and howard cosell, you loved to hate them. but there were very innovative and now everybody runs together. and i wonder how those guys as great as they were would to s.a33 channel universe. how they were--2. > and he was cute, and to cosell, and the tide at 72 years old. josh mcdaniel is. he---died today. >> off and no, with josh mcdaniel said the broncos, 3-9. and he was fired today. to get fired in mid season just to go away. that means that you've really been bombing. 34 years, to go younger, this trend that will work a round-the-clock and this guy just not cut it. and even fined $50,000, taping a practice. and he should have not taped a practice and if you're going to do it? and the raiders gave themselves a playoff hopes and yesterday. jason campbell, and the crew. by all accounts, they're going to get wiped out in san diego and then when the game. as mcfadden, and the raiders are up. 28-13 for the first time since 20 01. they're not going to lose this game. since 2002, they're not going to lose 11 games. right now, 6-6.

in 1970 he joined frank gifford and howard cosell in the broadcasting booth. he was famous for singing "turn out the lights, the party is over" when the team fell behind. >>> coming up, the winningest season will head to miami for the first time in the orange bowl. they will face the hokies of virginia tech. the this will be stanford's first appearance in a major bowl since january of two. last year the cardinal lost to oklahoma in the sun bowl. >>> coming up at 5:00, a contra costa county juvenile hall counselor arrested on porn charges has been molested -- has been arrested on molestation charges. >>> and the drug violence in mexico has many baseball immigrants rethinking traveling plans. >>> that and more coming up on the ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. thanks for watching and have a great day.

his banter with howard cosell quickly made dandy don a fan favorite. he was 72. >>> basketball, miami is start to go heat up. they beat the bucs with their fifth straight win. miami was up 11 at the break. a pass from wade in the second half behind the back to chris bosh and bosh did the rest. heat won it, 88-78. >>> from the magic's chris duhon. the ball is going out, duhon reached around the defender, flipped it to his teammate while diving head-first into the crowd, and that is an assist the hard way. duhon was fine. but the magic worked. >>> and a show against the thunder. a circus shot in the third a season high 29 for him. final seconds of the quarter, derek rode from mid court and banked it in. chicago was up, 16. but the shot of the night was from benny the bull with his back to the basket, he heaved it up from half-court, off the backboard and in. benny the bull, a winner as were the bulls, 99-90. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> is a pay cut in shock jock howard stern's future? your early morning enterta

the death of don meredith, one of the original monday night football announcers there with howard cosell died. this is when everyone watched monday night. there were no cable tv extra channels. the showdown between the patriots and jets, tom brady picked apart the jets. new england dominates 45-3. like dandy don would say, turn out the lights, that party is over. >>> the school has offered to sweeten the final four years of his contract so he doesn't leave. how sweet is sweet, though? practice today, getting ready for the orange bowl. the big news, though, andrew luck named one of the four heisman finalists. he had to leave practice early today to study for final exams. >>> here we go with the sharks now. they looked amazing tonight and climbed out of last place. when was the last time the sharks were in last place? tonight who did they beat? just the best team in the conference. watch the back and forth between 5-2 theth5-2 the final orwakasu. score. we're back in a moment to wrap things up. stay with us. at bank of america, we live and work here, with thousands of employees, hundreds o

but three days later came mark david chapman's bullets, and howard cosell's chilling announcement on monday night football. >> the most famous of perhaps all the beatles, shot twice in the back, rushed to roosevelt hospital, dead on arrival. ♪ >> reporter: of all the people who suffered those first couple of days, none had it worse than wife yoko and son sean. ♪ our life together is so precious ♪ >> reporter: double fantasy had just come out and spun as a constant tribute, so they heard his voice ever where. but for the first time in the little boy's life, dad was gone. ♪ people say i'm crazy ♪ doing what i'm doing >> reporter: the newly released "watching the wheels" video shows how the two got along, after john dropped out of music to raid him. >> in 1975, the most famous musician in the world left to become a househusband. and for five years, made bread every day, he had a nanny, but he was there for sean. >> reporter: and yet as john told "rolling stone," the original stay at home dad wondered if he was giving enough. >> i'm not the greatest dad on earth. i'm doing my b

but it was as a broadcaster on monday night football along with howard cosell and frank gifford that dandy don made his name. he died last night after suffering a brain hemorrhage and lapsing into a coma. he was 72. sharks leading detroit 4-2 in the third period. have it for you tonight at 10:00. >> we will see you then. >> you bet. >>> coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. >> it's called smishing and it can turn any mobile device into a tee for your personal information. we will have the fbi's latest warning. >> good night. >> good night. the moment you feel run down or achy nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud.

with his texas charm, meredith was the perfect foil to howard cosell, often more entertaining than the game. >> it's texas cornpone, "dandy" don meredith. >> i've never said anything ugly about you, howard. >> reporter: he once said, "i don't know how badly i'd feel if i wasn't remembered at all." well, he is remembered. legions today are singing his trademark song. ♪ the party's over ♪ they say that all good things must end ♪ ♪ call it a night the party's over ♪ ♪ and tomorrow and next year starts the same old thing again ♪ >> reporter: john berman, abc news, new york. >> the irresistible don meredith. >>> great to begin the week with you. we'll see you tomorrow nab >>> tonight money raised for victims of the san bruno pipeline fire y it's not getting to those who need a help lg hand. >> the governor's parting shot to state lawmakers. another 10 budget in cuts. >> a federal appeals court with a look at same-sex marriage. why people from around country came here to see it. >> technology that prevents your hair from falling out during chemotherapy. >>> good evening, three

the folksy counterpoint to frank gifford and howard cosell. >> i didn't know you cared. >> reporter: it made for sometimes riveting television. made meredith and the troupe broadcasters rock stars and introduced a new way to market sports on television. >> they had to be entertaining when the game wasn't. >> movie attendance dropped on monday nights. restaurant attendance dropped on monday nights. it became a national phenomenon. of her >> reporter: a long-time friend deaths told nbc news he had suffered injure yis including concussions in his playing days that plagued him long after his playing days after age 31. but he didn't talk about that in his days as a commercial pitchman. he just kept rolling out the public personality that matched his private character. funny, irrereverent, an everyman kind of winner. >> his contribution was to compelling, that the fact he didn't win a super bowl didn't diminish his stature at all. >> reporter: and it didn't keep him from becoming an athlete celebrity far past the sport. mike taibbi mike taibbi, nbc news, new york. >>> that's our broadcast

. >> smith: his quick wit and texas charm made him the perfect foil for howard cosell. >> number 22 bobby lane. >> smith: and help him turn "monday night football" into must-see tv. >> i didn't know you cared. >> smith: dandy don meredith was an original cowboy. his freewheeling style helped turn them into one of the n.f.l.'s elite teams. twice they went to the championship game, losing both times to the green bay packers, including the 1967 ice bowl. at age 31, meredith abruptly quit, saying he'd lost his desire to compete. but in the 1970s, he became a bigger star in the broadcast booth, along with cosell and frank gifford. >> he was not a professional announcer and i think that's really what endeared him to people. i think a lot of people looked at don meredith in the booth and thought to themselves "that could be me." >> smith: always entertaining, once he knew which team would win, he would burst into song. >> ♪ turn out the lights, the party's over... ♪ >> smith: in later years, meredith battled emphysema and recently suffered a brain hemorrhage. when he died last night, dandy d

later, he helped start "monday night football" with keith jackson and howard cosell, and won wide popularity. don meredith was 72 years old. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: and we turn to the latest twist in the debate over gay marriage in california. in 2008, voters passed a ballot measure, called proposition 8, banning gay marriage, but in august of this year, a federal district judge struck down the measure, ruling that it was unconstitutional to treat same- sex couples differently. that ruling was then challenged, and today a federal appeals panel of three judges heard arguments in a session that was, most unusually, broadcast live. the first issue today: do opponents of same sex marriage have authority or standing to appeal the august ruling? governor arnold schwarzenegger and other state officials had declined to bring an appeal. charles cooper, the attorney for protect marriage, the group behind proposition 8, cited past cases that allow outside groups to bring a case. >> the california supreme court allowed these proponents to intervene in the

cosell and frank gifford. near the end of every game, meredith would turn sing, turn out the lights, the party's over. he was 72. >>> if you were busy celebrating a milestone birthday, here's what you missed. [ laughter ] >> huddle! they'll play oregon for the >> there she goes. russell tips... oh, my gosh! adams touchdown! on the "hail mary"! >> okay, auburn blew out south carolina. oh, stop, it's not. they will play oregon for the national title next month. chargers runningback found out why mcclain is nicknamed the mcpain train. helmets collided. no flag. >>> the shot of the weekend nuggets mascot rocky from half court makes me really manslaughter the warriors old mass scott thunder, very him? u.s. open champ graeme mcdowell sinks the putt on the first play-off hole and took dow tiger woods. he lost after a four-stroke lead. he goes winless in 2010. >> tiger will try again in 2011 to score that elusive 15th major. >> you're turning 50? >> no, i just read a cue card here. >> oh, please. you're not in control

howard cosell had the difficult task of announcing his death in the middle of the dolphins- patriots game on monday nigh football. >> remember, this is just a football game no matter who wins or loses. an unspeakable tragedy confirmed to us by abc news in new york city, john lennon outside of his apartment building on the west side of new york city, the most famous perhaps of all of the beatles, shot twice in the back, rushed to roosevelt hospital, dead on arrival. >> and sharks and flyers. sharks down a goal in the third period. from the face-off, joe pavelski forced to tie the game at 4. right now they are in a shootout in philly. we'll have full highlights at 11. >>> the mariners may have found their new designated hitter. jack cust has agreed to a one- year deal with seattle. he hit 13 homers with the as last year. >>> simmons talents on the court have been compared to superstar venus williams. the u.s. tennis association named her one of the top 50 junior players in california and she is just a sophomore in high school. dennis o'donnell has the story. >> most you can do right no

meredith, howard cosell, frank gifford, revolutionized the way we watched football really. they were rock stars. meredith a former standout quarterback before his broadcasting days for the dallas cowboys. dandy don died yesterday with his family beside him in new mexico at the age of 72. >>> the raiders now are flying high, coming off their most impressive win in years. no kidding. jason campbell led the raiders to a dominating win over the chargers. this is in san diego yesterday. from high above take a look at it. a little bootleg here. 28-13 was the final with t. with the win the raiders are alive and well in the playoff race. next sunday the raiders are in jacksonville. >>> all right, here we go, it's official. stanford quarterback andrew luck is going to new york this weekend. andrew luck, named today one of the four heisman trophy finalists. in true stanford fashion, we love this, he had to leave practice early to concentrate on final exams. here's nbc's lauren scott from campus. >> reporter: the cardinal are taking their talents to south beach. january 3rd in the sun

it became an even bigger national celebrity being on monday night football along with howard cosell and frank g iveord -- giveered -- he died this morning. >> yes. very sad news. >>> 90 minutes of -- nine m inutes before 9:00. the changes coming -- that may be coming to bars and restaurant here. >>> we have anian date about a 12-year-old girl who show under at children's hospital after disappearing for a few days. she told police she took a bus to a san leandro home and was sexually assaulted by two adult men. we talked with alameda county sheriff deputies this morning. they are telling ktvu there were a lot of inconsistencies in the young lady's -- youngly day's story. when questioned furthering she finally admitted she made up the story. it looks like she was staying at someone ahouse the whole time. >>> new this morning, the government just reseesed estimates of the 2010 u.s. census count. the estimate shows the population grew to 300 million and 313 million. lat year, 284 million. the figures being released are just estimates. the official 2010 count is still a few weeks away. >>> c