. >> what a game and fred inglis with the heroics. >> jumpp out to an early lade, check and turn alex smith and vernon davis into the reincarnation. smith finds his favorite target vernon day, niners led at the halftime, but the saints led with less than four minutes in the game and 30 years after the catch, we get the run. alex smith races 28 yards and it's longest rushing touchdown by a quarterback in 49er's playoff histrism did you hear, that steve young? here comes brees, drew brees to jimmy graham. graham nobody stops him, 66 yards and new orleans leads 32- 29. 97 seconds left. smith to vernon davis and that is it. a 14-yard game-winning touchdown and vernon davis is in tears as the 49ers win 36- 32. they are one more victory away from reach the super bowl. the magical, mystery tour continues next sunday, but first the 49ers will have to watch tomorrow's game between the giants and packers game right here on fox at 1:30 p.m. if the giants win that game, the giants come to candlestick park and if the packers win, 49ers going to green bay. great game. >> it was incredible. >> thank

reporting live, fred inglis. >> you can see more of that press conference on www.ktvu.com.just look for the link that top of the home page. >>> high winds caused nervous moments for folks visiting in indianapolis. they were inside six large tents, nfl experience tents. this happened yesterday and 40 miles per hour winds kicked up. the tents are set up next to the stadium. but worried officials evacuated everyone as a precaution. >> the size of the tents started shaking, violently, in a couple pots and then there were popping noises. >> it lasted two hours. the patriots will face-off against the giants for super bowl xlvi this sunday. >>> a southwest jet knocked down a light pole at the denver airport. passengers got off the plane on the tarmac. no one was hurt. >>> scientists from dozens of agency are discussing new restrictions about spraying for mosquitoes against west nile. they bar seasonal fogging near water ways. it could mean a more serious west nile season due to the warm weather. they say there are nontoxic method. >>> an earthquake hit peru overnight and knocked o

in oakland, fred, inglis for sports wrap. >>> with one skater left to go, adam riplen had the lead. stranger abbot. he came through again, abbot put together the highest score at the u.s. championship since the scoring system was updated in 2006. we'll think about skating in san jose, you can expect to see some folks who have been here before. abbot's score puts him within distance of patrick chan. >>> the warrior are 1-3 so far. >>> he's made a habit of this, the flying tomato sean white. this run earned white his fifth consecutive gold medal in a perfect score of 100. the gold medal makes white the third five-pete athlete. >>> very familiar faces in indianapolis. there will be a little conversation about the game i think this week. new york giants arrive tomorrow. that will do it for this sunday night edition of sports wrap. have a good super bowl weekend. >> that's right. wow. >> whatever. >> yeah. >> that is our report for tonight. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news, we'll see you the next time news break. >> be sure to join the ktvu morning news at 4:30 a.m. for the lat

first to ktvu's fred inglis. >> reporter: 49 hours since the victory. today may be the final time for the team to relieve those moments but before then they have to prepare for the giants. this is an emotional team and they could have athletes turn into legends. >>> jim harbaugh was still gushing over his team. >> they are my heroes. the way they all fight, you know? it is a wicked competitive fight that is -- that is in our guys. >>> the defense got wicked early when he knocks out jason pierre-paul. >> i told myself that day, i was going going to be physical with everybody. get out of the way because i am going to hit everything. >> reporter: alex smith ran for a 4th quarter touchdown. >> defense failed to stop so many times this season. let's make it the offense that wins the game for us. >> reporter: then smith through a strike to davis for the game winning touchdown with 9 seconds left in their first playoff game. >> tears of joy. tears of joy and, you know, all builds up and comes out. >> we got a good team here. we can go out and play with the bes

as ktvu's fred inglis reports, firing coach jackson was the very first move by the team's new general manager mackenzie. >> this is where i came from, i'm back home now, okay. >> reporter: former raider linebacker reggie mackenzie left green bay to return to the team that drafted him back in 1985. the first thing mackenzie did as their general manager was fire head coach hugh jackson. >> as you move in, i want to bring my guy in. and mark was okay with that. >> he did some things great. and you know, like i said we ended up 8-8. we didn't make the play offs. >> reporter: so now mackenzie must find a replacement. >> is this a young coach that i feel good about? then away we go. >> if my father wasn't here, we needed someone to run that football side of the building and i needed to find the right person. i truly believe that reggie mackenzie is the right man for this job and i think you will all see that as we go along. >> reporter: it's been nine years since oakland made the play offs and mackenzie knows there's a lot of work to do. so having a twin brother may help. >> i told him i wo

as ktvu's fred inglis reports, firing coach jackson was the very first move by the team's new general manager mackenzie. >> this is where i came from, i'm back home now, okay. >> reporter: former raider linebacker reggie mackenzie left green bay to return to the team that drafted him back in 1985. the first thing mackenzie did as their general manager was fire head coach hugh jackson. >> as you move in, i want to bring my guy in. and mark was okay with that. >> he did some things great. and you know, like i said we ended up 8-8. we didn't make the play offs. >> reporter: so now mackenzie must find a replacement. >> is this a young coach that i feel good about? then away we go. >> if my father wasn't here, we needed someone to run that football side of the building and i needed to find the right person. i truly believe that reggie mackenzie is the right man for this job and i think you will all see that as we go along. >> reporter: it's been nine years since oakland made the play offs and mackenzie knows there's a lot of work to do. so having a twin brother may help. >> i told him i wo

i'm fred inglis for sports wrap. >>> the cal baas -- basketball team taking on the ducks.y team losing to organ state. the bears led by three at halftime. then turn it off in the second half. jorge gutierrez works for two of his 18 points. alan crab had a career high 17. crab with three where he was lethal. 6-8 from beyond the arch. this time he'll step back and rattle one in just before the shot clock expires. bears outscore the ducks. bears 13-4 over all, 3-1 at the top of the very crowded pack 12 race. >>> the first golf tournament of the year is three forced finish on maui's plantation course. this year is for last year's tour winners. take a look at this effort, this is molder's second shop hitting above the green to the side and rolling right into the hole perfectly for an eagle. this score is a par 17. stricker takes chipping for birdie. he finished with three straight birdies. stricker leads by three straight. >>> and today we had the go daddy bowl with arkansas and north illinois. 38-20. that's it for this late sunday night edition of sports wrap. have a good week

. >>> fred inglis is in the newsroom to report jackson was fired. >> reporter: it's a case of bringing in your own personnel. kensey says he had decided to fire jackson a few days ago, but of course he was just told today. >> going down and your star running back going down -- >> reporter: hugh jackson was fired after just one season. jackson's game and player management skills were often questioned this season. in losing four of the last five games that kept them out of play offs didn't help his case either. but mackenzie says he wants his own people. >> we're moving into a new era. no disrespect to coach jackson. but this is something i want to do, starting new. i go with my gut a lot. okay, so when it's time to make the final call, my gut is going to tell me the right thing. >> as he said it is time to move forward and that's what we're going to do. >> reporter: mackenzie says he has a short list of head coaching candidates. winston moss is his top choice. it may take a few weeks to fill the job because moss is busy coaching the packers in the play offs. gasia and frank. >> reporter

in san josi, fred inglis for sportswrap. >>> and that is it for this saturday night edition of sportswrape you again tomorrow at 5:00. does anybody care that the pro bowl is tomorrow? [ laughter ] >> not really. [ laughter ] compared to where we were last week at this time. >> thank you, joe. >>> that is our report for tonight from our brand-new set, thank you so much for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> morning on 2 tomorrow morning at [ female announcer ] they've been off limits to dieters since time began. not anymore. fiber one is bringing brownies back. at 90 calories, the only thing between you and chocolaty brownies... ♪ ...is a nicely designed package.