let's get the crowd going. >> let's go yankees! let's go yankees! let's go yankees!o yankees! >> reporter: this is the yankees' 14th season playing their spring training games here in tampa. while the stadium looks smaller, the field's dimensions are an exact replica of yankee stadium. it's 318 feet down the left field line. and in the deepest part of the park, it's 408 feet to the center field wall. it's 314 feet down the right field line. that's 4 feet shorter than the left field one. each one of the players gets here really early, and their day begins with some stretching. with 162 games a year it's important they stay in shape and take care of their bodies. they don't call it spring training for nothing. there are four fields here at george m. steinbrenner field. that allows the squad to split up and work on different things at different times. here on field 3 the position players are warming up. there are 66 players here at spring training, but only a 40-man roster will go to new york. generally, the players you see with the higher numbers on their jerseys are m

reporting on the new york yankees. here's this week's segment. >> welcome. >> hi, erika here with the field report. today, we're at the scranton/wilkes-barre yankees. i'm going to give you a minor league experience that won't be minor at all! hey, we're here with zack segovia, the pitcher here. >> we don't have a lot of cameras here, so you can come on closer if you want to. i won't bite you, i promise. >> what is it like being in the minor leagues? >> i've been playing baseball since i was 2, so i've been in the minor leagues for i guess eight years now, but i've just gotten to scranton, and i've been part of the yankee organization since spring training. >> what do you love about being a minor leaguer? >> i know people see "bull durham," people see the bus rides, and stuff like that, and you know what, it is like that. i mean, we go to the smallest cities ever, but you develop some really close relationships, and as you keep playing, you become friends, and you know the people on the other side too, which makes just

the yankees had a 4-2 lead and the yankees won 4-2. >>> when the basketball's most colorful characters as says he is hanging up his hightops. shaq tweeted today that is he retiring. as of yet o'neill has not notified his current team, the boston celtics. >>> and yes, even more rain will be headed our way. mark tamayo tells us when it will arrive and how whacked it might get. ♪ [ ukulele strumming ]

yankees finished off the a's three straight. derek jeter had one hit today. 16 hits away from 3,000. josh willingham and the a's had a early lead in the 25,469, when the yankees are here they get over 20. here is the nick swisher with the a's leading in the fourth, hits a 3-run home runner and that was pretty much the game. 10 straight win over the a's, 4- 2 is the final. c.c. sabathia did not pitch in the series but he did return to his home grounds, in fact, his old little league field. he helped out financially, refurbishing the field. signed a 7 year, $161 million

alex rodriguez on his way has the yankees up 3-0.derson, usually pretty good but tonight, 11 hits, nine earned runs in 5 1/3, granderson making it 5-1 new york. and then robinson connoted, the knockout blows. yankees beat the asfor the ninth straight time, 22nd time in 25 meetings, i'm coughing all over. the asjust 10-3. >>> buster posey, the leading vote-getter among catchers for the all-star team. giants could have used him tonight in st. louis. everybody wants in the act, man gets up. i like this. they threw him right out. it sounds a little hard-handed but stay off the field. >> he just dove out there, if you fall, i don't agree. >> stay off the field. cody ross up the middle and had giants have a 3-1 lead. everything going their way. pujols part of a st. louis rally to tie it at three and schumaker gets an infield hit, the giants blow it in the 8th inning, 4-3 st. louis, vogelsong, they waste his one run. the giants now only four games over 500. >>> miami strikes first in the nba final, dirk nowitzki versus lebron james. he had

>> i think so. >> how is the new yankee stadium.n to the old one, but we hear that the new one is really special. >> it is, in his state of the arctic has everything that we need to get ready for the game--it is state of the art, it has everything that we need to get ready for the game. i did you was great to win a championship the first year there and bring some of the history over from all stadium. >> the last time that i saw you it was at the warriors game and you have like eight people in the front row. >> i will definitely get back to some more warrior games this year. >> congratulations and for not forgetting the people of vallejo. see you soon. >> cc is back in his home area tonight and shaquille o'neal announced his retirement today. >> we did it, 19 years, that is why i am telling you first that i am about to retire. love you and talk to you soon. >> there he is, and shaquille o'neal first came to prominence in orlando. he was dynamite. i remember nate thurmond saying that he could be the greatest center of all time because

yankees finished off the a's three straight.erek jeter had one hit today. 16 hits away from 3,000. josh willingham and the a's had a early lead in the 25,469, when the yankees are here they get over 20. here is the nick swisher with the a's leading in the fourth, hits a 3-run home runner and that was pretty much the game. 10 straight win over the a's, 4- 2 is the final. c.c. sabathia did not pitch in the series but he did return to his home grounds, in fact, his old little league field. he helped out financially, refurbishing the field. signed a 7 year, $161 million deal with the yankees in 2008. why doesn't he come close to home with the giants? >> i think it was a years thing to be honest with you. when, you know, just in a position to play as long as i can and able to get a 7 year deal with the yankees. >> shaquille o'neal announced his retirement. injured most of the time. when he broke in with orlando, poem! on his way to becoming the fifth all time scorer in the sport. won three championships with the lakers and one with t

yankees out in front, it's a 9-. bottom of the sixth now, yankees up 9-4.urtis granderson by the beard of zeus. reason why they built the fence. the yankees win, 12-4. >>> the phils playing host to the marlins. brown, locked and loaded. solo stroll for his third of the year. bottom of the seventh phillies up 7. brown rips this one farther than the first. that's number four for the season. 9 the phillies win big, 9-1. that will do it for this espn news update. for the latest on the sports scene check out the highlight express. >> so "spider-man" the musical not exactly considered a home rung speaking of sports. after months of preview, the most -- the most expensive broadway musical of all time has finally opened. >> a lot of famous faces attending the opening, matt damon, barbara walters and show composer bono were among the many faces turning out to see "spider-man: turn off the dark." this is the long-awaited opening night, and it was 10 years and $70 million in the making. it followed a string of serious accidents and a complete makeover. >> all right, s

the yankees swept the a's 3 straight. in a very muddy dirt is that 2984. geeter is that 2009 budget and 84. now when they play like this, they won with the 3-1 home runner. a's 10 straight times. now i all stars' home, c.c. sebathia made his way out to his home town. seven years, and $161 million deal that he signed in 2008 with the yankees a. for his credit, he remembers when he is somewhat back at bergenfield and vallejo, we spoke with him earlier and asked him why did you decide to invest some of his money to rebuild the facility. >> this is where i grew up playing, it is very near and dear to my heart. i grew up here and to be able to come out here tonight and see the turn out this is great. >> knowing how much of the bay area when you are a free agent, we know that the a's do not travel in those cable circles, but why not san francisco? >> i think it was as some the years thing. when you are in a position to try and play as long as i can. i was trying to get a seven year deal with the yankees. >> i know that your level headed, but how does $161 millio

the old lion was any good read cymric ten yankees. they probably exaggerated the members, but they believed their boys could rip a fair number of yankees who had a marshall attitude in this house prior to the war and the davis administration, he wanted aggressiveness, but the southern people so when he assumed in the oppressiveness, the offensive he is reflecting what they expected him to do, and by doing so if you are a general, you can dictate within your fielder how the campaigns and operations are going to unfold. its strategic or operational offensive. so within two days he had confirmed on june 2nd and june june 3rd few of his commanders now jackson in the shenandoah valley competed confirmed what some but we have made the decision within two days to strike the enemy. charles marshall, who is a military secretary would say later conversations with lee and it is reflected in his strategy he believed the best way to defend richmond was to be as far away as possible from richmond. in other words, you have to take the war away from

the yankees had a 4-2 lead and the yankees won 4-2. >>> when the basketball's most colorful characters as says he is hanging up his hightops. shaq tweeted today that is he retiring. as of yet o'neill has not notified his current team, the boston celtics. >>> and yes, even more rain will be headed our way. mark tamayo tells us when it will arrive and how whacked it might get. ♪ [ ukulele strumming ] ♪ [ folksy whistling ] [ man ] quitting is a fight you can't let yourself lose. it can take many tries. but keep trying, you will beat smoking. honey, you okay? yeah, i'm fine. ♪ [ ukulele ] >> these buses stood in for san francisco's iconic cable cars today. the lines are expected to be back up and running on monday. work on the line should be done by the end of this month. it is all part of the cable car improvement project, aimed at keeping the system safe and easier to maintain. >> meteorologist mark tamayo joins us now career talking about severe weather in northern california. >> we had a system that moved across the bay area that produced severe weather and tornado warnings out in yub

he was 3-5 for the yankees and two run single there. is robinson cano sweet swinging second baseman with the yankees that leaves the yard in a hurry. his 11th anderson tonight gave up 11 hits and nine earned runs. everyone when they do something wrong it looks good. mark texeria is credited with a steal at home as conner jackson is off the mark. 10-3 yankees. giants broken bones, ligament tears, pulled muscles, giants it's survival of the fitness and being healthy doesn't mean you can hit so get used to it. giant fans another meager offensive output as far as runs are concerned. wasting good pitching and the giants led 2-1 when cody ross came through. the bullpen has problems, cardinals with three straight doubles, here's the middle one off the bat of pujols. that scores a run to cut the deficit to 3-2. and now we pick it up 3-3. skip shumacker. freddy sanchez, but can't get in. >>> game one nba finals dallas detractors call their start dirk nowitzki. and the lord of no rings, lebron james. somebody is going to come out of it a winner.

find good ground, find a defensive and make the yankees attack.nd you can argue that he was right about that. if you just jump ahead the first time in the history of the army of northern virginia where the hell the battlefield and were driven from a was april 2nd 18651 week before. so if they are going to defend the ground chances are pretty good that the yankees are not going to drive them from that ground. we elected him and said, no. and again, paraphrasing. if they are there to marron going to attack them. if they are there tomorrow it's a good reason why we shouldn't. that is arguably the most serious controversy of gettysburg. long street believed that at this point in the war we are wasting too many men's lives and have to fight on the defensive. he had a sound argument in that sense. we had no way of knowing, but you would send -- and again, just based on some kind of gas, wherever you want to say. if the confederates had held seminaries and waited for the yankees to see what he was going to do you almost have to think he's going to attack

he was 3-5 for the yankees and two run single there.it is robinson cano sweet swinging second baseman with the yankees that leaves the yard in a hurry. his 11th anderson tonight gave up 11 hits and nine earned runs. everyone when they do something wrong it looks good. mark texeria is credited with a steal at home as conner jackson is off the mark. 10-3 yankees. giants broken bones, ligament tears, pulled muscles, giants it's survival of the fitness and being healthy doesn't mean you can hit so get used to it. giant fans another meager offensive output as far as runs are concerned. wasting good pitching and the giants led 2-1 when cody ross came through. the bullpen has problems, cardinals with three straight doubles, here's the middle one off the bat of pujols. that scores a run to cut the deficit to 3-2. and now we pick it up 3-3. skip shumacker. freddy sanchez, but can't get in. >>> game one nba finals dallas detractors call their start dirk nowitzki. and the lord of no rings, lebron james. somebody is going to come out of it a winner

the yankees will break through bloody lane, and who's in their front? james long streets staff, and d. h. lee, a major general run at 200 that he could find summer. they are going to counterattack with 200, or so. this is how close it came. then you have the collapse of the right wing, the only thing that saves lee's army is the arrival of hills division. what he asked his men to do is simply remarkable. and they did it. and what is also interesting about it as the battle was shifted from the north and through the center at the bloody lane, midafternoon, and jackson has been there, what's left of them are hanging on in the west woods and round the dunford church and so forth, lee since and i request to jackson that jeb stuart conduct reconnaissance around the flank of the army of the potomac to see if he could counterattacked. they are hanging on by a thread and lee is looking to see whether or not they could counterattacked and collapse the army of the potomac. the very idea of that is really astonishing. and, of course, as we know it's the bloody sund

the nhl crowns an mvp, and the yankees are seeing red thanks to an unlikely hero. you are watching "early today." >>> good morning. welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are your top headlines this morning. after 16 years on the run, accused boston crime boss james whiteyx bulger was arrested in california. the fbi caught up with the 81-year-old after launching a new publicity campaign to find him. bullger was on the ten-most wanted list for his alleged role in 19 murders. >>> in arizona a jury has found a self-help guru who led a sweat lodge ceremony that left three people dead guilty of negligent homicide. james arthur ray could face more than 11 years in prison. >>> in a facebook posting former alaska governor sarah palin says she's putting her one nation bus tour on hold because of jury duty. palin, who has hinted at a possible white house run, disputed online reports she had canceled the tour. >>> in washington a consumer product safety commission held its annual demonstration on the dangers on fireworks ahead of the july 4th holiday. last year m

that didn't sit well with the yankee manager joe girardi. if you don't want ortiz to show up your pitcher, don't let him hit a home run. easier said than done. ortiz deep. no bat flip here, but by the looks of it, gerardi didn't like that home run, either. boston won it, 11-6. >>> to milwaukee where prince fielder hit a pair of homers against the mets. tied the game in the eighth. stayed that way until the bottom of nine, one aboard for morgan and sent everybody home with a smile. walk-off single down a line. bruins rally to beat the mets, 6-5. >>> from one walk off to another. pirates and diamondbacks tied at two in the 12th. andrew mccutchen stepped in and stepped out, a solo shot inside the foul pole, pirates won it, 3-2. >>> the play of the night wasn't a home run or a goal. it was a catch from chris cog lin. got horizontal in centerfield. it's worth another look. number 8 is great for the marlins but not enough. the braves won in extras. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> kim kardashian finds sudden

that is the case with the a's and yankees, 10 consecutive times now, the yankees bumped off the a's, today no exception. but early on something different happening. an over-excited fan comes over and knocks that gentleman's beer away. meanwhile, things not so great on the field for oakland a-rod, a shot to right. ryan sweeney not too excited out there. the fan says hey, buddy, you owe me a beer, get off your tail and go get it. meanwhile, two with two on, there goes a two-one lead for the a's, a three-one homer, a's on their way to victory, happy ending, there is your beer, buddy, everything settled. the a's don't know how to set settle it with the yankees. >>> and coming up, the bachi ball, battle of the bay tournament out of livermore. joe fonzi out there, talking about why this event is so important particularly in this economic climate. >> in this type of economy and recession, charities are the ones that lose. it is not just the housing market it is the charities that don't get as much as typically they are used to. so 13 years, a couple of years in detroit as well. and john and

en otros resultados, el equipo d de los yankees cayó ante los bravos, mientras tanto el juego de la seriede los Ángeles y los angelitos, favoreció al equipo de la liga americana. >>> muy buenas noches (♪ ♪) >>> un fin de semana lleno de eventos en el área de la bahía vamos con guillermo. >>> gracias, hola, ¿qué tal amigos? muy buenas noches, para mañana en pasadena , california en kla gran final de la copa oro en univisión, méxico y estados unidos, un clásico, las condiciones llegan a la región, pero para mañana el señor sol disipa la capa marina y las condiciones para el partido

get a 5-1 yankee lead and one inning later, looks more like yankee stadium.ed anderson for 11 hits and a career worth ten runs. that's nine straight wins over oakland. ryan vogelsong continued to sew solidify his. brian belt on the wrist, he would come out and have x-rays negative. they are calling it a contusion. aubrey huff will be back in the lineup tomorrow. trying to preserve a 3-3 tie, but skip schumaker couldn't get it. cardinals win 4-3. the giants remain one-half game in second place. i have in my hand the tuesday night. at number five in la, uses his daughter to get the baseball. but when the ball comes, he just drops her. at number four, he got the ball. okay. troy first name victor in the near court goes for the winner of the ball boy. wrong place, wrong time. number three, jack hanahan. indians win the game. they have a five-set record. scoring 31 wrongs in the second inning against des moines. they lost the game 40-0. >> bare handed. >> who needs the leather? that is cj wilson. he has to have a welt on that hand. good job by tj wilson. >> what's

. >>> kent clobbers another, the phillies flop unflubed and the sox sink the yankees. plus, the mavs go from downtown to beat the heat and grab the lead in the nba finals. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> speaking of the heat, it continues into the upcoming weekend along with some severe thunderstorms. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today."

if he would have played at yankee stadium. because dimaggio was handicapping at yankee stadium.ut musial with the short porch down the right-field line, 290 feet, so you put him in yankee stadium. was he a better hitter than williams? i dot think so. >> nobody not on steroids or named babe routed was abetter hitt and dimaggio was the better outfielder among them. but somewhere outside of st. louis he is not in the discussion and he should be. >> we are seeing him in there tonight. >> let me just say, as a complete player, not a great arm. played left field. >>tarted his time as a player at lefield. >> he made an immediate mar he was the most valuable player in 1942, four years after he signed. but he could run. a lot of people don't realize how fast he was. and he never struck out. 646 strikeouts in 22 years is about 30 a year. >> let's talk about his stance, shall we? take a look at the picture on his screen. number one. look at this stance. what can we say about this? >> coiled. >> it was like a kid peeking around the corner waiting for a cop to come. >> you had the closest lo

president, we know vermont yankee has had serious problems in the last several years. including a collapse of its cooling towers in 2007 and radioactive tritium leaks in 2005 and 2010. the tritium leaks came from pipes plant officials claimed under oath did not exist. in support of the vermont legislature's decision, the vermont congressional delegation has been clear that entergy should reject -- should respect vermont's laws. in other words what we're saying, the dell ghaition here -- the delegation here is that entergy should respect the laws of the state of the verlt and what our state senate has done. however, just last week we heard that enterg y's well-paid lobbyists and lawyers have been meeting with agencies including the nuclear regulatory commission staff pushing the federal government to intervening in the lawsuit entergy filed against vermont. entergy wants the federal government to take up its extreme argument that vermont's right to decide its own energy future is preempted by federal nuclear safety laws. now, mr. president, it so happens that n.r.c. cha

. >>> coming up -- the red sox and yankees square off. tiger drops out.and the nhl throws the book at a cheap shotter. >>> plus, dirk and the mavs even up their nba finals matchup with the heat. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. [ banker ] mike and brenda found a house that they really wanted. it was in my sister's neighborhood. i told you it was perfect for you guys. literally across the street from her sister. [ banker ] but someone else bought it before they could get their offer together. we really missed a great opportunity -- dodged a bullet there. [ banker ] so we talked to them about the wells fargo priority buyer preapproval. it lets people know that you are a serious buyer because you've been credit-approved. we got everything in order so that we can move on the next place we found. which was clear on the other side of town. [ male announcer ] wells fargo. with you when you're ready to move. >>> welcome back to "first look." in sports, dallas mavericks' dirk nowitzki fought both off the miami heat and illness to even up the nba finals. >> g

. >>> kent clobbers another, the phillies flop unflubed and the sox sink the yankees. plus, the mavs go from downtown to beat the heat and grab the lead in the nba finals. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> speaking of the heat, it continues into the upcoming weekend along with some severe thunderstorms. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sport, throughout the nba finals, the dallas mavericks have had to show they can come back. now it's the miami heat's turn. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. dirk nowitzki has been the story this postseason, but trailing to the heat in the fourth quarter. the mavs turn to their supporting cast. dwyane wade led the heat, knocked down the three and miami had the lead. mavs would tie and dirk would put them on top with a quick move to the basket. he had 29. then dallas turned to their sharpshooters jason kidberry to three with moments to play. the mavs pulled away

we want vermont yankee to shut down.n doing that, i believe they were reflecting the wishes of the people of our state. vermont wants to move in a new way in terms of energy. we are number one in terms of energy -- energy efficiency. we are moving aggressively towards sustainable energy. you may disagree, but that is the direction the state wants to go. what is the role of the nrc in that discussion? is it appropriate for the nrc to get involved in one of the largest utility companies in the united states of america, a $14 billion company that pays its ceo $18 million a year? to get involved in a legal case between the state of vermont and this company? they want to stay open and make more money. i understand that. people in vermont want to shut it down. i agree with that. why should you be involved in that? what concerns me very much is my understanding is that yesterday, by a 3-2 vote, this commission decided to urge the department of justice to get involved in that fight. i do not care what your view

three-run bomb off gonzalez, make it 4-2 yankees.straight game against the as. their longest since they won 14 back in the 1950s. >>> no need for contests between innings these days in san jose. they play on the field at municipal stadium, it's entertaining enough. last night the giants squeaked out just enough offense for their 12th straight win. this is exclusive by the way. right hander david nixon pitched seven innings of shutdown baseball striking out 7. the giants beat the stockton ports 3-0. 12 consecutive wins is a new franchise record. >>> he will go down as one of the great centers in nba history and today, shaquille o'neal said that's enough. >> we did it. 19 years, baby. i want to thank you very much. that's why i'm telling you first, i'm about to retire. >> shaq made the announcement through a video link on twitter. in his 19-year career, he won four nba titles and won the league mvp in 2000. he retires with the fifth most points in history and might hold the league record for most money sound bites. >> from this day on,

are honorary coaches for the yankees.d they corner yogi in the batting cage, and they say, "tell us what happened." and he says, "damnest thing, six innings. seiber goes into a stretch. here they come, three of them stark naked. they run right across the pitcher's mound, jump over the fence behind third base, disappear into the parking lot. naked as jaybirds." mickey says, "wow, were they men or women?" yogi says, "you know, i couldn't tell, they had bags on their heads." [ laughter ] that's true. that's true. >> jimmy: ah, he's the best. more with bob costas when we get back, you guys! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ( music starts ) ( typing ) ♪ there ain't no reason ♪ you and me should be alone tonight ♪ ♪ yeah baby ♪ tonight yeah baby ♪ but i got a reason that you-hoo ♪ ♪ should take me home ♪ tonight ♪ i need a man that thinks it's right ♪ ♪ when it's so wrong ♪ tonight yeah baby ♪ tonight yeah baby ♪ it's hard to feel the rush ♪ ♪ to brush the dangerous ♪ i'm going to run right to ♪ ♪ to the edge with you ♪ where we can b

. >>> coming up, the yankees find a new job for joe gerrardi. stunning upset at wimbledon, and a mix-up at the mound that backfired in the worst way. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> in new mexico a 125-square-mile wildfire burns nearby. the government has a plane equipped with radiation monitors flying over the los alamos nuclear laboratory. authorities say the monitoring is just a precaution. >>> federal regulators say the owner of the west virginia coal mine where an explosion killed 29 men last year misled investigators with its bookkeeping on safety problems. they say massey energy kept two sets of record books. one sanitized for the government and another internal set documenting the actual safety situation. >>> rhode island governor lincoln chaffey says he will sign into law a bill that allows same-sex couples to enter into civil unions. the state's senate approved the measure yesterday. >>> in canada a massive mud

a's hosting the yankees.of the game is curtis and this is drilled off of brett app dear son. gone. 2 run shot. 17th. yankees up 2 nothing. a's get on the board in the third. ru runners in the corner. single to right. andy in and it's 3-1 new york. in the fourth. about anderson general. single home. 2 more. an dear so that gave up 10 runs on 11 hits. rough night for the a's pitcher and the yankees cruise 10-3 final. it ace collision course at the french open. federer and novak. getting set for show down. men quarter final. if federer won first 2 sets. down 6-5. check out the forehand down the line. no chance. third set to tie break and match point. puts it await a minute winner in straight set moves on to meet in the semi-final. that's fantastic semi. murray and victor wrapping up the fourth round match. leading in the fifth. but here comes murray. bliss ering across court winner levels at 5 all then up 6-5. match point for murray comes up with the unbelievable back hand murray rally to win and go to the quart

number two, louis robbed of a hit, yankees and reds split.d brewers, betancourt the regular and that's why, full extension dive getting the 4th out at second. tampa wins, 6-3. >>> so the a's win streak is over. when a player -- remember when jackson leaned into that pitch while he was -- the new york yankees, it's called taking one for the team to get your team the win but it's such bush league to lean if to a pitch just so you that get the winning run. >> late innings like that it is. >> yeah. i guess that's what you have to do but a cheap way to loose but the magic continues for melvin. >> we will be right back. >> more on my blog if you want. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, james and justin bieber. our next newscast is tomorrow morning at 4-3 . >>> david letterman is next with kevin james and justin bieber? >> justin who? >> i have the fever.

. >>> a lot of talk here in new york among the yankees' fans. what to do when it's time for mo to go? when mariano rivera retires? consensus hall of famer and greatest closer of all time. the rumor on the sports wire says the yankees are talking to this guy. this was before a padres game. they asked members of the cirque du soleil troupe from vegas to show off their stuff on the mound. scouting report on this guy is better than average delivery, needs to work on his cutter. >>> a little bit of legitimate news value but not much. we wanted to show you the pictures of the new baby koala boonda, born at the park. a second generation urban koala, the first baby born to a mother koala born in captivity. population of koalas living in the wild is now down to 43,000 of them across the vast stretches of australia. >>> up next here tonight, today running. tomorrow, perhaps, running the world? our "making a difference" report is next. blch "making a difference" brought to you by -- >>> finally tonight, our "making a difference" report about a unique progr

. >>> yankees are always very focused when they play s a's.osh willingham goes deep off, his 10th of the year. he's on top 2-1. nick swisher comes back to haunt his former team. the a's lose again. their 10th straight loss to the yankees. >>> that's what ---- mike tyson -- he bit the finger in game one of the stanley cup finals. passing to torrey, shoots and scores. just like that the canucks beat the browns. >> that's the same way -- beat the bruins. >> i saw a lot of the sharks members donated their time today. >>> all right. see you at 11:00. [ banker ] mike and brenda found a house that they really wanted. it was in my sister's neighborhood. i told you it was perfect for you guys. literally across the street from her sister. [ banker ] but someone else bought it before they could get their offer together. we really missed a great opportunity -- dodged a bullet there. [ banker ] so we talked to them about the wells fargo priority buyer preapproval. it lets people know that you are a serious buyer because you've been credit-approved. we got

. >>> in baseball the red sox are in a virtual tie with the yankees, atop of the a.l. east.boston's david ortiz smacked a two-run homer into the right field seats at yankee stadium to pad the red sox lead and the sox hung on to beat the yanks 6-4. >>> in milwaukee the mets' jose reyes hit a shot off the wall for a triple to score two runs. the best play of the game was by brewers' center fielder carlos gomez who reached over the wall -- look at this -- for an incredible catch robbing carlos beltrand of a homer. but the mets won it, 2-1. >>> finally to golf, where tiger woods will not play in the u.s. open. woods decided not to compete in the open starting next week because of continuing problems with his left leg. it will be the first open that he has missed since 1994. >>> and when we return, another look at this morning's top stories, plus a letter containing the seeds of the holocaust written by a young adolph hitler. f the holocaust written by a young adofl hitler. [ female announcer ] you do so much... to stay healthy. but did you know fiber choice can help support your

a's hosting the yankees. he drills one off brett anderson. this is the grandevon anderson highlight. yanks up 2-0 in the fourth. again off anderson again and singles home two more. anderson got shelfed and gave up 10 runs on 11 hits. the yankees cruise 10-3. french open men's quarterfinals in paris are. federer won the first two sets now and down 6-5. check out the forehand winner down the line. it heads to a tie break. club fed and mmm. that means winner. that's the french for winner. 6-4, 6-3, 7-6. he goes on to meet joe -- jokavich. >> that should be the final. >> shuttle endeavor on proach to cape canaveral. >> on board is gabrielle giffords' husband, mark kelly, and five other astronauts. >> shuttle atlantis is scheduled to blast into space in july in the last mission of the 30-year u.s. shuttle program. button defer is expected to be -- but endeavor is expected to be back on the ground in the next half hour. >> it has been up there for 16 days now. >> that's our report. "nightline" is up next. >> for larry beil and sandhya patel, thanks

. >>> yankees seem to be focused when they play the a's. willingham dialed in. run of the season. oakland on top 2-1. the a's starting pitching wasn't very good in this series. gonzalez giving it up to swisher, that's the yanks 83rd home run of the year. >>> biting a finger in game one of the finals, no class, scoreless game, shoots and scores. just like that the canucks beat the bruins and take the lead. >>> battle of the bay -- steve and john helped raise $200,000 for special olympics n very raised 4 million in 13 years. i asked why he thinks alex smith will succeed under the new coach. >> going to get looked at this year in the new west coast offense and he will run that. >> i think ellis is suited for that. his arm, his ability, his knowledge of the passing game and the defense, i think suits him. >> he lost in the semi-finals and starts the top five. >> i really miss the weekly interview was the 49ers. that was fun. >> you were a tough interview. you asked hard questions -- why did i pull out steve young in the third quarter, we were winging, that's why. >>

the as have lost nine straight to the yankees.s longest win streak over the as since they were in kansas city. 10-3, the final. encouraging signs before the giants game in st. louis. pablo sandoval taking early batting practice about 75 swings after wrist surgery and another injury concern. brandon bell drilled in his wrist. after x-rays the team says it's a bruce. the manager, bruce bo bow chee bochi. but the bull pen falters. skip schumaker helping to score allen craig as javier lopez takes his first loss as a member of the giants. the cardinals rally for the win. and the single san jose giants winning a team record 12th game tonight. and game one of the nba finals in miami, the heat hosting mavericks, a rematch of the 2006 finals and that one did have dirk nowitski and dwyane wade involved and not lebron james and jason kidd. lebron james who had been swept by the spurs in the finals with cleveland clutched the bucket and as time expires in the third quarter setting up an impressive fourth quarter. james had a team-high 24 poin

the as have now lost ten straight to the yankees, swept at home after the 4-2 loss today.he warriors coaching search continues. one name emerging as a serious candidate is spurs assistant mike budenholser. meanwhile, a san antonio native called it quits today. >> we did it. 19 years, baby. i want to thank you very much. that's why i'm telling you first. i'm about to retire. love you. talk to you soon. >> yeah, shaq letting the world know first via san francisco based social media outfit tout. they handled the video captured by phone. he gave us years of memories and drama at the free-throw line and four championships. the game that just finished. canucks -- what really bites for the boston bruins is the rafi-torres goal with just seconds on the clock to break a scoreless tie 1-0. the canucks take game one. now taking a 1-0 leaducks here in boston. it was a fun game. >> those canucks.

. >>> rockies taking on the yankees. bottom of the eighth. yanks up, a-4. mark teixeira. crank you very much. 23rd home run. top of the ninth, it's time to enter the sandman. rivera getting blackmon swinging, the yankees winning, 6-4. >>> you're up to date for now. don't forget for all of your highlights, join us for the highlight express on espn news. >>> and this is the animal portion of our news cast. hundreds of dogs and cast displaced by joplin tornado are waking up in new homes. a massive adopt a thon. >> many were matched with the perfect pets. many of those pets are being called joplin. >>> in new zealand, a wayward penguin known as happy feet is recovering from a third life-saving surgery this morning. >> s sgeons said that the penguin had a clogged digestive system after eating sand. which he mistook for snow. we hope that he's all right, eventually. >>> up next -- the stories we'll be following later today, including a possible arrest warrant for libya's moammar gadhafi. >>> attention earthlings, we're in for something of a close call day. ♪ ♪ -wee! -woo hoo. [

number two, louis robbed of a hit, yankees and reds split.s and brewers, betancourt the regular and that's why, full extension dive getting the 4th out at second. tampa wins, 6-3. >>> so the a's win streak is over. when a player -- remember when jackson leaned into that pitch while he was -- the new york yankees, it's called taking one for the team to get your team the win but it's such bush league to lean if to a pitch just so you that get the winning run. >> late innings like that it is. >> yeah. i guess that's what you have to do but a cheap way to loose but the magic continues for melvin. the magic continues for melvin. >> we will be right ,,,, ...and i just got myself a new bass boat...what's new with you? ahh not much, got a new hat, might run for president...oh! and my new 3 taco combo. i'm serving up three awesomely delicious tacos, crispy golden fries, and an ice cold drink for only $3.49.