many different picks that came out that i think other people thought they would be around later. brian: some of the bigger stories, howie long s son who didn t come into football until later. kyle long drafted by chicago, number 20 in the first round. that guy s huge but not very experienced. he s a good offensive lineman, has great pedestrian gray and our own jay trained him. got him ready. brian: jay glazer, a colleague of howie long. manti te o for awhile for the most significant players. he does not go in the first round. he didn t get drafted in the first round. i think it was kind of shocking but not too shock. there was so much drama around him. brian: he s not that big and not as fast to lock him in as a first-round pick. i think it will go today. when itdoms bill when it comes to picking a quarterback, e.j. manual.
guys here in washington, we all know where there s politics and football, it s never the crime it s the cover-up. it s the fact they lied about it and kept doing it. commissioner roger goodell has never had more power than he had. came out of the lockout with it, and he stuck it to them hard. i knew he would. remember after spygate, they took a first-round pick from the new england patriots for supposedly taping team s practices. i knew they would hit them hard. the nfl has a weird relationship with violence. they know it s a part of the game, but they want the perception it s not. they have former players suing the league for concussions. you can t have it be known that guys are trying to intentionally hurt each other for money and not nail them, and they did. i expected this penalty. jonathan, what do you want? wildcat offense here with tebow. how do you think that works? i thought we were going to a break. [ laughter ] you ve been so great on sports lately. you ve run the show
blessing and a curse at the same time. me and my family are pretty low-key. so sometimes it can be a little overwhelming. but i recognize this is a unique opportunity. it s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. beautiful pass to lin. the magic of jeremy lin continues. he really came out of nowhere. that s not normal. either you re a first-round pick and you go oh, look at that. but literally everybody s kind of overlooked him for the last 20 years. reporter: lin s scrappy and humble approach is part of what s captivated so many. he s been the talk of celebs on twitter and helped push madison square garden s corporate stock to an all-time high. as knicks fans who d been frustrated with the team s lackluster season suddenly can t get enough. i m wearing his t-shirt right now. jeremy lin! level of buzz, if 10 was the highest, he s at an 11 right now. reporter: nowhere is that more evident than new york s chinatown. lin is the first american of chinese or taiwanese descent to pla
the yankees not winning the world series. how is that? what s he thinking? i want to know. why is that? i m here to tell you. tell us, barnacle. because the new york yankees are one big happy family. that s right. let s start with heilman s trade. the new york knicks finally get excited. there s a new superstar coming to down. the knicks have traded for four-time all-star carmelo anthony in a three-team blockbuster deal. according to a league source, the nuggets will send anthony, chauncey billups, they ll go to the knicks. the knicks are giving up four of their top six players. a first-round pick, $3 million in cash and madison square garden. they re going to throw that in. they re throwing it all in. the owner of the knicks, anything they wanted, he was going to give them. you think this is a terrible deal, don t you? i think you think it s a terrible deal. just say it. they squandered all of their leverage. they re out of their mind. that s what i think.
we are going to see the snowflakes ending here shortly. but it s just a cold winter day and very cold from minneapolis to kansas city. winter returned to dallas. your windchill s down to 34 this morning. the southeast still looks okay. this is about it, though, mike. warmer from here and then going to rain on the east coast friday and wash away a lot of the snow. why don t i believe you? 50-50. okay. hey, you happy that carmelo anthony happy it s over. finally over. thankfully. all right. that s right. now for sports. new york knicks fans get excited. there is indeed a new superstar coming to town. the denver post reports that the knicks have finally traded for four-time nba all-star carmelo anthony in the blockbuster deal. the nuggets will send anthony and veteran guard chauncey billups to the knicks and the knicks giving up four of their top six players, a first-round