. >>> kurt warner and his wife come through in a big way for a local family right before thanksgiving. >>> he works with the associated food banks. now, he is a rhodes scholar. the most prestigious academic honors in the world. the prestigious academic honors in the world, rhodes scholars. one of the recipients lives here in the valley. reporter: the rhodes scholarship is the world's oldest and most famous international fellowship program. two years in oxford, england free. 882 outstanding students applied this year, only 32 were chosen an of them. st. mary's food banks and others around the state are important, not just at holiday time. one of the people that keep them going, 23-year-old oscar de los santos of laveen. a rhodes scholar, how does that feel? and exciting. >> reporter: oscar came to& phoenix to teach and to help disadvantaged people. he was born in los angeles to parents who arrived as undocumented immigrants from mexico in the 1970's and became citizens after ronald reagan's amnesty. he graduated as one of the top students. oscar is happy to receive this honor but he is

warner and his wife >>> 2001, former arizona cards kurt warner and his wif have surprised dozens of families in need. >> habitat for humanity builds them a new home and kurt and brenda warner make it more beautiful inside. we were there for the big reveal. >> let's go in. >> reporter: the moment you walk in your brand-new home. beeline it to the movies but realize there is so much more to see. >> i just felt like oh, my god. >> reporter: the surprise for her family today was that every room in their new habitat for humanity built home has been decorated and furnished thanks to a few local celebrities. >> we have people come in and excited about the homeownership and don't know how to fill the home. we don't have the means to buy a bed so they were going to come in and sleep on the floors. >> reporter: former q.b. and his wife brenda have decorated 40 homes just like this with the help of aaron's furniture stores. >> single moms rock. single parents have so much on their plate and i was a single mom when i met kurt. i walked in their shoes and i know you want someone to hear you, see

. >>> former cardinals quarterback kurt warner and his wife are helping a valley family, just in time for thanksgiving. >>> live from fox studios, prestigious academic honors in the world, the rhodes scholarship. it's only for the best of the best, and one of this year's winners lives right here in the valley in laveen. steve krafft has the story. >> reporter: this is a story about an incredible honor for a young man from laveen. he's chosen to be a rhodes scholar. st. mary's food bank and others around the state are so very important, every day o one of those who keep it going, 23-year-old oscar, a manager at the food banks in phoenix and an advocate for the food banks at the state capitol. a rhodes scholar, how does that feel? >> interesting. it feels obviously humbling and exciting. >> reporter: oscar came to phoenix to teach and also to help disadvantaged people. he was born in los angeles to parents who arrived as undocumented immigrants from president ronald reagan's amnesty. oscar graduated from the university of southern california as one of the school's top students. oscar is

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among a list of kurt warner, ladainian tomlinson, and hines ward. this is one way to prepare for a game at arrowhead stadium in kansas city... dirk koetter cranked up the music and crowd noise during today's practice to simulate what is always a noisy bunch in k-c... preparing the bucs to communicate in other ways and full sunday coming up for you here on fox 13... starting with your staple, tailgate sunday at 10:30.... then it's the bucs and chiefs at one.... after the game, stay on fox 13... i will be live in the locker room for all of the post game reacts.... intro evans sot have to show you this from tongiht... i think it's ball state playing toledo.... not really sure... heavy fog rolled in to the stadium and just set in.... toledo's easy to see, but ball state's, not so much.....37-19 toledo and a big hello to the 3rd graders at ms. carson's class at denham oaks elementary in lutz... i visited the class for the great american teach-in... (ad-lib) the news keeps going online at fox13 news.com and on our fox 13 news app power >> announcer: the f

. >>> former cardinals quarterback kurt warner and his wife, brenda, are continuing a thanksgiving tradition by giving back to a valley family. they helped furnish a home for ms. it was furnished by habitat for humanity. >> it was like, oh, my gosh, i don't have to worry about that anymore. >> single parents have so much on their plate, and i know that because i was a single parent when i first met curt. >> they have helped furnish homes for 40 valley families. covered and continues to give back to the community. am i actually pushing these guys who ran out of gas six miles on a lonely highway? with spicy pepper jack cheese, spicy ranch, and spicy all-white-meat chicken. but judging from the third-degree sunburn, and the fact that i can't feel my legs, i'd say i'm actually pushing this car. there's gotta be a better way to get new customers. the pepper jack ranch spicy chicken sandwich. taste it before it's gone. yep, i'm lost. >>> you're watching fox 10 sports with jude lacava. >> hey, what a 24 hours for this guy right here, coach bruce arians, returning home from minneapolis after the gam

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this came after an off season in which kap worked with kurt warner on mechanics, reads. whole thing, epic disaster. kaep's confidence tapped. played worse, worse, worse. eventually benched. now back as the starter. but collin has not forgotten. >> probably was the worst game of my career. a good opportunity go back. redeem myself. and try to help get this team back on track. i mean, you always remember those games. but, you know you move on from it. you can't, you can't linger on. can't dwell. take what you can learn and move on. they know what they want to do. they do it well. that's something that we have to be able to go out. be on top of everything we are doing. >> fresno state introduced former cal head coach, jeff tefford. ready to throw. throw the deep ball. tedford bounced around since leaving berkeley. stint as offensive coordinator in tampa bay. cut short because of health issues. brief runs. and now returning to fresno where he once played quarterback to try to rez desurrect a progr. >> long, great, tenure at cal. cal a very difficult place. spent 11 years the

now, here are a few notable names on the running backs tomlinson, davis, ward, owens, kurt warner, safety brian talk -- hawkins. list will be cut down to 15 in early january with only a handful being chosen on super bowl weekend. >>russell: any sure bets on that one? >>russell: i think jimmie johnson. like i would know. tony dungy is encouraging people to consider adoption. he's teaming up with the florida department of children and families. department says more than 25,000 children need permanent homes in floor. dungy will appear in a public service announcement showing how much difference it makes in the life of a child. >> none of us have enough time, but you can make a difference and that's to get across to people. you can make such a difference in a young person's life. >>ussell: coach dungy and his wife have 10 children, the first three biological and the rest adopted. anyone interested in adopting a child from the state can find out more information at adopt florida.org. >>laura: good to see him, isn't it? >>russell: always good. >>laura: a lot of middle and high schoolers have af

this came after an off season in which kap worked with kurt warner on mechanics, reads. whole thing, epic disaster. kaep's confidence tapped. played worse, worse, worse. eventually benched. now back as the starter. but collin has not forgotten. >> probably was the worst game of my career. a good opportunity go back. redeem myself. and try to help get this team back on track. i mean, you always remember those games. but, you know you move on from it. you can't, you can't linger on. can't dwell. take what you can learn and move on. they know what they want to do. they do it well. that's something that we have to be able to go out. be on top of everything we are doing. >> fresno state introduced former cal head coach, jeff tefford. ready to throw. throw the deep ball. tedford bounced around since leaving berkeley. stint as offensive coordinator in tampa bay. cut short because of health issues. brief runs. and now returning to fresno where he once played quarterback to try to rez desurrect a progr. >> long, great, tenure at cal. cal a very difficult place. spent 11 years the