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Baseball stars at gunpoint in mexico, threatening to kill them if they tried to escape before signing lucrative contracts. two of the players who allegedly endured this were white sox first baseman jose abreu. court documents laid out yesterday accused bartolo hernandez of partnering with a smuggling ring in order to force exclusive deals as agent for 17 cuban baseball players. the trial is set to begin in january. cowboys quarterback dak prescott earning high praise for being caught on camera...

Narrate it had improbable years, the impossible heroics, turned contests into conversations. with when he heard about this honor he asked with characteristic humility "are you sure? im just an old baseball announcer." and we had to to americans of all ages you are an old friend. in fact i thought about him doing all these citations, which would have been very cool. [ laughter ] i thought we shouldnt make him sing for his supper like that. [ laughter ] [ as vin scully ] "up next --" [ laughter an...

With a voice that transcended a sport and transformed a profession, vin scully narrated the pastime of american fans. he found time to teach us about and love while chronicling routine plays and historic heroics. in victory and defeat, his accounts reverberated through the bleachers and across the airways and into our homes and imaginations. he is around emergency treasure and beloved story teller. our love for him as profound has his love for the game.

Game and introduced us to its players. he narrated the improbable years, the impossible heroics, turned contests into conversations. when he heard about his honor and asked with humility, are you sure? im just an old baseball announcer. and we had to inform him that to americans of all ages, you are an old friend. in fact, i thought about him doing all these citations, which would have been very cool, but i thought we shouldnt make him sing for supper like that. up next -- [ laughter ] >> heres ...

>> i dont -- i dont understand the question of. >> reporter: no crime, of course, and a color-blind society, it wasnt matter but this is no the that america. the telling part was the overheated reaction to rachels story that said more about our times than she ever could. >> i think shes out of her mind, to be quite honest. >> first i thought, maybe this is a psychological disorder, but now im convinced that shes a con artist. >> reporter: number six, at least consistent. the u.s. secret service ...

>> no crime, of course and color blind society it wouldnt matter but this is not that america. the telling part was the overheated reaction to rachels story that said more about our times than she ever could. >> i think shes out of her mind to be quite honest. >> at first i thought maybe this is a psychological disorder. now im convinced shes a can artist. number seven, at least they are consistent, the u.s. secret service who protect the first family is seem to stay in the spotlight but not a...

Hes so small. >> paco, the chihuahua, fights off not one but two armed robbers. and sends the stunned crooks scrambling out the door. store owner, eric nazarian, watches the security video in awe. >> it was hilarious. paco is just nipping at their heels all the way across the street. >> the robbers escape with 200 bucks and are never caught. without paco, alfred believes it could have been much worse. after his heroics, the rescued pooch, who comes to the rescue, is nicknamed "paco the brave" an...

>> number six, at least theyre consistent. the u.s. secret service, the guys who protect the first family, seem to stay in the spotlight and not always for their heroics. sometimes its not even their fault. this year some rocket scientists flew a drone over the white house that crashed on the lawn. what are you supposed to do about that? but then in march two senior agents who had been drinking crashed a car into the white house barricade. so theres that. number five, journalisms naughty list is...

Im convinced shes a con artist. >> number six, at least they are consistent, the u.s. secret service, guys who protect the first family stay in the spotlight and not always for their heroics, sometimes not even their fault. this year a rocket scientist flew a drone over the white house that crashed on the lawn. what are you supposed to do about that? in march, two senior agents drinking crashed a car into the white house barricade. so theres that. number five, journalisms naughty list is anchore...

And self-inflicted. the fire set by ted. the motive? ted was afraid of losing his dream job and wanted to curry favor by staging false heroics. >> he wanted to impress his boss. he was on very bad terms with the main nurse. two reasons. >> the international thriller starring the billionaire banker had fizzled into a sad tale about a desperate, possibly unstable employee. >> theres a human story now, but it is about the nurse. >> teds arrest was a devastating turn of events for his wife heidi. sh...