'I might be old but I'm someone new '
'She said '
'I'm so sore that I could cry '
'Always '
'ln the night '
'Lay your tired arms '
'And she will have her way '
'Somehow I will still '
'Believe her '
'She's the life I've been f rightened of '
'Seems like '
'Deathly silence '
'And especially the dark '
'Feels like '
'I am heavy and my spirit has died '
...but if the f eed on the Bruins comes in --
-- 'She will have her way ' -- Listen, I was just thinking, uh --
l-I'm sorry to interrupt.
-- 'Somehow I will still ' -- I was just wondering if you w--
'Believe her '
-- What? -- Um...
Uh...nothing.
'She will have her way '
'One day I will come back '
'Un-doo un-doo doo '
'Ah-ah ah-ahhhh '
-- It's been 90 days. -- I know.
-- 90 days. -- Listen...
Ther e's a statute of limitations.
So you've said.
And it's 90 days.
I'd rather not talk about it.
It's just the time is right,
and I don't want you to be scar ed.
I appr eciate that, but I'm not scar ed.
You've been telling me f or 3 months that you are scar ed.
Well...I am scar ed.
Right, and I don't want you to be.
Yeah, that's gr eat,
but f ear doesn't r eally work like that.
Good evening. I'm shuffling the 10 block.
Wher e's the network f eed?
It's lumber sports.
Got it. I'm shuffling the 10 block.
Dan, Casey -- DeNardio's confirmed,
so let's lead with it.
-- We'r e gonna lead with DeNardio? -- Yeah.
-- Come on, we gotta lead with the Jets. -- Why?
'Cause it's a better story.
That's a r eally good point, Casey,
and thanks f or the tap on the shoulder.
Now, lead with DeNardio,
and fix your tie.
I've got a new top story.
I moved up DeNardio.
This trumps DeNardio.
Talk to me.
Cho Chang, a Chinese swimmer,
is swimming the Taiwan Strait --
f rom Pescador es, or Pong Hu, to Tun Ting Dao.
And ther e's some question as to whether
the mainland Chinese government is gonna let her come ashor e.
Some quick f acts --
the island is separated f rom South China
by the 161 -kilometer-wide strait,
and together with Matsu and Quemoy
f orms the seat of the government of the Republic of China,
which, of course, claims the right to rule all China.
The capital is Taipei.
I could f eed it to Dan and Casey.
Not this second.
Nieuwendyk is pitching in the f ourth with 11 strikeouts.
Tell Dana we can move it upf ront.
Tell her it's K-J-A-T.
We can get a live f eed in the seventh.
Dave: 30 seconds to VTR.
-- Wher e's Dana? -- Stand by, animation.
-- She's in the sound -- -- Not you.
-- She's back in the sound room. Dana: Right here.
Nieuwendyk has 11 strikeouts in the f ourth.
A ground ball back to the mound is the only thing in play.
Let's move DeNardio back to the 20.
We'r e leading with DeNardio.
Nieuwendyk is on pace to br eak the r ecord.
-- When he br eaks the r ecord, we'll br eak the news. -- Dana...
Dana, the woman's halfway to Tun Ting Dao.
Please stop saying that.
-- Roll VTR. -- 60 seconds live.
Casey...
Dana, we can get the f eed f rom K-J-A-T.
We want to be in on this.
-- We'll be in on it later. -- Let's lead with it.
-- Natalie... -- Listen, Chun King,
if you want to say something to me,
you say it to somebody else.
-- Dan. -- Got it.
We'r e changing the lead to Nieuwendyk.
We'r e not changing the lead.
We'r e keeping it the Jets?
We'r e keeping it DeNardio.
There's a chance it's gonna be
a Chinese swimmer named Cho Chang.
Ther e's no chance it's gonna be a Chinese swimmer named Cho Chang.
It's not gonna be Nieuwendyk.
It used to be the Jets, but now it's DeNardio,
and I wish you'd script it.
Dave: 30 seconds live.
We got this, right?
Good evening. From New York City,
I'm Blah-Blah-Blah alongside...
...Blah-Blah-Blah. Those stories, plus...
Tony DeNardio has a new job, and he won't be wearing crimson.
-- How 'bout that? -- That's good!
You guys ar e all set.
-- Thank you, Alyson. -- We'r e wingin' the tease tonight, Alyson.
Good luck.
Flyin' without a script f or 18 seconds.
-- Living on the edge. -- Living over the edge.
Dave: In 10.
Do you guys know what you'r e doing?
-- Yes. -- Yes.
In 3...2...
-- Good evening. From New York City, -- Good evening. From New York City,
-- I'm Dan Rydell alongside Casey McCall. -- I'm Casey McCall alongside Dan Rydell.
-- Those stories, plus -- -- Those stories, plus --
You go.
Those stories, plus...
Tony DeNardio has a new job and won't be wearing crimson.
Team Penske is driving on tir es that won't be wearing down,
and the Eagles have a placekicker
who won't be wearing out his welcome.
All that coming up after this.
You'r e watching "Sports Night" on CSC, so stick around.
Dave: We're out.
Is it over yet?
-- All right, that was totally his f ault! -- All right, that was totally his f ault!
[ Groans ]
2 minutes back.
Stand by, 5.
DeNardio's car eer highlights include 11 bowl appearances,
7 bowl victories,
and a car eer r egular-season winning percentage of .632.
For mor e, her e's Kelly Kirkpatrick in College Park.
-- Go, 5. -- Stand by, one.
Yeah, Isaac, I'm r eally sorry about that opening.
I pushed DeNardio up to the 10s
and teased it at the last minute.
You can punish me appropriately.
Who's this?
They changed the interoffice system.
The control room. Who's this?
Dana, they changed the interoffice system.
All right, well...
Sorry anyway.
Jer emy, did they change the interoffice system?
-- They switched over -- -- Was she talking to you?
I'm pr etty sur e she was, yes.
I'll be right back. Natalie's got the wheel.
-- Dave? -- 90 seconds back.
You absolutely have to take this risk.
Risks ar en't r eally my strong suit, Danny.
Tell me about it, Casey.
I can't, you know, become this thing that I'm not.
You are this thing that you'r e not.
No, I'm not.
She thinks you ar e. I think you ar e.
She thinks I am?
Isaac...
Nieuwendyk's got 14 strikeouts.
Yeah. I'm sorry about the tease.
Why?
We scr ewed up the show opening.
When?
Just now. Didn't you see it?
-- No. -- Why not?
We'r e not on the air yet.
W-What ar e you talking about?
We'r e on at 11: 10 tonight.
Since when?
We pushed 10 minutes f or lumber sports.
Why didn't anyone tell me?
Is it possible I f orgot to tell you
about being pushed to 11: 10 f or lumber sports?
Yes, Isaac, it is entir ely possible
that you f orgot to tell me.
-- Well, you had the network f eed -- -- We didn't have the network f eed.
We turned off the network f eed.
-- Why? -- Will's af raid of lumber sports.
What the hell --
He's af raid of the ax es and the saws.
He thinks they'r e gonna cut themselves.
-- I don't understand -- -- He just is, okay?
How could you f orget to tell me?
Sorry.
Sorry?
Yeah. Yeah.
So...how you doin'?
Who car es how I'm doing?
Isaac, I've gotta go start the show again.
This is the craziest thing I've ever experienced in my lif e.
Well, then, you gotta live mor e, Dana,
'cause ther e's some crazy-ass stuff out ther e.
I have to go now. 11: 10?
Yes.
You didn't turn off the clocks in ther e, did you?
Will's not af raid of clocks.
You look good today,
and your speech is getting better.
Go.
Casey, you know --
I know.
What's the worst that could happen, hmm?
[ Sighs ]
She could say no, she could laugh,
and then I'd f eel sad and ashamed f or a long time,
and I alr eady did that f or 11 years.
Dave: In 3...2...
Welcome back.
-- Hello. -- Dana, we've got --
Hang on. This is gonna be f un.
...5-year contract with a major broadcast network.
The name of which we'd r eveal, but --
Hello. My name is Dana Whitaker.
I'm the ex ecutive producer of "Sports Night,"
and I'm interrupting this broadcast to tell you
that Casey took gymnastics after school f or 7 years.
How is he looking to you now, girls?
Dana --
We'r e not on the air, you idiots.
What happened?
We're going up 10 minutes late.
Why didn't we get word?
We did get word.
-- Ar e you kidding me? -- Don't worry about it.
-- Ar e you telling me Isaac -- -- Don't worry about it.
Natalie, back up the field 10 minutes.
-- Dave... -- 11: 10?
That's right. Put us back at r eady-1 .
Can I see you two a second?
That's 2:20 to VTR, everybody.
Let's do it again.
It's like he didn't even car e.
-- Isaac? -- Yeah.
He f orgot to tell me?
I think it would be great
if we'd all stop worrying about Isaac.
I think it would be great
if he stopped giving us cause to worry.
Just keep an eye out, okay?
Yeah.
[ Door closes ]
[ Chuckles nervously ]
Oh. Oh.
Sorry.
[ Indistinct voices ]
Right ther e -- you know what that was?
What?
Another missed opportunity.
You miss enough of them, and the ballgame's over.
Well, let's see if we can do the show right this time.
Dan: Don't go anywhere, folks. There's more to come.
We've got Columbus, Colorado, D.C., and L.A. --
4 soccer highlights. Pinch me.
You'r e watching "Sports Night" on CSC, so stick around.
We'r e out.
Dana, what ar e we doing about Nieuwendyk?
He's got 18 after 7. If he goes to 19, we'll br eak in.
Finally.
Elliott, set the f eed.
90 seconds back.
Do you have a second?
No, I don't have a second.
Actually, you have 90 seconds.
I'm using this time f or myself.
-- Natalie... -- Outside.
[ Telephone ringing ]
-- Okay. -- Well?
-- First of all -- -- Yes.
Thank you f or seeing me.
-- What do you want? -- I want to say...
while acknowledging that not everyone shar es each other's view of the world,
and while most situations between 2 or mor e people involve various shades of gray
-- as opposed to black and white -- -- What ar e you trying to say?
I'm trying to say that I'm right and you'r e wrong.
And what's mor e, you know I'm right and you'r e wrong.
No, you mean you'r e right and I'm cute.
Natalie, they wanted you to be a damn weathergirl.
They wanted me f or local sports and human inter est.
You turned down the job.
-- Why ar e we still fighting? -- You know why!
-- No, I r eally don't! -- "They want you because you'r e cute"?
They wanted you because they'r e idiots.
-- Thank you. -- You know what I mean.
-- I do know what you mean! -- You wer en't gonna get to do any writing.
You wer en't gonna get to do any r eporting.
They wer e gonna hand you wir e copy and dr ess you --
I understand that, Jer emy.
I've been doing this a f ew years.
I'm talking about you being upset I got the off er at all.
-- I don't know why you think I was upset! -- You wer e acting like --
-- You'r e wrong. -- I'm not.
And even if you'r e right, I don't know what's so wrong about being bummed
because you might move to Galveston, Texas.
Nothing.
Ex cept that's not what you wer e bummed about.
[ Telephones ringing ]
Dave: In 3...2...
Welcome back. Her e's what's going on.
Timothy Nieuwendyk just struck out his 19th batter --
one short of tying and two short of br eaking
the all-time major league r ecord.
We'r e gonna take you out to San Francisco,
we'r e gonna take you ther e live,
and you'r e gonna stay f or as long as it takes.
I know we promised you soccer highlights,
so let me just tell you that Columbus beat Miami 1 -0,
Dallas beat San Jose 1 -0,
Chicago beat Colorado 1 -0,
and New England beat Kansas City 2-1
in an off ensive slugf est.
A modest proposal -- make the nets bigger.
John Savitch and Tom Vance in San Francisco.
Dave: We're out.
Dana: Don't anybody go too f ar.
-- Make the nets bigger? -- You got a better idea?
-- Yes. -- What?
How about a smaller net and no goalie?
-- I like it. -- Yeah, like basketball.
Listen to me -- you gotta --
Do you get that ther e ar e certain ways
in which I am not like you?
Yes.
You walk up to women. You'r e that guy.
You have a smoothness. It works f or you.
Those ar e the ways in which I'm not like you.
I just thought you meant 'cause you wer e allergic to bees.
Announcer: ...91.
What Johnson should be more concerned about
is that Nieuwendyk is having trouble spotting his f astball.
[ Door opens, Knock on door ]
-- Hey. -- Hey.
What's up?
[ Clicks TV off ]
Make the nets bigger?
Either that or a lot smaller and get rid of the goalies.
[ Laughs ] Dan, this network has a 3-year deal
with major league soccer.
I know.
That's why I'm trying to help out.
Two billion soccer f ans will be happy to hear that.
So, what happened?
-- When? -- Bef or e.
What do you mean?
You f orgot?
-- That? -- Yeah.
I f orgot.
Isaac, you can't work f ull time.
-- I have to. -- Why?
Because they pay me to.
You had a stroke.
-- Is that what that was? -- Yes.
I thought it was bad swordfish.
-- Isaac, I'm not kidding around her e. -- Leave me alone, Danny.
Wher e ar e you going?
To get myself a drink.
Ar e you allowed to drink?
Danny, I'm 63 years old!
I've got a driver's license and everything.
-- I meant in your condition. -- I know what you meant.
-- Is this about the network? -- Is what about the network?
You're trying to do more than you can do.
I want to know if this is about Luther and J.J.
and f eeling heat f rom CSC.
-- Danny... -- They see you'r e weak, and they'r e coming after the show.
-- Is that what's happening? -- Listen...
Is that why you're working when you shouldn't be working?
Give me names, Isaac.
After your f uneral and memorial service, I want to know who I go see.
-- I'm not weak. -- You forgot we were going up 10 minutes late?
Yes, I did.
Admit that it's harder now.
I have no trouble admitting that.
Ask people to do things f or you.
-- Like what? -- Like getting you a drink.
Why?
Because you've been walking over to that bar f or, like, a half an hour now.
[ Laughs ]
-- I'm getting stronger. -- Yeah.
The r ecovery period --
The r ecovery period's 12 months.
Yes.
Then why ar e you back at work after 5 months?
Because I am.
You know what, Danny?
On your best day, you make about 10 mistakes,
and if you don't believe me,
let's take a look at the file tape on tonight's teaser.
That was my f ault.
I'll say.
I made a mistake just like the ones I used to make.
And ther e was a time
when you and Casey would come in her e
and beat the hell out of me
till tears wer e coming out of my eyes,
I was laughing so hard.
I'm not your damn grandf ather.
Don't tr eat me that way.
When I scr ew up,
I don't want you coming in her e f or the talk.
I want to hear some chatter out ther e.
Okay.
Good.
[ Clicks TV on ] Announcer: Now I think we're gonna start to see
some activity in the bullpen.
Yes, they're warming up Martinez.
This doesn't look good.
Wer e you talking to me?
Ther e's no one else in the room.
That's right.
Announcer: ...Johnson makes a move.
Okay.
[ Clicks off ]
Do you think I was upset
that you got off er ed the job and I didn't?
Yes.
I saw an ugly side of you come out.
-- You think you saw -- -- I know what I saw.
And I'm telling you if the tables had been turned,
I would have thrown you a party.
Listen --
We both want to be on camera,
and this isn't the last time this is gonna happen,
so what do we do?
How 'bout we listen to what the other person is saying
instead of trying to interpr et?
-- Oh, please. -- Natalie...
Men harbor this illusion
that they can cover up their, you know,
with this other thing, but women always know.
No, they don't.
You know why not?
Because women don't have special powers.
Let's dispense with that theory right now.
Women don't have a sixth sense,
women don't have intuition, they don't have special powers.
You wer e being off er ed a job in Galveston.
That meant I was gonna have to, like, go ther e.
I was gonna have to go and live ther e
and get a job in Galveston.
And I wasn't gonna get off er ed a job in broadcasting.
It was gonna be ranch work f or me, okay?
Or big-game fishing.
Either way, my lif e has taken an abrupt and bizarr e turn,
because one minute,
I'm paying my bills with money I'm earning at my dr eam job,
while dating the most beautif ul woman on the planet,
and the next minute, I'm on a cattle drive
and I'm dating the weathergirl f rom "Good Morning, Galveston."
And I'd have done it. I'd have moved to Galveston
with the heat and the cattle and the malaria.
I'd have done it, because that's how much I love you,
and that's how much I want what you want.
But you can't expect me to be wild about the idea.
What?
You ar e so cute.
-- Natalie... -- You ar e just so cute.
Listen...
We need to be serious f or just a second.
I'm totally serious.
Listen...
What?
-- Nothing. -- What?
The thing is... [ Sighs ]
-- your instinct wasn't entir ely wrong. -- I know.
I didn't behave like a man.
You'r e apologizing like one.
Yeah?
You'r e so cute it f r eaks me out.
All right, well, let's just say --
-- Let's just say what? -- Nothing.
No, it's okay. You want to make a little proclamation. I can tell.
I don't want to make a proclamation.
Sur e, you do. Go ahead.
-- Well, no, it's just -- -- Come on.
I deem that the fight is officially over.
Ex cellent.
I deem I'm coming to bed tonight in your tux edo shirt,
high heels, and nothing else.
-- Ex cellent. -- Guys.
Don't tell me women don't have special powers.
What's up, Elliott?
-- Ar e you watching the game? -- Oh, man! No.
Nieuwendyk isn't looking so good.
Give me audio.
-- Hey. -- Oh, hey.
Whatcha doin'?
[ Chuckles ] I'm hanging out in your office.
I can see.
I do that sometimes... during the show, during br eaks.
I like it in her e.
I like the skyline --
better than the one in my office.
-- Really? -- No.
I just made all that up.
I was in her e because I thought you might be in her e.
Oh, yeah. And I am.
Mm-hmm.
So I was right.
[ Chuckles ]
[ Sighing ] That is a beautif ul skyline.
It's a beautif ul city.
You know...
This is gonna sound, uh -- you'r e gonna laugh at this.
[ Chuckles ] Try me.
Danny's been talking to me all week
about the statute of limitations.
Have you committed a crime?
No, no. I -- Well, I mean,
back when I was pledging my f raternity,
but I took car e of that with community service.
[ Chuckling ] I r emember.
No.
Danny...was talking about that it's been 90 days
since you broke off the engagement with Gordon.
And that that was my opportunity to, you know,
to -- if I was gonna -- to...ask you out.
That was my opportunity to ask you out.
The statute of limitations?
Yeah.
[ Exhales sharply ]
Anyway...l'd better get back to the, uh...
you know.
Go back.
It's 60 days.
What?
It's 60 days.
Whatcha been waiting on, McCall?
I was --
Huh?
I was, y-you know, waiting.
You wer e waiting f or what, St. Swithin's Day?
I was waiting the proper 90 days
the way I was taught.
Yeah, well...
whoever taught you taught you wrong.
It was Danny.
No kidding.
Well, listen, then, unless you wave me off,
I'm gonna kiss you right now.
If it's not too much trouble.
I'm gonna do it, Dana.
I'm saying do it, Casey.
[ Chuckles ] You've done this bef or e, right?
I mean, you have a child.
Yes. Sur e.
Absolutely.
Good.
Yes.
-- Casey? -- Yeah?
I'm standing her e.
Right, all I was thinking
was that I have to be back on the air in, uh, just a short time.
Right.
And squeezing this in between the Tim Nieuwendyk
[ Chuckling ] and the NFL injury r eport
seems, uh...
-- You'r e right. -- Ar en't I?
Yes.
So after the show.
Yes.
Good. I'll meet you back her e.
-- Tell Natalie I'm on my way. -- Good.
'Does he love me? I wanna know '
'How can I tell if he loves me so? '
'ls it in his eyes? '
'Oh, no, you'll be deceived '
'ls it in his eyes? '
-- 'Oh, no, he'll make believe ' -- You don't mess with the statute of limitations.
-- 'lf you wanna know ' -- 'Shoop, shoop, shoop '
-- 'lf he loves you so ' -- It's showtime.
'lt's in his kiss '
-- 'That's where it is ' -- Yeah!
'Oh, yeah, or is it in his f ace? '
'Oh, no, it's just his charm '
'ln his warm embrace? '
-- 'Oh, no, that's just his arms ' -- Man, did Nieuwendyk collapse!
-- 'lf you wanna know ' -- Total self-destruct.
-- 'lf he loves you so ' -- Oh, not unlike -- -- Shut up.
-- 'lt's in his kiss ' -- Thank you, Alyson. -- Can I go?
-- 'That's where it is ' -- You can go. -- What's with the look?
'Oh, it's in his kiss '
-- 'That's where it is ' -- What look?
-- 'Oooh, hug him ' -- On your f ace -- the look on your f ace.
-- 'And squeeze him tight ' -- I'm just f eelin' good.
-- 'And find out what you wanna know ' -- 60 seconds in. -- Stand by. Sound, 180.
Stand by, animation.
-- 'You know it's love ' -- Dana, we're up right now.
-- 'lf it really is ' -- We need you right her e, right now.
-- That's incr edible. -- Who ar e you talking to?
-- 'lt's there in his kiss ' -- You know what? You can stay wher e you ar e.
-- 'How 'bout the way he acts? ' -- I keep thinking about Cho Chang and her swim to f r eedom.
-- 'Oh, no, that's not the way ' -- I keep thinking about 3-inch heels.
-- 'And you're not listening ' -- Okay, that's what I'm thinking about, too.
-- 'To all I say ' Dave: Dan, Casey, coming to you live in 10.
-- 'lf you wanna know if he loves you so ' -- 'Shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop, shoop '
'lt's in his kiss '
-- 'That's where it is ' -- In 3...2...
-- 'Oh, yeah, it's in his kiss ' -- Welcome back. And say what you will,
but Timothy Nieuwendyk did a yeoman's job
bef or e becoming completely unhinged.
No need to go home unhappy, though.
We've got some lovely parting gifts f or you when we come back.
You'r e watching "Sports Night" on CSC, so stick around.
[ Instrumental f or "It's in His Kiss" plays ]
Dave: We're out.
'Whoa, kiss him '
'And squeeze him tight '
On the next "Sports Night"...
Elliott, have you heard the rumor?
-- Yes, I have. -- That's 4.
That's 4 people we know who've heard the rumor.
Ther e's no ratings guy.
-- 5 people have heard the rumor. -- 5 people ar e wrong.
The rumor is true.
Hillary Clinton thinks I'm an idiot!
His name's Sam Donovan. He's supposed to be very good.
I'm not lacking in confidence, as f ar as that's concerned,
and because of that, I can say this --
I honestly don't give a damn if any of you work her e or not.