tampa s hot on baltimore s tale. longoria hit a home run. they re a half game back of the o s. the nats bryce harper added another accomplishment to his impressive rookie resume. two home runs. it s his first multi-homer game. the nationals snap a five game skid with an 8-4 skid. with all the offensive fire power you wouldn t expect a.j. els to have a grand slam. it s official the nfl will open the regular season with replacement officials. negotiations are at a stand still. the regular season kicks off next wednesday with the cowboys and giants on nbc. finally, less than a week after he said he would not challenge doping charges against him, lance armstrong spoke at a cancer summit in montreal where he felt the need to re-introduce himself. my name is lance armstrong. i am a cancer survivor.
mother and kidnapped her at gunpoint. they say she is safe now but shaken up. happened just outside baltimore where her baseball hall of fame son spent 21 seasons with the o s. the 74-year-old told cops an armed man wearing camouflage forced her into her own car. what happened next is a bit murky. police say they found ripken s mother close to her2 4 hours later. in the backseat, blindfolded her hands bound. so far no word on any motive and certainly not of any suspect. doug mckel way with the news in d.c. this evening. doug, police say they don t think this was about ransom at all. that s what they said, shep. if that was the kidnapper s original intention he must have given up. she was found in the backseat of that lincoln town car bound as you said and also blindfolded and physically, thankfully, unharmed. according to the associated press via ripken told a
jcpenney sank 20% on weak earnings, its biggest decline in at least four decades, including the 1987 stock market crash. elsewhere, skechers usa will pay $50 million to sell allegati settle allegations about false advertising about its toning shoes. and speaking of truth in advertising, this guy from wisconsin learned the hard way that all-you-can-eat could be open to interpretation. he s 6 6 , 350, and he was kicked out of chuck s place after eating a dozen pieces of fried fish. well, they sent him home with another eight pieces, but he still called the cops and he insists he s going to picket outside the restaurant until they change their policy. well, the celts topped the sixers, the o s outlast the royals and larry bird still winning nba awards. plus, a third-period tip-in goal helps the devils get even. your first look at sports is
company ypf, previously run by spain s repsol. jim young kim is the new leader of the world bank. the dartmouth college president will begin his term in july. and if you have a teenager going to prom, you know where your tax refund is going to go. a new survey found the average pricetag per teen is a whopping $1,078. that s 33% more than last year. what in the world are they spending that much money on? you got me. well the o s win in extra innings, the wizards put a spell on the bulls and the mavs outlast the jazz, and the bruins get a came up on the capitals in their stanley cup playoff series, your first look at sports is straight ahead. you re watching first look on msnbc. literally across the street from her sister. [ banker ] but someone else bought it before they could get their offer together.
welcome back to first look, i m lynn berry. and in sports last night, divisional rivals new york and tampa bay had at it in a back-and-forth battle. here s nbc s fred roggin. good morning, a night after playing a 16-inning marathon with the red sox, the rays went down to the wire against the yankees. rays jumped out to an early lead, longoria doubled in a pair. tampa led after one. they couldn t hold on. with the sacks full in the ninth. alex torres walked in the go-ahead run. red soxed scored just one run in the six-hour game against tampa. fresh off the dl, carl crawford picked up an rbi and a couple of runs scored. red sox may be running on empty but they had plenty to beat the o s, 15-10. wrigley cub and phillies, ramirez gave chicago an early