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.

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.

but in the 1970s, he became a bigger star in the broadcast booth, along with cosell and frank gifford 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 don meredith was 72. >> ♪ they say that all good things must end... ♪ ♪ they say that all good things must end... ♪ so it's a day of games and two more pills.ne. the games are over, her pain is back, that's two more pills. and when she's finally home, but hang on, just two aleve can keep back pain away all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is rachel, who chose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. ♪ and get the all day pain relief of aleve in liquid gels. ♪ do you often experience the feeling of a dry mouth? it can be the sid

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

became a bigger star in the booth as part of a trio that included meredith, howard cosell and frank giffordnd 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 of that, o

meredith, howard cosell, frank gifford, revolutionized the way we watched football really.eredith 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 sunshine state is especiall

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then i realized, what do i have to talk to frank gifford and don meredith about, right? ooks at me and he goes, kathie lee, i'm going to tell you something, you need to find yourself an older man. i said i do? i said how am i going to know which one. he's going to say to you, kathie lee, i'm going to take a tour of you from the top of your head to the tip of your toes with lots of intermittent stops. and i went oh, my god. i am so out of my league here. and frank is sitting next to him going, i've heard that a million times. but that was don. he was one of the funniest, funniest human beings ever. he's cody's godfather, so cody is going to take a couple of his exams early and meet us. but he was always the life of the party. always the life of the party. >> you cracked up. every time he had something to say, he seemed like he was just funny and zany and -- >> my favorite one is when some fan gave the finger to cameraman and don doesn't miss a beat. he goes, look, howard. they still think they're number one. he just -- he was the best. just the best. >> all right. anyway.