that person is only hired by the owners of the national football league. but if i were an owner, i would look at a two-year period where we've seen the lockout of the n.f.l. referees, which was a disaster from both a health and safety standpoint and a public relations standpoint. over the last two years, we've had owners being adjudicated as being engaged in fraud. in new jersey you had an owner whose company saw several of the vice presidents plead guilty to criminal actions, and you had one owner who owned a home where a woman overdosed to death. this has not been a good run for us, and our players deserve better. i know our fans deserve better. i know the sponsors who are concerned about their brand and associating their brand with the national football league, that has to be a concern to them. but our issue is we want to keep our players safe, but we also know that we are engaged in a great sport, but also it's great business. >> al: the last two years haven't been run the best to make sure that this is the best business in the world. >> al: you have cr

espn. >> all of the many former and current football players are with us today. at this time, i would like to introduce the interim athletic director at the university of michigan, mr. jim hackie for opening remarks arkd the formal -- and the formal opening. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> i guess it isn't holiday break. everyone is here. it's great to be with all of you today. >> i want to welcome all of the people here who have come from all over the place to report this important news. i would like to single out some people here that i think are quite special. the michigan faithful will always stop to shake hands and thank them for all they've done over the years for this great university. let me do that as well as they unselfishly help me in thinking through this coaching transition. all of these gentlemen coached under the late great glen e. and with a simple phone call, we have bo's wife here who made a huge effort through holiday break and snowstorms in denver to join in this celebration today. thank you. [ applause ] >> we also have here today mish regents f

>> clemson university has one of the 25 most lucrative football programs in the country. >> we have the spring game tomorrow, which is great because a lot of people have been waiting for football season to start back up. and it's not abnormal for a lot of our season ticket holders and alum to travel to this game even though it's just clemson against clemson. >> one of those alums is darius robinson, who just played his last season at clemson. >> darius is playing professional football now, but making it there was a financial struggle. >> i came from a household where both of my parents didn't go to school, so we didn't necessarily have the type of income to provide my sister with a good education and to be able to help me out whenever i needed it. >> his scholarship didn't cover the cost of living, so he started a business in college. but when he began using his name and image to promote it, the ncaa threw the book at him. >> there's so many rules saying what we can't do. in my mind, i had the mindset like, what can we do? everything in the rulebook is, student athlete cannot do this ca

the german football association has to implement the regulation. in the case of welcome united refugee players, the association must ask in their home countries if they are already registered with clubs there. >> the process takes two or three months. the players do not always understand why it takes so long. when a german or other player from an eu country joins the team, they can get out on the pitch and play inside of two weeks. >> the social worker has often referred social soccer playing asylum-seekers to clubs. every time, it's a bureaucratic can of worms. >> up to a certain league, you can let them just do without it. countries like somalia, afghanistan, and syria have better things to do than answer these inquiries. the authorities who would issue them likely do not even exist anymore. >> football club -- at this football club office, they are critical of this practice. >> making an inquiry in libya, for example, when someone has come here for political reasons -- i'll tell you from the get-go, there's no point in even trying. it just waste

that person is hired by the owners of the football league. but if i were the owners, we have seen a lockout period of the referees. a disaster from a public relations standpoint. over the last two years, we have had owners engaged in fraud. in new jersey, you had an owner whose company saw several of the vice presidents plead guilty to criminal actions. you had one owner who owned a home where a woman overdosed to death. this has not been a good run for us. our players deserve better. our fans deserve better. i know sponsors were concerned about their brand and associating their brand with the national football league. that has to be a concern for them. our issue is we want to keep our players safe, but we know we are engaged in a great sport and great business. the last two years have not been run the best to make sure this was the best business in the world. >> you have criticized the commissioner for the adrian peterson case. he was the star running back convicted of striking his child. do you think the commissioner was especially tough on

a loss on the football field today. final score 26-6 but this journey a win. >> i learned that we have to come hard from the start to the finish. >> we didn't do the best job today. but the team that does it the best, what happened? >> wins. >> and the team that doesn't do it good what happened. >> lose. >> amen, amen, amen. >> amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a typhoon turns deadly in the philippines. the lessons learned that helped save lives during this storm. >>> and remembering a day that lives in infamy. >> it happened so fast and quick. it was only about 10 minutes of action. >> we'll hear from some of the last survivors. >>> most of the weekend has been dry, but we are tracking a weather system to the north. coming up we'll look at monday shower chances and a much stronger storm that shows up. ♪ with kaiser permanente, you'll connect with your doctor any time, anywhere. another way care and coverage together makes life easier. ♪ become a member of kaiser permanente. because together, we thrive. ♪ the holidays

he had ten touchdowns and one of the most productive eagles on the football field. we're live at the nova care complex jeff skeverskichannel 6 "action news." >> eagles fans have had time to ponder the disappointing end of the birds season. now they have questions as the team moved ahead. >> we need a new secondary. >> nick foles folded and gave away the ball, why didn't they play like they did yesterday for the last four weeks beyond that. >> tough season tough way to rebound. i believe in chip kelly so. >> reporter: we have moore coverage of the end of the eagles season coming up later today on "action news" at 4:00. >>> turning to your forecast now, colder more winter-like temperatures are making a return to the region this week. not bad outside at the moment, but temperatures dip as we move into the evening hours. let's look live sky6 live hd atlantic city, new jersey, mix of sun and clouds today meteorologist david murphy joins us outside with a look at all the details from accuweather. hey, david. >> reporter: still a david for coats, but we have more and more s

the ultimate goal was. and john had been a head football coach himself. e therefore had an insight into what the head coach needed to be successful. and he did everything he could to create that foundation. >> you know, sometimes as a coach, you think that you can accomplish miracles. but the miracle occurs is when a good player's mother brings him into the world. that's the miracle. >> miracles happen throughout mcvay's tenure. there were names for those miracles. taylor, wright, montana, the list goes on. in a galaxy of stellar players and front office figures, john mcvay remained the constant star in which the company would set their compass to, in good times and bad. >> the relationship between bill walsh and eddie debartolo was very combustible. there were multiple times that he would fire bill or bill would quit. and the coaching staff would go home thinking there was going to be a new coach. the person behind the scenes who would smooth over everything and make everything okay and would address the staff and say, guys, let's just keep a steady keel

ugly finish to the football season. ty malcolm jenkins said they could get punched in the face if they didn't show newspaper washington no question this is a punch to the guts they're on the veryth of missing playoffs. ugly game against the worst game in the division. kicker cody parkey miss two fieldgoals this in the third to tie it. no. guess who does not field bad. desean jackson. robert griffin iii over bradley fletcher. villanova darryl young scores. skins score 14 unanswered deeinglees down 10. fourth quarter riley cooper trying to come to rescue. touchdown from mark sanchez his seconds of the game. birds in business. they would tie at 24. then 96 seconds left eagles can win it. sanchez, picked off. wow. he's 13 turnovers most in nfl over last two months. redskins run down the clock. field goal to give washington the lead. eagles down 3. one last shot. no time left. sanchez throws it up. eagles are going to need a prayer to make the playoffs. eagles lose, 27-2 4 ducis rodgers has more from fedex field. >> in a spap

. ♪ >> the national football league is plagued by controversy. arges of team sanction, painkiller abuse, and severe brain injuries resulting from the game's violence. here to discuss this is demaurice smith, head of the players association. >> you met with commissioner roger goodell earlier this week about the whole question of personal conduct. how did the meeting go? >> i think it would be fair to say the players are losing patience. it has been several months as the commissioner said that everything is on the table. at the same time, it has been nearly all my, and they have not responded to a proposal from the players on how to address the issue in a fair and constructive way. ina meeting where you come hoping that everything is on the table and you get there and find out that virtually nothing is on the table should be frustrating to the players, and it is. >> so what did you do? >> the first question to the owners was, are they prepared to collectively bargain over personal conduct policy and a process to address these issues? they told us th

we have one of the best football coaches in the national football league. and, we intend to keep him. the silence speaks a lot. >> you have a prediction as to where the coach end up. >> i certainly hope the raiders have a chance at him. everywhere he goes. you want a winner as your head coach. but you got to give it also to tony sporano. he kept a group of guys playing hard. you have got to like that in what he has done for the raiders so far. >> bill and i just getting started. we didn't forget about sporano and the winning team. up next, head inside the raiders locker room. to hear from their rookie quarterback after the best performance of his young career. time for the red zone report. toyota. let's go places where the raiders went into the win column for the second time this year. cashed in on three of four trips. turnovers always a key. the raiders had zero. and total yard. 330 to 248 for san francisco. for more on the raiders' big victory. down the side line. crabtree. intercepted. brandon raese awe interception set the tone. wide open eligible. >> do

texas a&m imploded part of the football stadium today to make upgrades. the school is expanding seating and adding all sorts of luxury features. the easiest way to do it? well, knock out about a quarter of the stadium. all the work should be done in antinion months for the start of the football season. -- in about nine months for the start of the football season. >> i wonder what johnny manziel thinks about that? probably loves it. probably raised money just to kind of -- bring it into build that. >> all right so we're still in postseason. and it's pretty southwesting. things have been changing up there a little bit. >>> absolutely just been talking to the raider nation for the last 40 minutes. and nfl up top. and the playoff picture getting a little bit clearer. that and the raiders. they had a hand in it. ,,,,,,,, ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] get your taste of the season, at raley's, bel air, and nob hill. popped hol >>> never up top and -- nfl up top and the raiders you know they thrive on being the role of the villain. lay pop holes in chief -- they pop

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the studio. >> new overnight a football player found dead. the body was found in a dumpster with a gun found near campus. police think he shot himself. he disappeared wednesday minutes after sending a text to his mother saying concussions was messing with his head. they gathered on the campus to share memories. >> everyone loved being around him. he had great stories always laughing. you sit down with i am had on the couch always something you are going to walk away remembering. great guy. >> god will be taking care of him. >> head coach you are syringe meijer tweeting this our thoughts and prayers ago out to the family. >> shane montgomery michiganing in philadelphia. montgomery was kicked out of an irish pub on thanksgiving eve after bumping into a dj table. friends say he was not drunk. they had the help of hundreds of volunteers. the reward now 15,000 dollars. he joins us live on fox and friends with the latest on the search. >> the administration focusing on furgason -- ferguson today. activists now calling for a mass walkout after a week

basically the conclusion was pretty much if it's not football, we don't care. it's not a money-making sport and we got no help, no support from the academic side when we kept asking why she was being recruited. they knew it when she was recruited that she was this major, but ultimately there was no support from anyone in academics at ohio state guest: gene smith is the athletics director at ohio state. these are the kinds of things we were talking about earlier in the show with regard to clustering in majors and athletes being funneled into certain major programs and in many instances athletes are told, look, you can be pre-med if you want, but there's a lot of really hard courses in pre-med and if you don't get a certain grade point average you'll risk your eligibility because you don't do well in the classes that are really hard to deal with, even without playing sports that if you don't do well enough in those classes, then you're not going to be able to play. and athletes then, you know a lot of times athletes will say, okay, that's not maybe such a great id

the highest state employees across the country are football players. i mean, i'm all for paying players -- coaches a lot of money and i'm all for big-tim college sports. i am for big-time college sports but the money needs to be handled differently. players have equities and minor sports are important. our olympic efforts are important. our gender equihe caequity are . >> how realistic is that though when there's such competition to win, when winning is so important? >> it doesn't have anything to do. when i played -- lenny and i played at maryland. the coach made $25,000. we played just as hard and winning was just as important. the idea that there's some kind of cognizant connection between winning and money is ludicrous. you play. i'll tell you, you said how realistic? i'll tell you today that there's going to be legislation introduced in the lame duck session to establish a presidential commission to study intercollegiate athletics my jim moran and it's going to model what happened with jerry ford in the olympic effort in the '70s, and there are goi

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we are posting our interview we just did with the football player benjamin. he was awesome, wasn't he? follow me on twitter. let me know what you think. thanks for watching. i'm megyn kelly, and this is "the kelly file." >>> welcome to "hannity." this is a fox news alert, residents and store owners in ferguson, missouri are trying to rebuild tonight after violent protesters have left dozens of businesses completely destroyed. and tonight in a special "hannity" investigation we want the destructive demonstrators brought to justice. now, take a look at the faces right there on your screen. our producers have obtained this from the st. louis county police department. they are the mugshots of the men and women over the age of 18 who were arrested last monday and tuesday in ferguson, missouri. now, the crimes they are accused of range widely. they include unlawful assembly, arson, burglary, possession of stolen property, trespassing and interfering among others. to be clear none of these people have been convicted of any crime. now, last week we also showed you thi

and good luck in the future as a team in the college football playoffs. >> thank you. -- okay. back to hand out the real hardware here. i think coach helfrich is coming up here. commissioner scott, the presentation. >> yeah. i just want to congratulate the oregon ducks on an amazing season and being the champions of the pac-12. and it's my pleasure, if coach helfrich is here. there he is. congratulations to rob mullins and the oregon ducks organization. and to mark helfrich, 2014 pac-12 football champ. [ cheers and applause ] >> coach helfrich? you're an oregon native. now, you've taken the oregon ducks to a conference title and likely a berth in the inaugural conference playoffs. what does it mean to you? >> anybody anywhere smiling right now, thank you for what you've done. an incredible group of fans here. an unbelievable group of guys. i want to congratulate arizona and coach rodriguez on their incredible season. this is a tough conference. and these guys just ground it out. >> you told us earlier this week, that part of always remaining the same as a program, is co

new details coming up surrounding the death of an ohio state football player. why he mentioned concussions in the final text to his mother >>> plus, why the cost of generic drugs is skyrocketing. >> sacrifice... >> i order you to die... >> and ultimate betrayal... drawing lines in the sand that would shape the middle east and frame the conflict today >> world war one: through arab eyes only on al jazeera america >>> we are learning more about what may have led to the death of an ohio state university football player. the 22 year old's body was found in a dumpster near campus on friday. what are we learning about what happened before he disappeared? >>reporter: tony, we know that he disappeared early wednesday morning and he never returned home. we know that at some point, he texted his mother saying that he felt that he was an embarrassment and he apologized for that and he also blamed his problems on concussions. just to fill you in a little bit about his background. he spent about three years wrestling for ohio state and he joined the football team this year.

like football, they really, really don't want a chick flick in the middle of the football book. [laughter] i liked shoving those two things together. but it did miss its market. and the movie, the movie solve that problem but if the movie had been made it would be my least redbook. i like it though. i felt very good at the end of it. [laughter] >> let's talk about this one. i don't know how much, i don't have a watch. let's get to the book a little bit. talk about the origins of this. i'm guessing that, this girl out of the peaceful "vanity fair" on the russian high-speed rail can program, quick to summary of how this came about. >> the russian computer programmer caught my eye, this was in 2009-detrigger program, a russian kid left goldman sachs and mailed himself of some code. a couple days later the fbi arrested him. i followed this in a newspaper. a year or so later he sentenced to seven years in jail. and so the first thing i wondered was on the back end of the financial crisis that goldman had so much to do with it, with the only person who went to jail, the person goldman

the eagles continue to be careless with the football. 35 giveaways, the most in the national footballtant than taking care of the football? and this eagles team all season long has been careless with the football. until they learn that that football is a block block of gold they're going to continue to lose football games because of it. >> it's the last hurrah for the eagles and game day coverage. tune into game day kickoff live at 11:30 a.m. then our final eagles game day final 11:35 p.m. sunday here on channel 6. the sixers are in portland tonight looking to do something they haven't done in almost a year and that's win three straight. all four of their wins this season have actually come on the road. how about that? >>> penn state getting set for their first bowl game since the whole jerry sandusky scandal by ringing the bell at the new york stocks exchange today. tomorrow they'll face boston college at yankee stadium. they're six and six. this is an opportunity for the nittany lyons to avoid a losing season. james frankel says for the guys who stuck it out this means so much more.

plus a tragic end, the search for missing ohio state university football player. what the police found near the player's body near a dumpster. and travel, and what is being blamed for long lines at the airport. we begin tonight with breaking news. out of solel seoul, south korea. someone reported an unscheduled active shooter drill. security forces swept the area, and didn't find anything suspicious, and everyone is reported to be safe. it is home to 500 u.s. troops stationed in south korea. now new information in the fallout in ferguson, missouri. president obama will discuss the situation tomorrow with his cabinets civil rights leaders and law enforcement. he'll discuss how to strengthen relationships between police officers and minorities. that announcement comes while protests continue in d.c. and other cities across the u.s. other demonstrators brought traffic to a standstill in both directions on i-395. just over in the district tonight with those latest developments, jeff? >> reporter: well, people are driving this afternoon at 1:00 on the sows east, sew sou

right now sixers down 6 in the second. and football now how about the eagles, eagles fans may not be complying about this corner bradley frech area loued the most touchdowns and most yards by any cornner nfl questionable for sunday season finale against the giants with hip injury. nrecher is getting deep left and right this season especially last two games. des bryant caught two touchdowns over the defensive back and two balls over 50 yards also against bradley and let not for get this guy odelle beckham junior could be a problem for beck if he plays. >> i loved odelle beckham he's a great player and showing it right now. >> he's a great receiver fast, great hands, runs great routes and does a lot of plays for him. >> much more improved player and got comfortable and they're pushing the ball to him in the offense. we need to be ready for him. >> now every time you turn around the eagles have turned the ball over. they have given the ball away more than any other team and that's why espn ron jaworksi says they're headed home for the hol

the dangers young football players face on and off the field.our medical team will weigh in on the study about concussions and head injuries and the impact of that. jon: he arrived for a visit but police say his father locked him up and refused to let him leave. now the emotional reunion between a mother and son allegedly was held captive for four years, plus supposed to be one of the biggest shopping days of the year but the numbers do not live up to the hype. next we will talk about why and what it says about the health of our economy. here's some news you may find surprising. we're for an open internet for all. we're for creating more innovation and competition. we're for net neutrality protection. now, here's some news you may find even more surprising. we're comcast. the only isp legally bound by full net neutrality rules. jon: his last seen four years ago with a visit to his father. a pair of the refuting to let him return home. they found the boy him behind a false wall. neighbors could tell something was not right. >> we just thought it

eagles continue to be careless with the football. 35 giveaways. the most in the national football league. what's that and more important than taking care of football. and this eagle team all season long had been careless with the football. until they learn that that football is a block of gold they're going to continue to lose football games because of it. >> all right. jaws, still to come in sports. penn state preparing to play at javrping hes stadium and bucks county james franklin getting ready for a bowl game at penn state. ready for a bowl game at penn state. hear what he's saying next. >> it's first post san appreance since ncaa sanctions. here's penn state reasoninging opening bell at the new york stock exchange. penn state hopes to ring in new year with first win over boston college since '91 and not a player on the roster ever won a bowl game james franklin wants to thermometer out the good way. >> i want them to go out on a positive note. this is special bowl they give rings to everybody that participates in the bowl. there's a difference

the worst is yet to come. >> american football taking a hit from side effects caused by concussions. welcome to our viewers on television in america and around the globe. targets showed mixed results. thoseo aimed to have infected with the virus isolated. liberia has now met those goals but sierra leone has not. >> they're running out of space. will they arrive in quick succession. the western industrial scale. the victims being very fast now before the virus can find a new home. at headquarters, there is a growing belief that the syria own -- sierra leone will avoid. will >> and with so much aid and effort focused, it is getting out of control. the children, they have been sick. we are the first to hear of it. having called the a bowl of hot ebola hotline. somebody perhaps could call for you. we could call for you. that is when the truth comes out. she is desperate. who will look after my children if i go away, she asks? the village leader called the hotline himself. we need to confirm she will be taken to hospital but what if the children are infected as well. there are left in the

the whole thing. >>> college football frenzy. >> touchdown! > it's a day for the history books as the four teams will compete in the first-ever playoff for the national title are announced. >> we looked at a lot of hard data. >> just who makes the picks, and will fans think they have gotten it right. ♪ we will never be royals ♪ royals >>> and big apple bound. the duke and duchess of cambridge, william and kate, on their way to new york city for their first-ever visit. where they'll go, who they'll see. what they'll do. glitz and glamour, pomp and circumstance, as america gets ready to go royally crazy. >>> and good morning on a momentous first of its kind sunday for college football fans across america. >> yes, you're looking at selection central, where a 12-member committee has debating. there's condolezza rice. >> condolezza rice, wow. >> and they're getting ready to unveil their final rankings and bowl pairings for the first-ever college football playoff to determine the national champion. >> and coming up, we're going to talk to an expert a

one of the top "o" lines throughout the history of college football. this night, indianapolis, ohio state set the tone. >> those five guys had to set the tone. they had a brand-new quarterback getting the start. and had to get the rush game going early. they ran for 300 yards against wisconsin, who came

one of the top "o" lines throughout the history of college football. this night, indianapolis, ohio state set the tone. >> those five guys had to set the tone. t

they want the national football league to punish the players. >> to us instead of allowing wounds tol they're folks picking at the scabs. [booing] >> jon: holy [beep]. so the st. louis police association is angry and outrageous to have been caught in this hale of gesture and feels the community won't get past the tragic pant mine unless someone is held accountable. that's the angle they're going with. okay. st. louis rams coach. >> they will not be disciplined by the club or by the national football leg. >> let me ask you a question when did nick noel tee take over the rams. >> ya, fisher that will teach you. a nolte joke. so we have an old fashion police department professional football team stand off. who is going to blink. >> the rams chief operating officering called the st. louis police chief called to apologize. >> jon: i thought they didn't apologize. >> the rams open official denies apologizes. she says in none of these conversations did i apologize for our players actions. >> jon: isn't it interesting how witness testimony is so unrehraoeupbl. how can we in anyway clear this

the university's football team with the most wins in the history of football has been struggling. many of the faithful and rivals describe harbour as michigan's saviour. >> i want to do a good job and be good and win, and win at practice, i want to win at the practice field, in the classroom and in the community, and on saturday afternoons and we'll have great expectations for that. >> we spoke with john bacon about the deal including harbour speaking to fans and asked how high the expectations are after a large pay check. >> insane seems about right to me. sf you make 5 million even though it could be eight or nine. the average professor gets many. guess what half the teams on an estate lose. so your team gaent be the champions, obviously. you have to play somebody i think the whole thing in some ways. i love michigan football. and jim is a presented of mine. the pressure on him this even is superhuman. the craziness - i want to put a map on the clean saying in sit after state, the highest is a football or a pasket ball coach. the pressure that that puts on universities to deliver

a loss on the football field today, 26-6, but this journey, a win. >> i learned that we have to have start to the finish. >> the team who don't do it the best way . loses. >> that's okay, listen let me tell you something, you're all winners to me, you hear me? near orlando in florida. amen! amen! >> amber lee, channel 2 news. >>> college football's first play off is set, number one alabama will face ohio state in the sugar bowl. and the winners of the those games will play for the national title on january 12th. big 12 coach champion's baylor and tcu were left out of the bracket and some think the fact that the big 12 doesn't stage a title game played a roll in their omission. >>> time is 4:41. quite a scene from southern california coming up at 5:00, a huge fire bushing in downtown la. how it is impacting the surrounding areas. >> he will get the biggest bone he ever got for christmas. >>> a hero dog leads police to a trap under ground. >>> and a commute were traffic is doing well on 880 in both directions, we'll tell you more about this monday morning commute. >>> and we have a lot

the other is the footballer mario balotelli. self having to apologize after claims he was being racist. the row centers around a post on his instagram account, why he showed a picture of his namesake comparing his athletic and coin collecting abilities to black and jewish people. it's landed him in hot water with both his club, liverpool, and the game's governing body in england, the football association. balotelli has since deleted the post and said he was just trying to be anti-racist with humor. nick marshall mccormack has been following it all. balotelli has defended himself, i think even saying his mother is jewish. >> that's right. i think a lot of people -- the comment i'm reading is "silly mario." he gets himself in trouble a lot with the authorities. he is an outspoken character, and liverpool have tried to say that there was no malice intended in mario's post on instagram, which he reposted from someone else. he has put the apology out today, as you mentioned here. i've got it here. i can read it for you. i apologize if

as long as the sec is playing that's a pipeline right into the national football league. is will have increasing awareness if there is a worry out there. i agree that people will continue to watch in great numbers but the increasing sophistication of the technology and the slow mode pictures of violent collisions on kickoffs parents shudder when they repeat it. look at this hit. the violence is an aphrodisiac for the telecast. they love it. they want more. they show more. it's scary. >> does the nfl have a pr or substance problem? >> nfl's reaction to every scandal every step of the way has kind of been retroactively trying to discuss the marketing and the way they are being looked that. the power is totally concentrated at the top and we have the problems we've always had. >> what happens when the thing i keep waiting for that i think is a moment is when someone gets hit on the field and dies in the middle of monday night football, does that not have some potential, especially in the case of boxing, but does that not have the potential to create a moment where they say th

plans what they're going to do to the national football league in 2015. you just wait. just wait until next year. >> good, bad and a lot of ugly for the eagles this season. the offense set a franchise record for points scored. kicker codey parkey set nfl and team records for points in a season. passing david akers. but the ugly was brutal. they led the league in turnovers with arthritic. defense led the league in 20-yard plays allowed. plus they allowed 30, 60-yard plays. jeremy maclin and connor barwin had super seasons but they talk about the problems that led to the early skit. >> at the end of the day man no matter what your record is, wins and losses and everything, whatever, in that particular game you turn the football over you're not going to win. if you don't get turnovers you're not going to win. if you take care of the football you'll win. all about turnovers. >> we have to figure out a way as a whole our biggest achilleas heal this year was turnovers. we didn't give those up two years ago. this year thought big problem. >> coming up next in the sports zone we

. >> a lot of football. the universal flag for football. i'm learning so much today. e niners and raiders string this year. next year the niners hope to be playing at home for the super bowl elm the raiders know where they won't be playing >>> nfl commissioner roger goodell ended the speculation today. the raiders nor any other franchise will be playing football in los angeles next year. upon hearing the news san diego announced their intention to stay put. the raiders and rams could have filed an application for relocation to l.a. for the season starting january 1st. no reason to do that now. what about san antonio? hmm. the silver and black home tomorrow to host buffalo. >> niners home tonight, moments away from kidoff against the chargers. san diego clinging to playoff hopes and the 49ers offense struggling to score anything. this will be a tall task for the defense. they have to keep rivers and antonio gates and a potent san diego offense in check. >> they've got weapons, and phillip putts the ball on the money everytime. we have to play our game. we are prepared t

the race. coming up, would you want your sun, if you had one, to play football? if you said no, join the club. we'll be right back. ♪ >> it turns out that bloomberg politics poll covers more than just politics. we asked you questions about football. what will the popularity of football look like in 20 years? 70% said it would be more popular, but then we asked if they would let their sons play football, but fully half said no. 58% of woman said they would not let their kid on the field. 41% of men said the same thing. then we looked at income. 62% of people that make more than $100,000 so they would not let the kids play. 42% of people who make less than $50,000 said they would not. joining out to parse all of that information, the pride of red sox nation and bloomberg view columnist. we discussed this motto is being put together. are you surprised by 50% of americans saying no football? >> i thought it would be higher. >> really? >> the increase in knowledge and awareness of the concussion protocol among high school kids. if you have a son in high school playing

i'd like to thank and appreciate all your support of the southeastern conference football championshipame. i'd like to join me in congratulating the missouri tigers on another great football season. [ crowd noise ] i'd like to acknowledge university of alabama president dr. judy lohner. and athletic director bill battles. now on behalf of commissioner mike slive the southeastern conference my pressure to present the 2014 southeastern conference football championship trophy to coach nick saban and the alabama crimson tide! [ crowd noise ] >> congratulations to the alabama crimson tide and nick saban winning his fifth sec championship game tying steve spurrier for the most all time. when we come back to the georgia dome in atlanta. brian jones will join me discuss this game and the college football playoff ramifications when we continue with the dodge postgame show. they believed in more, than the assembly line. they believed driving was a holy endeavor. a hundred years later the dodge brothers spirit lives on. hard it can be...how ...to breathe with copd? it can feel like this. copd inc

a loss on the football field today, final score, 26-6. this journey, a win. >> i learned we have to come more from the start to the finish. >> we did it the best way, win. >> that's okay. but listen let me tell you something, you're all winners to me. >> near orlando in florida. >> amen! >> amber lee, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> what a great story. >>> time is 5:45. back here at home, the sacramento fire department wants to rebuild public trust. a firefighter was arrested on suspicion of burglary and elder abuse. he claimed he was expecting fire detectors to get into homes, would go through people's medicine cabinets looking for prescription drugs. the fire officials say they received at least 8 complaints and that led to the arrest of craig white. >> i was both a little mystified and just you know, disappointed. >> if he is going around taking things from people, well he is the grinch that stole some people's christmas. >> as of this morning craig white remains in custody, he is on administrative leave from the fire department. he is schedu

but it's the football players and men's basketball players and those are those that were involved in orts that people are most interested in and of the the ones on television the most and so on. you will notice and you are going to hear this over and over again with the administration and the student-athletes that is a term that has evolved out of itself to try to make it sound like there is -- like it is an equal deal and in the mind of a lot of athletes, but is not the case. in many instances for a lot of these guys the athletics come equivalent if not first because of the time demanded that are involved. there is no point kidding around about it. the demands are made are significant in terms of what is going on outside of the things in the practices the so-called optional. whether or not they are mandatory or optional, it is all the same and so the time demands on them are really significant. athletes who testified in the trial talked about some of that and for sure there are decisions that they make do with showing him to cross-examination but there's plenty of down time that they

. >>> now at 6:00, two bay area teams battle it out on the football field. fan reaction of today's ballots of the bay between the raiders and 49ers. >> more protests against police brutality tonight in the wake of last night's disruptive demonstrations through the streets of berkeley. >> and remembering the date that lives in infamy. we hear from some of the dwindling survivors of the attack on pearl harbor. >>> good evening. welcome to a special post game edition of channel 2news. i'm ken wayne. >> and i'm heather holmes. they haven't met on the football field since 2011, but today, the 49ers battled it out with the oakland raiders. christien kafton is at o.co coliseum now. >> reporter: sheriff's deputies and police were on alert here today. we did see a few incidents going on inside and outside the coliseum. we did see a few incidents of violence, including one that happened just a few feet away from me. we saw about a half dozen alameda county sheriffs deputies show up on scene in that incident within a minute. raiders say both men who were fighting were d

fallout found its way on to the football field. nown before yesterday's game. now police and the league are reacting to their very public display. >>> rain moves into the area, also2big drop in temperatures overnight could lead to a wintry mix for some of you. tomorrow, i'll show you the timing of that and what con expect it, coming up. >>> plus, a snake 48 feet long, big enough to swallow a t-rex. this isn't science fiction. it's fact. the remarkable discovery coming to philadelphia.8g4 >>> here are some of the stories making headlines on nbc 10 news at 5:45. >>> comedian bill cosby stepped university trustee. the 77-year-old temple grad said i've always been proud of my association with temple university. i have always wanted to do what would be in the best interest of the university and its students. more than a dozen women have accused cosby of sexual assault, dating back ;?-udecades. right now, nbc 10 is on temple's students and trying to reach trustees. we'll have a live report ahead at 6:00. >>> the reward for finding a mis

. >>> bowl brawl on the football field. what cause the melee after the game. >>> and let it go. some teachers surprised their students in a performance going viral this morning. >>> good morning to you all, i'm t.j. holmes. >> and i'm tai hernandez. there's a growing memorial where the two new york police officers were killed. and among those bringing flowers, eric garner's daughter. >> the mayor is appealing for harmony. elizabeth hur is joining us. >> reporter: while the mayor is appealing for harmony, police are being warned to take extra precautions. this is because while investigators believe the attacker acted alone, threats from copy cats have police on alert. a brutal attack against two nypd officer has police in new york and cities nationwide on guard. >> when a guy in new york is gunned down murdered in cold blood. it opens our eyes. >> reporter: shot dead at point blank ring, wenjian liu and rafael ramos were assassinated. their families reeling just days before christmas. >> this is a difficult time for both of our families. but we will stand together and get through

the top. alabama at football playoff door. had to get by missouri and the sec championship game and hey michael sam, former missouri star. front row seat to see the clemson tide roll this apart. going deep to andrew white. 58-yard play, 14-0bama. here come the tigers. 4th and goal. makes it a 21-10 game. fourth quarter, christian jones, we call that a touchdown, juliette. 28-13. they win it 42-13. the tide finished the year 12-1 as ensuring that top spot in the college football playoffs. how about third ranked tcu. we call it texas christian university hosting iowa state. and the horn frogs, look at that. and look at the wall of blockers escorting. working for a touchdown. a 55-yard play made it 7-0. third quarter, and they are pouring it on here. 45 yards for a touchdown. the horn frogs win it 55-3. they finish the season at 12-1 to clinch a share of the big 12 championship. so, let uncle vern tell you what this means. the top three teams, alabama, oregon, and texas christian have all won so far this weekend. florida state pla