chris singleton was tonight's featured guest. he played half a dozen seasons in major league baseball. he is now an analyst for espn. a golden retriever happy went home with a loving family as one of the auction items. he said it's great to be back in the city that helped launch his athletic career. annual dinner go to the university of nevada baseball programs. our next newscast

back in support the wolf the wolf pack have turned to one of their fundraising efforts totnight chris singleton is the bobby dolan dinner... he's a nevada alum,..and a fame... he played both football and baseball with the pack, one of the best all-around athletes in school history... he was a second round pick by the san francisco giants back in 1993, and went on to play parts of six seasons in the big leagues... singleton says he tries his best to stay in touch with his former teams. singleton: "i've gotten some aps during football season, i was trying to track the aps and follow and watch what was going on with football. i really expect to do better this year, especially coming back and really re-connecting with the school and the players and so if you've got any tips for great apps to follow the pack all the way down in atlanta, please send them on. because there's time where i'm in the broadcast booth getting ready for a game football season and wanting to see what the score is, or even baseball, trying to see how the series is going that weekend. " he's now a lead anaylist on espn's baseba

and chris singleton is the keynote speaker tonight... he's a nevada alum,..and a member of their hall of fame... he was a wide reciever on the 1990 team that was ranked number one in the country, and went to the 1-aa national title game... he also played baseball , leading nevada to a perfect 27-0 home record during the 1992 season... he was a second round pick by the giants a year later, and went on to play parts of six seasons in the big leagues... singleton says it's an honor to come back and help the cause singleton: "it's tremendous to be able to come back and just give my time and invest into this program. i'm really excited about the new coach tj bruce, a vivacious guy. he's intense and ready to win. and he's a winner, he's been a part of winning programs. and i think the wolf pack's in store for a it's just great to be back and be enbraced by the team. " he's now a lead anaylist on espn's baseball tonight..... reno's kevin jepsen has filed for arbitration in his quest for a bigger deal from the twins jepsen is looking to a one-ye

chris singleton is tonight's featured guest after his career in the silver and blue, going out the poor half a seasons in major league baseball and is now an analyst for espn's baseball tonight. chris says it's good to be back in this city that started his athletic career. >> feels like rain back home. seems like yesterday that i was here. walk in the campus and going to the athletic field and getting ready for pratt does. it's one of those things. even though i spent three years, it's a staple, you pick back up where you left off. dolan baseball dinner will go directly to the baseball program. >> reformer wolfpack players are gearing up for a showdown in denver with the steelers. jeana georgie is in denver with the broncos with multiple reports from denver. >> reporter: jeana georgie at the broncos headquarters in the mile high city catching up three former players on the squad and prepared to take on the steelers in a playoff matchup that sunday. stay tuned with newsg four over the next three days and now have a rundown of their nfl experiences you won't want to miss. coming up in the

tonight's keynote speaker is wolfpack alum chris singleton. it's being held at the silver legacy. a resort and casino in the reno ballroom. it kicks off at 4:30 with the v.i.p. reception followed by a social hour at 5:30 and then dinner at 6:30. visit nevadawolf pack. >>> a man played a pretty big role in u.s. history. having lived an entire century. he says today did not feel any different than any other day. his family and friends are not offensive line only celebrating his birthday, but also honored his many accomplishments. he has climbed mount whitney seven times. most recently with his daughter and grandchildren when he was 75. he also started working for an aerospace company, lockheed martin, in 1936 and helped design several aircraft during his 35 year career, including the p80. he says technology has changed dramatically since he was growing up. >> the airport, we flew over the city, somebody would yell airplane and everybody would rush out into the streets to see the airplane fly over. >> the 100-year-old says watching airplanes spark his curiosity d aviation when he was

. >> from a wolfpack football and baseball star chris singleton iterates featured guest after his career in silver and blue he went ahead and played half a dozen seasons in major league baseball tonight. he told us it's good to be back in the launch his pro career. >> it's nice to come back and invest in the program and be able to allow these people who have supported players like me, and some of them directly, me them to celebrate my accomplishments. everything that i've been able to accomplish in life has been a product of the investment that people have made in my life. >> always a big night. all the proceeds from the annual baseball dinner will go directly to the university of nevada baseball program. >> shaping up to be a busy night of high school basketball. for tonight's edition of hometown hoops, here they are: join us for all the highlights >> we were talking during this segment but rendon marshall got cut with the first-team he was on and now he is having some success. >> jacksonville jaguars, what >> . >> coming up tonight as we were talking about we have a lot of basketball a

chris sting singleton will be the keynote speaker. he played baseball and football at the university of nevada in 1992 and 199 before his sixth season career in the major leagues. he is now an analyst on espn's "baseball tonight." this year's din leer be friday, january 15th downtown. there are a few tickets still available. call or log on to nevadawolfpack.com. >>> and finally, we all know that sports can bring out the passion and fire in a lot of us just get as little out of hand a pennsylvania high school coach in hot water after being caught on camera allegedly assaulting a referee. he appears the head butt the referee. a different angle shows it again. he would get teed up again and get tossed out. the referee fortunately not seriously hurt. he remained on the court. the coach has been put on leave, but has not been fired as of yet. >> wow. that referee should sue that guy. >> that is assault. >> that is assault. >> you're talking about respect for the game and life lessons and baseball camp, that coach needs some. >> absolutely.

host, actor and comedian, chris rock is under pressure to pull out but the first african-american nominated for a best director oscar seems to have very different take. john singletonated for 1991's boies in the hood, said the nomination depend less on race than what it eligible in given awards cycle. there are so many slots. it is all subjective. almost like the lottery end quote. our hollywood person on the couch, stacy, your thoughts? >> my thoughts are the real issue there are not enough opportunity for is people of color with rolls where it warrants us winning an oscar. my second point of view, either you want to be segregated or you want to be integrated. if you want to be integrated you don't need to have things like b.e.t. or the b.e.t.' wards, or the image awards, where you have to be black in order to win these, because if white people did that everyone would be up in arms. so either you're going to become an american and just be an american, a part of society and a part of hollywood, or you're going to separate it and deal with this kind of issue. harris: it is interesting, some in hollywood, the woman who played aunt viv alongside will smiths in "fresh