red sox are three hours behind us. ramirez, this shot here helped to build the r that carried all the way into the eighth inning but in the bottom half of the eighth inning seattle it this red sox with five runs. three came from robinson cano. a guy who used to torture the red sox when he played for the yankees. andrew bennett, who was brought up yesterday by the red sox, wasn't supposed to play last night, got up twice and went down in the ninth on three pitches. red sox lose 5-4 the final. >> now it's time to start in august. the red sox are two games behind the orioles. sandwiched between them are the toronto blue jays, yankees and tampa bay following behind. we also have to start paying attention to the wild card. right now, it's the toronto blue jays and the red sox, but right on the heels, tigers are only half a game behind the red sox in the wild card hunt. houston and seattle in the hunt as well. happy birthday, happy number 39. >> how do you think he's spending it? >> he's 39 years old. >> isn't that >> practi

red sox fans leaving with ious. the bobblehead blunder that's has fans perplexed. >> so i'm hoping to get here a little early and get myself a that's the look of >>that's the look of disappointment. and this is why. two versions of the david ortiz bobblehead. the expected version on the right. and what was actually delivered on the left. fans spot the difference right away. >> the color. they changed everything on it. does that offend you? >> yeah. would you be upset if you had a >> bobblehead like that given to you? yeah. >> really upset. the red sox "very unhappy" with >>the red sox "very unhappy" with how this portrays big papi calling the facial expressions, racially offensive. defective. enough for the sox to send them all back. >> if there was a flaw in one there could have been a flaw in a hundred of them. >> fans walking in got a card to get another bobblehead later. it turns out the bobbleheads are hand-painted. the manufacturer bda incorporated released this. we value our decades-long relationship with the

the red sox are speaking out about their decision to pull the promotion. do we get to see one of these actual failed bobble heads? . >>> we haven't seen stphe/ her here. they pulled them off the shelves. this excitement has been met with controversy because of the bobble heads. alot of people have been lining up here at fenway, gate b, alot of people have been looking forward to that. awe have a picture of what the promo looked like. the red sox head, supposeed to commemorate the moment when ortiz said that famous line "this is our blanking city "a few years ago. but people will not get that. the team's president said he decided to pull the bobble head because it was an inaccurate pour trail of david and he thought it would be offensive, racially sensitive. he went on to say if hs way, other people would as well so they decided not to have the bobble heads. >> we are here to see the game. we are here to see the yankees and the red sox, one of the things that sold us on the day was the bobble head. >> the fans deserve it. it's a big thing. i came from miami

with a grand slam. 5-4 red sox but an inning later, jackie bradley jr. was 3-4, hits a solo. his 22nd. sox up 6-4. in tazawa, and asking him to hold on to a red sox lead is like asking my wife to hold on to the credit card at the mall >> oh! mike: 6-6 tie. after a bunt, aaron hill, who was 0-20 hitting .193, singles in the event wling run and jackie bradley, an rbi double himself, making it 8-6 the heading to september, and looking at hanley, they are heading in style. >> mentally, nothing can hurt. you've got to be, you know, tough, mentally, go throughout and get everything you've had for 27 hours. >> the team is very resilient. try to find any way we could to win. and we have enough -- get a mike: keep in mind, toronto plays at baltimore tonight. baltimore wins this, the sox are only game out. toronto wins the sox will be two games out. the wild card, the sox and the orioles are your teams right now but detroit won today. only half out. houston won, only 1 1/2 out and the kansas city royals, three out. the yankees only 3 1/2 out. those two teams will p

there for a red sox surprise ray little lowell boy partying it up with big papi. boy won a contest but didn't know the sox star would show up for the fun. >> anchor: as usual big papi crushed it and what we mean is he crushed a pinata. brandon gunnoe was at the event. the only reporter there. you are so lucky. tell us about it. >>> i was also the only reporter to stand in front of big papi when he decided to smash said pinata i don't i think that was a brighted. it was a once in a lifetime moment for a boy and his favorite player. >> anchor: you could call it the surprise after lifetime. michael santana and his grandfather got to meet big papi before tonight's game. >>> i don't know, amazingness. >> reporter: dominican born boy is one of papi's biggest fans an got the chants to meet him after winning jet blue's party with papi contest. >>> you want me to show you how to swing at this? come on. >>> of course ortiz give the by pinata for mike rational and his friends that had a party on the field at fenway. >>> what did you think of his swing? >>> awesome. >>> after

kathryn. >> thanks so much barry a lot to keep an eye on. >>> a strike out for a red sox promotion. team management pulling a david ortiz bobblehead. they thought it appeared racially insensitive. >> they are trying to make things right with disappointed fans. we have the story from fenway. sox versus yankees but it was about more than the game. it was supposed to be david ortiz bobblehead night. instead, the give away was canceled. >> disappointed but i know they will make good. >> reporter: here's the bobblehead in question the likeet inness red sox say is unacceptable and not appropriate. >> they probably made the right move. >> reporter: you think that could be construed as offense knife i do. >> reporter: is that offensive to you. >> not to me i was people a bobblehead. >> they probably made a mistake at the plant when they made them. >> reporter: the company that manufactured the bobblehead says we value our decades long relationship with the red sox organization and its decision to postpone tuesday's david ortiz bobblehead give away. we are currently working closely with the r

the red sox up 1-0 in the 4th. a base hit, the first major boston. to do to 1 red sox in the 4th. bases loaded. rbi double, dodgers up 3 checked 2. l.a. led 6 checked 2 at one point and then the red sox rallied. mookie betts smacked into left. a great slide into play. and the runs. followed by henrique hernandes. that's your final. they finish their 11 game road trip 5-6. >>> reporter: saying goodbye to a rod. alex rodriguez announced his retirement today. he will play one last game at yankee stadium on friday and then call it quits. his final four games at fenway park starting tuesday. we will hear from the polarizing slugger on sports final beginning in just a few minutes. >>> reporter: in connecticut, final-round action for the pga travelers toward. a 1258 today. that 58 is a new pga tour record. travelers donate $50,000 to the charity of his choice. final-round at 68 -- 58. a tough put on 18. game over. russell knox is your winner. that's sports for now. sports final coming up. >> if shot a 58. granted, it was on nine holes. >>> familiar faces joining thousands of cyclists for

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number 24 of the year for mookie betts, 2-0 red sox. dustin pedroia, five for six. his rbi started in the second. >> here's the pitch in and mike bettes hits another one. and it's gone. three-run homer, mookie betts. ready for the 1-1. down by the pesky pole. mookie betts it's the poll, two- run homer. >> 9-0 red sox. that was enough for rick porcello. seven strong innings, three hits and four strikeouts. to start 12-0 at fenway. he is 16 -3. another goes off the billboard and back onto the field. three homers and three at-bats. career-high rbi in his second three run home game of the year. the only other red sox player to accomplish that is ted williams. >> finally able to just swing the bat righ the last couple days i had been swinging rides and swinging good pitches. so much different things. today, i came in early and got back in a groove. >> last week, the same spec this week, the bears. if you haven't gotten up to training camp yet, these three workouts are your last chance. practice is at 1:30 pm monday through wednesday. after two days off, the patriots were

a sprain, no straourt/ damage and the red sox hope he will be back at sox hope he will be back at some point >>> something you don't plan on, it's unfortunate that it happened. trying to get as healthy as possible as pweubg/ ry as i can and there. >>> 250 pounds, pwhrupb/ going high hurdler on the defender to get the first down. big one for the pats, big one for blunt day. >> red sox, royals. orioles drop another game to the yanke yankees. that's s td bank's new intern, bart, we're training him to bank human. uh-uh, bart? why are you winding the clock back? the clock stated 11:35 pm, but they are still working. the clock is fine. our live customer service is available all night, and all day for that matter. he's learning. at td bank we do things differently, like live customer service 24/7. bart: hello? hello! don't just bank, bank human. award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. >>> that is our time for tonight. we are so glad you were able to come by and join us. the tonight show is up next. >> wishing awe wonderful rest of this friday and a

the red sox are headed to tampa for four games against the rays. they didn't lose any ground in the standings. toronto had a lead but a two run homer from jose ramirez fronted the lead with a half- game over the red sox. bronze medal for the men's this was just the second marathon ever. the 41-year-old former that -- former boston champ finished 33rd, losing his footing as he crossed the finish line but had some fun with it doing a few push-ups along the way. >>> the u.s. men's basketball won their third straight gold medal beating serbia by 30 points. it's their six gold in the last seven games. >> 26 miles and i'm going to do some push-ups at the end. >> it's 26.2. it's the point to that gets you. >>> coming up on wbz news, where the pops cooled off in hello! it's our new intern, bart's first week here at td bank, he's a robot from one of those other banks. we're training him to bank human. i am banking assistance & registration technology. wait, wait, wait. but you can call me, that is not protocol manager jenna. that's ok bart, it is here. at t

with 2 out of the 6, the red sox continue, a pair of runs on 4 straight singles. and handler ramirez a big night, 4 hits with a couple of 2-run doubles he's hitting 521 with 10 rbis. and the sox picked up some ground in the standings courtesy of a dramatic indians >> make another drive deep right field, thunder's back at the wall, can't make the play! he'll go all the way to 3rd! unbelievable >> good stuff, an inside the park walkoff home run for qu allowing the red sox to climb within a half game of first. >>> it will be at least sunday, maybe monday before we have a chance to see tom brady in person and maybe find out just what happened to knock him out of last night's game with the bears. bill belichick said all three quarterbacks would play, but brady was never seen on the field, even for warmups. reports surfaced he had cut his thumb with scissors, reportedly lisle while working on his cleats. the coach said again it was his an accident occurred and tom will be okay in time. we'll see. >>> meanwhile a disappointing day for the bruins and their fans as free ag

red sox taking on the yankees pitch at 7:00 10 near 80 degrees. this system is the front edge of more humid air. clouds will be on the increase overnight. there could be a shower towards early tomorrow morning, with more humidity, 6 62-68 and through the day, tomorrow, a mix of clouds and sunshine. emphasis on the clouds to start the day and scattering of showers and thunderstorms. muggy, temperatures between 79 and 84 and then for thursday and friday, it's about the heat and the humidity, temperatures will feel like the upper 930s to around one hundred. going into the weekend, there will be a front, 930s on saturday, 70s on sunday, showers and do you remember pours. see you at 5:30. >>> now, let's jump into the olympic zone, nate abner playing rug bion an international stage. rug bi. he said he is happy he can h team u s a on the field. >> he is getting tons and love and support from home. nancy chen spoke to abner's mother. >>>reporter: special teams monster 4 new england patriots and he is hoping to go the distance in his first love of sports,

the red sox in a bit of a slide. we will head live to fenway for a at the the lincoln summer invitation sales event it's time to relax. from the moment you take your foot off the brake, the brake stays engaged and you stay put. taking the legwork out of stop and go traffic. and even hills. during the final days of the lincoln summer invitation sales event. lease a lincoln mkx for $349 a month or get 0% apr for 60 months >> bri: most ofs on any rain yesterday. the dry month continues for us. this could end up as the driest summer on record. we are very close to that top spot. we only have a few days left in the month of august before we close the books on meteorological summer. we are sitting at 3.92 for boston. that is just .05 from that number one spot. we have slight chances for that rainfall. hit and miss monday. hit and miss again as we get into wednesday. scattered to isolated showers and storms on the way. high pressure is in control right now. sinking, subsiding air keeping things nice and dry. sunshine stayin

the red sox are two back. the red sox hold onto one of the wild-card spots. detroit and toronto have the others. mark texiera is retiring. he is 36 years old. he is in the final year of an eight-year, $180 million contract. wanted him to play first base before he signed with the yanks -- with the yankees. he is one of the few free agent they didn't get. the yankees in here starting tuesday. watch these guys. what's what they did -- jumping over cars. there they go, 1, 2, 3. they cleared completely. i'm going to let you see it again. they have more in the end. they could have cleared and other car. they cleared all three cars rid no, no, one more time before we go. there s,they rolling keep on go. i'm going to let you in on something, heather. that is wankum and me when we leave. heather: that is me in six minutes. it is friday after all. time newscenter 5 at 7:00 and 11:00. hi, maria. maria: i don't blame you at all. how one power company is turning the desperate search for an outlet into a business. and a new program about much more than just pets. we will s

the red sox win it 8-3. price picks up his third straight victory. >>> coming up tonight to sports extra, we're back following hiatus from the we're digging deeper into the first free season games. we're in the house to break it down and we have a weekly sit down with john farrell. that's tonight at 11:25. the pats take care of business with jonathan freeny inking a contract extension. he would have been an unrestricted free agent at year's end. that's it for sports. have a great day. >> jennifer: coming up on tnz, last weekend in the month of august. chris lambert as a look at the rest of your sunday forecast. >> kis: can you believe september is around the corner? the kindness of strangers on display in a missouri restaurant. the gesture that has one mother fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means in the time it takes mr. wagner to pour a 20 oz. cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. and right now, get

anchor: within a span of 18 hours the red sox lost a pair of one run games to the last place rays and also learned they will be without their rookie phenom for at least the next two weeks. tampa bay sends the sox back to fenway on the short end of a 2-1 11 punch outs. the loan run of the game came on a sacrifice. the red sox had the bases loaded. two batters later he hit a double play hitting the threat. evan longoria was on base. they pulled the sign off. what does he do? he doubles. hard to believe. two to one baseball game. all eyes focused on big papi. that was a one-to pinch. the next, there is your game. that is how it ended. they finished the road trip 7-4. earlier in the day the 15 day sprain. it was inconclusive. the red sox want to get him back here and have the doctors give him another mri and examine him before they make a diagnosis. john pharaoh said he hopes to have him back to the end of the year. the standings look like this. toronto will play the angels. toronto wins. the orioles have t max tonight. wildcard standings look like this. the tigers won again this afternoo

the red sox went on to lose 3- 0. big papi talked with reporters about possibly playing t >> what future? the future is right now. no more future, buddy. i ain't playing no more after this season.>> reporter: golf. connecround action. unbelievabl drivers will donate $50,000 to the charity of choice. how about russell knox? here in his first pga tour finished -14 to finish the travelers. he had to make a tough hard to finish off. there you go. that's sports for now.>>> jumping the shark, next >>> jaw-dropping video from a fisherman who realized there on his line. he captured this video of a shark jumping out of the water several times. he said the shark was well over 500 pounds and gave a great show but eventually broke off e on his way. i don't think i want that. >> are you kidding me? >> throw it into the ocean. >>> we're looking at a beautiful sunday night. >> gorgeous. temperatures overnight in the mid-60s, beautiful monday 860 and still pretty low on humidity. we crank up the heat tuesday, down wednesday with a ch

. >> i went to the red sox game yesterday after being home 2 days and went to visit the gym and it's been really crazy. it's been a hectic last couple of weeks but it's been a lot of fun. >> anchor: after enjoying the recognition from the hometown, she took a moment to thank those right in her own home. >> i want to thank my parent. they're in the room with me now for all their support. i'm sorry for putting them through the stress. at the mtv music video awards tomorrow night. >> reporter: coming up in the forecast, this week starts out summerlike and wraps up with much more of a feel of fall. we'll get to all the details ? ? one day a rider made a decision. the decision to ride on and save money. he decided to save money by switching his motorcycle insurance to geico. there's no shame in saving money. ride on, ride proud. >> the last weekend of august and this is how it should be. the upper 80s for some and it was coolest along the coast line because of the sea breeze that came in during the afternoon dropping those temperatures to the mid70s. we'll show you that because tomorrow w

the red sox take the lead and it's andrew benedetti. they review it with a rbi double. the method home against arizona. walker continuesthe hot streak . in the seventh. it's a two run triple. arizona goes on to win at 5/3. texas rangers had to retire because doctors are giving enough clearance with a neck surgery. let's according to an unnamed source. american swimmers continue to dominate. the most i can decorated olympian in history. 4/100 of a second! the 20th metal. he would later win has 21st. he on dry land, the women's gymnastic team have the gold-medal and the all-around competition with a silver metal by the women seem. >> they say that team could have been the best to ever play in the olympics. >> some people say this is even better. >> and give her a much. ?stay with us. from "fox 5 news" this is "good day wake up" >> some folks may need an umbrella. looking at spotty showers and am already started. it's very muggy outside. forecast, coming up. >> three firefighters are in critical condition. they were her fighting a fire in the bronx. we have a live report c

a mistake forcing the red sox to live at fenway with reaction. sean: a lot of disappointed fans wired to get their hands on those big papi bobbleheads. >> i saw that it was david ortiz bobblehead night. i was hoping to get myself a nice little bobblehead. >> they just canceled that. >> i am upset about it. the bobblehead. >> fans wanted to get their hands on the collectors item. they got a card and apology. the team hoped to get this version on the right. it was delivered this version on the left. can you see anything in there you do not like? >> yes. the color change, the lips. >> yes. >> he is unclear how many were made incorrect the. the team yanked them all. ticket holders can redeem their car for a fixed version at a later date. >> if there was a flaw on one there could have been a flaw on 100. i was going to come anyway. i would not want something that was not a quality product. >> fans about how they can get their bobbleheads. the maker of that bobblehead released the statement. we value our relationships with the red sox organization and

holliday firing down to aaron hill and they tag segura. >> what a play by the red sox. still price gave up a two run homer later in the inning. sox put down a co until ramirez hits the first of two three run homers for him in the game. one in the 1st inning here and another in the next inning. sox lead 8-2 after two and price really settled in. went eight strong innings to get the first win since the 10th of july and road sox get the win 9-4 and buchholz gets the start tonight again as the red sox look to make it two in a row. >>> well last night in new york a-rod's final game as a yankee. remember the final game ever. joe girardi sent him out to the field to play third base in the properly bid farewell. after a strikeout to begin the inning a-rod came off the field for a last time wearing pinstripes. his manager says not playing a- rod has been a tough decision for him and the emotions caught up to him after the game. >> you know, i think people -- some people think that i wanted to make negative decisions. but that's not the case. i have a huge heart. and -- this is th

the red sox win it tonight 2-1. halfway to a sweep, 2 out of two. >> the 2007 hiesman winner is giving baseball a whirl. showcase in los angeles next tuesday. people haven't played football since prior to the eagles season last year we talked about it at 11:00, kevin lemanowicz, watch the extension, the release... >> your best part about it is that -- >> the pink shirt? inside yeah. takes a real man to wear pink. >> pretty good. you owe me. sunshine some clouds, showers, early morning on friday night and through the weekend. >> we continue to follow that breaking news out of italy where a powerful earthquake has hit. this is video of an international news station covering the 6.2 magnitude quake. >> the merit of the town say fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. that's the power of fiber optics. and right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and dowloads speeds, tv and pho

when the ortiz them racially insensitive, and fans are disappointed. >> reporter: yes, a lot of red sox fans disappointed they didn't receive the were bobble heads -- the bobble heads, but a lot of fans also understand the decision, but a lot of discussion generated by this. the park was buzzing. sox versus yankees, but the buzz was about more than just a ortiz bobble head night, but the game was canceled. >> disappointed, but i know they'll make good. >> reporter: here's the bobble head in question, a likeness the red sox say is unacceptable and not appropriate. >> they probably made the right move. >> reporter: you think that could be offensive? >> i do, i do. >> reporter: is that offensive to you in any way? >> not to me. i was pretty disappointed. i mean, i don't get how that could offend people. just a bobble head of a city icon. >> they at the plant. >> reporter: the company that manufactured the bobble head said we value the decades long relationship with the red sox, and the decision to postpone the give away. we're working closely to make sure they receive a quality product. th

some say they are upset, others this is what the red sox thought they were going to be giving away. many fans saw the promotion of their ticket and wanted one. bobbleheads were delivered and some were not in the same condition. this is an example of the actual bobbleheads that arrived. the red sox they they are very unhappy, saying that the facial expressions are racially offensive, but did not elaborate how. the bobbleheads are to the vendor to be fixed and say they would have been upset giving something like this. >> that offend you? >> yeah. they changed everything. it's the reason i came here. >> i came here from new york for the bobblehead. >> would you be upset if you got that? >> yeah. shaun: that men came all the way from new york. the team will be giving fans 76 at logan airport. cambridge is that 84 and then we eventually get to 90. laos it will be -- later on, it will be more humid, as temperatures fall to 70 in boston. this represents very humid and have an opportunity for ground to showers and thunderstorms. during the morning, the clouds quickly. late morning is the be

red sox beat the rays -- 6-2. their way to tampa for two days of joint practices over at 1 buc beginning this morning. then on friday they will take it to raymond james stadium for game three of the preseason. >>> indy circuit had to finish in pocono because of weekend run. rossi's car goes on top of castro nevess's cockpit and it was a scary moment. elio was fine, walked away from the accident and will ended up making his way to victory lane. unbelievable. that's your morning sports update. enjoy your day. >>> 4:50. if you watched "hard knocks" on hbo you know los angeles rams defensive end will hayes doesn't believe in dinosaurs but does believe in mermaids. turns out the team's move to the west coast paid off big time for hayes. remember this conversation here? closer to mermaids here on the west coast. >> it could be a mermaid. you find different species in the water everyday. >> he really believes in it. a mermaid showed up in practice yesterday with a sign reading "mermaids love will hayes." he rewarded her

one of them includes replacing the famous "pesky pole" - named after red sox great - johnny pesky. an architect says the new version will look just like the original - but will be solid and up to code. another change - the big "cumberland farms" sign in right field will be replaced with a gi screen. but some fans don't like that idea. "my seat faces the field. i see green, i see the ball players. and if i want to see video, i know where to find it." the red sox also plan to replace the bullpen field with a removable wall - and add seating and a bar to the right field grandstand. the red sox also asked permission to move both dugouts three and a half feet closer to the field in order to add 124 more seats around them. needs more time to review that change. here in las vegas... the final site recommendation for an n-f-l stadium could come by the end of the week. the southern nevada tourism infrastructure committee is meeting tomorrow morning.. and on the agenda is the las vegas stadium proposal. the committee plans to review and discuss potential stadium funding and legislative optio

tommy lane coming out red sox bullpen. play of day brought to you by xfinity. >>> dream team 20 touring olympic my injury wra. they are ready half court hook up alley oop watch out lob city. coming jordan throwing down our play of the day. the red sox playing a late west coast game at last balance they are scoreless in the sixth let's feed him to the sharks! squuuuack, let's feed him to the sharks! yay! and take all of his gold! and take all of his gold! ya! and hide it from the crew! ya...? oo. no! you all smell wonderful! i smell bad! if you're a parrot, you repeat things. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. squuuuack, it's what you do. that is our time for tonight. gh fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means that in the time it takes mr. wagner to pour a 20 oz. cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. and right now you can get 100 meg in

rays, red sox, i suppose you never know. in the third. red sox take a 1-0 lead. and high chopper over brad millers head. around second going to third. attempts the throw to third and this pass longoria. david ortiz goes from first to home. he's winded. 2-0 red sox. kevin, the liner -- comes on not much offense for either team tonight. a combined 25 strikeouts between the two clubs. rays fall 2-1 is your final. that's sports. >>> that's going to do it for us tonight. money, power, politics coming up next. >>> good day starting at 4:00 a.m. have a great night, >> announcer: the following is a paid presentation brought to by lift by sono bello. what do you dislike about your face? >> you know, i look in the mirror and i put on makeup and i would think, it's the best we can do, girl. >> i'm hugely an optimistic person. i'm "the glass is half-full." i'm not an angry person, but to other people. >> i usually take a picture with somebody, you know, with my kids or whatever, so that the focus won't be on me. >> i always look like i'm scowling. i'm a friendly, outgoing pe

that's sports. >> anchor: a boston red sox fan making a splash. he caught a foul ball at fenway park and poured beer on his head to celebrate. take a look here. you can see him with the ball in his hand, smiling and yelling. then himself. >> anchor: it makes me wonder. you think he had a few of those before he poured that one on his head. >> anchor: i wouldn't want to spill a beer. >> anchor: that's like a $10 mistake. all right, 7 news at 0 clock introducing dunkin's new cold brew coffee, steeped slowly in cold water for small batches with an ultra-smooth, full-bodied flavor. america runs on dunkin'. 6:00. i am amaka u backa. >> anchor: i'm nick eons. we'll see you back at 7:00. the olympic zone starts at 7:30. here is a live look at the >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. reporting tonight from the olympic summer games in rio. >> good evening from rio. we'll get to all the olympic action here shortly, but first to the unfolding disaster happening right now in louisiana. unprecedented raining triggering what the governor is

plus we've got red sox. in a little bit trouble tonight brady big stories best in world playing quarterback maybe not best in world of sitting out. new hampshire college students are packing their backpacks and heading back to school. and thanks to kelly ayotte, along with the textbooks and pencils, many students are carrying more student loan debt. ayotte voted to cut pell grants and to raise student loan interest rates. because she sides with special interests looking out for their own bottom line, not our kids'. for new hampshire students and families, kelly ayotte is a heavy burden we can't afford. nea advocacy fund is responsible and now time for seven sports with trey daerr. >>> no quarterback has ever played in more super bowl only two other q.b.'s have no more wins no one in patriots history identify more than tom brady. number 12 truly one of a kind come friday. he will forced to walk away from new england fort brady going through final practice before his deflategate ban goes into effect on saturda

a run scores from second. 1-0 red sox just like that. top of the third now, 1-1. see you later. his 20th long ball of the year. 3-1 sox. same score, top of the fifth. he crushes this one to right. his 6thth of the season. -- 6th of the season. 5-1 sox. david ortiz into the gab. a run scores from first. making it 6-1. two run double makes it 8-1. david price solid. 6 innings, 4 hits and 1 run allowed. walk no one. struck out four. encouraging sign there. the rain came after the 6th inning causing a long ra it off. 8-1, 6th straight victory. matching the longest winning streak of the year. >> the blue jays. top of the fifth, 4-2 taunt row. his -- toronto. his first home run as a jay. 7-2 toronto. here is the standings. the jays have a one game lead over the sox. the orioles. football. patriots and bears wrapped up practice today with a walk through. good news, no fights. no fights. bad news, rob gronkowski missed his second straight day after a injury on monday. hoyer is now back up quarterback for the bears, spent three seasons baking up tom brady in new he rarely played. jimmy g

the yankees and red sox starting their series. this has added eyes on rodriguez will play at fenway park. joe girardi saide thursday nig. a-rod not that happy about not playing, but he certainly has an appreciation for the rivalry. >> it's been an incredible history, dating back to 1994 when i debuted it here. fenway, the fans are special, the rivalry, the rivalry here has been incredible, and 2004, through 2009, those are some of the most epic baseball battles that i've ever seen and long ones too. >> when considering just how important this series is historically, the red sox knew they would be hit with questions about a-rod and his legacy. john farrell not shy to chime in on what he thought about the game. >> everyone will have their opinion on that. i just know, this is an extremely talented player that was feared on the other side. he was certainly someone you had to plan around, or manage accordingly. so a prominent player in his time. >> now, meanwhile, in the midst of all of this, controversy surrounding the planned david

pole named after red sox great will be two fans spoke against the giant video screen. if i want to see video i know where to find it. >> reporter: 3 and a half feet closer to the feed in order to add 124 more seats around them. kind was there that push forward and. >> reporter: the commission says it needs more time to study that change and invited the red sox back to ask again. come opening day next season you also see a new field wall, some more sleet, and a bar in the right field grand stand. all part of the changes that outstanding changes. the red sox plan to go back to the landmarks commission to see if they can get those approved. reporting live at fenway tonight, i'm ted daniel, fox 25 news. >>> we are working for an all new story on fox news at 11:00. a high school athlete who molested two sleeping classmates learns his fate. the reason some are calling foul, and a robbery suspect faces a judge. the not so clever place he decided to hide. >>> i'm looking at this and thinking, boy, tropical storm gaston, that's not the way i wanted to start this weathercast. wi

about 80 degrees as the red sox start playing in less than an hour. nice high temperatures are coming up tomorrow. 80 to 85 away from the right on the shoreline. worcester, some of the elevated areas about 79. the lower elevation low to mid80s. right along the shoreline it looks like upper 70s will do it tomorrow. a nice looking day. there is a moderate risk of rip currents that's the important thing i want you to know about. otherwise an okay beach day in other regards. high pressure coming in and dryer air is with us overnight tonight and into tomorrow. now the next weather change will be in the midweek tomorrow we will see the cloud increasing on wednesday. late wednesday or wednesday night could be a spot shower or thunderstorm north and west. and then the front that is going to come through late wednesday night or early thursday may temporarily stall and give us a chance of a period of rain overnight on wednesday night or during thursday especially southeastern mass and the cape. after that the cool air will over spread the region by the time we

it cost the red sox a game tonight. shame on them. they lose it to the rays 4-3. leer the stang us now. the sox lost. sox could be in first place. baltimore witness tightening up and the yankees win again. only six games back. all right. great plays. we take you to pittsburgh. how that is? the short stop for the houston astros. watch this for the replay here. he can play the role of superman. st short stop. oh. the same thing. are these guys ath leathers what. fly through the air. oh. you bet ya. we take to you washington, d.c.? kate ledecky canceled the first pitch because five of the gold medals. she gives them to bryce. it becomes a coat hanger and fears the strike to home plate. on the way to sanford by the way. fat ryes made two move today. next tuesday, they traded center bryan stork to the washington redskins for a 7th round conditional draft pick and also released receiver nate washington first time we have seen gronk since a week ago upon day. remember, he took the helmet off. he walked of the field. he did not ply against the bears. he had practice sense

a tumultuous 24 hours for the red sox to say the least. again, tom brady most likely will play very little tonight. he could start one series. maria: i would not them to lose that game. ed: that hurt. time to flashforward. anchor: new tonight, a local family using their farm stand. then, hit by lightning while unloading groceries. the scary moments for this lied, not robbed at gunpoint. what is next. we show you the surveillance and the american military family and ed: of boston. it looks spectacular. anchor: there is water. there is the river. it is definitely low. we know that. the next real chances overnight. massachusetts public charter schools are among the best in the country. our charter schools are public, and we have longer school days with more personal attention. we have a proven record of helping students school access and result in more funding for public education. every parent should be able to choose the public school that's best for their child. announcer: vote yes on question 2. for stronger public schools. shaws and star

aaron hill hit his first home run with the red sox. but betts played hero hitting a home run in the 911th to set up kimbrough. his first night back from injury. red sox win this, final score keeping a relatively low profile. >> the patriots quarterback showed up at last night's hall of famer ceremonies honoring former teammate kevin falk. >> what's not very special tonight is one of the guys are law firm are your age. >> reporter: tom brady spoke for the first time since accepting his four-game suspension. surprising the newest patriot hall of famer kevin falk at his induction ceremony zbli thank you guys thank you guys for supporting us. we have the best fans in the world [ applause ]. >> reporter: and those fans tried to show their love for their can be, but tom wouldn't have it. >> chanting ] >> thank you guys. no this is for kevin. >> reporter: yes the night was falk who played 12 seasons with brady here in new england. >> what a pleasure to spend as many as i did on the back field as i did. >> reporter: he wore his number 12 shirt

yes, the red sox lookings to the mariners. david price with the start. they got on the scoreboard early with ortiz knocking in pedroia. sox lead 3-0 in the fifth. david price with four strike outs so far. and the orioles hosting the rangers right now, and it was all o's. four solo home runs, one from adam jones. the orioles spanked texas by a score of 5-1. here's the al east standings. the jays topped the astros, so sox currently in third place a half game behind the jails and a game and a half behind bank of america. before the game -- baltimore. before the game they called up an outfielder from port. he'll make his debut tomorrow time. he's shot up through the minor league ranks and now he's in the show. >> i'm extremely excited. something i've dreamed off since i was a kid, and to be here is unreal. >> >. i never made a timetable for myself. the only things i can control is to play hard and try to play well and win, so i was going to trust the process and the people that made the decision. i'm going out there and contribute the best i can. stick with

maria: red sox star david ortiz has a message for them. >> wake up. it's david ortiz of the boston red sox. get out of bed and get ready for school. your future is yours. maria: i love it. boston schools superintendent tommy chang says the gis you get a call from him, you have to go to school. the calls are free. middle and high school students will be able to sign up for the calls starting next month. ed: he could obviously do it in spanish too . mike: that is a cool idea. ed: he should call us when we have our afternoon nap. fios is not cable. we're wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. thanks for calling fios. this is ryan. you can't tell me this cord isn't in. yes, mr. mcenroe... see that cord? just plug it into the connector on the right. so you can clearly see what's in and what's out? oh absolutely. i like that. tech support that lets your technician see the problem over your smartphone. only from fios. dear fellow citizen, i know what it's like to live a full life. but living for today doesn't mean forgetting about tomo

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blue jays have a half game lead over the red sox. and the sox are of the orioles. on june 24th he strained his hamstring. he's been a a rehab assignment. he may have a tough time. the rookie continues to impress. the first major like run. and 18 games with the sox. >> just tries to put a good at bat together. >> thought i had a chance when i hit it. and when i saw j.d. stop running, i knew. >> so young, he looks like a kid but the kid is getting down. >>> >>> the cbs evening news is coming up next at 6:30. >> she's what is coming up. students return to school in miami as the zika zone grows. is there a better way to fight forest fires. how the lab expect could hold the answer. >> the most valuable thing in >>> marky mark and brady's bunch. making an offer that some of hi, i'm dominique wilkins. when you have type 2 diabetes, like me, there's a moment of truth. and with victoza?, a better moment of proof. victoza? lowers my a1c and blood sugar better than the leading branded pill, which didn't get me to my goal. victoza? works with your body to lower blood sugar in

the red sox say the figurines are racially offensive. this morning, the company that crafted them is responding. red sox fans leaving fenway park with i.o.u.'s and feeling a bit perplexed. here are the two versions of the david ortiz bobblehead. the expected version on the right. and what was actually delivered on the left. fans spot the difference right >> does that offend you? >> yeah. emily: the manufacturer bda incorporated released this statement. "we value our decades-long relationship with the red sox organization and its decision to postpone the david ortiz bobblehead giveaway. we're currently working closely with the red sox to ensure the team and its fans receive a randy: some of the top trending stories now, former nfl quarterback and current espn broadcaster tim tebow is looking to make a career change. he wants to play professional baseball. tebow has been training in arizona and la for the past year. he hasn't played on a baseball team since 2005 that was the year he was an all-state baseball player in florida when he was i

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the red sox looking to bounce back on friday and they had rick porcelo got the start and the red sox taking -- wasting no time and david ortiz with the first-inning monster shot. two-0, boston. 28 home runs, 95 rbi for poppy and we're in august. meanwhile, in the tripping, jackie bradley jr., another two- run shot number 21 and the red sox had 4- 0 lead. and rick made one mistake. a home run pink error error to martinez. and aside from that, they didn't have much luck at all. seven strong innings, four hits and two runs and win 17 on the season and with two out on the 6, they chased him with a fair of runs on four straight singles and make it 6-2, boston a couple of two-run doubles over the last six games and handily hitting .521 with 10 rbis and the red sox picked up ground in the standing and courtesy of a dramatic indians win over the blue jays. >> and to deep rightfield and back and can't make the play and off to the races and all the way to -- and the round. unbelievable! >> and how cool is that? an inside-the-park walkoff home run for the rookie. the jays with a 2-1 lead into t

he should be an upgrade of tommy lane coming out of the red sox bullpen. rich hill is on the move however it's not back home to boston. the dodger swing the deal with the a's to bring the 36-year-old to los angeles along with old friend josh redick. he hiller less represented his career battling blister and groin issues. still 9 and 3 with a 2.25 era and 14 starts on the year. elsewhere around the league the rangers push grabbing both jonathan luke roy from the brewers and beltran from the yankees. me working out a deal with the reds for jay bruce. back here at gillette stadium is the current patriots team gearing up for the 2016 campaign. franchise also taking imminute to celebrate the career of one of the grates in franchise history and a guy who up laid the foundation here in foxboro in kevin faulk. three time super bowl champion arriving in style to take his fame. also rocking a tom bradiers is gee faulk the team's all-time leader becomes the 25th patriot to don the coat and get the hall of fame treatment. maybe even more importantly than that how abou

the red sox have canceled tonight david ortiz bobblehead night. heather: we have the details at fenway. reporter: i just spoke to several upset red sox fans. you can see a lot of them behind me. th that they will not get the david ortiz bobbleheads today. this is the promotion picture. it was going to be given to the fans today. this is the actual bobblehead that was delivered to fenway. the red sox say they are very unhappy with the portrayal, saying the facial expressions so they will not be giving them out to fans. they are going back to the vendor to be fixed. >> i think it is the right thing to do. my personal opinion. i was going to come anyway, but i would not want something that was not a quality product. reporter: the fans will be given a card to redeem those expelled. they will have -- six bobbleheads. we will have more information after the game. heather: thank you. the men of accused this afternoon. ed: we will go to todd kazakiewich right now. reporter: during the attack, the defendant allegedly told the victim he saw her shopping hou

red sox now... after signing a 217 in the off season. price actually struggled for much of this season, but he finally earned his paycheck last night. the rays bats just couldn't connect. price went eight innings... without giving up a run. out this ?amazing catch by red sox rookie "andrew benintendi" in the bottom of the eighth. steven souza ?thought he had a home run to left field... but benintendi ?dives over the wall to catch it. the rays finally scored in the ninth, ?after price left the mound. evan longoria got a two run homer. not enough though... and boston wins 6-2. both teams at it again tonight at 7-10. the troubles keep coming for olympic swimmer "ryan lochte" ... after his gas station tussle in rio. all four of the companies that sponsor him, ?dropped him on monday... including speedo, gentle hair, and air weave. the fourth sponsor... ralph lauren... says it won't ?renew it's deal with lochte, which was only for the olympic games. speedo not only dropped lochte, its also donating lochte's 50 thousand dollar endorsement fee t

. >>> the red sox in rest. but the biggest story for no reason, tom brady injured before ed tom brady was slated to play but apparently he suffered a thumb injury, sliced his thumb was trying to clean off his cleets, changed the game plan a little bit as the patriots hosted the bears. hall of famener the house, hammond and christian jacob, they had a good time this week practicing together. the pats had some work to do down 11-0. first pass, picked off by cyrus jones. 6:00, told you to watch him. look what he did. brings back the interception to 15. a couple of plays later, gap employee gets one and eric blunt plows one in making 11-9. grab employee trying to get one of the new guys involved. -- ga rap employee. alan branch has been suspended for a couple of days. a violation of team rules. training camp did wrap up yesterday. we'll see when branch returns to the practice field. he was not in the stadium tonight. >>> the red sox arrived at detroit at 3:30 in the morning and they were in it till the bitter end t

the red sox would come back to innings later. david ortiz -- and a homer. that is for behind jimmie foxx and six behind the make. 2-1 socks. 3-1 sox. and up the middle, no problem. getting the runner easily at first base. and through -- throwing 28 pitches. that is a lot to take. that is after he put runners on first and second with nobody out. on their way to baltimore and they go to detroit. in detroit tonight has -- had a cup in his hand. what they are trying to do is capture it playing mantis. they had another praying mantis and they won five and one. they need a new one. what are the odds you will find another praying mantis in two ballparks? let's take a look at the standings. very important this time of year. orioles and blue jays are tied for first. they are not going away. wild card look like this. one of the orioles -- the blue jays and the red sox right now are the wild-card team. seattle and detroit to an half games. ed: they have from boston to cleveland to detroit. harvey: they will be going through a different -- a lot of different kinds of we