it's only one week into nfl trading camp and tim tebow already getting some criticism. l hoge had tough words for tebow calling his play awful and embarrassing last year. not long after, tebow found a powerful ally on twitter, a guy by the name of la broken james who posted this. tim tebow will succeed in the nfl. he's a hard worker, a student of the game, a natural born leader and most of all a winner. it takes time and he'll be nice. lebron went on to attack hodge saying guys get on tv and act like they was all world when they played. how about encouraging him and wishing him the best instead of hating. lebron james taking up for tebow. tebow jumped in to the conversation himself posting only this, hey, appreciate that. tebow competing with kyle orton for the starting qb job in denver. coming up on "morning joe," president obama was born 50 years ago today. but the question is, where was he born 50 years ago today? i kid, i kid. we've moved beyond that. the president celebrates the big 5-0 with a fund-raiser in chicago and an economy in the tank. and when we come back

forget the quarterback controversy between horton and tim tebow in denver. brady quinn last night. steve mcgehee, duane harris. dallas down. they would go for the win in a two-point conversion. mcgehee scrambled. scrambled. found martin rucker in the end zone. it's only the preseason. cowboys won it 24-23. that's your early look at sports on "early today." have a great weekend. i'm fred roggin. >>> can the apes hang in there at the box office? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, it's an animal we all take for granted until one falls into a 15 foot well. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this friday morning to "early today." a look at your weekend forecast. the interior west will be warmer than the last couple of days. 96 in boise, 95 salt lake city. vegas and phoenix your typical summer heat. we still have morning clouds to deal with. as you look at saturday, clouds will increase a little bit in the northwest. a little system trying to move in, a little frontal system. temperatures will continue to be on the mild side in the int

orton in a battle with tim tebow for the number one starting job. tebow looking good.is for a gain of 43 s. tebow 6 of 7, 91 yards. cowboys win this, though, 24-23. >>> for all the latest sports highlights make sure you tune in to the highlight express every night, 11:00 p.m. eastern on espn news. i'm ducis rodgers. >>> now to the play of the day at a minor league baseball game in mississippi. >> i love this story. military wife was chosen to throw out the ceremonial first pitch but when darla went to shake the catcher's hand she was shocked to discover it was actually her husband major michael harlow michael harlow had been serving afghanistan for the past nine months. he'll now get ten weeks with his family before heading back to the war zone. >> what a wonderful surprise. can you imagine what was going through her head at that moment? said he did this once before. the first time she actually fainted so she's a little better right there. >> he's a romantic guy. that's great. >>> up next the stories we'll be following later today. stay with us. i didn't understand it.

broncos quarterback and golden boy tim tebow already getting some criticism. >> why? il hoge was some really tough words for tebow. said he's watched all the film on him. his analysis, tebow is, quote, awful and embarrassing. >> give him a chance. >> tebow found a powerful ally on twitter, none other than lebron james. he said tim tebow will succeed in the nfl, it takes time. lebron said guys get on that tv and act like they was all world when they played. how about encouraging him and wish get best instead of hating. tebow himself jumped into the twitter conversation posting only this, hey, merril, appreciate that. tebow is competing with orton for the starting job in denver. >> he may not have the greatest natural skills for an nfl quarterback but lebron is right, he's a winner. remember bernie kosar, he didn't have the sweetest throwing motion, but he was a winner. >> he'll find a way to get on the field somehow. he'll be around. >> listen, i've been following this kid for a long time. i'm cheering for him. >> oh, yeah. five minutes. >> all right, wrap it up. >> cha

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to miami and are playing in the pros with the denver broncos, all of this a $5,000 bounty against tim tebowiro offered we wards to players if they could take opposing players out of the game. steve harrigan is live. it saoefpls like this scandal is getting deeper and deeper. >> reporter: it certainly is. quite a laundry list of benefits distributed over nine years by this felon. prostitutes, strippers, cars, rims for cars. payment for abortion, an engagement ring. timothy richard tebow, $5,000 to try and knock him out of the game. all this falls in the lap of a brand-new coach who said he wasn't told of the scandal when he was hired, now he's struggling to put a team on the field. >> nobody wants to get to the truth quicker than i do. the way you do that is you cooperate and you get your young people to cooperate and if they did make a mistake let's be honest and open and move forward. >> reporter: right now all the current hurricanes are on the practice field. 12 of those players have been named in the scandal, ten of those 12 starters. it's not clear who will be eligible to take the field