griffin will join teammate parker and a litany of other pitchers this season in undergoing tommy johns surgery. the recovery time is usually around 12 to 15 months. >>> from one person to another, with the warriors down 2-1 against the clippers, their biggest concern has to be finding a way to contain blake griffin. he is shooting 66% from the field, scoring 67 points. lee taking his share of the blame today. >> i will be better on sunday. i can promise you that. i can promise you that you play well two games in a row but this series is not over and i'm a guy that will be battling for sure. >>> lee scored 11 and 12 points in the last two games he will have to step it up to even the series at 2-2 over the weekend. more news after the break. a southern california rapper may face criminal charges after he allegedly kept one as a pet. these are videos and photos of a bengal tiger. the department of fish and wildlife questioned tiga after getting a tip. he said he dropped off the tiger at the animal shelter. state law prohibits tigers owned as pets. there it is on his car. the rapper may fa

griffin reportedly tommy john surgery. a's can use him tonight to face as stres jed laurie not happy after being plunked last night. bases loaded a single scores a pair. houston has come back. yesterday, rain delay today and round two of the swinging skirts. happy birthday. she's five under. bad day for james driscoll. former hunter, grabs the rake and pokes the gator into the lake. it's like an episode of "swamp people". are you kidding me? what are you doing? run. abc7 sports brought to you by orchard supply hardware. >> he had that handled. >> yes. >> well, join me tonight at 9:00. project morpheus. >> then on abc7 news at 11:00 red light cameras caught thousands red handed some people refuse to go down without a fight. michael finney looks at the ingenious, sometimes illegal ways drivers are dodging tickets. >> finally tonight thoughts about what really matters going out with style and respect. iconic candle stick park is at the end of its life. i hate to see the stick go. it's given us many magical moments and special

griffin reportedly tommy john surgery.ight to face as stres jed laurie not happy after being plunked last night. bases loaded a single scores a pair. houston has come back. yesterday, rain delay today and round two of the swinging skirts. happy birthday. she's five under. bad day for james driscoll. former hunter, grabs the rake and pokes the gator into the lake. it's like an episode of "swamp people". are you kidding me? what are you doing? run. abc7 sports brought to you by orchard supply hardware. >> he had that handled. >> yes. >> well, join me tonight at 9:00. project morpheus. >> then on abc7 news at 11:00 red light cameras caught thousands red handed some people refuse to go down without a fight. michael finney looks at the ingenious, sometimes illegal ways drivers are dodging tickets. >> finally tonight thoughts about what really matters going t with style and respect. iconic candle stick park is at the end of its life. i hate to see the stick go. it's given us many magical moments and special memories the pope vis

griffin will join parker and the other litany of pitchers to undergo tommy johns surgery. >>> for a full half hour of sports you can watch sports net central at 10:30. >>> tonight at 11:00, changes involving military sexual assaults. we investigate after hannibal. >>> the cutest hybrid you've ever seen, but instead of four-wheels it has four legs. it's a zonkey. mama's a zebra, and that's the dad. he's an albino donkey. they apparently visit each other almost every day. the product of their cross species romance is kumba. it's rare because their chromosomes are not usually compatible. it's not every creature that can pull off striped leg warmers. she's so cute! little rendezvous by the mom and dad. >>> as we head into saturday, what are we looking at? >> this storm system's moving out, but we have cloud cover and then the chance of showers returns by saturday night into the north bay by 11:00. and then we'll get some sunshine by sunday afternoon. so a little bit of rain this weekend. not wet both days, that's for sure. >> we hope to see you at 11:00. >>> kim and kanye throwing three wedd

on the disabled list with nerve irritation in his elbow, the same elbow that has undergone two tommy johngeries. lastly for fans, you probably are not going to see buster posey behind the dish this afternoon. bruce boche announcing he wanted to give him a break. he is penciled in hector sanchez. sanchez improvement in the batter's box over spring training is going to make it easier for him to get buster posey breaks here and there. that's your giants update for "today in the bay." >> amy, thank you. they were talking yesterday that timmy was still throwing up yesterday. vogelsong will pitch if timmy can't. >> really not feeling well. trying to stand up and be there for the team which is nice. hopefully they will do all right. also watching the forecast too. meteorologist christina loren joining us and giving us ideas how it's looking. >> looking good out there. hopefully the giants when they have the home opener which is tuesday we'll be ready to play. i know the fans sor excited for that game. the a's had a doubleheader. not looking too bad this year oakland athletics. it's great to be i

tommy smith, john carlos at the 1968 olympics. great leaders like mohammed ali, jim brown, arthur ashe, jason collins, and our very own jackie robinson. i believe that today stands as one of those great moments. where sports transsends, where sports provides fundamental change on how our country should think and act. this is also a statement about where we are as a country. it doesn't matter if you are a professional basketball player worth millions of dollars. let me say how proud of i am of the players of this league for standing up for themselves. the biggest stars to the everyday players. they were not afraid to art clat their rout rage. they came out strong. they came out powerful. they did it in a very, very professional way. they said we want you to go to commissioner silver and tell them three things that we want. we need immediate action. number two, we need our collective voice to be heard. we want a seat at the table, and we do not want to be passive participants. thirdly, we want maximum allowable personment under the

. >> reporter: tommy smith and john carlos raised their fists in a defy and the black power salute. this man is part of the black unit group. he says this is far more than a piece of art or a look back at history. >> i've never seen anything like this on any campus. that was one of the reasons i came here. two black men who stood as tall as i did standing right here. it had a lot of significance to me. >> reporter: police tell me they have no surveillance video. and right now they have no leads. so they're really hoping that someone will come forward and give them some tips so they can catch these vandals. and right now the university says they don't know how much it's going to cost to repair that olympic medal on the statue. reporting live at san jose state, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> coming up next, putting the brakes on fast cars and rowdy crowds. how police are working to stop dangerous street racers in their tracks. >>> and the san francisco giants right here on nbc bay area, first pitch at 7:15. it's very gloomy right now. take your jacket if you're headed there. a

there are fewer mohammed ali's willing to go to prison rather than vietnam or tommy smiths and john carlossure athletes today are better paid and good for them. they're more tied to corporate interests and they're just less political. those calling on the players to refuse to play until donald sterling is gone are not just calling on the players to take a financial risk or throw away a playoff berth that's been years, really decades of hard work in the making. they're being asked to take a stand for themselves too. make no mistake, the clippers players are in a terrible position, but they're also in a powerful position. the most powerful position of all. without them there is no game. without them donald sterling has nothing. that's the lesson elgin baylor and bill russell taught the nba and the fans who valued them on the court, but not as human beings. it's a pretty good lesson. that wraps things up for the reid report. i'll see you back here tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. eastern when we'll bring you live coverage of nba commissioner adam silver's press conference on the donald sterling investiga

the statute depicts a silent protest by tommie smith and john carlos during the olympic gais games. they raised their fists in a black power salute. police say this is the third time the statute has been vandalized. >>> a new debate is shaping up in the race for sheriff in santa clara county and now effeconnec to the search for syria lamar. marc klaas blasted the sheriff yesterday, he talked about organizing civilian search efforts sands in a statement, quote, none of the numerous searchs we that we have engaged have ever been stonewalled by the law enforcement like the search for sierra lamar. crime victims united came out against the sitting sheriff. >> we do think kevin will be a stronger voice for victims rights. >> sheriff smith says that it is unfortunate marc klaas is misinformed about this subject. her campaign consultant said, quote, no individual has done more to protect the public from the suspect or followed up more leads in the search for sierra lamar. the teenager has now been missing for more than two years. >>> witnesses to tragedy. coming up on "today in the bay" wh

they always bring up tommy smith and john carlos.e owners weren't on them as individuals, but there's a time and place in history when decisions must be made and sometimes you have to it be a martyr. i think those guys were in a position where they had to do something. fortunately for them, adam silver came down to the fullest extent of his power. now there's due process that has to take place. if that is answer is not satisfactory, you will see more people react and more things stage and happening to ensure that he's not in basketball any longer. >> indeed. i think the untold story of this entire ordeal and hopefully it will come out in more detail is the players who really forced the hand of the nba. i think you're right about that. i think roger mason jr. spoke for a lot of people yesterday as did you gentlemen today. lenny wilkins, norm nixon, thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you for having us. >>> still ahead, the legal battle that donald sterling faces and the family ties that could complicate the whole thing. that's a go

we saw symbolism with tommie smith and john carl with the black fist in the olympics at mexico. the other players last night, the late game, portland and houston wore black socks. but we need something stronger and i think this is a moment in history where, particularly pizza african-american athletes have to step up. >> they got to do more. >> in my opinion. of course, i'm not in their shoes. but, i know what doc is saying, they work all their lives. they had this dream since they were a kid. of winning an nba championship. >> the coach also said if they keep winning this will keep more in the public eye than in the public conscience. >> i mean doc -- i know doc. he's in a tough space. and i watched the game yesterday. and even though doc and the players won't admit it, that thing has affected them. they are behind 20 points in the first quarter. came back. but they're shook. it's not their fault. >> it's interesting because this is an incident -- we heard from michael jordan, who in the past, has not been the most outspoken. >> michael stepped up. people will wait for michael.

side-by- side statues on the san jose state campus honor the memory of tommy and john carlos to the thefifth black power salute after they won the gold and bronze medal in 1968 olympic games in mexico city. >> : florida police irs the pencil's woman who stole wine from the lord landau grocery store police said a woman walked into the store and left with two boxes of wine surveillance video shows the won was not wearing any pants. only a t- shirt and slippers at the time could are jews arrested earlier this week and arrested into custody and flagella. 13 soon as after a ball broke out and an actor " ohio. happen 935 after and it flies started on the second-floor within moments and escalated into a brawl involving 20 to 37 is and always. of this is the break approximately please have these pepper sprayed out but stop of a melee. the one was hurt. but that made the decision to close will address the day. please believe the incident was the blood into gangs and a rivalry they say they saw that dates back decades pre >> : the sinkhole opened up a parking lot and fall river massachusetts. no

if you look just not even 50 years ago at john carlos and tommy smith in the 1968 olympics, when they you no e, now infamous and iconic black power fist, that was such a huge step for them to make as a show of solidarity in protest against, you know, injustices that affect minorities and all communities that have been discriminated against. >> to the extent that this sort of scratches the surface and reveals a much larger culture of exploitation, both sexism and racism, how do you think the women of the nba and associated with the nba should respond? is there more that wives of players and wives of owners can or should do? >> well, i think that they look at it quite candidly from -- i can't speak for all of them, but they're mothers. they are bringing their children up in this environment where they watch basketball. they're fans of basketball. they live it. but i think what's interesting, some of the remarks i've gotten from, you know, ex-wives or wives is that they were so offended also like many in the public that sterling said, i feed these guys. i clothe these guys. i buy their h

me, john favre row, tommy, robert gibbs and pete rouse was on the other side. >> there's the former chief> mm-hmm. we did okay. >> you sure did. >> from presidential office to the central campaign to the white house. she's one of the last remaining members of the original team. >> why do you think the president of the united states trusts you so well? >> i think over the years of decision-making and navigating some tough times, you know, your mettle is really tested and i think i proved to him that his success was my number one priority, that my hard work on his behalf wasn't self-interested, and that, you know, i had good judgment. >> there you go. that's what it's about. >> my judgment is good judgment for him. thing that it's also -- i think in life i have good judgment but in life, between the two of us, we understand each other and i understand what he's trying to do. >> reporter: in november. two were married. so what about pillow talk. >> i'm not going to light. when we come home at the end of the day, there's a lot of work talk. >> oh, really. pillow talk is about politics. >> yea

tommy. i was looking to spend more time for you. >> today officers posing as johns call girls to make dates at the hotel. >> hey, girl! you free today? >> hoping to take down the men who traffic them. >> well, come on. i'm in room 106. >> investigators in unmarked cars outside notify the team that their mark has arrived. >> we've got a female en route now. her arrival could be at any time. >> the undercover posing as the john greets the girl in room 106 as uniformed officers next door watch a monitor and wait for the "go" sign. as soon as this girl takes $100 for oral sex, the officers move in. >> got anything in your pockets? >> i'm not sure. >> do you have any identification? >> yeah. it's in my purse. >> the first girl claims she's an adult and she's not the underage girl in the ad. >> who's in that photo? >> i don't know. >> that's not you? >> no. >> why you use that name? >> because everybody does that. >> the girl also claims to work on her own even though officers outside have already arrested her pimp. >> we took him down. he had some marijuana and some other narcotic and a lot of c

john roberts took his act on the road to tennessee to bring us this story. ♪ tommy shaw, lead guitaristy x says this about gibson git stars. >> it was my choice of guitars, it was my dream guitar. i still dream of gibsons. >> the musical world agrees. gibson in business for over a century has three domestic factories, two in tennessee and one in montana. >> this company has been around for a long time. >> the one in memphis has daily tours so visitors can see a guitar made practically from scratch. but on november 17th, 2009, someone else showed up at gibson's door. >> mid morning i get a call that homeland security was raiding our fact tri. >> the ceo, a musician himself, has been running the company since 1986. >> i thought it was a joke because, you know, homeland security raiding a guitar fact trijust makes no sense. >> armed federal agencies showed up at gibson's headquarters and their factory two miles away. the supervisor was on site that day. >> the agents came in and told us to back away from our desks. and i kind of vividly remember, you know whob who are these people? >> they

tommy smith were pride off. pieces found below. he won a gold medal at the olympics in mexican city in the 60s. he and john carlos raised their fist on the stand during the national anthem in protest. and they said whoever did this probably doesn't understand or care about the importance of the statue. >> probably somebody who doesn't know the story. if they knew the story, they would feel really bad about the whole thing. defacing the statue shows a lost people don't have any respect whatsoever. >> police have lifted fingerprint and they are looking for leads. >> the exploratorium is pushing its mission of hands on learning i don't know their own walls. they are sharing job skills of the future with mission district teen aimer in a partnership funded by the national science foundation. dan ashley has this morning's assignment 7 report. >> kids from the boys and girls club, meet the exploratorium's outdoor team. creators of the museum's wide range of science and art exhibits made to be enjoyed outside. now they are helping teenagers dream up their own outside oasis. >> we work in the community but what we