pretty good kobe impression there. meanwhile kobe and company getting their business done. on to the final for team usa after dispensing with argentina. spain versus usa in the gold medal game on sunday. later tonight we're all about baseball, giants hosting the rockies. lincecum on the mound. a's in progress they're leading the white sox 3-1 early. >> dwight howard kept saying you know, you know. i don't know i want to hear. >> that's kobe, though. >> you know, big smile, you know. >>> visit the i tunes store to download our new ktvu news tab. >> and you can watch every newscast live, just download the ktvu news app right from your i pad. thank you for trusting ktvu news. that let you move the tv around wherever. no siree, bob. who's bob? and if you didn't have a tv outlet, well then you couldn't watch diddly-squat. you talk a lot.

there is kobe bryant. the greatest swimming career of all time comes to an end. one week ago some question if you would even medal. what a difference. >> i refuse to believe this is the end. >> i am with you on that. we will see in four years. >> here is the latest count. united states has 54. china remains in second with 53. the host country is the third. now that the final race is over for phelps, he says he is retired. dear dear fitzpatrick is in london with reaction. >> i could not be more happy, but those words from michael phelps as he goes out with another gold medal. he and his teammates won a gold in the four by 100 medley. he says that is the perfect way to go out. >> i have been fortunate to look back at my career and say i have accomplished every goal i have wanted to. i think at that point, it is just time to move on. there are other things i want to do in my life. i am not sure staring at a black line for four hours a day is one of those. there are a lot of things i want to do for myself to be able to relax. even though i am retiring, there are stil

>> it came out in kobe earthquake. >> i was actually there. >> the roof came off. it was hard to stand up. i was 6, 7 miles away. in the city, people couldn't stand up. >> they determined using excellerateom ters. you will have near field effect, the easy way to explain it, if you were standing next to a rail road track. the train makes sound and generates and the sound waves tumble. the same thing happens with an earthquake. those /tkpwraupbd waves tumble upon themselves and increase the intensity of the shaking. it's called near field effect. we probably won't get that on the haward fault, but on the san andreas fault. they will have very pronounced shaking. we will also have more interaction because of poor soils that interact with earthquake waves. you can have a moderately distant waves and it will be higher in the bay area and people don't realize how much of the city has been filled. there's a tremendous amount filled in and in those areas, the ground will shake dramatically harder. there's a lot of interaction that plays into the interaction of the intensit

kobe bryant in his final game. a tight one throughout. local boy kevin durant, corner ball. 30 points for durant. 156 points for the games. that's a u.s. record. fourth quarter and look at the wizardry of chris paul. mike krzyzewski is loving that. his last game as usa head coach, usa goes on to win the gold, lebron giving his coach an h20 send off. coach k, 62-1 in olympic play. >> you know, this was a great game. wasn't a good game. it was a great game. i'm a happy guy. and proud. >> we knew it wasn't going to be easy. these guys played hard. they're a bigger team than us. every mistake they made, we capitalized on it. chris paul, lebron, kobe were great and you know, we got a really good win. >> so with the games coming to a close, here's a look at the medical count. usa, 104 medals. ladies bringing home 29 of those. host nation great britain the 65. funny that with all the subway and adidas commercials, robert griffin iii was the number two pick in the draft. the colts depending a lot on andrew luck. and the number one picks started t

six time all-star is reportedly on its way to the lakers as part of a four way team deal howard and kobe together in this in every now. opening round of the pga championship in south carolina tiger was last chance to win a major this year it begins a three and a 69 is just three shots off the lead and he's right there. so is big john daly. he sings the eagle putt on 11 dailies today for under 68 easily to off the lead. everyone will be chasing bad man. carl peterson had never shot a los seventy in five previous pga championships that she did say the approach stocks a few feet from all the percentages of a 66 to take a one-shot lead for mcelroy is one of five office tie for second at 500 and with daily in the hunt you can expect his fan following to be even bigger than normal. did we think it's like my golf game is up and down. it's valley battle and get through its. people early to that. the crowds are always amazing. this keeps you going. it's good on the back nine. i love it. not too many players to their leavitt's. fans and the 2. giants wrapping up their road trip in st. louis and fo

kobe doesn't seem to mind. you beat up on the team. the least you can do is sign an autograph. >>> after disappointing team event men's gymnastics has a chance to overcome their demons today. >> team usa will also look to add to the medal count at the pool. danella sealock has more on the events. >> it could be redemption day at the gym. the american men crumbled earlier this week falling to fifth in the team competition. today the team's two best gymnasts can rebound. he qualified for the all around with the highest score and is expected to challenge for gold. john once considered a medal contender will have to overcome a disastrous performance in the team final. and at the pool, michael phelps is looking to build on history. check this out. with the gold, as well as a silver, michael phelps broke history. a 48-year-old record with 19 medals throughout his career. 15 of them gold. and he isn't done yet. he could end up with 22 medals by the end of the week. today his attention turns back to his rival ryan lochte. both men will try to

lebron and kobe. kobe hits a three one of six in the second half. he had 20 points. they rolled. they win 119-86. they wini got the chance to start my own business. i know what it's like to hire people and to make ends meet. from those experiences, i had the chance of running the olympics. the games were in real trouble. there'd been way too much spending. and in massachusetts i found a budget that was badly out of balance. our legislature was 85% democrat. and every one of the four years i was governor, we balanced the budget. i want to use those experiences to help americans have a better future. we believe in our future. we believe in ourselves. we believe the greatest days of america are ahead. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. is now in our new starbucks refreshers™ -- a breakthrough in natural energy. made with real fruit, starbucks refreshers™ are delicious low calorie drinks you can feel good about. ♪ rethink how you re-energize. ♪ get a boost of natural energy with a new starbucks refreshers™, in three ways. natural energy from green coffee extract, o

you are right about kobe. he has his own problems. >> kimberly: a lot. >> bob: never take each other on. american teams against american teams. >> kimberly: lebron did it, too. but he refused to come to new york and play. he didn't want to deal with the new york press. >> eric: did you notice that president obama was going have a big rundraiser with hoopsters? >> andrea: fundraisers with jordan and a number of others. he needs the money. he needs the money. needs the p.r. >> bob: they know where the power is and the best candidate is. >> greg: it's high school politics. obama hangs out with the cliques. this is beverly hills 90210. >> eric: coincidently,dy get an e-mail from none other than barack obama. michael jordan. dear eric, michael jordan wrote a check to my campaign for senate in 2004 i wasn't sure if i should cash it or frame it. >> andrea: a lot of people. >> eric: i got to go. spoil alert. don't listen. if you don't want to know who won, the u.s. was just playing argentina. it just concluded, if you

kobe doesn't seem to mind. >> goodman. very nice thing to do. >> she's used to it. >>> america's best swimmer is waking up this morning with a new title, the winningest olympian in history. >> it adds to what is already been a stellar games for team usa in the pool. dan hellie live in london with more on mr. phelps and a run-in, i understand, dan, with ovie at the olympics. >> yeah, a lot going on yesterday, yun aeun and aaron. michael phelps, the most decorated olympian in the history of the games. he finally did it. two medals for phelps yesterday. he now has 19 total olympic medals. michael phelps got it started with signature event. 200 meter butterfly. he's held the world record in the butterfly since he was 15-year-old op. phelps led nearly the entire way. leading by more than a second at the final split. but at the very end he loses the same way he won at the last olympics in beijing, by half a stroke. he had to settle for a silver. an hour later phelps back in the pool for the 200 meter freestyle relay. an ryan loc

so that made the game easier. >> jimmy: but then kobe played gasol, they're teammates. >> yeah, but kobe is like -- he is like a beast. [ laughter ] he don't care about anybody else. >> jimmy: he doesn't care. he just wants to win. >> we really hated pau, actually. >> jimmy: he did, he just went for it. >> and we felt the same about -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: did you guys all live in like a dorm? >> no. >> jimmy: i picture it like a "real world" where you guys are all in like bunk beds or something. [ laughter ] >> no. we stayed at a hotel. the other athletes stayed at the village. >> jimmy: oh, you chose to stay there. you didn't stay at the village? >> i wanted to stay at the village. >> jimmy: you did? >> yeah, we wanted to get the full experience of it. >> jimmy: be one of the village people. >> yeah, be one of the village people. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah. y.m.c.a. thank you, james. i like who's getting it now. [ laughter ] you stayed at the hotel. and then where do you go? do you go out to dinner? no, you just had to play all the time. >> we hang out. >> jimmy: what do you do? do

>> nba star kobe bryant snapped this picture of his teammate anthony davis with an armenian wrestler at the olympics. kobe puts up a caption called "battle of the unit brownbrow." >> it does not look that bad. 70 degrees outside. the news continues at 5:30. >> some state employees in virginia could soon have more money in i'm barack obama and i approve this message seen this? mitt romney claiming the president would end welfare's work requirements? the new york times calls it 'blatantly false' the washington post says: "the obama administration is not removing the bill's work requirements atsall." in fact, obama's getting states to move twenty percent more people from welfare to work. and president clinton's reaction to the romney ad? it's just "not true." get the facts. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> straight ahead, a huge payoff in gambling in maryland. while many of you slept the general assembly passed a bill to expand gambling in the state and bring a casino to prince george's county. good morning, washington. it's wednesday, august 15. i

kobe bryant, a spectator in london, taking in the championship game. the baltimore native from state francis -- from st. francis, and the and phatic reaction. third quarter, sue byrd knocks it down. the americans win big over france, their fifth straight gold in women's basketball. >>> a couple of showers from baltimore to the north, heavier stuff moving into it anne arundel county and the south. that will continue to move to the east overnight. and the seven-day, tomorrow, lots of sunshine, 87. rain chances in ocean city. dry on monday. rain chances tuesday, wednesday, thursday, and friday. >> thank you for joining us. nbc nightly news is next. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> in the most highly contested video process and beat a history of international olympic committee, the washington- baltimore region lost a bid for the 2012 olympics. however, the dream is still alive for the coalition that appears to be up for the task. the setting his sights for the 202

kobe hasn't played that much. kobe to me is amazing. he plays. every season he's been playing for the national team or doing something around the clock, lakers go deep into the playoffs every year. he's been pacing himself a little bit. now that we get to the end. >> the other teams aren't pushovers. they had a couple tough battles. al michaels, a few days of work left in you. >> a couple more than you do. >> enjoy it. we'll enjoy watching you also. and you can check out more of nbc's olympic coverage later today. now, here is savannah. >> all right, matt, thanks. being second in the world in something, anything, is quite an achievement. here at the olympic games silver comes with mixed reaction. stephanie gosk is here with that story. good morning. >> for most olympic athletes winning a medal, any color medal is a dream that comes true. why the angst over silver, the one medal's worth depends on the eye of the beholder. some say olympic athletes win silver medals, some say they settle for silver. some say a silver medal makes you the second best

kobe bryant had 240 points in the second half, and lebron james had a triple double. so to the track now where allison got a gold medal by winning the 200 meter final last night. that runner conceded her spot so she moved on. she won in the previous olympics before breaking through for gold this time around. pole vaulting never looks safe when someone had his pole snap into three pieces. somehow, he walked away with no injury. and lolo jones finished fourth in the 1090 meter hurdles, her teammates who both medals in that event didn't hold back about the media's fascination with jones. >> to come away with the medal, and they're favorite didn't win, it hurt. >> i think on the podium, the three girls earned their spot, got their medals, worked hard, prevailed, and that's all that needs to be said. >> and it was questioned if jones ability lived up to her talent. jones responded. >> the fact that it was from a u.s. media, they should be supporting our athletes and they ripped me to shreds. i thought that was crazy because i worked six days a week, every day for four year

kobe bryant spent his off day watching the men's singles f inal. federer, sick backhand. bill gates on hand. match point -- short on the return. longest match in olympic history, four hours 20 minutes and federer moves on to face andy murray. tom tasselmyer will be back with a look at your seven-day forecast after this. >> after a string of murders in a baltimore community, the new acting police commissioner making some changes in the area. residents in a historic area say this will destroy their neighborhood. those stories and more those stories and more followin [ male announcer ] good paying jobs. better schools. that's what a world-class resort casino at national harbor would mean for maryland. but it won't happen if the special interests get their way. with thousands of local jobs and millions for maryland's schools on the line. we need to fight back. call your lawmakers and tell them to put national harbor on the ballot this november. because it's not up to the special interests, it's up to you. >> i forget your word for it. >> dumpy? >> gloopy? [laughter] >> goopy?

. >> lebron james got a triple double and kobe bryant chipped in as the men's team routed australia. the u.s. will take on argentina in the semifinals, 18 they have already beaten. americans are in a position to take a gold and silver in the decathlon. he shattered a 44-year old an olympic record in the deep-. he has a 220-point edge over teammate -- his teammate. misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings won their third straight gold medal. they defeated two other americans, who will bring on the silver. in the women's 200-meter, allyson felix won her first individual gold with a strong finish. 1881 bronze. the u.s. had a one and to finish in the hurdle. aries merritt got gold. in the hurdles britney reese one of gold in the long jump. usain bolt is on track to become the first man to win back-to- back gold. >> the u.s. 3 takes the lead in overall medals. u.s. has 81, china has 77. that is followed by russia, great britain, and germany. >> fans with olympic-style nail art. stylists have 10 different styles of art. >> you knew that would catch on. 74 degrees. >> still ahead, weeks l

very quickly, harvey, i want to ask you about kobe bryant's wife, clarifying about things she said. what is she saying about that? >> she took so much heat for this. so she's just come out with a new statement saying when she married kobe bryant, he had not won any championships. technically, it is true. but the fact is, we looked, she got engaged to him in may of 2000 and he won his first championship in june of 2000. so she didn't give him much time. >> i guess not. >> all right, harvey, you have a great weekend. we'll look for you at 6:30 right here for tmz on tv. thanks, as always. >>> a note to lady gaga fans. you do not want to mess with her body guards. this is what happened to an autograph seeker who tried to get too close to the singer. a takedown was caught on camera. lady gaga looking stunned, but she realized she was in good hands and kept on moving. >>> new on the news edge, because of the owner's conservative views, should chick-fil-a be kicked off the university of maryland's campus? hear what students have to say. >>> then, new startling details about the shooting at

. >>> and nba legend kobe bryant turns 34 today. all day stay on top of the latest developments on those theories and other as they break on msnbc. tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news", and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. from the london olympics to the red carpet, ryan lochte opens up to matt about his new celebrity lifestyle. >>> and carly ray jepsen performs her hit song "call me maybe" on the plaza. >>> keep an eye on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and much more. i'm veronica de la cruz. thank you for watching early today. just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a terrific thursday. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

that's a big name, of course, leaving the lakers and dwight howard, when you look at the laker, kobe bryant, they don't have to lose paul. lakers right there with miewmmy as the favorite in the nba. for the first time in a couple of years, peyton manning, his denver debut in chicago against the bears, granted it is exhibition football. he was in there for one series. looked real sharp. 4-7 passing. driving the broncos down the field and his receiver misplayed one of his passes. broncos win 31-3. you're looking at a young lady, 42- year-old shannon easten became the first woman to officiate an nfl game tonight in san diego. a game won by the chargers 21- 13. again, the nfl real officials are on strike and shannon was right in there. no word of bad calls or anything going awry. she knows what she is doing. the 49ers practice opener is tomorrow night, 6:00. michael crabtree for the first time in his career will suit up for an exhibition game coming out of college in texas tech, the money went right, then he had injuries, but crabtree said to be ready to go. it will be a first time to be

but how could we punish the success of kobe? he's got five championships. he shouldn't have to pay any taxes at all. he was so successful. that makes no sense! we all pay income tax! all right so let me give you marathon -- brian sell, he earned less than $25,000 over three years. now if you earn that much you get taxed 15%. okay. so at 15%, here's what they actually pay on their prizes. they pay $3,851 for gold. they pay $2,307 for vill silver and $1,500 for a bronze but not for the medals. they pay it for the prizes that they get as income! sometimes i have to say it slowly because apparently fox news viewers republicans are a little slow on the uptake. one final thing for you, you know in the midst of all of this, as the republicans are complaining oh, my god, look at all of these things and then you find out the poorest olympians pay 15% tax. do you remember what mitt romney's tax rate is? in the one year he released, the year that's most favorable to him, he paid 13.9%. a guy who is running for our country, who is an olympian, who only makes $25,000 a

lebron james scored 19 points, and kobe bryant hit 17 points for the americans. uganda held up their country's flag as they won the marathon. it is the second gold medal in uganda's history. >>> well, the man tapped for vp on the republican ticket is campaigning in his home state. this is waukesha, wisconsin. crowds gathered to embrace their congressman, paul ryan, and candidate mitt romney. the two men are traveling all weekend. this morning they fired up a gop meet-up in north carolina. our national political correspondent jim acosta was there. >> reporter: with paul ryan little more than 24 hours into his role as mitt romney's running mate, there is a race to define the wisconsin congressman with democrats stepping up their attacks and noting that ryan once proposed a partial privatization of the medicare program. mitt romney at two events here in north carolina described ryan as someone who came to washington reluctantly in his late 20s when he was elected to congress. >> he planned on doing something else with his career, but, you know, he looked at the coun

but how could we punish the success of kobe? he's got five championships. he shouldn't have to pay any taxes at all. he was so successful. that makes no sense! we all pay income tax! all right so let me give you marathon -- brian sell, he earned less than $25,000 over three years. now if you earn that much, you get taxed 15%. okay. so at 15%, here's what they actually pay on their prizes. they pay $3,851 for gold. they pay $2,307 for vill silver and $1,500 for a bronze but not for the medals. they pay it for the prizes that they get as income! sometimes i have to say it slowly because apparently fox news viewers republicans are a little slow on the uptake. one final thing for you you know in the midst of all of this, as the republicans are complaining oh, my god look at all of these things and then you find out the poorest olympians pay 15% tax. do you remember what mitt romney's tax rate is? in the one year he released, the year that's most favorable to him, he paid 13.9%. a guy who is running for our country, who is an olympian, who only makes $25,000 a y

maybe kobe can make his big comeback. but others taking our question seriously, especially when we asked if yoga or poll dance -- pole dancing ought to be in the olympics. she doesn't appear to be smiling as she writes, i trained in pole dancing in addition to ballet. i ask you, have you ever really asked a pole dancer? i mean, with more than disgust because of the taboo cliche. it takes a ton of control to keep your body on that control with little contact. not to mention it's not second nature for most people to hang upside down vertically by just their ankles. >> disgusting or no i think it's hard to argue it's easy but even hardtory make the case it ought to be an olympic contest. haven't we gotten enough contests in the olympics to count on judges to decide winners and losers. you may judge me off target. that's what mcginty's mailbag is all about. i the address is pale pale. that is our report. i'll be back here at 11:00. have a great evening. we'll talk to you later on. top will have the latest on the storms. bye-b

kobe bryant added 17 points to win his second gold medal along with his five nba championships. >> you understand this is much, much bigger than yourself. it's much, much bigger than the sport of basketball. this is about our country. >> reporter: jake varner earned the second gold, winning the men's 96 kilogram freestyle wrestling. maybe he'll have another goal at gold in rio de janeiro. the brazilian metropolis is the next site of the olympics four years from now first time in south america of the. >>> and penn state trustees backing a decision to accept the tough ncaa penalties against the football program. the school president faced an impossible choice and acted in the best interest of the university. their comments were made during a sunday conference call. they agreed it was time to move on. >>> six-time pro bowl receiver chad johnson has been cut from the miami dolphins. it followed his arrest on a domestic battery charge. johnson formerly known as ochoa ci cinco. he was accused of head butting his wife. >>> and the final major tournament of the year, it wasn't close. rory mcil

. >>> on to the semis, kobe pumped 20, lebron, a triple- double. argentina, next up for dream team 2. usa's basketball squad has got it together. full giant highlights tonight at 10. >> thank you, mark. >>> coming up at 10, the bay area's sikh community gathers tonight for a somber ceremony. >> thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news.

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kobe bryant was playing with us. she didn't know anybody else, but at least she played along, so that was fun. rooting for these girls tonight, 7:45 here in london, 2:45 back home, that's when the u.s. takes on japan in the gold medal soccer game. eun? >> you're lucky she's gracious, dan. we'll be rooting for her and the rest of team usa this afternoon. thanks so much. see you soon. >> and the men's basketball team is on to the next round after a blowout win against australia, 119-86. kobe bryant finally came alive, scoring 20 points on the night, including three straight three-pointers in the fourth quarter. the team now moves to the semifinals against argentina, the team that they beat by 30 points earlier in this tournament. >>> google is about to get personal, but only for a select few. cnbc's sima mody has that. good morning. >> good morning to you. interesting story. google looks to get more personal. experimenting with including information from your gmail account and search results. users will see a list of r

here in kobe, japan, a 1995 quake caused enormous destruction oproperty and lo of li. ( speaking japanese ): it's one thing to map the earth's hazard zones. it's another to know where people live in them. settlement patterns, too, respond to earth's physical systems. when viewed from space, the limitations are glaring. foale: the vast area of the world can be described as one color, brown. mostly a brown desert. and that is the absolutely most striking thing about it, is you suddenly realize the places to live in the world are few and far between and we are already living there. we have found them, and that's where we've made our homes. so our living resources are actually quite limited in terms of space. narrator: take the case of egypt. it's larger than texas plus oklahoma, but 95% of its 65 million people live in the narrow ribbon of the nile river valley and its delta. astronauts saw this pattern graphically illuminated as they flew over at night. night views from space can tell us a lot, but not just about population density. they often reveal levels of economic development. i rememb

>> when you have kobe bryant and lebron james, kobe every off season has been playing for the national team or doing something. around the clock lakers go deep into the playoffs every year. he's been kind of pacing himself a little bit. now that we get to the end, he and the other teams -- >> but the other teams aren't pushovers. >> no. >> al michaels, you still have a few more days of work here. >> a couple of more than you do. >> and you can check out more of nbc's olympic coverage today. here's savannah. achievement. here at the olympic games silver comes with mixed reaction. stephanie gosk is here with that story. good morning. >> for most olympic athletes winning a medal, any color medal is a dream that comes true. why the angst over silver, the one medal's worth depends on the eye of the beholder. some say olympic athletes win silver medals, some say they settle for silver. some say a silver medal makes you the second best in the world. others say it means you're the first loser. athletes themselves go through a whole range of emotions. australian swimmer missed a gold medal by h

kobe bryant scored 20 points hitting four straight three-pointers putting team usa over australia in basketball 119-86. >>> >>> the u.s. back on top after wednesday in the medal count with 81 including 34 gold. china second with 77 overall and 36 gold. russia now in third with 52 medals. 11 of them gold. >>> but most the most striking athlete in london yesterday, never came close to winning a medal at all in an outfit covering everything but her face. sarah attar became the first woman runner to represent saudi arabia at the olympics. she finished last in an 800-meter heat but drew a huge cheer from the crowd. attar has dual citizenship with saudi and the u.s. and is a student at pepperdine university in california. >>> to baseball now. rockies at the dodgers. eric young got things started with a bang. hitting a drive off the wall in center and racing around the bases for an inside the park homer. by the sixth, the dodgers had the lead and there was an rbi single as l.a. won it 6-4. philadelphia hosts pittsburgh tonight in pre-season action. eagles head coach, andy reid will be there

russians will be keeping she dropped the company at flushing meadows for the time being to see a public in kobe advancing into run to offer a straight sets win over slovakia than the. well slovak born astri and. is also going home courtesy of a now the truth is rocket. while another russian alex vogel model of junior was unable to stop the murray on the day the scalloped beating to make history it seems to come the only man to an olympic gold in the u.s. open in the senior the world number four it didn't have the best of starts but eventually found its rhythm for a six two six four six one victory the twenty five year old has yet to win a grand slam. dunk. the fly the russian flag in new york after defeating all incoming argentinian good old pal the veteran overcoming a few early hurdles to close out the first run much in four sets while paul remarked to show real resilience the fight but from two sets. of igor we're. talking football where the goals take him through thick and fast in monday's seoul russian premier league clash a six to score i'm going the way of the crust that our side condemn

it took weeks of negotiations and four teams to get the deal done, but howard will now join kobe, steve nash and pau gasol who stays in l.a. >>> from one blockbuster trade to another, peyton manning made his debut with the broncos against the bears, looking pretty sharp until this. picked off at the goal line. that was it for manning. broncos win big, 31-3. >>> history made in san diego. shannon eastin became the first female referee in an nfl game. no need to blow the whistle on this play. philip rivers to antonio gates, a 23-yard strike. chargers beat the pack, 21-13. >>> the first overall pick robert griffin iii made his debut. this might be the easiest touchdown of his career. dumps it off to pierre garcon. rg3 played about a quarter. skins edged the bills, 7-6. >>> baseball now, yankees and tigers, dirks with a flare to left, falls in for a single. tigers take the lead. joe girardi thinks it was foul. he comes out to argue the call but to no avail. tossed for the third time this season. ironically all three have been against the tigers. bedard and chavez hit back-to-back jacks in t

lebron, kobe and team are into the finals, after destroying australia by 30 points. next up, argentina, which the u.s. beat in a preliminary match this last monday by 29 points. >>> and the u.s. women's soccer team fresh off their come-from-behind victory over canada, plays for the gold medal today. they take on japan with a score to settle. it was just last year that the japanese defeated the u.s. women in the world cup final. they say this is the game they wanted ever since. >> grudge match. that should be good. >>> day 13 of the games under way. here's the medal count. >> the u.s. is back on top ahead of china, by four medals overall. the russians, now in third. >>> and here at home, the first full weekend of nfl preseason games gets under way tonight. the league's first female official will be a line judge in the packers/chargers game. >> about time for that. >>> as for some baseball, though, those highlights from espn. >> good morning. randy scott here with your "sportscenter" update. we start in detroit because the tigers were dreaming of an 11-game home win st

kobe bryant scored 20 points hitting four straight three-pointers putting team usa over australia in basketball 119-86. >>> the u.s. back on top after wednesday in the medal count with 81 including 34 gold. china second with 77 overall and 36 gold. russia now in third with 52 medals. 11 of them gold. >>> but most the most striking athlete in london yesterday, never came close to winning a medal at all in an outfit covering everything but her face. sarah attar became the first woman runner to represent saudi arabia at the olympics. she finished last in an 800-meter heat but drew a muj cheer from the crowd. attar has dual citizenship with saudi and the u.s. and is a student at pepperdine university in california. >>> the rockies at the dodgers. eric young got things started with a bang. hitting a drive off the wall in center and racing around the bases for an inside the park homer. the dodgers led and victor -- l.a. won it 6-4. philadelphia hosts pittsburgh tonight in pre-season action. andy reid will be there four days after the death of his son. reid returned to the eagles training c

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