hit a three-run homer in the second and the cards put up seven runs in that inning and cruise to an easy 9-1 win. game two is this afternoon. the nightcap, it was the dodgers in atlanta taking on the braves. l.a. up 2-0 in the third when gonzalez belts a two-run homer making it 4-nil. dodgers pitcher clayton kershaw struck out 12 in seven innings. more than enough. l.a. takes a one-game lead after the 6-1 victory. game two in atlanta tonight. there s a very big golf tournament going on in ohio. it is called the president s cup and it features americans versus an international team. it s a big deal. it is. all the game s big names were there. the star was sammy the squirrel. there s tiger wood s girlfriend lindsey vaughn. taking ahold of sammy. that is davis love. he has the squirrel in his pocket. she takes it out and will put it on tiger s back. tiger seemed a little irritated at first. from what we understand, there
day. once again, anyone in the midwest, especially near lake michigan and chicago, you are the travel trouble spot with dense fog. that s about it. thank you very much, bill. greatly appreciate it. let s turn to sports. setting up what is sure to be an epic collapse next year, the new york knicks remain the hottest team in basketball. last night they took on the hornets in new orleans. the first quarter, carmelo anthony with the spin move and foul. anthony would finish with 29 points. second quarter, knicks up by six. raymond felton with the wide-open three. knicks win 102-80. they own the best record in basketball at 8-1. to the west coast, the lakers playing under new coach mike d antoni who resigned from the knicks last year. ko kobe bryant dishing to gasol. the dunk. l.a. up by three, four seconds left. williams up for the three. it doesn t go. the lakers win their first game
cooper wins. to pittsburgh, dodgers acquired victorino they knew they were getting speed. the first home run with the blue crew, l.a. up. randy choate, randy flashes leather, more self-defense than a catch, dodgers fend off the pirates, 5-4. sad news out of boston, red sox legend, johnny pesky passed away yesterday, he played ten years with the red sox and was part of the organization for over five decades. in 1948 he hit a game-winning home run that wrapped around the right field home pole which will forever more be known as the pesky pole. he was 92. funny moment to show you from across the bond. red bulls salzburg jonathan soriano with the penalty shot. just him against the goalie. what could go wrong? a lot. soriano boots it a mile high, i don t know if that was a penalty
good morning. after an embarrassing loss to the nets, the knicks jeremy lin and carmelo anthony clicking on all cylinders. last night. taking on the hawks at mgs, some of the new guys developing chemistry. baron davis to j.r. smith, reverse alley-oop. the knicks came out flying in the opening quarter. carmelo looked pretty good in his second game back from injury. took the feed from lin and threw it down. anthony had 15. lin assist shy of a double double finished with 17 points. knicks won big, 99-82, they ll play the heat tonight. the last time the lakers in dallas swept out of the playoffs. last night a different story. laker big men stepped up down the stretch. kobe bryant, the lob gas sol. l.a. up by five. moments later he found bynum and they beat the naves 96-91. youth met experience in oklahoma city. the young thunder ran over the aging celts. it seemed like every time boston turned it over, the thunder were sprinting the other way. kevin durant to russell
that s because the sierras are if first line of defense on the west coast. you ve got flow that s perpendicular to those mown tins. it s coming down hard and furiously as far as the winds go. in the intermountain west, it s more tranquil. the main problem is obviously this is a huge system and it kind of keeps getting reenforcing shots of moisture cofrom the tropics and to the north and west of l.a. up through malibu, they had to shut down pch highway. you go towards some of the burn areas and you ve got issues because of terrain that s been giving way. this is only going to get worse. we ve seen six to 12 inches of rainfall with this and we re probably going to see another three to five in the next 48 hours. flash flood watches have been extended and winter storm