to toyota after the game. it is a big day in the world of college football, but a sad day in the bay area as oakland athletics legend rickey henderson has died at the age of 65. abc seven sports director larry beil has a look back at the life of the greatest base stealer of all time. >> i'm the greatest of all time. >> rickey henderson is still the all time stolen base leader, the greatest leadoff hitter ever as well. perhaps the greatest baseball player ever to come from oakland. rickey henderson was born on christmas day, 1958, in chicago and moved to oakland when he was just a toddler. a three sport athlete at oakland technical high school, rickey turned down football scholarships to sign with his hometown oakland a's back in 1976 and made his major league debut just three years later. and he literally was off and running. in 1980, his first full season in the majors, he broke the american league record for stolen bases, which was set by ty cobb. and in 1982, rickey

stole 130 bases, still the all time record. in the mid 80s, henderson was traded to the new york yankees. he led the american league in stolen bases every year of the 80s, except for one when he had a down year and seattle's harold reynolds had 60 stolen bases in 1987, and years later, reynolds remembered the phone call that he received after the season was over from rickey henderson. >> man, you ought to be ashamed. i go, what are you talking about? he said, 60 stolen bases. you ought to be ashamed. rickey has 60 at the break. click. >> henderson was given a hero's welcome in his return to oakland in mid-season 1989, and he helped the a's to the second of three pennants and their last word series championship in oakland. the earthquake delayed bay bridge series over the giants. henderson won his only mvp award in 1990. in 91, he stole his 939th base, breaking the all time record that was held by lou brock, leading to one of the greatest sound bites of all

time. >> but today, i am the greatest of all time. thank you. >> rickey's career went far beyond just speed. he's still the all time leader for most leadoff home runs, as well as most runs scored, in addition to the stolen base crown in retirement. rickey was a presence at spring training, and the a's renamed the coliseum field after him in 2017. in the a's final few weeks at the coliseum on rickey henderson bobblehead day, his daughter adriana threw out the first pitch to him, and in the final game in oakland, the ball used to make the last out made its way to henderson, a fact that surprised nobody. rickey's last public appearance came in the a's final game ever. he appeared in a split jersey of the a's and mariners and threw out the first pitch. it's a very sad coincidence with the season that saw the end of the oakland a's, there is now no more rickey henderson. gone too soon. less than a week before his 66th birthday. >> we'll have reaction from the

bay area and beyond later in this newscast. and tonight on abc seven news at 11. all right. and things will go on the games they do. the 12 teams college football playoff began last night with notre dame downing indiana. and today the final three games were played starting with the games you saw right here. ohio state hosting tennessee. what an atmosphere. temps around 25 at kickoff in columbus ohio state starting hot. first drive of the game. will howard finds freshman jeremiah smith for a 37 yard score. buckeyes up seven. nothing. tennessee punted. buckeyes go down the field again. howard 40 yards and a great catch by emeka egbuka. a short td run makes it 14. nothing. and after a tennessee turnover kevin henderson 29 yards to the end zone. it's 21. nothing after a quarter. tennessee fans thinking we made this trip for this. vols tried to make it a game. the freshman

smith he wasn't having none of it. his second td catch of the day in the third quarter essentially seals the deal. ohio state wins 4217 and will play top ranked oregon in the rose bowl quarterfinal on new year's day. remember, oregon won the first meeting earlier this season. and that leads us to today's toyota. let's go places. player of the day. it's ohio state freshman receiver jeremiah smith. smith opened the scoring with this great catch in the first quarter, and later finished it off with his second score of the day. he had six catches for 103 yards and two scores, just his second multi-touchdown game of the season. his first was in the very first game of the season, way back in august. it was a very good time for him to have a good game, right? ohio state freshman wideout jeremiah smith, today's toyota let's go places. player of the day. all right. more playoff action. texas hosting clemson tigers head coach dabo swinney said he wanted to meet matthew mcconaughey, who wouldn't write. he got his wish. clemson scored first, but then texas went on a

28 to 3 run before halftime.n a gunner helm catches the td to make it 2810 horns at the half. carney improves tigers still hanging around in the fourth quarter. on fourth down, cade klubnik finds t.j. moore, who makes it a seven point game, but the horns ice two plays later when jaydon blue makes clemson fans, blue says, get off me! 77 yards to the house. oh yeah, this should make mcconaughey happy, right? oh, he was hyped. texas wins 3824 and will take on arizona state in the peach bowl quarterfinal on new year's day. the first game of the day was number 11 smu at number six, penn state 25 degrees and happy valley. and this one was very over in a hurry. first quarter no score. penn state's dominic deluca with the 23 yard pick six. and then they'll take the lead. the nittany lions. they're just into the second quarter. smu quarterback kevin jennings in trouble again. this time it's penn state's tony rojas with the

interception. and he winds his way back 59 yards for the second pick six of the game. smu never had a chance penn state rolls 38 to 10. they will play boise state in the fiesta bowl quarterfinal on new year's eve. how about to the hardwood? the warriors in minnesota. this game delayed a half an hour because of somehow the crew put the wrong net on the warriors side. steph curry happy it got fixed. stretching at the score table. check this out hoops. that's just how things are going for the dubs nowadays. the warriors came out on fire though, jumping out to a 3615 lead in the second quarter on this. jonathan kuminga three. the wolves came all the way back, taking the lead on the rudy gobert inside layup right here early in the fourth. he had 18 points 12 boards. but the warriors they held on because of guess who. oh yes stephen curry a curry flurry with 11 straight points in the fourth quarter. finished with 31. dubs snap a three game losing streak 113 103,

and they will host the pacen monday. that's going to do it for toyota after the game. now deion with some news. >> oh i thought you meant like you had some other news to tell me. you with the news. >> because although i had some important news i feel like you guys have some important news as well. >> i was still just caught up on how steph can have such, like, a rough start. and everything is okay in the end. yeah, i like that. >> you know, he has the gift of forgetting. yeah, good athletes all have that. >> let's keep it going for christmas in that game too. >> exactly. >> big game i like it. all right sarah thanks. well, coming up, still on this special edition of abc seven news, we do have much more ahead to talk about on a's legend rickey henderson, how his former teammates and the baseball world are remembering rickey after his sudden passing. also, holiday help for thousands in need. a turkey drive brings in an outpouring of support from the community, and we have more rain on the way. >> in fact, a stronger system heading our way christmas eve. i'll let you know how much you can expect in your neighborhood with the

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