several times during the night when hamlin passed tony stewart on the racetrack but when stewart camepit row his pit crew got him back the lead. >> these guys practice all week long, in that pit stall, five guys have won this year on the pit stall. >> it can be the difference between winning and losing. they have put together this group in the first year and they have been amazing. they have been doing this all year. tony stewart's team gets the job done on pit row. tony the driver gets the job done on the racetrack, picks up his second lead and expand his lead in the championship. the circuit heads off to the chicagoland land speedway for a race this coming saturday night. >> and so the d'backs have just beaten the padres. reynolds coming up with the big hit. he's the hero. all other teams. >> next on espnews, leaders >> next on espnews, a.l. west leaders clashing in los angeles. how the angels try to stop the streaking rangers. lance armstrong in position for a shot at a yellow jersey. how he made his move at the tour de france. >> a soccer star fills up a stadium and he didn't even

tony stewart wins day toin in and after the race he said, maybe i'm being hard on myself but i don't like the way it ended up. sad to take the win away from kyle busch and tiger woods wints the at&t national. he is now the at&t national champ. >> finally wins his own tournament. >> more on that at 11:00. >> that's our news. nbc nightly news is next. we'll see you again at 11:00. until then, good night.

tony stewart and kyle busch battling. busch spins out and hits the wall. a crazy dash for the checkered flag. tony stewart the winner. >>> lance armstrong at bicycling's ultimate race. crash, boom, bang, watch out, tour de france, stage 2 on this sunday, 115-mile trek between monaco and the finish. the winner from britain. but the yellow jersey belongs to the rider from switzerland. >>> finally, a phone call regarding steve mcnair's passing from antonio. >> i think the world of him. i think the world of my other son and daughter. it's important that both the mom and the dad after working relationship for betterment of their kid, and if that doesn't exist then the kid lose out, and that's what we see a lot of time in today's society is the kid losing out because mom and dad don't get along, and those things to have change. >> words of wisdom. antonio friedman will be inducted into the green bay packers hall of fame. >>> tonight at 11:00 meet a local aau basketball team from baltimore headed to the national championship. >> thank, stan. >>> also tonight at 1

tony stewart back in seven spot.ther drivers, lower right you might consider to be prerace favorites a little less fortunate in qualifying. allen bestwick with dale jarrett and andy petrie. impressive qualifying saturday? >> the over-50 gang, mark martin on the pole, bill elliott starting fourth. i expected jeff gordon and jimmie johnson more in the middle of the pack. a couple of guys further back than that. two contenders 40th and 41st, kurt busch and carl edwards starting way back there. they've got a lot of work to do early. >> one of the things that has us excited about sunday's race, there are so many story lines to talk about. >> there are things we could be talking about but tony stewart, we know his passion for the brickyard. he's won here twice but now he's in his own car. we know he would love to take that to victory lane. no indy 500 winner has ever won the 400. juan pablo montoya will have an excellent shot on sunday. >> there is the dale jr. strp. >> he's got a third-place starting spot. could this be h

and tony stewart sitting near the front. >> tomorrow ricky henderson and jim rice will lead the hall dame induction class. for henner don it was a first-ballot induction for rice a long wait and his 15th and final year of eligibility he finally joins baseball. and both were at the hall of fame ceremony. >> this day has came and it's probably the most thrilling time in my life of being elected to the hall of fame. >> i don't know about ricky but i hope i don don't screw up my speech. >> now that i'm getting inducted to the hall of fame they led us know we're still rookie and i accept that. >> i think before the hall of fame i think it was more gratifying for me to be able to play 15 years and play all my career with the boston red sox and to follow in the footsteps or to be categorized with williams and yaz and myself and now the half fame is better and thinking about three numbers that are going to be retired and three players in the hall of fame and three guys that played for one team is outstanding. >> ah, yes, the induction to take place tomorrow. both of those men extremely excit

and all chasing tony stewart to become the first five-time winner at the racetrack. the brickyard 500 with coverage tomorrow 12:30 eastern on espn. >> today was qualifying for tomorrow's ration. rain swept over the indianapolis motor speedway and delayed it for three hours and mark martin the oldest winner at the brickyard. dale jr. fought off a stomach virus and qualified third and will race on sunday and juan pablo montoya who won in 2000 with the irl qualified second. don't forget, after sunday's race, complete post-game news conferences can be heard and seen right here on espnews and hear from the drivers after the race tomorrow on espnews. >> formula one super star felipe massa was hit in the helmet and he plowed through the track and into the tire wall. he was in life-threatening condition earlier in the day but had surgery for his fractured skull. the brazilian will stay in the icu tonight and finished top four year of the last three years. >> canadian open. rain's been the story so far. saturday they tried to finish off round two and tried to get through roun

. >>> tony stewart had a wild ride last night in the coca- cola 400. locked by kyle busch.uts him in the wall. stewart would go on and take the checkered flag. his second win of the season. busch gets rear ended by kasey kahne. he would land on his front windshield. busch was okay. clearly not happy. stewart actually apologized for what happened. but he retains the points lead. >>> tiger woods is tied for the lead in today's final round for the congressional. that is not good for the field. he is 45-3, when he has at least a share of the lead. but he ain't scared. rolls in the birdie put. anthony kim did play a little scared. he started the day in a tie, but struggled. finishing 10 under par. mayhan. dialed in. tie as course record with a 62. finishes 12 under. but tiger. his middle name is pressure. just seconds later, hits the long bird. that was 13 under. beginning it at 11. rolls in another birdie put. tiger finishes at 13 under par. he wins the at&t national. tiger just doing what tiger does. >> i thought his middle name was money. >> it's actually tiger pressure big m

tony stewart still holds the lead. some folks said this was not be has not -- this would not be his toward france. a sprint to win it. you almost assume he is still going to win. he is 8 seconds off and strong in the mountains. >> you can't count him out. >> even e >> we all know the danger is tradition of running with the bulls, but you think your chance to run in new orleans. dozens of a roller girl's addressed as bulls bullied their way to the french quarter. this is the third year the city has hosted this race. it has grown so much, organizers say they may have to change their route. here's a final check of your forecast. >> not a bad evening ahead. some scattered clouds for the overnight hours and temperatures falling into the fifties. tomorrow will feel like summer, 88 degrees. near 90 degrees on tuesday and wednesday. a chance of showers and thunderstorms and a bit cooler as we and the upcoming work week. >> that does it for us. we will see you bacou bac (bell ringing) woo-hoo!!!! woo-hoo!!!! woo-hoo!!!! woo-hoo

fireworks on the track in day tone a two-1/2 separating him from the victory, kyle busch up ended by tony stewart as well as kasey kahne and his own teammate billy la ganoe. stuart goes on to win the race but poor kyle busch driving for joe gibbs racing not looking good. kind of similar to maureen umeh in the parking lot. >> that's my secret. >> the people at home think she's nice and innocent and . >> one last word. >> feldy will be here with complete final coverage of the at&t final round tonight. >>> we are baigon t bhtat 10:00 and for the "news edge" at 11:00. . >> you're a good driver. >> i am. come on. anthony amy. >> you're mean.

he said he was just trying, wink, wink, to not get dehydrated. >>> he is still mad at tony stewart anduldn't get credit for his win after he nudged bush into the wall on the final lap. but stewart is commenting. he said, hey, i already called busch after the race to clear the air, and i'm moving on. get over it. >> wasn't that kyle busch a previous week had gotten in another wreck, right? >> yes. >>> check out the flames that completely gutted the building in a warehouse fire. police say there was hundreds of pot plants inside and what appeared to be a full-blown marijuana operation. they think all the electricity needed for the indoor pot farm may have been what started the fire. >>> taking your family to a baseball game can really take a bite out of your wallet, but this weekend, hln money expert clark howard tells how he saves at the ballpark. >> i see if i can find free parking. i'm on the hunt now. look at that. look at those meters. and the stadium is just across that bridge. here's my spot. this is the best space i can ever find right near the stadium. this one, when it's open,

mark martin second, tony stewart third. time for tradition, johnson and his crew kissed the bricks.ohnson's third victory at the brick yard. >> thank you, nascar. >> yes, thank you. at the senior british open, tacoma park native fred funk missed his chance at winning a first major by this much. he set a 36-hole record at the tournament. fred funk started the front nine on the right track. here on the sixth hole from about 20 feet away, drains the birdie. funk shot a three under and uld finish in a three-way tie for the lead. we go to a playoff. on the first hole funk needs this birdie to stay alive. but, oh, just so close. just misses it. he would be eliminated. funk gave it all he had. came up short. great tournament for the former terp. loren roberts. two putts to beat mark mcnulty. first putt, just short. no problem. roberts would tap it in to win his second senior british open title. he won $316,000. >>> in the wnba, all-star guard allay na beard and the mystics in the works. everybody at once, ah. hosting the monarchs. dishes to crystal langhorn. she puts it up and in. a season

you can see tony stewart right behind him. >> if tony can hold on, finish t in the fourth position, he will gain in the points standings. right now he has 187-point lead over jimmie johnson in. stewart the leader, then johnson, and jeff gordon would move back to third in the wou standless. >> don't forget, when we came into this race, greg biffle was outside the race looking in. he's now in the race..sh he'll move up a couple of potsme to 11th. >> biffle was ninth a couple weeks ago, but the abysmal finish in chicago cost him two positions. behind these two, brian havingers having a great ru today. he's been in the istop five all afternoon. a very consistent run for the red bull team. there's vickers. >> behind me you can see kevin harvick having the best day of his year so far. and with just five to go, the 5 car is moving in.go. >> it doesn't take much. looks like he's decided now'so the m time to make his run at jimmie johnson. jimmie is trying to pull downh e any draft.at'sus gustafson is talking to his driver, mark martin. >> we told you the last three years the driver who led wit

. >> things we could talk about but one we're going to, tony stewart.e know his passion for the brickyard. he's won here twice but now he's in his own car with the number 14. we know he'd love to take that to victory lane. >> no indy 500 winner has ever won the brickyard 400. montoya is going to have an excellent shot saturday. >> then there's the dale jr. story for sunday. >> he's got a third place starting spot. could this be his opportunity to get the chance at kissing the bricks on sunday. >> after being under the weather on saturday will he feel up to the challenge on sunday? you mentioned jr. who's your favorite for the race from. >> there's so many you can look at. we talked about toinny stewart and there's a lot of guys we could look at. my pick is going to be jimmie johnson. i had a conversation with him. he convinced he he's the man to beat. >> my favorite has to be mark man. he's had a storybook season so far with pour wins. he won at chicago two weeks ago. he's on the pole. this is really just could be a storybook winning -- ending for the b

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daytona last night, kyle busch, tony stewart, neck and neck, stewart goes on to victory and talk aboutho's to blame? still not for sure. that's a check of sports. >>> hi there, i'm robin meade. you know we salute the troops every weekday on morning express with me, robin meade. today's salute is for specialist brendan latore. his mom tells us he's been an emt since he was 16 and is now a combat medic in iraq. she and his dad are very proud of him and they cannot wait until he comes home in september. maybe you have somebody in the service and want to salute them. go to cnn.com/robin, watch for those salutes every morning from 6:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> and robin has a special message for our troops and families on this fourth of july weekend. check it out, go to cnn.com/robin and click on the link to a special fourth of july salute from robin. >>> former president bush made a public appearance on the fourth of july. what he told the crowd he misses most now that he's no longer in office. >>> continuing your holiday weekend trip around the u.s. about 55,000 runners took part

reportedly leaving childress to race for tony stewart's team. >>> tour de de france.ader reynaldo socentini was involved in a minor spill. no harm, foul. and no worries. remains third place overall. still just eight seconds off the leader's pace. tomorrow's leg is the longest remaining. 132 miles. those guys are machines. >> he may run a marathon. >> that's where he's at home. >>> don't miss the cbs primetime lineup tonight. that's it for ubs tonight, everybody. back at 11:00. i'm kai jackson. >>> i'm denise koch. thanks for watching eyewitness news on wjz 13, maryland's news station. much more ahead on the cbs evening news with katie couric, including president and causes a meltdown in ice sales. 45 years later, a beatle is back on the stage where it all began. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. they've been talking about it for decades. president obama says he wants it done now, as in this summer. universal health care. as he put it today, it time for us to buck up and there are a lot of b

i got to meet all these different drivers, and tony stewart, and jeff gordon comes up and jeff gordony, man, what are you doing here?" and i go, "i'm saying gentlemen, start your engines." and he goes, "how are you going to say it?" [ light laughter ] i go, "what are talking about?" he goes, "oh, it's a big deal." i go, "i was just going to say gentlemen, start your engines." he goes, "oh, no." [ laughter ] i was like, "really?" he's like, "yeah, i think you got to go for it." i go, "oh, my god." so now i'm freaking out. i'm like what am i going -- like i need props? i don't know what's going on. the one guy's like, "well, when kevin james was here, he was funny." i go, "well, what did he do?" he goes, "he was just, i don't know, he was funny." i go, "all right." and he goes, "will ferrell came and he was funny." and i go, "well, what --" and no one could tell me what they did. so i'm like, "all right, what do i do?" so then i got up. and there's 100,000 fans. and i got up and i'm like, "gentlemen, start your engines!" and i fell and i passed out. i passed out. and i think it went oka

tony stewart was third. there's johnson and his crew kissing the bricks in celebration.johnson's third win at the brickyard. man, back to montoya. >> could they have made a mistake on that? >> they can, but i'll tell you this. i know everything is now done digitally and by the system that they have. so it really is very difficult for nascar in that sense to make a mistake. everything comes down to timing and scoring. >> you seem so sure. >> well, yeah. the bottom line is it's tough. >> okay. thanks, lindsay. >>> when we come back, we'll tell you about a new study that examines a link between autism and gastrointestinal illness. there's something big happening at pizza hut. - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! now get big meals like our stuffed pizza rolls, pizza mia, the p'zone... and our personal panormous pizza starting at just $5. the big eat tiny price menu. only at pizza hut. if we don't act, medical bills will wipe out their savings. if we don't act, she'll be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. and he won't get the chemotherapy he needs. if we d

the hometown favorite, tony stewart comes in as the points leader.on planning to become the only primetime winner at this track. coverage begins sunday at 12:30 eastern on espn. >> ronaldo playing his first match for real madrid. he missed two free kicks today. later in the first half, ronaldo, the nice foot work gets it to raoul. but raoul not able to score. ronaldo would step out at halftime. and wins the exhibition. >> soccer superstar to a guy who is a big fan of soccer, and that is steve nash of the phoenix suns. he's not leaving phoenix still. the point guard notified the team he's expecting a two-year extension worth $22 million. nash already owed 13.1 million. mark stein explains why they made the deal. >> the suns pretty much made it clear. they made it their number one priority they're the face of the franchise. they were just not going to consider anything. just finding a way to get this done. nash did give serious thought to playing out his contract. and being part of that 2010 free agent class. knicks would have been all over it spending

five laps later, tony stewart gets out of pit road off the caution, beating denny hamlin out. 32 laps to go, jeff burton now in front. stewart comes back to grab the lead from him. multiple lead changes down the stretch. two laps to go. stewart still in front. watch kyle busch go up top to take the lead back. so bush the leader heading into the final lap. it was thrilling. it was dangerous. bush in the lead. stewart trying the pass him. bush trying to block stewart, into the wall he goes. a wreck would ensue from there. several cars spun off the track. stewart said afterwards, "you work hard to get to this level. you don't want to see races decided by guys wrecking coming to the finish line," however, that is what happened. stewart crosses the finish line first. another look. busch would need to be pulled off the track by the officials. he was obviously disappointed after leading with just one lap to go. bush finished in 14th place. stewart is the winner of the coke 0400. he led a race high 86 lap, the victory his second of the season. jeff gordon remains second in the points to stand

hometown favorite tony stewart comes in as the the points leader.legendary racetrack. the brickyard 400 presented by golden corral. the coverage begins this sunday 12:30 eastern on espn. >> the indianapolis motor speedway open for business on friday. the car haulers pulled in thursday night after a parade interest downtown. on friday, the crews went to work in gasoline allie and practice began on the speedway. drivers all searching for speed. hoping a win sunday here can be the spring board to a championship like it's been for so many before. >> a new tradition begins. >> but i think winning there you know, in 2000, i mean, we went on to win the championship that year. i think it just propelled us to win the championship. when i look back, i almost forget the different chapters and you know all the amazing things we've experienced with the team throughout the ten months of racing. it doesn't get any better than that. >> i think winning the brickyard and the championship in the same year is just a dream season. obviously. winning the single biggest r

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then stewart cink sank two birdies to win by six shots at two under, 78. >>> dallas cowboys quarterback tony romo missing a relatively short putt. ever consider baton twirling? boston celtics star ray allen, long-distance along the golf course, but this guy, chris channel ler, former falcons quarterback. ever wonder why he gave up football? there's a good reason. can't even hardly hit the ocean, much less two goal posts on a boat. nonetheless, everybody had a real good time. tour de france now. biking's ultimate test of true great. stage 15, american alberto contedor breaking away from lance armstrong before eventually winning the stage. armstrong trails by a minute 37. >>> finally, last night, nascar racing madison, illinois, crash- boom-bang. 250-lap race. brendan gaughan crashes, and guess whose fault? he says "mine." points leader kyle busch has won six of 19 races so far this season. >>> hey, tonight at 11:00, we are going to talk to former nfl quarterback michael vick's best friend. he is from baltimore. he's a former teammate of michael's. >> and vic is about to be free completely? >>

stewart." "late show," with david letterman. "real time, with bill mahr, and "saturday night live." the lead actress in a camcy series, are julia louis-dreyfus, christina applegate. sara viller haveman, tan ya faye, toniouise parker. and the lead actor in a comedy series are, tony shalhoub. steve carell, "the office." alec baldwin, "30 rock, ft. "charlie sheen, "two and a half men," and jim parsons, "the big -- >> this is a trickfest. well, chandra, back to -- let's complete the emmy announcements by bringing back john schaffner, to announce the final category. you're a tricky man. >> i'm shaking. >> hello again. the nominations in the comedy series are, "entourage," "family guy," "flight of the concords," "how i met your brother," "the office," "30 rock," and "weeds." chandra, jim, you have been great hosts this morning. it is completely coincidental that you have both been nominated. but chandra, i have even more good news for you. you have also been nominated in the supporting actss category for your performance on "grey's anatomy." >> okay. >> i cannot tell you -- i wish i could -- you know, it's inappropriate to say how surprised we were, that you were both nominated. but how thrilled we are, too