wonderful sort of fatherly face of the church. washington post s religion columnist, lisa miller. happy to be here. folks, in case you missed it, another asteroid just passed by planet earth this hour. this one about the size of a football field. it was named 2013 e.t. we didn t name it. coming just days after the asteroid named 2013 ec flew within 230,000 miles of the united states. today s space rocket is predicted to have passed 600,000 miles away from earth. these latest fly-bies are not as close a call of the as troud last month that passed just about 17,000 miles away. to find out about what s going on with these recent close calls is the curator at the museum of natural history here in new york. good to see you. thanks for coming in. what do we have here? i brought a rock. this is a meteorite. this fell in kansas in 1905, but
in a fortune? do we have your attention? let it sit around for awhile. this one given to vice president charles fairbanks in 1905 could fetch $300,000 at auction. not bad. a flop in the nba and fines. wild cards fight on and sean peyton returns to the superdome. the first triple crown winner in 45 years. your first look at sports ahead. you are watching first look on msnbc. trust duracell.?? duralock power preserve. locks in power for up to 10 years in storage. now.guaranteed. duracell with duralock. trusted everywhere.
quarterback to communicate with the coordinator or the big man up top. brian: look at this. so it s a big transmitter. they only talk to you when you re on offense. right, the quarterbacks. brian: how amazing. it s terrific. as the runningback, i never had a chance to experience that. brian: and when you see quarterbacks do this during the game, they re not shutting out the crowd. a lot of times they want to heart coach, right? exactly. brian: that s gotten better. shear probably the most fascinating thing. to be honest, i thought i shouldn t be touching it because i thought it was the first cup. but instead, this is the first [ laughter ] , if you know what i mean. air pockets there. but it does offer protection. it is actually a nose guard. 1905. real tough guys back then. brian: no kidding. can i put it on? feel free. brian: you have no idea if i can put this on. this is a nose guard.
by the way, i m actually tasting is a sly have a from 1905 that s not quite dried yet. this is what they had. they basically had leather helmets and nose guards. wow. brian: he tells me wow. when we go to canton, we see the ceremony, the magic and the emotion and the family and crowds. would you want to encourage people to do is go in all year round. why should we go out there? the great thing about this exhibit is that it s a traveling exhibit. it s going to go to a lot of your nfl cities. it brings canton to the fans and have a lot of great exhibits, interactive exhibits where you can actually step into a booth and make the call. obviously that s kind of a lot of things that have lately people have been talking about and jerseys and a lot of great memorabilia. vince lombardi trophy, things like that. you can put on an authentic nfl uniform.
usa today says, can he do it? should he win, i ll have another will become just the twelfth winner of the triple crown. he ll be starting from the number 11 post. only two belmont winners have run from that post since 1905. the colt is the odds-on favorite 4-5 according to yesterday s betting lines. and if the finish at the preakness is any indication it s going to be a close one. i ll have another edging out bodemeister at the finish line. of course you can watch the belmont stakes on nbc. in what is now the biggest lawsuit in sports history more than 2,000 former professional football players are suing the nfl for allegedly concealing information linking football related head trauma to permanent brain injury. that includes dementia and alzheimer s disease. the complaint accuses the league of glorifying violence and failing to impose proper safety regulations. but the league denies any wrongdoing saying in a statement the nfl has long made player safety a priority and continues to d