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And georgia coast. and showers taper off in the northeast. >> 60s in boston to new orleans. mostly 50s across the midwest. 70s in the rockies. sizzling 95 degrees in phoenix. my goodness. rain in texas delayed a nascar race that was supposed to run on sunday. when they finally got to racing, dale earnhardt, jr. clipped the infield grass before his car slammed into the wall and burst into flames. earnhardt escaped without being injured. officially he finished in last place. joey logano took the...

Unconscious. he flipped him on the back, pulled the tongue. hes alive and recovering. next in nascar kurt bush ended his 83-race losing streak. he held off jimmie johnson in the final after taking the checkered flag in martinsville speedway. look at the ferrari. $332,000. it belongs to a kick boxing champ who parked outside a gym in england. i wonder why he did that. who knew kick boxes was lucktive. thats a lot of kicks. >> it looks nice. >> carats to a.j. and katherine. the crimson tide coup...

He played a solid 11 minutes, grabbing two rebounds, and collins said after the game that there t was a lot of fun to get back out on the court, set screens and make some hard fouls. this years big race, the nascar race, first ones in the books, but theres a bit of confusion on the internet who actually won the daytona 500. now, the race was delayed more than six hours due to rain, so to fill time, the broadcast switched to last years race. well, jimmie johnson won the 2013 race, and when many...

Another nascar season under way and it was a soggy start. the daytona 500 was only 45 minutes old when a rain delay put a halt to it. six hours and 22 minutes later, the drivers are back. when 500 miles were done, dale earnhardt jr. taking the checkered flag. it was his second day stone that victory. and ended a streak of 55 races for him without a win. >> pretty rough crashes, too. part of seeing hometown action. moving on. there is really nothing quite like a partial demolition to brighten u...

Into break. >> hand me one of those samoa. >> i touched that one. >> thank you for saying we can all eat these today. its got to be the suit, right, thats what u.s. speed skaters say. theyre blaming poor performance on the suits made by their sponsor. what the company has in mind for next time. plus a spectacular seven-car crash at daytona speedway. one driver completing a perfect back flip landing on his wheels for the checkered flag. >> and it seends in flames and sparks. [ male announcer ...

Cleveland. take a look at that one. steals a home run. thats great timing. it might have been the difference in the game. detroit wins 4-2. you know the phrase dont count your chickens before they hatch? heres case in point from the x games. >> will she take the gold medal in los angeles? ohno! pumped her first. she thought she was going to win it and opened the door. >> i mean, first of all the bad form is in so many bay waist. you dont do it on the second to last turn. >> there was a skier i...

He was the nfls funny man. art donovan known for his hilarious stories was a feisty defensive tackle. he helped the colts before there were super bowls get world chips in 1958 and 1959. the baltimore teddy bear and hall of famer art donovan passing away at 89. tiger not in a major but does win at the bridgestone invitational. evidently a fan, a cookie squirrel. he goes left, then he sees tiger, and then he goes right. we slowed it down for you. theres tiger. maybe hes not fan. to the pocono ...

Very nice. at the nascar brick yard, 400 today. we spell redemption r-y-a-n. ryan newman took the checkered flag today. the redemption newmans win comes a couple of weeks after he found out he is being bounced from the stuart-haass racing team after this season. tony stuart finished fourth today. im getting newman wont have trouble finding a ride next year. new york yankees captain derek jeter returned from his quad injury today. it didnt take long to make an impact. jeter homered on the fir...

But stenhouse did report back to the track after some remapairs. im sure we were wondering when tension would raise on the track. brian vickers took the checkered flag. he career almost ended three years ago. a bit of road rage at a track in north carolina. the racer is mike robinson. he tries to get at him. the guy dries away, drags him. but hes not going to quit. he keeps -- hes mad? you should calm down. take another look. he wants to punch him. and then -- thats about 30 yards. so, if his ...

First period. andrew j.galiardi forced a decisive seventh game over the los angeles kings. well, 35 runners who were not able to cross the finish line at the boston marathon got their cannes before the indy 5 thuchlt on sunday. in the race, though, tony kanaan stole the show, getting the checkered flag and the celebratory milk bath. justly hermann is coming under fire. she faces abuse allegations relating to her former job as the head coach of the tennessee womens volleyball team skens 16 ye...