tat. coming up on "morning joe," gabby giffords makes a surprise return to washington to vote for the bill to overt a debt crisis. what are the implications for the economy of that bill she voted for? we'll knock it around with our crew. and when we come back here, we'll huddle up around the water cooler to watch jon stewart

as he greeted well wishers, the devoted chicago white sox fan held a baby decked out in red sox gear. >> you know i don't usually hang out with red sox fans. >> reporter: this is the president's first full day on the island with his family, but with sagging approval ratings and a slumping economy, some critics don't think he should be there at all. >> he said he wouldn't rest until people went back to work in this country. >> reporter: the president has taken less time off at this point in his presidency than either ronald reagan or george w. bush. >> presidents should take vacations so in that sense he needs time off. it's mental energy, it's mental work. >> reporter: aides stress it will be more of a working vacation with the president mapping out the jobs plan he'll unveil next month. for those going after president obama's job there isn't a lot of time for relaxation. gop hopefuls are sticking to the campaign trail. >> we don't need an excuse maker-in-chief who assigns blame instead of taking responsibility. >> reporter: rick perry continues slamming the president in new hampshire

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heat and scattered showers and storms are likely in the southeast and northeast. >>> in sports the red soxetake first place in the american league east. ninth inning, rivera gave up a run that tied the game. forced extra innings, in bottom of the the tenth, josh redding singled to drive the walk-off 3-2 win. >>> in arlington, texas, the rangers elvis anders drove in two runs. texas beat cleveland 5-3, keeping them one game ahead of the angels in the a.l. west. >>> in golf, scott shot a 5 under 65, with steve williams holding his bag. he won the bridgestone invitational by four shots. it was his first major victory. williams was fired by tiger woods earlier this month and called the weekend win the biggest win of his life. woods played in the bridgestone first tournament back since injury, finished in a tie for 37th place. >>> when we come back another look at this morning's top stories. >>> and cyber war. computer hackers claim to have infiltrated 70 law enforcement websites. we'll show you how they did it. ♪ ♪ introducing purina one beyond introducing purina one beyond a new food for your

the red sox won as well.on't we ever show red sox highlights on the show? >> we show them relentlessly. no, he's not on the red sox, he's on the patriots. similar region of the country. >> i like how mika's old school, chad johnson. >> well, that's his name. and he's got his own way of doing things. >> check this out. this is chad ochocinco. >> no, chad johnson. >> he's still adjusting to his new team and city and looking for a place to live. >> we all are. >> where's he going to live? >> probably, what, the ritz? >> i'm going to do something different. i'm actually going to stay with a fan probably the first two, three weeks of the season. so that should be fun until i get myself acclimated, i learn my way around. i'm not sure how many boston fans i have, but i'll just pick somebody. i'm not sure how that's going to work. they have to have internet. they have to have xbox. and that's about it. have i ever lied to you before? >> people say he's crazy, he's crazy like a fox. >> in palm beach county, they call

red sox win, 4-3. >>> robinson cano and the new york yankees try to win their sixth straight.o, see ya. off of gavin floyd. 17th of the year. yankees up 4-0. top of the third, yankees up 8-1. bases loaded for derek sanderson jeter. he had a five-hit game. that scores two more. yankees bludgeon the white sox, 18-7 your final. >>> johnson to snap a five-game losing streak. bottom of the fifth, already leading it 4-0. cabrera down the line and sandoval scocos. having trouble digging it out of the left field corner. carlos beltran sliding home safely. giants win, 8-1 and move back into sole e ssession of first in the n.l. west. >>> ryan howard and the phillies faci colorado rockies. off of rex brothers. oh, brother, where art thou. his 24th homer of the season. phillies go on to win, 8-6. you are up to date for now. and don't forget, for all of your highlights join us on the highlight express on espn news. >>> and a playful beluga whale at a connecticut museaquarium ss he knows how to move with the music. ♪ >> that's quite a dancer. this mariachchband is performing at a wedding wh

a's and red sox in boston. for career win no. 200 not going to happen. scott moore says knuckle this. 2 run bomb over the if team and 4 batter later josh another 2 run blast. his 23rd of the year. both homer came with two out. important to be clutch. up 8-1. again the pitcher have a hard time containing the opposition. off the sports authority time. about red sox make it 8-4 but a's break it open so badly. that's outfielder who never pitched before and i wonder why. scooter are a kick out of it. look. 13-4. willing ham the only hit off macdonald. 2 run double off the monster. red sox basically conceded this game but the a's swing the bat mightily these days. they clobber the sox 15-5. on the football. pryor. participated in his first practice with the raiders today. call it immersion training. he was taken supplemental draft. arrived in napa yesterday signed contract and cramp the play book. learn as much as he can over the next two weeks because once the regular season begins he serve as 5 game suspension. whe

you know, some yankees fan or some red sox guy will come up and give me trouble first, and then want>> jimmy: "fever pitch." >> "fever pitch." [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: please sit down. please sit down. >> that gets old, doesn't it? the standing "os." >> jimmy: for ovations, yeah. >>we did. i got to do voice over because that was in '04 when the red sox shocked the world and finally won it all. >> jimmy: that was insane. wasn't that a crazy night? [ cheers and applause ] that was one of the most insane moments of my life ever. i mean, it was wild. i mean, they hadn't won anything in 86 years. >> right. >> jimmy: so i mean, even the red sox fans were shocked. >> no, it was -- >> jimmy: are you sure? [ laughter ] it's really over? like, they weren't screaming or going nuts, like "oh my god we won!" they were just crying. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: like put dad on the phone, like, it was so surreal. >> and it's one of those moments where when you're calling it, you know, there was ground ball back to the pitcher and he just lobs it over to first. and you're like, my god, th

. >> tied with the red sox. >> the yankees lost, red sox capitalized.ian gonzalez making the case for a.l.mvp. in the fourth, he's going to do it again. 20 home runs, 97 rbis. the red sox win, 11-5. boston and new york tied. they meet for a three-game series next week. cardinals and dodgers. by the ninth inning, dodgers up 11-0. tony la russa lets his second baseman pitch. he gets off to a nice start. a strikeout. fans get with the good times. the next batter, a former teammate makes a play. that's his buddy, erin miles. cardinals lose, 13-2. milwaukee beat the pirates, 11-4. the brewers running away with the division, if you can believe it. they are up ten games on st. louis. yesterday, university of tennessee's head basketball coach, pat summitt made a stunning announcement in a prerecorded video. >> throughout my career i have always made it a point that my life and our basketball program were an open book. with that in mind, i have something to share with my tennessee family. earlier this year, the doctors at the mayo clinic diagnosed me with an ear

the red sox win game one, 9-3. little league series. both teams look loose to me.ifornia's dylan palmer hits a two-run homer to right. pga, shortened to 54 holes due to irene. an eagle on number 4 after hauling it from the sand. back to back bogeys on 12 and 13 and would finish second. shoots a six under 65 and wins the tournament by two strokes. it's his first win of the year. >>> if the lock out wipes out the season, al harrington may face his chances in the octagon. we're just minutes away from kick off here at candlestick. let's check in with the two guys calling the game. >> thank you very much. alongside tim ryan. he's not going to play the starters very much today, that's what the coach says. let's say they come out, plays very, very well against the starting defense. is there a chance he could win that job? >> it begs me to ask you, define very, very well. if he's lights out and he's off the charts and it's three touchdowns and it's functioning great in the offense, i think harbaugh will have a big decision to make. i think it will be alex week one. >> why

willie we sit here and talk about the red sox every day. yankees get kicked around because they are in new york. this is a great team. >> wakes have won five games in a row. cc sabathia is as good as he's ever been. they could win the division. a great august and september with these teams. >> mike says possibly great october because you say the team everybody needs to look out for -- >> the texas rangers. >> the texas rangers have found their groove. >> cardinals and brewers. they up a lead. albert pujols drilled in the hand. check it out again. right off the hand. he shook it off, though and stayed in the game. kanls cardinals retaliate. next pitch he's a bit more accurate, throws one into his back. back-to-back pitches. top of the 11th inning, berkman singles. milwaukee still 2 1/2 games up. >> why don't umps after the pitch is thrown inside and missed why don't they go out and talk to the pitcher because you know they will throw right at them. >> they warn both benches. >> a warning. >> if he issues the warning -- >> you got to give a w

i contacted the director of player development, former general manager of the boston red sox. and i got him on the phone and basically said, hey, dan can, i'm kind of jewish, i played some professional baseball, i think i'd be a good fit for the league, and he made me fill out a resumÉ and said you're hired, essentially. so i was training for months after school with the baseball team, i was training with the guys. i left the day after school, and i would get home two weeks into the start of the school year, so sandwiched perfectly right in between. [laughter] i mentioned that it was kind of like bull durham and tel aviv. somebody said i should have named the book shekel ball. [laughter] just to kind of zoom out a little bit and give you guys a little bit of context, we had six different teams. jersey right down here, that's my jersey that i wore in the league. we were the tel aviv lightning, six, seven team, the blue sox, all kinds of stuff. [laughter] the miracle, all kinds of different teams. i'm going to talk about that in a second. so we had six teams in israel attempting

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they win, what about the red sox. another great game at the stadium.r his 200th career win. deep to right. homered in four straight games. here is the story. tie game. bottom of the ninth. guess who? jacoby was tuesday night's hero. a home run to center field. it's the bomb. the winning hit for the second night in a row. boston wins, 4-3. simmons made the argument he could be having a good season. what do you think? >> he's remarkable. he keeps playing like this, he's going to get votes. >> you can make a strong case this year he's been the mvp of that team. go to situations like that. >> what is wrong with crawford? >> he's swinging seriously. >> you thought he would snap out of it after the first month, making adjustments. what's going on? >> i have no idea. >> what's wrong with burnett? >> can't find the plate. a day after pujols was hit, he descended his retaliation pitch. they threw at ryan brawn there, hit him in the back. they were talking about it yesterday. >> they tried to throw it in. it's a very dangerous pitch. i don't want to hear about i

the red sox. we're one game up. i have to tell you a quick story. i was speaking at the citadel, and that is a school in south carolina, military college. all the cadets sitting at attention. th look like they're were sitting at attention. i was telling jokes as i was getting my speech. when i tl a joke, there will look at the end of the aisle, they would not laugh. then i took questions from the audience. very prepared, sophisticated questions. then someone stood up and said, what you think about johnny damon have been traded from the red sox to the yankees? and everyone turned to see would ask such an important question. and i said, it proves only one thing -- we all hate yankees. that got a laugh. please. >> i'm eleanor. if you become president, i would like to know what you do about the 12-20 million illegal immigrants in this country who are contributing to that? [applause] >> thank you. good question. it's an important question. a little story. i think it was four years ago, i was in san diego at the border with mexico. we have a big fence the

. >> presumably, you are up to speed on the red sox, red sox nation and all the other things that reallymocrat to run against scott brown? >> i'll do my -- i think it's important to stay up with all the teams all the time. >> that was elizabeth warren a month ago, promising our colleague, andrea mitchell she'll never say curt schilling is a yankees fan. we'll hold her to that. conservatives blocked the treasury official from leaving the new consumer protection bureau, but now she's announced a senate exploratory committee and tells nbc she'll make a final decision shortly after labor day. if and when she runs, she'll take the first republican senator to run in massachusetts in almost four decades. let's bring in our panel. jennifer, let's talk about elizabeth warren. this is somebody who is in the obama administration. it certainly looks like -- >> no one forms an exploratory committee on august 18th and says after labor day i'm not running. >> what do you make of her as a candidate, not just as an administration official? how will she wear? >> well, she has a lot of fans. she's very tal

red sox beat the a's 9-3. >> the little league world series down to the final four, montana against huntingtonnd it was all cali. california wins, get to play japan for the little league world title on sunday. >> a little preseason football tonight at the stick where the 49ers hosting the houston texans. they coach harbaugh wants to mix it up with the second team. gives him a chance to game the backups. and kaepernick. this will determine if 'harbaugh wants colin to be the main backup. >> i want to see guys be able to compete against the other team's starters, and that competitive environment. >> just something you have to be able to adapt to. you have to know who your center and is go from there. everytime you step on the field, doesn't matter who is out there with you. you have to be at your best. >> mike: pga tex texas cup playoff, 125 players at the barclays. the field will be cut to 100 and it was shortened to 54 holes due to hurricane irene. new jersey, a little damp. snedeker birdies his first five holes then rolls in a long one on 7. a 61 sends him into the clubhouse with the lead. dus

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yankees now a game and a half back of the red sox in the al east. indians hosting the tigers and jiminez making his home debut, and it was a good one. jiminez going wide. he struck out six. eight innings of work. indians won it 10-3. they trail the tigers by two at the al central. >>> off to baltimore. the white sox needed ten to decide a winner. no worries, nolan came to the rescue with the walk-off two-run homer in the baht of the bottom of the tenth. orioles won it 6-4. >>> the streak continues. a base hit in 31 straight times. atlanta over florida 6-2. >>> to soccer is and the u.s. facing rival mexico in a friendly. u.s. coach making his debut for team usa. down 1-0. roger scored late to tie it 1-1. the americans had a chance to take the lead, but watch what happens. rogers pulled down by a player from mexico on the breakaway. a yellow card was issued. perhaps it should have been a red. tough break for the men with the game ending in a 1-1 tie. >>> wild finish. down one in the ninth. tampa bay ripped it off the wall and scored the tying run. it