abc 7's sports anchor mike shumann is live at oracle arena and have the beat l.a. chants started yet, mike? >> reporter: well, matt. you can count on it. beat l is starting to arrive through the arena here as the teams warm up. warriors home here at oracle after being on the road for four games and they leave tonight for portland. but tonight it is all about the l.a. clippers. they are only meeting this year, the warriors hammered their so cal opponent 115-98. but the big question mark is will steph curry play. he had a quad injury. but it is a game-time decision after warm up to see how he feels but as could you see here in warm ups, he looks fine so i'll count on steph curry playing tonight. should be an interesting match-up and right here on abc 7, our broadcast starts at 5:00. stay tuned for after the game and we're hear from steve coming up in sports. mike shumann, abc 7 news. >> thank you, shu. love the shocks and shoes there on stef. >>> well girl scouts are getting ready to make the sales pitch and sell a lot of cookies. >> about 500 i'm estimating. >> up ne

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larry beil and mike shumann. one and done for the raiders after ending the long playoff drought shown the door today by the texans. connor cook making his first career start, a rookie playing without his pro-bowl left tackle in donald penn and cook was pressured all day long. there you see penn, his first missed start in his ten-year procareer. clowney was in the backfield all day long. there is the interception early in the first quarter that set things up for the texans. >> that will set up lamar miller. ran for over 500 yards and here for the touchdown run. 10-0 texans and it was the first quarter. murray punches it in from two yards out but 2:00 to go in the half and brock osweiler going deep to hopkins, 38 yards down at the 3 yard line. and then two plays later, they connect again. a quick slant, 27 texans at the half. >> so connor cook finished with a passer rating of 30 and 18 of 45. i'll say it again, 161 yards and a touchdown and three picks and did not get help from cooper, as shu says. son, that is wha

reporting live from oracle, mike shumann, abc 7 sports, larry? >> thanks.y haven't talked at all, russ and k.d. since durant made the move and clay dealing with a family issue. >>> for the if i fefifth year i, barry bonds is moving up. he needs 75% of the votes to get in. bonds cracked 50% and so did roger clemens. renewed hope because one of the inductees is jeff bagwell. the steroids question really hung over him for a long time so interesting news there. the only first year inductee rodriguez steroid cloud connected with him but he was a great catcher for many years and finally tim made it in his last year of eligibility. reigns is a seven-time all star with montreal and fifth all-time in steals finished his career with the a's. this say breakthrough year for the raiders and individual level for khalil mack. this voted on by the football writers of america. career high five forced tumbles tied a record recording a sack and eight straight games and scored the first touchdown of his career with an interception of cam newton back in week 12. >>> there was a

reporting live from oracle, mike shumann, abc 7 sports, larry? >> thanks.y haven't talked at all, russ and k.d. since durant made the move and clay dealing with a family issue. >>> for the if i fefifth year i, barry bonds is moving up. he needs 75% of the votes to get in. bonds cracked 50% and so did roger clemens. renewed hope because one of the inductees is jeff bagwell. the steroids question really hung over him for a long time so interesting news there. the only first year inductee rodriguez steroid cloud connected with him but he was a great catcher for many years and finally tim made it in his last year of eligibility. reigns is a seven-time all star with montrea and fifth all-time in steals finished his career with the a's. this say breakthrough year for the raiders and individual level for khalil mack. this voted on by the football writers of america. career high five forced tumbles tied a record recording a sack and eight straight games and scored the first touchdown of his career with an interception of cam newton back in week 12. >>> there was a

. >>> hello, i'm mike shumann live at oracle. we have a postseason feel for a regular season game. cavaliers and warriors. we have a preview coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00. >>> and a live look at your afternoon traffic. it's a light holiday traffic situation, as we look out at the san mateo bridge. looks kind of hazy from this shot right there. people on the left-hand side heading to the east bay. maybe some of them are going to that warriors game at oracle with the early tipoff at 5:00. back wit sure, you could sit around all night waiting for a pizza to be delivered. but wouldn't making it yourself be a lot more fun? it's baking season. warm up with pillsbury. protein. protein proteiny protein. proteiny protein? protein proteiny protein. at least 14 grams of protein. 100 calories. new greek 100 protein. from yoplait. tadirectv now. stream all your entertainment! anywhere! anytime! can we lose the 'all'. there's no cbs and we don't have a ton of sports. anywhere, any... let's lose the 'anywhere, anytime' too. you can't download on-the-go, there's no dvr, yada yada yada. stream so

. >>> sports with mike shumann. >> houston texans came in against new england and for once wasn't tom brady doing all the damage. his name is dion lewis. brady dumped to lewis, 7-0 pass. later in the quarter after a field goal gets kickoff, avoids a tackle, 98 yards for second td of the game. 188 all purpose yards. 14-3 patriots. texans had a chance. late in the third brock osweiler's pass dropped and would have made it a four-point game but lewis had receiving touchdown, special teams touchdown and then rushing touchdown, 34-16, advanced to record, hosting chiefs or steelers next week. meanwhile the falcons got no respect but today took care of the seahawks in commanding fashion, matt ryan ripped seattle secondary apart for three td passes. started with 89 yard drive for 8 1/2 minutes. score. then falcons counter with a drive lasting seven minutes and tie at 7-7. and return negated gi holding penalty, wilson tripped by own lineman, sacked for safety and last time falcons trailed. 14 years to vaughn coleman and falcons heading to the championship with 46-20 victory. >> that's what hap

i am mike shumann, and i hope you have a great day. >>> now your accuweather forecast with lisa argen>> it's cold out there, and we have patchy fog up in santa rosa with a quarter mile visibility and frost around. if you are headed out this morning, give yourself a little time. here's a look at the bigger picture, and keeping us dry, a big dome of high pressure going up and over the ridge, and that's in line for sunny and dry days. by the time we get rain, it's going to be nine days of a break. that's good news. it's really key. we are not looking at a big storm system, and more typical winter-time event towards the end of the week, and it will be significant and we will detail it for you in just a few minutes. the warmest spot except at the coast, san francisco, 44, and san jose, and 36 in gilroy. we will hover around freezing, and already look at the numbers in the mid-30s, and inland east bay from livermore, and 37 in concord, and 43 in novato, so it's typically cold but we will look for about 11:00 for things to start feeling better. so patchy fog, and cold this morning, sunny and

. >> will, anthony flores is here for mike shumann and you have major news. >> big news out of santa clara, the 49ers are about to clean house and espn reported the niners will fire held coach chip kelly ask and the general manager after the last game tomorrow. >>> roll tide, what they have done since nick saban arrived in tuscaloosa. the tide have won four national titles and today the punched their tick to the championship. alabama taking on washington. washington scores first. the bam would would rattle off 17 unanswered points before the half. anderson week in house. 17-7, bama. fourth quarter ex-chuck out this run. get off me, set a bama bowl record with 180 yards rushing rg and to two scores. bama wins 24- . the defending national champs prime minister -- improve to 14-0. >> we didn't do our responsibles but wi played well, the bar been moved in the locker room so they got a taste of it. and so that's awesome. so i think that can change your mindset. >> tomorrow matt mcfelon -- mcgloin will make his first start since his rookie season of 2013. raider nation might wonder if he c

mike shumann was at the area. >> reporter: and there is two players on this roster that did not havesan jose earthquakes from the university of california. >> i'm christian tieran, from the university of california berkeley. >> nick and christian are living a dream after four years career at cal, he was drafted in the third round. >> growing up it was always my dream to be a professional soccer player and i thank the earthquakes for drafting me and giving me the opportunity. i worked very hard to this point and look forward to going out there day in and day out and proving myself. >> nick, from castro valley, automatically gets a shot on the roster without being drafted. >> it makes a huge difference coming to the academy i was lucky enough to have the opportunity to play with the first team a little. and traveled to england, got used to it and knew what it took to play this level so then when the opportunity came this year i had it in the back of my mind kind after beforehand experience to get me ready. >> the head coach likes both of their chances on the team. >> nick grew up in th

. >> will, anthony flores is here for mike shumann and you have major news. >> big news out of santa clara, the 49ers are about to clean house and espn reported the niners will fire held coach chip kelly ask and the general manager after the last game tomorrow. >>> roll tide, what they have done since nick saban arrived in tuscaloosa. the tide have won four national titles and today the punched their tick to the championship. alabama taking on washington. washington scores first. the bam would would rattle off 17 unanswered points before the half. anderson week in house. 17-7, bama. fourth quarter ex-chuck out this run. get off me, set a bama bowl record with 180 yards rushing rg and to two scores. bama wins 24- . the defending national champs prime minister -- improve to 14-0. >> we didn't do our responsibles but wi played well, the bar been moved in the locker room so they got a taste of it. and so that's awesome. so i think that can change your mindset. >> tomorrow matt mcfelon -- mcgloin will make his first start since his rookie season of 2013. raider nation might wonder if he c

mike shumann live at oracle, pretty impressive win by the dubs. >> reporter: well, no question larry.s needed this victory more than the cavaliers. they end the four f h game lo-g streak. when they play defense like tonight, they are unbelievable. who made the difference in tonight's game. >> two-time mvp. you know, do you expect anythingless anything le less? he's capable of doing that every night. >> lebron said he doesn't think this is a rivalry. >> i think it's a rivalry, so, yeah. just me, though. >> they beat us four straight times and that's never fun with a team has your number for four games so felt good to redeem ourselves from the last effort in cleveland. >> high quality basketball is highest level so that competition, the chess games back and forth, just maybe you can play in that kind of environment, that's always fun. >> all right. the warriors will take a day off for the new arena ground breaking in san francisco and the oklahoma city thunder come to town for russell westbrook on wednesday. reporting live. mike shumann, abc 7 sports. >> big week for the dubs. >>> the 4

nbc 7's mike shumann was at their first practice of the season, of the year today. he reports this team has some local flavor. >> reporter: as the san jose earthquakes begin their 2017 training camp, there's two players on this roster that didn't have to travel too far. >> san jose earthquakes. >> countries tan tierian from the university of california berkeley. >> reporter: they're living a dream. kristen was drafted by the quakes. >> growing up, it was always my dream to be a professional soccer player. i thank the earthquakes for giving me this opportunity. i worked hard to this point and look forward to going out there day in and day out. >> reporter: nick came from the earthquakes academy, which is soccer's farm system. he automatically gets a shot on the roster without being drafted. >> i was lucky enough to have the opportunity to play with the first team a little and travel to england. i could i have got acclimated at a young age. when the opportunity came this year, i had it in the back of my mind, kind of a beforehand experience to get me ready. >> reporte

i'm mike shumann, hope you have a great day. >>> good morning, everyone. sunday morning, nice and sunny out there, a few high clouds, kind of breezy in spots. here's doppler 7 and we're detecting fair weather for you. boy, is it pretty out there. we'll look at temperatures near 60 degrees today. sometimes when it stops raining in san francisco, we're worried it's not going to start up again but we do have more rain in the forecast. so even though we're doing well above average, quite well for this time of year, we always would like a little more. 55 in half moon bay, it's 43 in san jose. why is it so warm there? well, the offshore winds are gusty at the coast. water temperature just 52 degrees and it's quite gusty in southern california. in between the central coast, wow, they're in the 70s today so really nice from north to south all over the state. 49 by the delta, 39 in livermore and 38 in santa rosa, kind of lagging behind. this flag shows you the offshore flow. it will stay with us through tomorrow and then the ridge begins to drift east and weaken. a

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nbc 7's mike shumann was at their first practice of the season, of the year today. he reports this team has some local flavor. >> reporter: as the san jose earthquakes begin their 2017 training camp, there's two players on this roster that didn't have to travel too far. >> san jose earthquakes. >> countries tan tierian from the university of california berkeley. >> reporter: they're living a dream. kristen was drafted by the quakes. >> growing up, it was always my dream to be a professional soccer player. i thank the earthquakes for giving me this opportunity. i worked hard to this point and look forward to going out there day in and day out. >> reporter: nick came from the earthquakes academy, which is soccer's farm system. he automatically gets a shot on the roster without being drafted. >> i was lucky enough to have the opportunity to play with the first team a little and travel to england. i could i have got acclimated at a young age. when the opportunity came this year, i had it in the back of my mind, kind of a beforehand experience to get me ready. >> reporte

. >>> now abc 7 sports with mike shumann. >>> all right. adam schefter of espn is reporting that the niners have agreed to sign former stanford and tampa bay safety john lynch as their new general manager. apparently john called kyle shanahan and volunteered the job, but has no experience. he's a class act and has been offered a reported six-year deal. he won a summer bowl ring with the buccaneers, so he knows the game. this tells me that kyle shanahan, who's a front-runner for the head coaching job will get final say on the roster and perhaps more power than lynch, which may be why most general managers turned the job down. putting his neck on the line with these two hires. needs has experience at their position. >>. >>> all right for the second straight year, the all-stare game was a three on satellite tournament with on, all representing the pa civics. the first round they took on the center division's all-stars pavelski would get his later. on the same line, two the the best players, metropolitan wins 10-6 metropolitan scored two goals

aaron rodgers showed rookie dak prescott how to pla >> announcer: now sports with mike shumann. >> i just played in this game. i always thought the wild card teams have an advantage. they are more relaxed coming in. packers barely confirmed my theory with their win today. first quarter aaron rodgers threw for 356 yards, perfect 34-yard toss to richard rodgers, then ty montgomery, receiver turned running back, packers up 14-3. they led 21-3 in the second. dak prescott. 40 yards to dez bryant. he had 132 receiving yards. 21-13 green bay at the half. six yards here to jason witten, his first career play offtd. later prescott who threw for three touchdowns hits dez bryant again. now tied at 28 after the two-point conversion. rodgers 36 yards to jared cook down at the 35, three seconds left, mason crosby made it from 56, does it again from 51 yards out, packers will face the falcons in the nfc title game with a 34-31 victory. wow. >>> we could get enough of this warriors/cavaliers rivalry. they've shared the trophy, ws won it twoiers and cavs wimps it including christmas day in cleveland.

. >>> now, sports with mike shumann. >> warriors beat the clippers last night scoring a season high 144 points. portland tonight, without steph curry. missing his first game this year with a stomach flu. it wasn't raining threes like last night. warriors built a 21 point lead behind kevin durant's 33 points. portland goes on a 20-2 run to cut the lead to 3. 53-50, dubs at the half. i go with a dolla, warriors up three after three. warriors up seven, del abrasion time, right? wrong. one last chance. down two. turner, a wide open tli three. off the rim. warriors hang on, 113-111 the final. >> warriors basketball in the first half. between what type of basketball we played in the last half of the second quarter. we have got to fix some things. not let them get easy buckets. we want them to have to make tough twos. glad me won the game. >>> rab throws down an alley-oop and. 17 for the bird man. read travis, what a move. drives and lay it in for 2 of his 17. stanford outscored by 11 in the second half. cal goes on to win it 66-55 the final. >> a lot of energy, even in warm up. so it felt gre

. >>> now abc 7 sports with mike shumann. >>> the falcons proved to the entire nation they are the real deal. and his packers never had a chance. matt ryan let the falcons to their second super bowl appearance. matt ryan with a two-yard shovel pass to mohammed sanu. he makes a one-handed grab, and they go up 7-0. mason crosby with an nfl record of 23 consecutive field goals, but this is his first miss since 2010. >>> packer down ten and driving until jalen collins the catches the fumble recovery. >>> he takes it in himself, 14 yards, 24-0, falcons at the half. ryan finished with four td passes, two to julio jones. despite a bad foot, shakes off two tackles. you think he wants to go to the super bowl? well, he is. they punch their ticket to houston for the first time since 1988. >> i'm happy for everybody in our organization. we've worked hard to get to this point, but the challenge is still in front of us, and we'll enjoy it, because it's hard to get to this point. >> the brotherhood these men in our locker room have built has led to this moment and how hard they want to play for one an

. >>> now abc 7 sports with mike shumann. >>> the falcons proved to the entire nation they are the real deal. aaron rodgers and his packers never had a chance. matt ryan let the falcons to their second super bowl appearance. matt ryan with a two-yard shovel pass to mohammed sanu. he makes a one-handed grab, and they go up 7-0. mason crosby with an nfl record of 23 consecutive field goals, but this is his first miss since 2010. >>> packer down ten and driving until jalen collins the catches the fumble recovery. >>> he takes it in himself, 14 yards, 24-0, falcons at the half. ryan finished with four td passes, two to julio jones. despite a bad foot, shakes off two tackles. you think he wants to go to the super bowl? well, he is. they punch their ticket to houston for the first time since 1988. >> i'm happy for everybody in our organization. we've worked hard to get to this point, but the challenge is still in front of us, and we'll enjoy it, because it's hard to get to this point. >> the brotherhood these men in our locker room have built has led to this moment and how hard they want to p

reporting live at oracle, i'm mike shumann. back to you. >> all right, we'll see you then. >>> within the past hour, this year's major league baseball hall of fame class was announced. three players were elected by the baseball writers association of america, jeff bagwell, along with rock raines, tim raines, finished his career with the a's and ivan "pudge" rodriguez. former san francisco giants king barry bonds was passed over for the fifth straight year and so was roger clemens. both of them saw an increase in votes cast, over 50%. you need 75% to get in so they're heading in the right direction. both players' achievements are marred by streroid scandals. >>> a teen kidnapped as a newborn shows nothing but concern for the woman who took her from her parents. >> just don't lock her up and throw away the key. she loved me for 18 years. >> plus a big payout from the secret service. why they have to hand over $24 million. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> here are the stories making headlines as we come up on 4:30. wet weather making a return to the bay

. >> announcer: now abc7 sports with mike shumann. >> tom brady and bill bell check going to their seventh super bowl together as the patriots take care of the steelers to win the afc championship. this was the sesk of the consecutive afc championship game for braidy and the patriots. 386 yards thrown. 3 touchdowns. look at the time he has before he hits hogan. 16 yards. 10-0, patriots. second quarter, new england. brady finds hoagea. 346 his 18 # receiving yards and two touchdowns. 17-9 pats at the half. blunt, 47 rushing yards. 18 yards drag seven steeler defenders down to the 1 yard line. and he would punch it in on the very next play. patriots running away with this game, 27-9 late third quarter. another bay area native, edelman, eight catches, 118 yards. patriots advance to the super bowl for the ninth time in franchise history. brady and belichick going to their seventh. >> this is a good day, we're going ott super bowl man, [ bleep ]. you have got to be happy now. >> so many great players in this locker room. it's pretty special. i am excited we got this win and we have another chan

. >>> now abc 7 sports with mike shumann. >>> a bit of a surprise today as sonny dykes was relieved of his duties. one winning season and one bowl victory, but they fell to 5-7 l.a. year and the defense was one of the worst in the nation. he was eeply interviewing for other jobs the past two years and mike williams decided it was time to pull the plug. he thanked coach dykes for his tenure, as he -- but it was never a good fit. the timing of this firing not ideal for finding a quality candidate, and the offensive coordinator becomes the interim head coach and also a candidate. >>> two more games today, we kick off in the frozen tundra today. odell beckham and victor cruz did not mind of 13-degree weather pregame. never give aaron rodgers a hail mary attempt in the playoffs. he had one last year, and at the end of the half, 14r si-of pack >>> right down the middle here. then it was all rodgers and cobb. they answer with a 30-yard connection, cobb five catches, three touchdowns rodgers threw for a packer playoff record, four tds, again packers win 38-13. they will face the cowboys next w

. >>> now sports with mike shumann. >> as i said before wild card teams have an advantage because heers showed why he's an mvp candidate. first quarter rodgers threw for 356 yards and two tds, perfect 34-yard strike to richard rodgers, and it was former stanford cashed natural ty montgome montgomery, with two rushing touchdowns. they led 21-3 in the second quarter, dak prescott, 40 yards to dez brircht. he had 132 receiving yards, 21-13, green bay at the half. prescott to witten, his first career playoff td. later hits bryant again. they still need a two-point conversion. they get it. prescott on the quarterback draw. cowboys were down 18, now tied at 28. 12 seconds left in the game. third and 20. it looks like we're going to overtime. to jared cook, who makes an amazing cash at the 32. they call the time-out, he nails it again. the 34-31 victory, and aaron rodgers talks about the throw. >> i feel confident anytime i'm out there, whether it's game on the line or not. it's a matter of trusting your muscle memory, your training and thinking about a positive picture when you're breaking

. >>> now abc7 sports with mike shumann. >> i think we saw the best divisional playoff game ever todaydallas. kboid led by rookie quarterback dak prescott who did his part, but aaron rodgers leads his team to a last second victory. 7-3, packers. former stanford cardinal time, tie montgomery, packers up 14-3. they led 21-3 in the second but the cowboys get rolling. dak prescott 40 yards to bryant. 21-13, green bay at the half. fourth quarter, dallas down 28-13. six yards to jason with it. first career touchdown. prescott hits bryant again. they still need a two point conversion. they g.e.d. get it. prescott on the quarterback draw. once down by 18 tied at 28-28. looks like we are going to overtime but rogers, 36 yards to cook. look at this amazing catch. gets both feet down at the 32. three seconds on the clock. crosby hits a 51 yarder but they called a time out. he has to do it again. and he does it again. packers face the falcons in the nfc title game with a 34-31 victory. and aaron rodgers after the game talked about the throw. >> i feel confident any time i'm out there, whether it i

. >>> now abc 7 sports with mike shumann. >>> all right.er of espn is reporting that the niners have agreed to sign former stanford and tampa bay safety john lynch as their new general manager. apparently john called kyle shanahan and volunteered the job, but has no experience. he's a class act and has been offered a reported six-year deal. he won a summer bowl ring with the buccaneers, so he knows the game. this tells me that kyle shanahan, who's a front-runner for the head coaching job will get final say on the roster and perhaps more power than lynch, which may be why most general managers turned the job down. putting his neck on the line with these two hires. needs has experience at their position. >>. >>> all right for the second straight year, the all-stare game was a three on satellite tournament with on, all representing the pa civics. the first round they took on the center division's all-stars jo pavelski would get his later. on the same line, two the the best players, metropolitan wins 10-6 metropolitan scored two goals in five s

. >>> now sports with mike shumann. >> as i said before wild card teams have an advantage because herodgers showed why he's an mvp candidate. first quarter rodgers threw for 356 yards and two tds, perfect 34-yard strike to richard rodgers, and it was former stanford cashed natural ty montgome montgomery, with two rushing touchdowns. they led 21-3 in the second quarter, dak prescott, 40 yards to dez brircht. he had 132 receiving yards, 21-13, green bay at the half. prescott to witten, his first career playoff td. later hits bryant again. they still need a two-point conversion. they get it. prescott on the quarterback draw. cowboys were down 18, now tied at 28. 12 seconds left in the game. third and 20. it looks like we're going to overtime. to jared cook, who makes an amazing cash at the 32. they call the time-out, he nails it again. the 34-31 victory, and aaron rodgers talks about the throw. >> i feel confident anytime i'm out there, whether it's game on the line or not. it's a matter of trusting your muscle memory, your training and thinking about a positive picture when you're brea

followed by after the game with larry beil, mike shumann and donald on abc 7. >> very nice. >> this could be one of the most epic photo bombs you will ever see. >> cue the jaw's music. a young surfer talking about sharing the wave with a shark and what he did when you saw this photo. directv now! the f[ now echos ]s now. 'now' does not mean now. 'future' is a relative term. nfl sunday ticket, red zone and the nfl network are not included. cbs and showtime, again, not included. most live local stations only available in select markets - fingers crossed. streaming to more than two devices at once is a subject we'd rather not talk about. dvr and downloading on the go, yeah, good luck with that. all other terms and frustrations apply. so why wait? call now. don't let directv now limit your entertainment. choose xfinity and get more to stream to any screen. >>> welcome back, the north bay's first passenger rail line in 60 years is expected to start in the spring and marin want to make sure that county workers have easy access. they say they are launching a free shuttle service to let county wo

. >>> now abc 7 sports with mike shumann. >> well the falcons got no respect coming into the post-season but today in atlanta they took care of the seahawks in commanding fashion. matt ryan or mattie ice as they call him in the atl ripped the seattle secondary apart for three touchdown passes. hawks start with a 89 yard drive lasting 7 minutes and then the they counter and matt ryan to julio jones tieing it at 7-7. and then seattle up 10-7 and hester returns this punt. 80 yards against the former team. but they negate the field. and wilson is tripped and sacked in the aeshd zone for a safety. falcons down 10-9. they get the ball back and field goal gave them the lead and on the next possession, ryan hits a wide open coleman, and 14 yards making it 19-10 falcons at the half. ryan fish finished with 338 yards passing and three touchdowns and three yards to sanu and they are headed to the championship game against the packers or the cowboys with a 36-20 victory. >>> the raiders made it official, todd downing has been promoted to offensive coordinator and he and derek carr have worked togeth

. >>> now abc 7 sports with mike shumann. >>> a bit of a surprise today as sonny dykes was relieved ofies. one winning season and one bowl victory, but they fell to 5-7 l.a. year and the defense was one of the worst in the nation. he was eeply interviewing for other jobs the past two years and mike williams decided it was time to pull the plug. he thanked coach dykes for his tenure, as he -- but it was never a good fit. the timing of this firing not ideal for finding a quality candidate, and the offensive coordinator becomes the interim head coach and also a candidate. >>> two more games today, we kick off in the frozen tundra today. odell beckham and victor cruz did not mind of 13-degree weather pregame. never give aaron rodgers a hail mary attempt in the playoffs. he had one last year, and at the end of the half, 14r si-of pack >>> right down the middle here. then it was all rodgers and cobb. they answer with a 30-yard connection, cobb five catches, three touchdowns rodgers threw for a packer playoff record, four tds, again packers win 38-13. they will face the cowboys next week. >>>

tomorrow and it is followed by "after the game" with larry beil, mike shumann and adonal foyle all hereot going on this week. and we made it to friday. and you know what that means. >> we have an adorable perfect pet to introduce you to. mike is >>> coming up at 4:00, as housing costs rise, it is more difficult for college students to find an affordable place to live. now the u.c. system is trying to help. what they want to do and what it could mean for a famous park in berkeley. >>> and the local school getting serious about seceding from the district and how it is dividing loyalties an communities tonight on abc 7 news at 5:00. >> what better way to kick off the weekend and the lunar new year than with the perfect pet. mike is back to introduce us to a cutie. >> a perfect pet this week comes from the east bay spca. meet molly. she's a 12-year-old, domestic short hair volunteers at the shelter describe her as easy and loveable and molly is looking for a calm home to spend her golden years and waiting for a forever home since september so they really would love to see her adopted. now y

. >>> now abc 7 sports with mike shumann. >> well the falcons got no respect coming into the post-season but today in atlanta they took care of the seahawks in commanding fashion. matt ryan or mattie ice as they call him in the atl ripped the seattle secondary apart for three touchdown passes. hawks start with a 89 yard drive lasting 7 minutes and then the they counter and matt ryan to julio jones tieing it at 7-7. and then seattle up 10-7 and hester returns this punt. 80 yards against the former team. but they negate the field. and wilson is tripped and sacked in the aeshd zone for a safety. falcons down 10-9. they get the ball back and field goal gave them the lead and on the next possession, ryan hits a wide open coleman, and 14 yards making it 19-10 falcons at the half. ryan fish finished with 338 yards passing and three touchdowns and three yards to sanu and they are headed to the championship game against the packers or the cowboys with a 36-20 victory. >>> the raiders made it official, todd downing has been promoted to offensive coordinator and he and derek carr have worked togeth

followed by after the game with larry beil, mike shumann here on abc 7. >>> as for what's coming up ataetz has that. >> we have a lot coming up at 6:00 tonight. >> yeah, we thought prison time was a more appropriate sentence in this case. >> new at 6:00, the hiccup in a plea deal that would have helped a child pornography suspect avoid jail time. >>> also a bay area politicians strike back against president trump's claims of voter fraud in california. one leader feels storry for him >>> and the bay city that ranks the most dangerous of all cities in california. that's coming up at 6:00. >> thanks so much. >>> well, a bay area chef brought home gold at the culinary competition known as the olympics of the chef world. matthew peters and his partner, harrison terone won for their interpretation of a french dish. that's the chicken and crayfish. this is the first time the u.s. has won gold at this competition. >> it still sounds delicious. >>> finall tonight, a waitress in texas has a message for a divided america. all hope is not lost. >> rosalind harris, a self-proclaimed liberal, learne

mike shumann sat down today and asked her if she's had time to think about this milestone. >> i thinklike yourself remind me it's coming. i want it to happen. and i think it would be great to happen with this particular team as a fun team to work with, but, you know, when i'm in maples, like just even in here, you look at the pictures of the great players we had and too many to name and that is why our team is successful. we've had great players. i think a great staff and great support and fans and it's just a fun ride and i just want to keep it going. >> well, you, like i said and pat summitt will be the only two women that achieved this and i know she was kind of a role model and a colleague at the same time for you and passed away recently. what does that mean to join pat summitt? >> obviously, i wish she was still here to, you know, help celebrate, you know, but, you know, she's obviously a legend in women's basketball and it's very, very elite company and i'm humbled and very privileged. >> tara is respected throughout the sport not just in the women's game. steve kerr is a huge

mike shumann has the highlights in this morning's sports. >> the houston texans came into yesterday's divisional match-up with the top ranked defense, and it didn't matter, and for once it was not tom brady doing all the damage, and his name was deon lewis. 13 yards to the touch, and 7-0, pats, and then lewis receive as kick and avoids a tackle and he's going to go 98 yards for the second td of the game. 14-3, patriots. texans had a chance in the game, however, late in the third, third and eight, and the pass in the end zone dropped and it would have made it a four-point game, instead lewis who had a special teams touchdown, completes the trifecta with a rushing touchdown, and patriots win and lead to a record straight title game. >> we work hard to play a lot better than we played, and i give them a lot of credit, but we will have to play better on offense, and we are expected to go out and have a good week. >> the only thing that matters this year is this team and what we have an opportunity to do, and what we need to do, you know, to move on to play again. >> meanwhile, the falcons

. >> now abc7 sports with mike shumann. >> houston texans came into today with afc's top ranked defense. didn't matter. but for once, it wasn't tom brady doing all the damage. houston, you have a problem, and his name is dion lewis. brady threw for 287 yards, dumps it to lewis, 13 yards on the touch. 7-0, patriots. later in the quarter, after a texans field goal, lewis receives the kick, avoids the tackle, takes it for a second touchdown. 14-3, patriots. texans were 16-point underdogs, had a chance in this game, late in the third on third and eight, brock osweiler's pass, perfectly throne. will fuller drops it. lewis, who had two touchdowns, completes the trifecta with a roushing touchdown, first ever to do so. patriots win, 34-16, advance to a sixth straight afc title game next week. >> it doesn't feel great, because we worked pretty hard to play a lot better than we played. i give them a lot of credit, but we're going to have to play better on offense and expect to go out and have a good week. >> the only thing that matters is this year, this team, and what we have an opportunity to d

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i am mike shumann, have a great day. >>> good morning, everybody. here's live doppler 7 and it's clear, but we have a lot of fog, reduced visibility, and oakland seems to be one of the worst places, and also around walnut creek where the visibility is not only less than a mile but it has change, and here it is before sunrise, where it will get a little worse. you can see in the north bay, a quarter mile, and sfo, so far not bad, and we are looking at this to stick around throughout the morning hours. here's a live look outside and looks nice out there from above, and 47 san francisco, and good morning, san jose. low 40s for you, and gilroy in the mid-30s, and half moon bay, low 40s. can you see the high clouds above and the low cloud deck with temperatures in the 30s, and santa rosa as well as livermore and concord. and it's 39 by the delta and 41 in novato. if you are comparing today to yesterday, yeah, in the north bay it's not quite as cold. we probably are not looking at that frost, but nonetheless, it's a raw morning out there, and the golden g

mike shumann has all the highlights coming up in sports. >>> in sports it's a full day of games ahead. this afternoon the packers and the falcons will battle in the nfc championship game. kickoff 12:05 at the georgia dorm, and then the steelers face the patriots at 3:40 this afternoon. before all that this morning the warriors are back in action. they are taking on the orlando magic at the am way center, and tip-off at 9:00 a.m. this morning our time. and the sharks will play the second game against the avalanche in denver. san jose was hoping to extend its three-game winning streak. here's the highlights in this morning's sports. >> good morning, and the nhl all-star games is next weekend, and four sharks will be involved in the festivities. last night at the tank for the first of the home and home with colorado. on chia pet jumbo joe thornton giveaway night, great promotion, and first period no score. and then a dive and making the save, what a play. a few minutes later, joe thornton, and the sharks are up 1-nil. second period tied at one, and then a tip to caon carpenter. and then

mike shumann, abc 7 sports. >>> one of the many things to love about steph curry is he's a super star who can laugh at himself. he got krurkcrushed on a dunk l night and posted the following on facebook, sometimes fund mentally sound doesn't get you anywhere. i know the feeling. >>> close to finalizing a deal with santiago casilla. he saved 123 games but melted down and lost the closers' rule. the league is helping narrow down the list of candidates. two head coaches were hired today. the denver broncos hired dolphins' defensive cord narcotic toy. the sixth black active head coach in the nfl. the buffalo bills hired sean mcdermott as the head coach. he spent six years as the panthers coordinator. this would leave kyle shanahan and josh mcdanicdaniels. >>> cowboys seem loose. today tail back elliott was pelting his quarterback dak prescott with what we think was candy during his interview with reporters. >> they will be game planning and have their own little -- their own new plays they will throw at us. so something like that. got to figure out how to dodge it. [ laughter ] >> what da

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mike shumann, abc 7 sports. >>> one of the many things to love about steph curry is he's a super star who can laugh at himself. he got krurkcrushed on a dunk l night and posted the following on facebook, sometimes fund mentally sound doesn't get you anywhere. i know the feeling. >>> close to finalizing a deal with santiago casilla. he saved 123 games but melted down and lost the closers' rule. the league is helping narrow down the list of candidates. two head coaches were hired today. the denver broncos hired dolphins' defensive cord narcotic toy. the sixth black active head coach in the nfl. the buffalo bills hired sean mcdermott as the head coach. he spent six years as the panthers coordinator. this would leave kyle shanahan and josh mcdanicdaniels. >>> cowboys seem loose. today tail back elliott was pelting his quarterback dak prescott with what we think was candy during his interview with reporters. >> they will be game planning and have their own little -- their own new plays they will throw at us. so something like that. got to figure out how to dodge it. [ laughter ] >> what da

mike shumann sat down today and asked her if she's had time to think about this milestone. >> i thinklike yourself remind me it's coming. i want it to happen. and i think it would be great to happen with this particular team as a fun team to work with, but, you know, when i'm in maples, like just even in here, you look at the pictures of the great players we had and too many to name and that is why our team is successful. we've had great players. i think a great staff and great support and fans and it's just a fun ride and i just want to keep it going. >> well, you, like i said and pat summitt will be the only two women that achieved this and i know she was kind of a role model and a colleague at the same time for you and passed away recently. what does that mean to join pat summitt? >> obviously, i wish she was still here to, you know, help celebrate, you know, but, you know, she's obviously a legend in women's basketball and it's very, very elite company and i'm humbled and very privileged. >> tara is respected throughout the sport not just in the women's game. steve kerr is a huge

right now we'll let you know what happened in the world of sports with mike shumann. >> warriors playn their first game of the season without steph curry out with the stomach flu. so somebody had to step up in portland. his n shining, shimmering, splendid tell me, princess, now when did you last let your heart decide a whole new world welcome to aulani it's hawaii with a touch of disney magic. for special offers visit disneyaulani.com or call your travel agent did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. and add phone and tv for only $34.90 more a month. call today. comcast business. built for business. >>> warriors with back-to-back west coast games beating the clippers last night scoring a season-high 144 points. they get portland tonight without steph curry, missing his first game of the year with the stomach flu. it wasn't raining th

after the game, we'll have after the game with yours truly, mike shumann, adonal foyle all here on abc 7. >>> it's friday, and this may just be the sweetest video you'll see all week. a pit bull named gracie gave birth to 11 puppies this week and decided to bring each of the little guys one by one to her foster owner. the woman in the video took gracie in as part of a nonprofit that provides foster care to pregnant dogs. she posted on social media that she's never seen anything like this. the video has more than 28 million views on facebook. >> so she picks up every puppy in her teeth and drops them off. >> here you go. >> that's cute. >>> all right, washington, d.c. trump says he's working out differences with mexico. >> we had a very good call and we are going to be working on a fair relationship. >> and that is not the only news making waves today in washington. >>> also video of the care giver abusing an elderly patient, and sadly it's not that rare. >> plus refills on soda quite popular, free at many places, but you could find it's illegal directv now! the f[ now echos ]s now. 'no

and that's followed by after the game with larry beil, mike shumann, and former warrior adonnell foyle>>> how often are you late to work? one in four employees are tardy at least once a month. the reason? >> the most common ones we hear are traffic, oversleeping, bad weather, sure. but others, pretty outrageous. take a look at this. career builder did a survey. first, i forgot it wasn't the weekend. >> i think that's my favorite. i think that i would -- if i were a boss, i would actually enjoy hearing that. i would laugh and we would have tea and would be great. i put petroleum jelly in my eyes. if i had a dollar -- what? what says that? >> i had to watch a soccer game that was being played in europe. priorities. employers say sometimes it's better to not give an excuse at all. just say you're sorry, start working. >> because the natural response is if you like soccer so much, you can feel free to watch it again tomorrow because we don't need you here. >> take your things and leave. >> that's why i shouldn't be a boss. >> harsh. we know you're not that mean. my excuse is always this. h

our coverage starts at 5:00 followed by after the game with mike shumann and kerry keating all here on 7. >>> coming up here on abc 7 news at 4:00, president trump takes the first step on building his border wall. not if governor brown can help im. >>> a high school teacher's emotional ruse, faking cancer, perhaps to cover up something illegal. plus -- [ bell ringing ] >> the dow finishes in territory wall street has never seen before. another half hour of a tomorrow's the day we'll play something besides video games. every day is a gift. especially for people with heart failure. but today there's entresto... a breakthrough medicine that can help make more tomorrows possible. tomorrow, i want to see teddy bait his first hook. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto was proven to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. if you've had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine,

saturday, plus we'll have a complete wrap-up with live postgame interviews featuring yours truly, mike shumann, a cast of thousands on after the game right after the contest. >>> the family of a houston boy is hoping a visit by texans superstar j.j. watt will help their son bounce back after a horrific car accident. watt greeted noah fulmer after he woke up from surgery on the two broken legs he suffered in saturday's crash. noah was wearing a watt jersey when the accident happened. paramedics had to cut it off. watt was told about that and brought noah three of his number 99 jerseys, including an autographed game jersey. >> it meant a lot to me and the family to see the smile that my little boy was trying to put on and the words of encouragement that he gave my little boy was amazing. >> watt told noah he knows what it's like to recover from surgery. in fact he's out for the season recovering from multiple operations on his back. >>> coming up on abc seven news at 4:00, a utah ski resort dealing with another terrifying chair lift incident involving a child. plus -- >> i'll kill him. anybody b