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…(Football)…
Chargers-at-Atlanta…Sunday…Bolts (7-4)..Falcons (6-5)
..Justin Herbert (13TD-1Int)..(2615Y)
..Kirk Cousins (2807Y-17TD)
..Falcons ..Offense (361YPG)..Defense (357YPG)
Rams-at-New Orleans..Sunday…LA (5-6)..Saints (4-7)
..Matchup Matthew Stafford-vs-Derek Carr
..Stafford (2800P)
..WR-Puka Nacua-Cooper Kupp combined (92R)
..Rams defense (362Y)..allowed 30TD
..Saints won 2-in a row…defense (390YPG)
..RB-Alvin Kamara (1201APY)
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(Scoreboard)..Thursday Games
Lions-W-Bears (23-20)..Detroit jumps out to 16-0 lead…Caleb Williams throws 3TDs in 2nd half…Jared Goff (221P-2TD)..Lions (194R)…Lions defense 5-sacks…Williams (256P) in loss..Bears had ball in at 21-yard line final drive..took sack..holding penalty..never got field goal unit on field despite having a timeout left….Detroit (11-1) won 10-in a row.
Cowboys-W-Giants (27-20)..Cowboys defense 6-sacks-2 takeaways…RB-Rico Dowdle (112R)..QB-Cooper Rush (195P)…giants held (247Y)..had 13-penalties…Dallas (5-7)…NY (2-10)
Miami-L-Green Bay (30-17)…Packers jumped to early lead…Defense sealed game in 2nd half…Jordan Love 2TDs to WR-Jayden Reed…Brandon McManus 3FGs…Packers defense 5-sacks…Fumble Recovery….2-4th down stops…Tua Tagovailoa very slow start-rallied in 2nd half…Love (274P)…Tagovailoa (357P) in loaa
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(Schedule)
Raiders-Kansas City..Black Friday game..Aiden O’Connell starts at QB for (2-9) Raiders…Chiefs (10-1)…KC won 8-games by a TD or less…Chiefs defense allowing only (299YPG)
Steelers-Bengals..Joe Burrow (27TD-4Int)-Cinn..Pitts defense allow (305YPG..24-takeaways-25 sacks..33% on 3rd downs conversions…Pitts (8-3)..Cinn (4-7)
Minnesota-Arizona..Vikings (9-2)..Cardinals (6-5)..Sam Darnold (101R-21TD)..Arizona offense (342YPG)
Patriots-Colts..Indy QB-Anthony Richardson (47%) completions..Drake Maye (11TD)
Seattle-Jets..Geno Smith (3035Y-12TD-12 Int)..Aaron Rodgers (88QBR)
Tennessee-Washington..Commanders lost 3-in a row..Titans offense 21 turnovers..41-sacks allowed.
Houston-Jaguars..Texans lost 3-of-4…Jags (2-9)
Tampa Bay-Carolina..Baker Mayfield (24TD-6Int)..Panthers defense allow (39TD)
Eagles-Ravens..Eagles (9-2)..Ravens (8-4)..Phila (3809YPG)..Jalen Hurts (2832APY)..Saquon Barkley (1392R)…Lamar Jackson (117QBR-30TD-3Int)..Derrick Henry (1325R-6YPC)
49ers-Buffalo..Niners lost 2-in a row..Bills won 6-straight..Josh Allen (234TD-5Int)..Sunday Night Football
Denver-Cleveland..Monday Night game..Broncos (7-5)…Browns (3-8).Nix (20TD-6Int)..Browns offense (292YPG-47 sacks-15-turnovers)..QBs (79R)
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(Injuries)
Lions..Lose DT-Josh Paschal-knee sprain..DT-Lev Onuvuzuike-hamstring
Giants..DE-Dexter Lawrence-knee
Raiders..RB-Alex Mattison-ankle..RB-Zamir White-quad
Denver..QB-Bo Nix-back tightness
Ravens..Activate DT-Mike Pierce
Jaguars..QB-Trevor Lawrence considering surgery left shoulder joint.
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(NFL Notes)
Pittsburgh..Off Coord-Arthur Smith turns down request to interview for North Carolina coaching job.
NFL..Rescinds fine (11,817) Saints DT-Nathan Shepard for leg twist QB-Justin Herbert
Rams..WR-Demarcus Robinson-will play despite Monday DUI arrest
Washington..QB-Jayden Daniels admits he has ‘hit a wall’ during a long season
NYGiants..Scouts meet with Colorado QB-Shedeur Sanders and Miami QB-Cam Ward this past week on campus.
CFL..Montreal Alouettes shopping star QB-Cody Fajardo..threw for (3106Y-16TD) this year.
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(College Football)
Aztecs-Air Force..SDSU closes out a disappointing season..Aztecs (3-8)…Defense has allowed (505YPG) in last 4-games…Air Force has won 3-in a row…Falcons (4-7).
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(Top 10)
1-Oregon-Washington..Ducks (11-0)
2-Ohio State-Michigan..Buckeyes try to finish (11-1)
3-Texas-Texas AM..Renewal of historical rivalry
4-Penn State-Maryland
5-Notre Dame-USC..Trojans young QB-vs-Irish defense
6-Miami-Syracuse
7-Georgia-Georgia Tech
8-Tennessee-Vanderbilt
9-SMU-Cal
10-Indiana-Purdue
11-Boise State-Oregon State
12-Clemson-South Carolina
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(West Coast Football)
UCLA-Fresno State..Season ending game for (4-7) Bruins
Arizona State-Arizona..Sun Devils win puts them in Big 12-title game
Utah-UCF..Utes lost 7-in a row
Washington State-Wyoming..Cougars try to snap 2-game losing streak
New Mexico-Hawaii..Lobos go for 6th win of year.
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(Mountain West)
Aztecs-Air Force
Boise State-Air Force
UNLV-Nevada..Rebels go for 10th win of year
Fresno-UCLA
Utah State-Colorado State
San Jose-Stanford
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(1AA-Playoffs)-1st round
..New Hampshire-UT Martin
..Northern Arizona-Abilene Christian
..Montana-Tennessee State
..Drake-Tarleton State
..Illinois State-SE Missouri
..Eastern Kentucky-Villanova
..Rhode Island-Central Connecticut
..Richmond-Lehigh
(Division II)
Slippery Rock-Kutztown State
Ashland-California of Pennsylvania
Ferris State-Central State
Grand Valley State-Harding
(Division III)
Mt Union-John Carroll
North Central-Whitworth
Cortland State-Endicott
Linfield-Texas Lutheran
Hardin Simmons-Hardin-Baylor
Wisconsin LaCrosse-St Johns Minnesota
Wisconsin Platteville-Wartburg
Washington Jefferson-Randolph Macon
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…(Baseball)…
Yankees..Report New York makes new 2nd offer to Juan Soto that includes ‘Opt Out’ clause after 5th year.
Dodgers..Shohei Ohtani sues former aide Ippei Mizuhara for stealing (325,000) in baseball cards in attempts to sell them to pay off gambling debts…Mizuhara has plead guilty to theft of 17M-funds from Dodgers star…Will be sentenced on January 24th..facing 14Y-in prison.
Arizona..Hire Wellington Cepeda-ex Miami..Bullpen coach
Marlins..Hire Dan Moscas-pitching coach-ex Cubs
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(Roster Moves)
White Sox..Garrett Crochet trade talks intensify…have offers from Dodgers-Orioles-Red Sox
Toronto..Opens contract talks with FA-3B-Alex Bregman-Houston
Toronto..Meets with FA-P-Luis Severino-ex Mets
Arizona..Sign FA-P-Jose Castillo-ex Padres
Cubs..Sign Fa-P-Brooks Kiske-ex Cubs
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…(Basketball)…
Lakers-Oklahoma City…Friday matchup…LA (11-7)
Lakers..Bench F-Cam Reddish..Put Dalton Knecht into starting lineup
Clippers-at-Minnesota..LA (11-7)..Friday game
Minnesota..G-Anthony Edwards rips into team…’soft’…’bunch front runners’…Minnesota has lost 7-of-9
New Orleans..G-Dejontae Murray calls team ‘pathetic’…trailed Toronto by 34-points at home in loss
Suns..G-Brad Beal-calf injury…4th different injury this season
Oklahoma City..F-Jalen Williams-eye injury-hit by elbow
Aztecs-vs-Houston..3rd round game in Players Festival Tourney..Saturday…SDSU (3-2) on season.
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…(Hockey)….
Kings-Ducks…Friday game
Kings-vs-Ottawa…Saturday game
Gulls-vs-Tucson Roadrunners…Saturday AHL action..Gulls (4-13)..lost 5-in a row
San Jose..F-Barclay Goodrow-shoulder injury
Blues..F-Pavel Buchnevidi-sprained knee
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…(General)…
(Soccer)…English Premier League-top games
..Liverpool (10-1-1)-vs-Manchester City (7-3-2)
..Arsenal-vs-West Ham
..Manchester United-vs-Everton
Leicester City…Hires Dutch star Ruud vanNistelrooy as head coach
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(Auto Racing)..Formula 1….Grand Prix of Qatar…Max Verstappen heads the grid….
Mercedes..Rehires Val Bottas as test driver…releases driver Mick Schumacher from team.
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