plus, the canadiens bounce back in the stanley cup playoffs. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> it's starting to feel more and more like summer out there. your weekend forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, disgraced tour de france winner floyd landis has finally confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs, and that's not all. he's now also accusing former teammate lance armstrong of cheating as well. here's nbc's bill sword with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> a very good morning to you. a few years ago, cyclist floyd landis was stripped of his '06 tour de france title for a failed drug test. now, after years of denial, he finally came clean. landis admitted using performance-enhancing drugs for years and implicated dozens of others, including seven-time tour de france winner lance armstrong. landis says he's coming clean to clear his conscience, but many question his credibility, including armstrong. >> it's

take it to the third period, canadiens on top 3-0. brian gionta, finish it off, sir. montreal win it. but they trail in the series, 2-1. >>> the big-time finishes, reds/braves. second inning. bases loaded. joey votto. the grand slam for him. his tenth home run of the year. they're on top. we take it to the ninth now. braves trailing, 9-6. bases loaded. the pinch hitter, brooks con rat. oh, up with his glove. he almost had it. third home run of the season for conrad. his fifth career home run. his first career grand slam. and his first career walk-off. the braves win this in dramatic fashion, 10-9. >>> that will do it for sports. back to you in new york. >>> and coming up, the stories we'll be tracking this morning, including another busy day in space. we'll be right back. are nerves that send messages through the body. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia, thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i learned lyrica can provide significant relief from fibromyalgia pain. so now i can do m

the penguins, they got back at the canadiens tonight. they take the 2-1 game advantage in the second round series. canadi canadien's goaltender kept sidney cross by in check. not tonight. no score. malkin and gonchar working the puck along the blue line. gonchar gets it to malkin. pittsburgh takes a 1-0 lead. take another look. the question is, who's screening? sidney crosby right. there the penguins win the game 2-0. they regain control of the searry. so they're right where they want to be. they did it in montreal which is always bad news for the canadi n canadie canadiens. >> we want montreal to lose. >> yeah. i would say so. jim advance, i would say so. >> still to come, the police department examining policies after a taser incident at a ba >>> president obama signed a disaster declaration for tennessee this evening. that will help that flood ravaged state get federal aid. storms killed 28 people across tennessee, mississippi, and kentucky. rescuers are afraid they may find more victims outside of downtown nashville. damage is becomi

the canadiens take a 1-0 lead. they sucked some life out of the fans at wachovia center. the puck is cleared ahead to michael richards. right to the puck. he dives. the puck gets away and richards puts it in the net. flyers tie it up at one. second period now, the flyers looking for a two-goal advantage. moving the puck. they got some tight passing going here. into brad richards to jeff carter. the flyers come back from near elimination in the previous round to beat the canadiens 4-1. they advance to the stanley cup finals. that's what you need, a team resilient at the right time. >> you had those two planned for the finals, right? months ago. >> sure. absolutely. >> by the way, the celtics right now are tied. and they are in overtime against orlando. obviously, they have a chance to eliminate orlando from this series. >> once again. how many times have we seen that? >> you know what? exactly. >> you got it all figured out. thanks, lindsey. >>> next, a new barbie doll is ♪ [ male announcer ] progress. progress for new york city cab drivers, like ossman ali is being able

under a minute to go in the third, canadiens down 2-0. mike cammalleri dumping it home, canadiens within one goal. last chance. cammalleri can't get it done. penguins a chance to close this out in six games. sidney crosby coming in. had no goals in the series, eight shots in the first four games, had just one shot in this one and has now gone six playoff games without a goal. that's the longest stretch of his career. >> if you like a stud individual offensive display, we have a game for you. brewers and diamondbacks. an unlikely candidate supplying the hits. his third home run of the year. brewers down 3-1. top three, gerut, we'll show you the home run, we'll show you the single now, hitting .133 entering this game. why is it a big deal with the single? we'll show you why. in the fifth, gerut getting it done like deja vu. >> i see where we're headed. >> stay with me, max. had two extra-base hits heading into the game. he's on his horse and in for the triple. gerut a double shy of the cycle. in the ninther, he has his opportunity to get it

the flyers eliminated the montreal canadiens. this will give them a 3-1 lead in the second period. with 30 seconds left, here is the game if. -- here is the game. they pulled their goalie with an empty net and the flyers are headed to the stanley cup finals where they will play chicago. for race fans in kansas, an incredible disintegration of a car. it caught fire and the toyota explodes. this is incredible. the body separates and goes airborne. the 61-year-old was in the cockpit as the fire raged around him. he was ok miraculously. the good news is nobody was hurt seriously. unbelievable. ted leonsis told us last week he likes gilbert arenas and a member of the front office says he will be a wizard, but there is a report that washington is still trying to trade gilbert arenas because they don't want him in the same backcourt with john wall. what a backcourt that would be with them together. >> if there are enough balls out there for them. >> the sun came out. >> it will tomorrow also and for more than a few hours. temperatures near 80 degrees. more sunshine during the afternoon an

great pass from maxine talbot, but from there it's been all canadiens. marc-andre fleury has not been good between the pipes. brian gionta scores, and the story for the penguins has been marc-andre fleury's inability to stop the puck. take a look at these shots on goal. canadiens have only mustered 18 shots, three of them have found the bag of the net. conversely pittsburgh firing 39 sho shots. only matt cooke was able to find the twine. rory mcelroy is on fire. he is 14 under par yesterday and today. so not quite 36 holes, he is 14 under par and has now opened up a 3-shot lead over a pair of major winners, angel cabrera and phil mickelson. take a look at what phil has done. he's come back today with a couple of birdies at 13 and 14 at the bogey at 10, but 3 back of rory mcelroy. likely it won't be enough. boss: so word's gettin' out that geico can help people save in even more ways - on motorcycle insurance, rv, camper, boat insurance. nice work, everyone. exec: well, it's easy for him. he's a cute little lizard. gecko: ah, gecko, actually - exec: with

the canadiens are down two-one. the university of virginia athletic director says as a part of the healing process, the lacrosse teams will honor yeardley love by continuing their seasons. both will represent in the tournament. this season will continue which was following the question after the murder of yeardley love. >> you have to believe they really wan what's all this? big news! we have another way to help you save. oh, really? how? by bundling. if you get your homeowners and auto insurance together, we give you even more savings. ooh! big bundle. [ chuckling ] home and auto together. it's like peanut butter and jelly. oh, or like burgers and fries. or pickles and ice cream. unicorns and glitter! no? bundling to save you more. now, that's progressive! call or click today. this is power with efficiency. this is an interior that exceeds even the promise of the exterior. this is the all-new jaguar xj. the stunning result of taking a very different road. >> tomorrow will this sunny and bright near 80 degrees. a bi

. >>> the philadelphia flyers with a stranglehold on their series, and the second against the canadiens. pronger with the pass, the flyers win, commanding 3-1 lead in the series. >>> just 16 years old, plan on the professional golf tour. 40-foot birdie putt. he is six under par, shot 67 today, just six shots behind the leader. 16 years old. >>> looks like a collision course for the celtics-lakers nba finals. boston destroyed orlando, taking the 3-0 lead in the best of seven series. the lakers took on phoenix tomorrow night. that is sports. fine >>> object of the forecast? >> heavier rain moving and, flash flood warning madison county off to the south and west. temperatures tomorrow around 73 degrees. one end of showers, but the chance of rain. grab the umbrella, clearing out late monday. sunshine tuesday through thursday. >> have a good night. ♪ ♪ like facebook, twitter, even access to youtube right on your tv, instead of crowding around your computer. hey -- have you seen the walking ham? walking... the ham's got boots on... i'm not sure i have. or the soapy monkey? oh, my husband'

he skates by two canadiens and he beats him. the top-shelf flyers take a 1-0 lead. later in the second, for montreal, gets knocked off the puck at the blue line. chris corals it and check out this sweet pass. fires a tape to tape pass and streaking down the other side of the ice and he has a one-on-one and he smokes it in there. nice, the flyers take the 3-1 seriously lead. game five in philly on monday. >>> all right. >>> we'll have reaction from the nigel morgan thing. >> that's disappointing with him. >> he's a cool guy but you can't do that. >> season finale tomorrow night. we host three shows on food network. he recently stopped by a northern virginia diner. guy and i talk about his food adventures and we talk about what makes his game show "minute to win it" so

penns and canadiens game three and a physical one for sid the kid. gets taken down. crosby students like it. if he doesn't like it, some pens are going it fight about t. scoreless in the 3rd. guess who gets the last laugh? a former cap. all those names sound familiar to me. pens win 2-0. they lead the series 2-1. i'm dave feldman. you're caught up. brian is back to wrap up the edge right after this. have a good night. . mcdonald's bacon and cheese angus third pounder. as if it wasn't enough to make it with a full third pound... of 100% angus be, they had the audacity to use a bakery-style bun... and crinkle cut the pickles. there's no denying it, that's a third strip of bacon. have they no shame! angus axiom #39: it's an embarrassment of riches. the astonishing angus third pounders. all angus. all mcdonald's. ♪ ba da ba ba ba >>> this five-day forecast is so nice. we couldn't resist showing it to you again. get out and enjoy tomorrow. thursday looking great. friday briefly interrupted late at night for a round of thunderstorms that may linger into satur

trying to eliminate the montreal canadiens in the eastern conference finals. flyers leading the series 3-1 but montreal struck not even one minute into the game. 1-0, montreal but all philly from there. tied at 1 in the second until aaron ashrom gets one and the flyers do not look back. they win game 5, 4-2. afterwards the captain mike richards gets presented with the prince of wales trophy for winning the eastern conference. le touch it? he does. not everyone does because they say it's bad luck. you wait until the stanley cup but he held it. they'll play chicago in the stanley cup finals for the even bigger trophy. >>> top seed defending champ roger federer a straight set winner in his return to the french open. i'm dave feldman. brian is back with more of the edge after this.  >>> here's a last look at the five-day forecast as we head toward the memorial day weekend. looks like we're going to be building up some heat and dodging thunderstorms thursday and friday. >>> an all-star line up is being brought in to honor paul mccart

in montreal, game three between the flyers and canadiens. remember this guy, that is his playoff leading 13th goal. they cut the flyers series lead in half two, games to one. >>> decisions, decisions. sometimes they are quite simple. other times not so much. yesterday, it was time to end a dilemma identify local goalie who has tides ties to two local teams, one not so local playing now. here is the deal. washington freedom goal tender erin mccloud is of canadian descent and team canada's starting goal keeper. and this sunday at george mason university, the freedom will take on canada in a friendly match. yesterday, at the canadian embassy no less, she tea sided to choose the freedom in part because she will not be traveling with team canada to norway next month for a preworld cup friendly and also because she would like to see her canadian team might mate and goal tender get some work. >> it is a good situation because she is one of the best keepers in the world and one of my role models. she gets to play and so do i. that doesn't happen all

scary moment for the canadiens. their good big defenseman markov clears it then goes down hard to the ice the matt cook with a hard hit. is this clean? >> to me this is clean. you is just finishing your check. clean check, but always draws a crowd. >> penguins got a power may out tv and they would capitalize. already 1-1 with the extra man. ponikarovsky. scombroorn stahl gets it back. what is the difference between the penguins' power play and the capitals' ineffective power play against this team? >> first of all they had structure. i think a lot of it was because montreal was tired, unable to get through and back to where they were. and pittsburgh outworked the penalty kill where washington didn't >> look how sid crosby kept that lie -- play alive for cris letang. goligoski beats halak. the final with crosby getting two assists and mario lemieux happy. pittsburgh wins 6-3. you mentioned montreal tired, pittsburgh, six days' rest. it worked for them. >> it did especially on the power play. they only gave up, montre

. >> game three between the flyers and canadiens p remember this guy, michael camilleri. remember this, a gorgeous break away goal. >>> decisions, kisss. sometime they are quite simple, other sometimes not so much. yesterday, it was time to end a difficult age for a local goalie who has ties to two local teams, one not so local playing now. here is the deal. washington freedom goal tender erin mccloud is of canadian descent and team canada's starting goal keeper. this sunday at george mason university the freedom will take on canada in a friendly match. tough call. but yesterday, at the canadian embassy no less, she decided to choose the freedom in part because she will not be traveling with team canada to norway next month for a pre- world cup friendly and also because she would like to see her canadian teammate and gold tender get some time. >> it is a good situation. she is one of my role models and she gets to play and so do i. so that doesn't happen all the time. >> that is all for this edition of sports breakfast. while i am done for the weekend, i will see you on t

. >>> over in the nhl, the canadiens show life in the eastern conference finals. they beat the flyers 5-1. philadelphia still leads the series 2-1. >>> 58 degrees here in northwest washington. >>> federal investigators move forward on their investigation in to last year's deadly red line crash. the latest is three minutes away. >>> a viewing and funeral for alonte sutton. he was the 18-year-old city council intern killed earlier this month. a 22-year-old man is in custody accused in his murder. >>> the national transportation safety board has scheduled a july 27th hearing on last year's deadly metro crash. it will consider a final report on the situation that killed nine people. >>> a good turnout on thursday night for the annual zoofari. this was a panda bear affair. proceeds go to improving conservation projects. >>> it is 58 right now. we are generally in the 60- degree range in many cases. 82 by noon. and 86 for a high temperature. we will talk about the rain chans with the full forecast outlook in a few minutes. >>> i'm harry smith. coming up we will continue

canadiens scoring on a very impressive goal by tom pyatt. not impressive was marc-andre fleury. bad angle, right through his leggings. the penguins right away responded, tying the game. talbot on a breakaway through the legs of halak. the penguins just went ahead on a power play goal. it looks like chris koonan with the naked eye beat halak again. it's now 2-1 pittsburgh. not good for the montreal fans sitting there watching. coming up, tiger woods, how did he do in the first round of the tpc? wendi nix will join us for a report. she watched it all. stay tuned. >> espnews is delivered to you by: can we turn the a.c. up? i'm dying back here. it's on. can't you feel it? [ aretha ] can you feel that? [ man ] whoa! jeff -- eat a snickers... please. why? every time you get hungry, you turn into a diva. just eat it so we can all coexist in here. ooh, i turn into a diva. get it into your system, cranky pants. okay. thank you. better? better. will you get your knees out of the back of my seat! whoa! [ male announcer ] you're not you when you're hungry. snickers satisfies. hi, i need to