baseball, a royals win combined with a twins loss out in minnesota means kansas city clinches a playoff berth. the victory not only pushes the club into the postseason, it also gives the royals their first division title since 1985, and since kansas city was in the a.l. west back then, it marks the first a.l. central crown in francis history. now to texas, a texas high school football coach accused of directing two players to hit a referee as retaliation for alleged racially charged comments made by the official has resigned. a video was released showing the two john jay high school football players apparently blindsiding the referee during the game. espn reported that assistant coach mack breed admitted to the school s principal that he ordered players to strike the official. a statement released by his attorney said breed took blame in order to protect the two players from being expelled. he s currently barred from coaching at another school in
a nice tv dance, too. not sure what it is, but i dig it. later in the fourth, manning finds his other deep threat. randall makes this juggling catch. look at the focus. zooming in there. look at that. hangs on to the ball. giants win, 32-21. they remain less on bottom as berman would say. the coach in texas has resigned and recanting his statement. the assistant coach mack breed said he ordered the hit out of anger. the official denies he used any racial language to the players. breed is barred from coaching at texas public schools until he appears before the state executive committee. finally, the kansas city royals are partying like it s
a disciplinary hearing held yesterday has determined the fate of two texas high school football players who targeted a referee during a game earlier this month. according to the boys attorneys, the two teams will spend 75 days in an alternative school. they ll be eligible to return for the start of the school s spring semester. the school district issued a statement saying it cannot release the details about the punishment because of privacy laws. video was released showing the two football players apparently blindsiding a referee during the game. an espn report published earlier in the day says john jay high school assistant coach mack breed has admitted to the school s principal that he directed the two players to hit the referee as retaliation for alleged racially charged comments made by the official. meanwhile, a high school football player in tennessee has been suspended after colliding with a referee during a game last friday. according to the gallup news the official has spo
antonio, and they tell me, quote, north side independent school district did not know the two boys had gone to new york to interview with abc news. they continue to be assigned to the northside alternative high school pending the results of their disciplinary hearing. and when i say there are so many levels to this, because the video is what first came out. and you see the first football player, really ambush the referee from the back, getting him to the ground. then the second football player comes in, helmet first, to attack him while he s on the ground. and then after that we heard that one of the assistant coaches, who is currently on administrative lee with pay, mack breed, told hem to do it. what the kids said on good morning america today said one of the other football players told me said the assistant coach told us we should go attack us. the other young man said, no, i
up for its next game after two of its players were suspended, accused of intentionally tackling and ramming into that referee. and now officials are questioning whether the coaches should have done more to calm emotions in a very tense game. nbc s kerry sanders has the latest from san antonio. kerry. this morning, new photos of referee robert watts immediately after he was violently taken down by two high school football players. his face red and looking dazed. his injuries requiring a doctor s care. at an emergency meeting of the group that oversees texas high school athletics. one official ticked off a litany of problems with the game. in this ball game, there were multiple ejections. there were punches thrown. unsportsmanlike penalties. arguing with officials. that seems to me like a time bomb waiting to happen, and it did happen. i didn t see any leadership coming from the coaching staff. one member of that staff, assistant coach mack breed, is being accused by some of making