…(Soccer)….

Pele….Soccer world mourns passing of ‘King of Soccer’….passed away after battle with cancer at age (82Y)….Created modern style of ball handling and shooting….Drove Brazil to 3-World Cups….Scored 650-career goals in international play…95-goals in World Cup…also scored 35-in NASL with New York Cosmos…Willed his life to stay alive thru the World Cup…first appeared in World Cup against Sweden in 1958…..Turned down contracts from Juventus and FC-Barcelona to play for Santos-Brazil….National funeral on Monday…Hero-Superstar-Global Ambassador.

English Premier League-Top games:
..Liverpool-vs-Leicester City
..Manchester United-vs-Wolverhampton
..Manchester City-vs-Everton
..Arsenal-vs-Brighton
..Hot Spur-vs-Aston Villa
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…(Football)….

Chargers-Rams…Sunday matchup of QB-Baker Mayfield-vs-Justin Herbert..
Chargers..RB-Austin Ekeler limited in practice-knee issue
Charges..S-Derwijn James-still in concussion protocol
Chargers..Activate DE-Joey Bosa from IR..have 3-weeks practice get ready for playoff game.
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(Scoreboard)

Dallas-W-Tennessee (27-13)…Cowboys survived 3-turnovers by Dak Prescott…Prescott (282P-2TD-2Int-1 Fumble)…Josh Dobbs (232P-TD) in loss…
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(Schedule)

Bengals-Buffalo…Monday Night game…Cinn (12-3)..Buffalo (11-4)
Arizona-Atlanta..Colt McCoy returns from concussion
Lions-Bears..Detroit (7-8) need win in wildcard race
Chiefs-Broncos..Denver first game since Nate Hackett firing
Patriots-Miami..Dolphins without QB-Tua Tagovailoa
Giants-Colts…Indianapolis lost 8-of-9
Eagles-Saints…Jalen Hurts remains out with shoiulder issue
Tampa-Carolina…Bucs (7-8) need win to stay in 1st place
Washington-Cleveland….Carson Wentz returns to quarterback
Houston-Jacksonville…Jaguars (7-8) trying to stay in wildcard race
Raiders-49ers…Derek Carr leaves team after getting demoted
Seahawks-Jets..Both teams (7-8) need win
Packers-Vikings..Minnesota (12-3)…Packers (7-8)
Steelers-Ravens..Lamar Jackson still out..Pittsburgh (7-8)
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(NFL Notes)

Colts..Confirm they owe fired coach Frank Reich (27M) buyout
Denver…Reportedly interested in ex Colts coach Frank Reich

Johnny Grier…longtime NFL-Ref passes away (74Y)..worked 24-years NFL

NFL TV Ratings…Christmas Day..Averaged (21.8M) viewers…NBA (4.3M)
..Packers-Miami (29M) viewers
..Rams-Denver…(22.5M)
..Tampa-Arizona (17.1M)
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(Roster Moves)

Tennessee..Bench rookie QB-Malik Willis-start journeyman Josh Dobbs
Giants..Sign FA-OG-Wyatt Davis
Bears..Release DE-Taco Charlton
Bears..Sign FA-CB-Michel Ojemudia-ex Denver
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(Injuries)

Raiders…S-Rock YaSin-on IR..6th defensive starters on IR
Giants..Activate CB-Xavier McKinney from IR
Ravens..QB-Larmar Jackson miss 11th practice in row
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(College Football)

(Scoreboard)
Pinstripe Bowl..Minnesota-W-Syracuse..QB-Tanner Morgan 2TD passes off bench..Gophers survive (330Y)-passing from Orange QB-Garret Shraeder.

Orlando Bowl..Oklahoma-L-Florida State..Seminoles QB-Jordan Travis (418P-2TD)…Game winning FG (:32) left…Sooners QB-Dillon Gabriel (342APY) in loss

Alamo Bowl..Texas-L-Washington (27-20)….Huskies QB-Michael Penix (287P-2TD)…Longhorns QB-Quinn Ewers (340Y) in loss…UW wins 11th game of season.
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(Schedule)-Friday

Orange Bowl…Tennessee-vs-Clemson
Gator Bowl..Notre Dame-vs-South Carolina
Charlotte Bowl..Maryland-vs-North Carolina State
Sun Bowl..UCLA-vs-Pitt
Arizona Bowl..Ohio-vs-Wyoming

Sugar Bowl..Alabama-vs-Kansas State
Music City Bowl..Iowa-vs-Kentucky
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…(Baseball)…

(Roster Moves)

Miami..Sign FA-2B-Jean Segura-ex Phillies
Toronto..Sign FA-P-Julian Fernandez-ex Yankees
Yankees..Sign FA-P-Ty Danish-ex Red Sox

Rangers-Atlanta..TRADE..Texas deals Of-Eli White for minor leaguer
Yankees-Braves..TRADE..NY sends P-Lucas Lutge to Braves for 2-players
Pirates..DFA-P-Bryse Wilson
Giants..DFA-2B-Tommy LaStella
Dodgers..DFA-P-Jake Reed
Cubs..DFA-OF-PJ Higgins

Toronto..Doctors tell P-Hyun Jin-Ryu-should be able to pitch in June
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(MLB Notes)

MLB…Voids FTX-Crypto Currency sponsorship with Umpires Association….NBA-Miami Heat drop FTX-as arena sponsor…F1-Mercedes team dopped FTX as lead sponsor.
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…(Basketball)…….

Clippers-L-Boston (116-110)..Celtics hit 17-of-22 free throws for win….Kawhi Leonard-Paul George combined for (50P) in loss…Clippers (21-16)…Thursday game

Lakers-at-Atlanta…Friday game…LA (14-21)
Clippers-at-Indiana…Saturday game

USD-L-St Mary’s (85-58)…Injury riddledToreros shoot just 38% from floor in loss…Now (7-8) on season……West Coast Conference opening game

Oklahoma City..Lose F-Aleksej Pakuveski-8W-fractured leg
Atlanta..G-Trae Young-calf injury
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…(Hockey)……

Kings-W-Colorado (5-4)…Gabe Villardi 16th goal….Kings 2-power plai goals….Adrian Kempe key goal in shootout…..Thursday game

Ducks-Nashville..Friday game
Kings-Flyers..Saturday game

Gulls-at-Henderson Knights..Friday game…Gulls (7-23) on season

Gulls…Changed travel plans after cancellation Southwest Airlines flights…Usually fly Southwest to virtually all road games…Bussed some 5-hours to Nevada…All Gulls players got back to San Diego before airport shutdowns..

NYRangers..Demote #1 pick Alex Lafreniere to 4th line…has only 5-goals i 36-goals

Vancouver..Activate D-Travis Dermott from IR
Penguins..D-Kris Letang-thigh injury
Montreal..Activate F-Brendan Gallagher from IR
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