>> yeah. >> ryan: okay?is waistband? >> no. i would have never given him a ride. >> ryan: you know, and obviously, he's not in his right mind, and if he had decided to pull that gun... >> we would all be dead. >> ryan: yeah. well, somebody would be dead. >> you know what? i would never give him a ride. i didn't know he had a gun. >> ryan: i hope you understand. and the next time a stranger... >> i... this... i learned my lesson. >> ryan: ...wants you to give him a ride... >> i won't give him a ride. >> ryan: you need to be very, very careful, 'cause, like i say, you're ultimately responsible for everything in your vehicle. he wanted to talk to me, and i couldn't hear him because of the wind, so we asked him to step out, and we started visiting, and he wouldn't turn and, uh, talk to me. he kept turning his back to me as he was talking. i asked him if he had any drugs, and he shoved his hand into his pocket, so we went ahead and handcuffed him. >> put your feet in there. >> can you guys please not take me to j

here's ryan mallett loading and firing far side. strike to adams and again that long throw all of the way to the other side of the field >> todd: did you see how shet his feet that time? he sidestepped some rush in the pocket. vet his feet and then was able to step into this throw and deliver a strike. watch. little sidestep and all kind of arm to make that throw. but when you're backing up or throwing off the back foot, hard to be consistent. >> brad: five touchdowns for ryan mallett. real go over 400 yards passing by himself at this point. not here. to smith, almost snapped it out of there, nine yards, brandon boykin holding on for dear life with marcus dowtin. >> todd: of mix of how ryan mallett ended up here, perfect fit for bobby petrino and his offense. bobby petrino is a guy who likes his quarterback in the shotgun but also like him to be under center and running plays and do play action. he did a lot of that, ryan mallett did, at michigan and he was well coached. scott loeffler the quarterback coach did a great job with him.

here's ryan mallett loading and firing far side.rike to adams and again that long throw all of the way to the other side of the field >> todd: did you see how shet his feet that time? he sidestepped some rush in the pocket. vet his feet and then was able to step into this throw and deliver a strike. watch. little sidestep and all kind of arm to make that throw. but when you're backing up or throwing off the back foot, hard to be consistent. >> brad: five touchdowns for ryan mallett. real go over 400 yards passing by himself at this point. not here. to smith, almost snapped it out of there, nine yards, brandon boykin holding on for dear life with marcus dowtin. >> todd: of mix of how ryan mallett ended up here, perfect fit for bobby petrino and his offense. bobby petrino is a guy who likes his quarterback in the shotgun but also like him to be under center and running plays and do play action. he did a lot of that, ryan mallett did, at michigan and he was well coached. scott loeffler the quarterback coach did a great job with him. >>

ryan howard is one of them. i do believe ryan howard is one. he was rookie of the year in '05. >> ryan howard and frank howard? >> wonder if albert pujols. >> i don't think, he was not an mvp. he kept losing out the barry bonds. >> it took pujols 6 years to win an mvp. bonds was taking all of them. that's a good one. rookie of the year, then mvp. mike piazza? >> lee get as head in the 0-2 quickly. he got rid of willingham in a hurry. he was 0-2 before you could blink to dukes. when he goes 0-2 he pounds you inside. he did it to zimmerman. this is the same pattern, as what happened to zimmerman, 0- 2, 2 fastballs on his hand and see if he pulls the string on him here. >> a curveball, 79 in the dirt? >> or a straight change. >> that was 85, got hit along the way. >> he gave him a fastball, in that count. and i think he was looking breaking ball, but as they say, i've said this before. he has some of the quickest hands in game. takes that 85 after keeping it back for fastball and adjusts. >> and lee probably missed his location there. that was the

breaking ball, ryan waited for it. sounded like he broke his bat. >> rob: he did. >> bob: and it's out of play. into i need some new lumber! >> bob: we've spotted another souvenir-taker. >> rob: come on, give it to a kid. give it to a kid! >> bob: maybe he has one at home. >> rob: those were out favorite things in the -- >> bob: so pedro up to 89 because of willie harris's long at bat to start this inning. he's gone long again. here is 3-2 to zimmerman, and a good at bat for ryan. >> rob: that was a beautiful at bat. the hitters this inning are pretty much almost getting pedro out of this ball game. >> bob: that's his first walk of the night. he has hit a batter. for the most part, pitching to contact, with just two strikeouts. we'll see in adam dunn can figure out this kitchen sink and all of its parts that pedro keeps throwing at them. starts him with a fastball. >> rob: guzman came into tonight hitting .375 lifetime off pedro, 9 for 24. >> bob: 10 for 27,000 with an rbi hit. big, slow breaker. >> rob: well, he's goi

see if you can hit it and ryan couldn't and he's an excellent fastball hitter. this is one of the best in the game. fifth in wins right now. he's in the top 15 in e.r.a. >> bob: here is adam dunn. adam hitting at .281. >> rob: apologize. he's 11th in e.r.a. >> bob: about 30 feet into right field. and dunn goes high in the air to left that. ball slicing away from chris coghlan and it disappears! home run, adam dunn! two nights in a row with an opposite field home run. that's about as short as you can hit one in this ballpark. the nats have two on the board. >> rob: he knows himself than anyone else. i asked him about the home run he hit. he said sometimes they come. sometimes they come in bunches. he is not worried about getting to that 40th home run probably as much as we are. number 37. he is just so strong. this guy just blew away ryan zimmerman and then hawk comes up and takes him opposite field. >> bob: first home run josh johnson has given up in his last three starts. willingham who has many a home run here. i guess that makes up for the fly balls you can h

jim leonard follows rex ryan to new york. dejuan landry, will he be able to mentally play after this spinal cord concussion? that's always difficult. and the big issue here, and you hit it right on the head, is this team losing rex ryan. he was that extension that ray lewis on the field, rex ryan, their connection. all eyes are on getting madison. he switched this defense. they're now running a four-three. they're still going to come with the organized kay yachts, but i don't know what the hole is in this defense yet. i don't think anyone's really going to know until maybe week two or week three. but every defense has a hole. i know that ray lewis prides himself and prides this defense on stopping the run. i don't think they will lose anything in stopping the run this season. maybe it will be the d.d.s. who knows. but all eyes are on greg madison. it will be interesting to see if he can pick up where rex wryian left off. >> with joe flacco looking good, the ravens' defense holding tough, what's the biggest challenge this team

they've got to make ryan mallett uncomfortable. if they can't, they won't have say chance of stopping this offense. >> referee: jones, big safety, 6'2", 215 laid the wood to him and knocked that ball out of there. now third down and ten. only three of out ten in the season opener but 3 for 3 on fourth down in that season opener. flags on the field for the first time tonight. >> todd: now third and 15. >> referee: prior to the snap, false start, on the offense, number 73. five-yard penalty. remains third down. >> brad: ray dominguez, the tackling, bobby petrino in his second year, very successful at louisville, went to the atlanta falcons and back into college football last season, his first year, 5-7, only 2-6 in conference play but had some big wins and some close losses, so that's why they have the hopes for this season. mallett on third and 15, here they come, he's got to get rid of this one. jeff owens came right up the middle and ryan mallett was back pedaling as quickly as he could. >> todd: looked like ryan mallett changed t

ryan's third, up 1-0. and then ramirez, runners in scoring position. 1-1, bottom nine, ryan again.ohome run off of scales' glove again. this guy is pesky. >> what's their everyday shortstop. terrific defensively, gets a big hit here. the 13th walkoff loss for the cubs, the most in the major leagues. >> their magic number for clinching is number four. concern over the closer may be growing though. this is the third blown save for ryan franklin, blown five saves but he winds up with a win here. eight hits, eight scoreless for carpenter. but gets stuck with the no decision. chris car penter, still among the contenders for the cy young. carpenter's teammate in st. louis, adam wainwright has two more wins than any other. i'll give you a cy young candidate and make the case. tim, let's start with tim lincecum. >> well, it's really close, but i'm taking lincecum for what you said, bert. he leads the league in e.r.a. and in strikeouts. he's tied for the league lead with four complete games. with the giants they're 26 in runs scored this year. he hasn't got a lot of run support to work with

i think ryan franklin should get some votes.probably won't win, but he's done a phenomenal job his first full year as a closerrer as a cardinal. >> bob: how about that guy at the age of 36 in? >> rob: dave duncan helps you reinvent yourself. >> bob: he just got a new contract, too. is dave stewart where duncan started getting the attention? because he really turned him around. 0-1 to guzman. a swing foul that went down and got guzman. >> rob: in the ankle area. >> rob: getting back to the sinker. if a catcher can't make a nice pocket catch of it and it gets up in his palm, this guy just takes a beating. they come right back. i know a lot of them sometimes put pads inside the gloves. >> bob: he's got a batting glove on. >> rob: he has a batting glove. he's probably got a pad underneath between the batting glove and glove because no matter how much cushion, leather between you and a guy that throws like this, still go the going to hurt your hand. >> bob: when we were kids, we used to that thaib that irregular glove. we didn't have

and now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist ryan phillips with yo weather channel forecast. ryan, good morning, and i hope this is not a sign of what's to come. >> no, we hope not, lynn, but it's not uncommon for snows to fall in the rockies this time of year. now the first day of fall. most of the country, though, feeling like summer still. nasty storms moving into the lower mississippi valley. but the good news this morning, starting to see the rain shutting down here across northern georgia into the atlanta metro area. most everything holding off to the north at this hour. first thing this morning, though, eastern north carolina, wilmington, and up towards raleigh, over to greenville. first thing this morning, few isolated showers and thunderstorms, could see one to two inches of rain there, but otherwise a cloudy start to the morning. 69 in atlanta and savannah, tallahassee waking up with temperatures into the mid-70s. lower 90s with storms, and some locatio here across the interior of florida, nashville storms and 81, 80 in atlanta with stor

ryan braun and chase utley. 2-2. zimmerman drives it up the middle. >> rob: watch your lips. >> bob: on a 2-2 count he goes 2 for 2. adam dunn back with a man on base.   . >> rob: well they have been wearing out jm dm martin, why don't we wear out pelfrey. great swing, head down, drove it down.   . >> bob: almost as if the me while building a quirky ball park, made it bigger up the middle somehow. i'm pretty sure the dimensions are the same from ball park to ball park but it seems like there's tons of room there tonight. dunn takes one low and away.   . >> rob: it also makes you appreciate the range of guys like robbie alomar out at second base.   these guys have amazing ran going to the right, going back up the middle. frank did a great job. catcher, second base, center field. >> bob: and then back. >> rob: yeah. >> bob: dunn goes to left. circling behind it angel pagan >> rob: and he didn't ca

ryan. i think that's why on this issue of setting a level playing field amongst insurers where they're not allowed to keep out people who are sick, they're also not allowed to price people who get sick at an exorbitantly higher rate than other people, you know, insurers want to be part of that change because it does allow them to get back to trying to be will well -- about wellness and health care rather than trying to be about moderating risk. so i think in this we have allies. insurance may not like other parts of this bill, they may not want the public option, put pressure on their rates to come down, but there are a lot of other pieces here that they are partners on. i want to just, for example, one other example, mr. ryan, of where it's appropriate for the government to come in here and set new rules and you said it right here. if you don't want the government regulating health care, well then you've got to dial the clock back about 50 years or so. because the government right now not

ryan's third, up 1-0. and then ramirez, runners in scoring position. 1-1, bottom nine, ryan again. pseudohome run off of scales' glove again. this guy is pesky. >> what's their everyday shortstop. terrific defensively, gets a big hit here. the 13th walkoff loss for the cubs, the most in the major leagues. >> their magic number for clinching is number four. concern over the closer may be growing though. this is the third blown save for ryan franklin, blown five saves but he winds up with a win here. eight hits, eight scoreless for carpenter. but gets stuck with the no decision. chris car penter, still among the contenders for the cy young. carpenter's teammate in st. louis, adam wainwright has two more wins than any other. i'll give you a cy young candidate and make the case. tim, let's start with tim lincecum. >> well, it's really close, but i'm taking lincecum for what you said, bert. he leads the league in e.r.a. and in strikeouts. he's tied for the league lead with four complete games. with the giants they're 26 in runs scored this year. he hasn't got a lot of run support to wor

. >> bob: ryan zimmerman, the nats need to get him restarted, won for his last 11.   phillies pitching was  remarkable in that three-game series.   in that series against the  phillies the nationals did not score a single run earlier than the seventh inning in any game. two of their three runs came in the ninth inning. ryan sitting on 29 home runs. 10-year veteran. >> tim: minutes has the plate tonight with mark wegner, rick reed, the crew chief, and jeff kellogg on the bases. >> rob: you talk about good times, bad times, two starts ago against the cubs, his last start against the phillies, 6 innings, 10 hits, 8 runs, three home runs. . >> bob: zimmerman drives it to right. that ball is really well hit and it is over the orange line. >> rob: number 30. >> bob: there is number 30 for ryan zimmerman.   . >> rob: come on, throw it b we want it. >> bob: no disputed home run this time at citi field. and it's two for the nats in the first. >> rob: well this is just hard to hit it to right field out of this b

it's the third jack for ryan. st. louis up 1-0.ne, we're tied at 1-1 with runners on the corners. it is ryan, a grounder past a diving aramis ramirez. mark derose, come on home. cardinals with their 24th one-run win this season. as they bounce the cubs, 2-1. so with less than two weeks left in the regular season, magic numbers are shrinking mightily. none smaller than the cardinals' number, which is now down to four and counting. can cardinals could seal the deal early this week. phillies, magic number is nine, as is the dodgers. and the wild card-leading rockies, that magic number is 11. >> rex ryan has been known for dialing up some killer blitzes over the years. this week he was dialing up jets season ticketholders. ryan recorded a 70-second spot imploring jets fans to make life miserable for tom brady and the patriots today. probably not a lot of arm twisting necessary in that regard. and the jets do need all the help they can get. they've lost eight straight at home to new england. here's more on patriots-jets. >> i'm rachel n

come on. >> hey, ryan! >> hey, ryan! >> hey, ryan, how's it going? >> what's up, guys?ey, that's the new vacuum the answer man has been testing. >> that's right, and you're just in time for the next test. in fact, you are the next test. >> o.k., but what about the craziness in the backyard? i see a couple of dudes have been shoveling stuff out there for weeks. >> oh, all right, i'll tell you. well, the zero-maintenance warranty got me thinking about how much dirt we would vacuum up over 20 years, so i figured if we had a big house, you might vacuum up as much as one bag a month. so that's 240 bags in 20 years. so, to test how durable garry really is, i had tyler and his friends bring in 20 years worth of my special dirt mixture, o.k.? we dumped it on a white carpet, and i told him, "vacuum it all up with one garry." >> are you nuts? >> no, ma'am, i'm just looking for some answers. >> well, that explains why they've been going at it for days now. >> that's right, and we're gonna check up on them. with any luck, they're gonna finish in a little while. but maybe first, kat

jason snelling from matt ryan, pullback angle. ryan, 21 of 27, 220 yards, three touchdowns.e delhomme play was really good. this is really, really good. >> it's a dime exchange. great throw. great catch. >> eight catches, 131 yards. how many times you see guys trying to make that play, and they mess it up. you've got to force the action. that was the only interception he threw on fourth and ten. he had no other option. falcons hold on to win 28-20. bucs-bills. first ever meeting in buffalo for the tampa bay team taking on the bills. t.o.'s home opener. second quarter, bills got off to a great start. they got 17 first quarter points. t.o. is open. it's going to be a lovefest. >> he's the greatest wide receiver. >> what a great throw. catch the ball! >> great wide receivers make catch and throw. >> t.o. is not happy. not happy. he would get other chances. >> nobody is happy. >> like here. trent edwards going back to him. this one t.o. hauls in. another look as he beats the lead down the sideline. >> nice route. 1 out of 2 not good enough. better throw and catch. throws him ope

. >> here's ryan phillips from wtvj in miami with today's forecast. good morning, ryan. >> christina, good morning to you. a chance to dry out in the southeast. that's good news. though the flood warnings still continue in the atlanta area. this morning more showers building through the southeastern states. northeast yesterday, an increase in cloud cover. but we were able to stay dry. this morning, though, across the mid atlantic, an influx of moisture here. one to two inches possible again today. wilmington, myrtle beach, charleston, wet weather day ahead here in the mid atlantic states. clouds will be on the increase. fairly warm here in the northeast. mid to upper 60s for morning time temperatures. lower to middle 70s and muggy for more temperatures in the southeast. another morning and afternoon of storms in florida, central and south florida. but in the mid atlantic, mostly cloudy with highs in the lower 80s. that's a check of the regional forecast. now the forecast close to home. cleveland, ohio, good morning to you. an increase in cloud cover.

credit to kerry rhodes and rex ryan or blame to the pats? >> this is about rex ryan.s is the best story in the nfl right now. you know the giants have always ruled new york and they are still a real god franchis good . the fans are finally in it. he is calling season ticket holders and giving them a game ball. i never heard of that. and the defense was good coming in but they tweaked it. >> this is all about -- >> against new england and houston. >> i said this last week, there is something wrong with new england. the patriots are not the same. tom brady 41 passer rating on third down.ç 48 in the red zone. he was not çsacked, he was hurried but not really touched. he had time to make plays. he didn't make plays. i watched that game. he had every chance toç winç game and defensively they miss mayo up the middle. they really miss seymour. defensively sanchez a 110 passer rating against them. something is wrong in new england. the jets are a great team. new england is not the same. >> bill, you have a good argument but it is the wrong side of the argument. the jets o

from "true blood" on hbo, ryan kwanten is here.lented singer and songwriter. he either is or was one half of the raconteurs with jack white of the white stripes. his new album is called "my old, familiar friend". brendan benson is here. tomorrow night, the former governor of illinois, rod blagojevich is here. nick cannon is with us. and we'll have music from white lies. our first guest is a two-time emmy winner for her show "my life on the d list", a grammy nominee for her cd "for your consideration", and now, she takes aim at oprah with her new autobiography called "official book club selection". please say hello to kathy griffin. [ cheers and applause ] what did i do? what's wrong? >> not talking to you. this could be uncomfortable, i'm not talking to you. >> that could be a problem then. >> look, i just wrote a best selling book. >> yes. yes. congratulations. >> which has been chosen for the oprah book club. >> is that right? >> oh, maybe. [ laughter ] and i actually referenced you in the book and if you look in the index, you'r

ryan from wisconsin. the patients choice act would transform health care in america by strengthening the relationship between the patient and the doctor by using choices and competition rather than rationing and restrictions and seeks affordable health care for all americans. and there's the bill that you introduced, which i don't think you have spoken of, but it's h.r. 3400. we want people understand the difference. the empowering patients first act, to increase patients' control over their health care decisions by offering more choices and the highest quality available. we have comprehensive bills out there that do what needs to be done. but the speaker refuses to pay attention to those. as you said, the president refuses to pay attention to them. they are determined to control every aspect of our lives and taking over health care gives them the wonderful opportunity to do that. and i want to thank you again for leading this hour tonight and getting us on the right track on these issues. i yield back. m

ryan has though intentions of kissing that team's ring.ho would be king had another message for the pats. kiss off. rachel nichols reports. >> rex ryan says he thinks the patriots have the best coach in the nfl but he's still not backing down from his previous statement that he's not here, quote, to kiss bill belichick's ring. >> the thing is i'm not here to kiss the ring. we're here to play. we're not conceding anything a team standpoint. i'll concede he's a better coach than me. but that's it. people think that, you know, new england, it's a win for them. oh yeah? >> this is the patriots. this isn't jesus walking on the field. yeah, they've done some great things in the past, but this is us09. now, if anybody there is upset with me for what i'm saying, then they know where to find me at. >> you play a team, a program that might not be as strong one week, but in this league, there's -- you know, there's nobody that you can take a week off, especially this group. this rivalry, i mean, when you talk to, you know, any of the fans, just beat

ryan braun here, deep into center.yler colvin will make a home run-robbing grab or so it appears. let me see that one more time. that would have made it 7-4. the brewers only get one in the inning and the cubs win it by the score of 7-2. >>> still to come on "sportscenter," zack greinke can bring the heat. but can he bring home the hardware? we debate if he is cy young worthy this season. marion barber injured sunday night against the giants. will he play next monday night? here on espn against carolina. and the u. they have their swagger back. how coach randy shannon and a young q.b. has miami back in the top 10. - ( rock music playing ) - ♪ lights out... introducing bud light lime in cans. - ♪ shoot up the station... - the great taste of bud light lime - now goes wherever you need it to. - ♪ tv's dead ♪ where's there to run? darlin', don't got to worry ♪ - ♪ you're locked in tight - only the superior taste of bud light lime, with a refreshing splash of one hundred percent natural lime flavor, - puts you in the summer

good morning, ryan. as if the antlers didn't make the elk dangerous enough. >> reporter: throw in a little barbed wire and there you go. here in the east we've got a changeable weather pattern in place. nice cooldown in the east. southeastern states drying out. but the wet weather focus will shift to the middle mississippi valley on into the northern gulf coast states. high pressure, which has brought in wonderful weather in the northeast, starting to retreat. rain in the northeast but most will push offshore by the time we get things going. not looking for much in the way of travel delays across the mid atlantic or northeastern states today. still muggy in the southeast. 71 in atlanta. 74 in savannah. 70 right now in the big apple. overall today, we are going to see more clouds around and still very muggy in the southeast but dry after the massive flooding we've had in northern georgia near atlanta. 84 today and partly cloudy skies. 84, early morning showers in new york. and detroit and chicago looking

for matt ryan. nothing going to light up a fantasy league, two touchdowns. they are not brees numbers, but what they care about is next to the word falcon, 1-0. >> 19-7 and the wthat, is most important. >> indeed. atlanta defense looking strong. matthew staff ordagainst drew brees and the saints. new orleans can light it up. >> it is surprising this football team continues to throw the football so effectively with so many great coordinators out there. look at that, 45 points and the one thing i have to go to is the lions are one team, but once you play quality football teams you have to find a way if you are the new orleans saints to run the football. this is exciting and great stuff. i don't mean to rain on your parade in new orleans, great town and great fans. 45 points outstanding. when you get to crunch time, you got to be able to keep that ball away from outstanding offense. you got to be able to run the football and run it effectively. they didn't need that today. drew brees, i put him in the

she said, ryan, it's me, tatum, your daughter. come on, wake up, america! he admitted this, ryan. >> there's a big difference between that story and this story. >> there's no difference. these guys believe in this come live and let live, lay laissez faire. and what she father said was, oh, you've got to accept the fact that this is the kind of a lifestyle you live. are you crazy? >> jane, i've got to get in here. jane -- >> hold on. let's see the panel. let's see the panel. mark eiglarsh. >> thank you, jane. first of all, you've got dale archer saying bravo. you've got sliwa convicting him already. let me explain something, the only thing we know for sure is none of us will ever know for sure whether this really happened. that's number one. and number two, as i tell my jurors, when i'm raising questions about someone's credibility, there's a difference between believability and accuracy. so even if when you see this oprah interview, she looks believable, it may be entirely different whether she's accurate, whether this really did happen or whether it was im

please welcome from columbus, ohio, ryan larose. come on out. great to have you here.ven years. >> this looks delicious. what is that made out? >> that's practice. that's rubber. >> that's not cheating? >> that's not what we use. >> you're an acrobatic champion? >> yeah. the last three years. >> why don't you go ahead and we'll see what you can do. i'll stand back here so as not to be hit by pizza. here is ryan larose, the pride of columbus. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> wow. that's pretty great. ryan, thank you. beautifully done. our next one is from florida. here's sam neimeier. sam? >> hey, there what's happening, sam? how you doing? you seem like you might be a kid. >> yeah. >> how old are you? >> 12 years old. >> wow. how long have you been doing this? >> four years. >> you got put into slave labor? how did you get into pizza so long? >> actually, at the fair, i thought it would be fun to try it. >> you were right? >> very fun. >> you were a national champion? >> yes, for four years right now. >> wow, congratulations. what are you going to

the cardinals with a 3-2 won and then yesterday it was brendan ryan against marmol, a base hit and that broke a 1-1 tie. mark derosa scored and the cardinals with a 2-1 victory and now sunday night baseball, the last time the cardinals had three consecutive so-called walk-off wins was 9 years ago. at the beginning of september against the mets and, of course, the mets that year ended up in the world series, the subway series against the yankees. but for 3 days in the beginning of september, you wouldn't have thought so. maybe you recall. >> steve: i do those days. and the mets with the september swoon. and you saw marshall. coming out of the bullpen, as they added depth to the rotation. and lou piniella has call on him quite a bit this year. the left-handed batter and can get the right-handers out, as well. >> joe: and the cubs, it hasn't been the pitching. the earned run average last year, 3.87 and 3.89 at the start of the day so they have pitched well enough to win. just haven't hit with runners in scoring position. so it's more the offense than it is the pitching. >> jon: and a lot o

matt ryan, you've got a trail linebacker underneath, a safety over the top. there's a very tight to throw it to. look at gonzalez, extend, reach out, get that ball and knows how to finish with it, tuck it in, scoring a touchdown. that is one of those things, you just can't make that stuff up. that's the kind of presence that a tony gonzalez brings you. watch him coming off the edge at the tied tight end position, hand down. not only is the linebacker going to drop and try to cover and trail underneath, but also you'll get that safety over the top. what does that do? it opens up your for your running back. it's an easy completion there. look at the yardage right there. just chunks of yardage. another touchdown in the red zone. red zone scoring is so efficient for the atlanta falcons. lastly, you're going to look at gonzalez again in the slot right here. anytime you got him in the slot, that big body, that basketball skill, turns his back, basically blocks people out, what do you get up top? white who was a pro bowler last year, one-on-one coverage, he's going

ryan owens is in tejunga, california. tonight t firefighters brought out a jumbo jet that dropped more than 20,000 gallons of fire retardant on the stubborn station fire north of los angeles. while the air show is impressive, the grind of this frustrating firefight goes on in the steep ridges and canyons below. they are dotted with homes. >> we are the infantry. we go -- we go into the hottest parts and do what we can. >> shane paxton is the leader of what's called a hot shot crew. 22 men from the forest service brought in to help from tennessee. >> there are homes very close to us. how much danger are they in right now? >> a lot. >> you have houses right in the brush as you can see. it's all going to burn. the potential for it. you flflames and thohose homes didirt road. that's i it. firefighters stand guard on the road and wait for the fire's next move. >> we can't really predict which way it will go. it's going in ten different directions. >> the dirt road may not seem like much of a strategy but it's all these firefig

a., but so, too, is rex ryan.o bottom such a strong performance by the jets today. >> we were talking about with these teams that are winning are balance. being able to throw the ball. special teams. jets showed today that had all those factors working today. i think ryan's done a fantastic job. defense, that were flying around today creating turnovers. then the young kid at quarterback sanchez made it happen. 107 yards with the running game. jets, again, these are the teams that you look to that at the end of the season, they're playing like this. >> numbers that jump out at you are right there. andre johnson 4 catches, 35 yards. that's a pedestrian day for one of the great receivers in this league. then slaton 9 carries, 17 yards. rex ryan flying high with the jets. >> we're 1-0. that's where we expected to be. we knew it would be tough sledding against a good football team. but our guys were up to the task. offensive line, i think, played outstanding, you know? i don't think we gave up a sack all day. thought t

all right, merrill, rex ryan. >> let's get it on, baby. john: no wes welker, he's out. >> no welker, no problem, that's why they lost, correct? no! that's not why they lost. john: sanchez pressured and turns the ball over but they do get the ball back. >> the best thing sanchez has done when he's struggled early, he's responded during the course of a game. john: tom brady looked good. but reef vis held moss to four catches for only 24 yards. >> and that right there is the best corner in all of football right now. john: all right. second quarter, welker's replacement, julian edelman out of kent state. 98 yards and one big drop late in the first half. >> couple drops, but for the most part, played very well. john: back to the jets. look at sanchez, gets in the way of jarvis green. >> made a great block now, you know. you love the e6r9, but it was a great block, too. john: brad smith, great effort to get the first down. and there it is right there. >> rise and blow, man, rise and blow. >> 6'3", 285, not rex ryan, jarvis green. sanchez could n

i talked to ryan bpemberton. he said we have a lot of work to do.l pressure issue cured now but right now we have to work on our speed and getting up to par. >> one heroics for this 83 team to be able to get in the chase. we talked about the chase-saving maneuver, changing an axle on pit road in atlanta. this team had gone to tracks where they have not been very good in the past and not very good average finishes and somehow they have been able to throw history away and get it done here in 2009. >> looks like they're going to need to do it again. as you look down the bottom, 26.3 average for brian vickers. he will definitely have to pick that up. >> i think you have to throw that out the window because this is especially with brian vickers case, this is a race team that keeps getting better as they good more time with each other. >> you saw montoya above vickers, an average 22nd finishing position on one-mile racetracks. hard to believe this car that has been this good now can be that poor on a one-mile track. >> but guy back to something that makes

ryan howard leads off here in the top of the third. mock has gone 2-2 on him.uzman into the shift up the middle first time up. tried to serve one down the left-field line. something drew told me sticks with me, he pointed to area above his belt, he said the thing i found out, 96 right there is not as good as 92 down here and signaling down by the niece. >> rob: cheese at the knees or below. >> 92 is hard enough if you have movement on it. i talked to people around the ballpark who know drew, and everybody is just blown away by the kind of person he is. >> rob: he's a rotten kid. no manners. series -- i'm kidding. she is wonderful. a good kid and you know, when read your promo. >> bob: we need to tell our fans the game in florida starts saturday at 6:10. they have a concert. and because of mlw rights with fox we cannot come on to 7:05. we'll join you live at that time. and then rob and i join you at 7:05, our usual postgame menu, gnats xtra. the press conference. all the usual break down and analysis after the ball game. >> bob: here comes ibanez. he has made on

it is nice to know ryan is willing to do his own thing. speaking of crabtree, it is time for him to sign a contract. i know he is not getting the offer he wants in san francisco but $16 million in guaranteed cash is pretty good for a rookie who might not play a down this season. here is the reality with crabtree. he is getting bad advice and hurting his reputation in the process. he was hurt coming into the draft and faced rumors that the teams saw him as the nfl's next diva and now he is the only rookie without a contract. at some point you have to know when to give up in a league where rookie receivers usually struggle. >> 40, 35, 30, 20, 15, 10, 5, to the end zone, touchdown, denver. 45-yard for corelbuckhalter. >> i will not get too crazy about the broncos right now but i have to give credit to their head coach josh mcdaniel. they looked like a last place team in the off-season. mcdaniels traded jay cutler. he had a huge headache in brandon marshall and also was trying to rebuild one of the worst defenses in the league. mcdaniels has k

matty ryan. tony gonzalez, seven catches and 71 yards the touchdown there. then matt spread the ball around. jason snelling, 10 yards. 14-10. later in the frame, ryan, roddy white, just pitch, just catch. 21-27. 220 yard, three touchdowns and an interception. jake delhomme, steve smith, got his man. 28-20. they're driving in the fourth quarter. eight catches and 131 yard. bad against the eagles and better against these bird. just one interception but came at a bad time right there. chris houston has got it. 25-41, 308 yards and the t.d. and that pick. >>> on occasion internationally the soccer fan will become unhinged and get a little unruly and possibly remove all their clothing. it is after all a beautiful game. >> if it's in good fun there is a certain charm to it all and one fan made sure to take full advantage that was open and worth for the taking. >> russian kicking. we've got a penalty kick and then a fellow who didn't win a contest and didn't have his chair called, if you're in the seat

ryan ryan and good news, justin maxwell will lead off and play with him.excited, "eh i used to live here in san diego," well i don't remember, i was just a baby. okay, thanks. >> bob: by the way, justin's lovely lady lauren is celebrating a birthday today. congratulations to her.   this san diego bullpen looking like it did when they had trevor hoffman out here.   here is j max back in the big leagues. i'll be interested to watch him tomorrow. he told me he has really closed up his batting stance and he has been trying to make more contact. i'll tell you, nowhere near, one-two-three in the eighth, the padres lead 2-1 and they are not pitching like a last- place team tonight. of the plane in the dark. no peanuts or nothin'. and then if your bag wants to bring one of its little bag friends for company, they charge another $25. that's just plain mean. why do they hate your bags? at southwest airlines, bags fly free. grab your bag. it's on! ( ding ) you have high blood pressure... and yo

ryan houston punched it in for for his second touchdown of the game and it's given them this 14-point. taylor with another catch. picks up three. >> ray: and you're going to see this tar heel defense lay back. they can't allow anything to score on them quickly. so they're going to give up all of those short little things to pinkney right now. they don't want anything going over their head. >> pam: east carolina with a couple of time-outs remaining. >> ray: they're playing that cover two shell. two safeties back there. >> pam: that one's almost intercepted. da'norris searcy got his hands on the ball in front of willis. east carolina in these last couple of the drives really moved the ball. coming into this drive almost 120 yards. only three points to show for it. >> ray: and the field goal blocked and both times bogged down as they got in that red zone. >> pam: the three points, their only three offensive points of this season. in the second half. that one's thrown behind the intend receiver jamar bryant. charles brown, has been all over the place today in the coverage. >> ray: the tar

ryan zimmerman made the catch of the week on a foul ball. sacrificing his body, going over the tarp for the out. certainly gold glove worthy. but in the end, it wasn't enough. the nationals lose to the phillies 4-2. >>> howard down in tallahassee taking on florida a&m. it was not pretty for the bison. howard punting, and how about this for a lucky bounce? leroy van, fumbles it, gets it right back, races to far sideline and the little dude can fly. 5'9" and he's gone. a 66-yard punt return, his second punt return for a touchdown in the game. a&m downs horde 48-10. >>> on the hardwood, mystics at

i thinkn the house side, the house republican side i think paul ryan is a guy that i'm really impressed. with he's a conservative that doesn't scare the kids. >> yeah, you hr a lot about him. he's having a moment. >> he's a wisconsin guy. i'm a big believe if we republicans are going to win outside the south it might

. >> bob: protection in the lineup from ryan zimmerman today. but coming in, adam dunn's batting average this year, .248. on base average 341. he started today at 278 and 413. little tapper hit his foot and a foul ball. ad dam walks a lot on 3-2. more than he strikes out. but doesn't get a whole lot of hits. i would say on 3-2 he takes more than he swings. trying to become the first batter since the first inning to get on base. correia's last start 6-2 at florida. they gave up four runs and eleven hits scattered lots of hits and got a win pitching nearly seven innings. but he had only gone seven innings or more three times all year. one of those was at texas, against that offense. adam dunn gone again fourth strikeout for correia. >> rob: coors light, the world's most refreshing beer. here's our all-star third baseman at work here with everth cabrera. a couple of short choppers there and you see him short hopping. throw it over to first a couple of times. keep cabrera off the base paths. coors light showing him hard at work and why you charge th

a quick handshake, rex ryan's jets. they're the a.f.c. east team that's 2-0, beat bill belichick's patriots 16-9. tom brady in 15 starts has lost only three to the jets. we told you an eight-game-winning streak at the meadowlands with the patriots over the jets. all that gone by the boards as rex ryan smiles. >> the patriots are a hell of a football team. i just thought we were the better team today and that's all we said the whole time going in that we believe we are the better team today and we went out and showed it. i think our fans were huge in this victory. in fact, we're giving the game ball to our fans. it will be up in our trophy case because we thought they were the difference. >> they outplayed us and outcoached us and performed better than we did over the last 60 minutes and that was pretty much the story of the fame. we had our chances and didn't take advantage of them and they had their chances and they did. >> it's frustrating. we had high expectations for this game and we just didn't put it together very well. eve got -- w

ryan clarke the fullback. they call him jbrizzle. >> matthew stafford, knowshon moreno.ox to green. a shootout. regardless, 49-41 with about seven to play in the fourth. that over on espn and s.e.c. update, alabama wins big, dan mullen gets his first win in the s.e.c. >> mark: all right, brown hands it off to devine. did well to get a short gain on the play. picked up one and, boy, what a crazy day this has been so far. started off with the torrential downpour right around the time we were supposed to kick oil off, maybe 15 minutes before kickoff and tried to empty out the stadium. told the fans they had evacuate. ted a couple of lightning spottings and they brought the times back out and west virginia came out like a couple of bolts of lightning and put points on the board early but auburn rallying late in the first half of play with ten points in the second period. tied now at 27 apiece. >> bob: i believe that's tone quo coleman. they told us yesterday, ted roof, we met with antonio. their best player but their best leader. cake back for a fifth year. see gene chizik.

ryan zimmerman makes a gold glove worthy catch. it's swee >>> the suspect is behind bars but police aren't taking about a motive in the death of the yale graduate student annie le. raymond clark was arrested and charnled with her murder. he was in court this afternoon and held on $3 million bond. he killed her and stuffed her body in a wall in a research building where they both worked. police aren't saying anything about motive. yale's president says there was nothing in clark's work history to raise red flags. >> it says more about the dark side of the human soul than anything else. >> we are learning that police began following clark on saturday, a day before they found le's body. clark was always the prime suspect. >>> police say a college student in baltimore did not intend to kill an intruder with a sword. earlier this week, they say the intruder lunged at the student inside the garage of his house tuesday. the student picked up the swort when he heard the intruder. he was killed at the scene. that student had not bn charged.

matt ryan or tom brady?re going forward 10 years when brady is retired, obviously i'm going to take matt ryan. if we're going forward to this sunday, i'm going to take tom brady. the whole resume of this guy's work is so much more impressive than ryan's. i'm taking brady. >> i think the question is going forward over this season, isn't it? >> i'm taking brady. >> what do you think of brady only putting up three field goals against the jets? through two games he hasn't looked like himself. a lot of quarterbacking is in the legs. how long is it going to take him? >> i agree. you're asking me for this season would i trade up? no. >> better shrine celebrities, the dolphins or the colts? >> the dolphins had j. lo and serene us and serena and the colts for reasons unknown to me had tiger woods and he was wearing a golf shirt and a hat. it looked like he was trying to play through. i didn't get it. he was so out of context. i'm going with the dolphins. >> the dolphins would have had the better celebrities if it was

thank you for that, ryan. >>> home sales fall, oil slides, and blackberries lose some flavor. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, what in the world has lily allen so upset she's sworn she'll never make another record. >>> a huge upset in college football, and wayne gretzky ditches the desert. you're watching "early today." >> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm dan kloeffler. here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> in washington, d.c., ruth bader ginsburg was hospitalized overnight after feeling light-headedness and fatigue. it came after ginsburg, who underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer in february, received treatment for under deficiencde. ginsburg was knitted as a precaution. >>> a spacecraft orbiting mars snapped pictures of ice on the red planet. halfway between the north pole and the equator. it's a bit of surprise for researchers as well. they didn't anticipate ice so far south. >>> in indonesia, clouds have been flock to go see a newborn weighing in at 19 pounds, 2 ounzs. the size the likely result of h

ryan williams out of annapolis. williams get the ball and he can fly. a 57-yard touchdown for williams. it is 7-0 hokies. williams ran the ball 16 times for 164 yards and three tds. fantasy numbers. second quarter, hokies making things happen. marshall to j. ron hosely. he fields it at the 36 yard line. a huge block right here. yeah. goes 64 yards for the touchdown. virginia tech racked up 605 yards of total offense. the hokies win big 52-10. >>> let's go to charlottesville, sab ter horse gets excited and throws cav man to the ground. he did get up but the cavs did not. joseph turner, tcu up 14-0. more tcu in the second half. andy dalton with a ton of time delivers a strike. he is in for a 31-yard touchdown. the horned frogs beat virginia 30-14, the fans spelling their displeasure for al grohs. >>> navy's head coach knows how to get his kids fired up. last week the mid shipmen nearly knocked off the buckeyes. today his speech was simple but effective. it's go time. >> whatever it takes we are leaving everything on the field. >> that is coach speak for y