National Football League
Philadelphia Eagles 22 New York Giants 21
The Eagles overcame an 11-point deficit in the final 7 minutes
Carson Wentz threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Boston Scott with 40 seconds remaining to win it for Philadelphia
With the win, the Eagles move to 2-4 & 1 which is good for 1st place in the NFC East
The Giants are 1 & 6
The NFL announced that Sunday’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers-Las Vegas Raiders game, originally scheduled for Sunday night, now will start at 4:05 p.m. Sunday afternoon
The league said it made the move based on television considerations
The Seattle Seahawks-Arizona Cardinals game has been shuffled & will now be played Sunday night.
On Thursday, the Raiders sent 5 offensive linemen home out of concerns for COVID-19
The league said it still expects the Buccaneers-Raiders game to be played Sunday.
Major League Soccer
Portland Timbers 1 Seattle Sounders 1
Tonight
New England Revolution at Nashville SC
8:30 pm
Tomorrow Toronto FC is at Philadelphia to meet the Union in a showdown of the top 2 teams in the Eastern Conference.
ATP European Open
at Antwerp, Belgium
Round 2
Milos Raonic of Thornhill defeated Cameron Norrie of Great Britain 7-5 & 7-6
This afternoon in a Quarterfinal match, Raonic will face Grigor Dimitrov.
Cologne Open
Round of 16
Gilles Simon beat Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill 6-1, 4-6 & 6-2
Simon broke Shapovalov 7 times in the match.
PGA Zozo Championship
at the Sherwood Country Club, Thousand Oaks, California
Sebastian Munoz shot a 64 in the opening round for a 1 stroke lead.
Munoz twice holed out for eagles.
Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas is the low Canadian, 3 strokes back of Munoz
Corey Conners of Listowel is tied for 26th after shooting a 3 under par 69 in the opening round.
Play resumes this afternoon.
LPGA Drive On Championship
at Greensboro, Georgia
Danielle Kang & Jennifer Song share the lead after they opened with 7 under, 65s yesterday
Alena Sharp from Hamilton shot a 70 in Round 1 and is tied for 15th
Jaclyn Lee of Calgary had the highest score on the day, shooting an 80
Play resumes this morning
Award for Austin
The Toronto Players Golf Tour announced their year end awards.
The Most Improved Player award for 2020 goes to Owen Sound golfer Austin Ryan.
Ryan, who won the tour stop at Saugeen Golf Club this year, received more than 60% of votes from his peers.
On the year Ryan had a 2nd place finish on the Mid-Season Swing as well as 3rd place on the TPT money list.
World Series
at Arlington, Texas
Los Angeles Dodgers at Tampa Bay Rays
Walker Buehler vs Charlie Morton
( The best of 7 is tied 1-1 )
8:08 pm
NHL Cancels Events
The National Hockey League announced the postponement of both the 2021 Winter Classic and the All-Star Game.
The annual outdoor game was scheduled for January 1st at Target Field in Minnesota.
The All-Star Game was scheduled for January 30th in Florida.
Secret Support For PWHPA
The Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association has received a $1 million sponsorship from the deodorant company Secret.
The PWHPA and the company claims it is the largest corporate commitment ever made in North American professional women’s hockey history.
Close to 200 players formed the PWHPA in the wake of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League folding in 2019.