National Football League
Baltimore Ravens 34 Dallas Cowboys 17
Quarterback Lamar Jackson came off the COVID-19 list and ran for 94 yards and a touchdown
Jackson also threw 2 TD passes in his return from the COVID-19 list,
J.K. Dobbins and Gus Edwards combined to add 172 yards on the ground
On the ground, Baltimore picked 294 yards
The Ravens are 7 & 5
Dallas falls to 3 & 8
Thursday
New England Patriots ( 6 & 6 ) at LA Rams ( 8 & 4 )
Lou Marsh Award
Soccer star Alphonso Davies and Canadian offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif have will share the 2020 Lou Marsh Trophy as Canadian athletes of the year.
This is the 3rd time in the history of the award that there is a tie.
Duvernay-Tardif, a McGill University medical school graduate, won the Super Bowl as a starter with the Chiefs
He chose to volunteer in a long-term care facility in his home province at the height of the pandemic’s first wave
Davies became the first Canadian to win a Champions League men’s title.
MLS Award
Black Players for Change was named the 2020 MLS Works- Humanitarian of the Year.
MLS Works serves as the league’s “social responsibility platform.”
It marks the first time since the award started in 2000 that it has gone to a group rather than an individual.
Black Players for Change made a powerful statement ahead of the MLS is Back Tournament opener on July 8th
Exhibition Soccer Tonight
El Salvador at United States
7:30 pm at Inter Miami CF Stadium, Fort Lauderdale
NHL Forecast
The National Hockey League is progressing towards establishing protocols and logistics to get next season underway under the shadow of incresing COVID-19 numbers.
The target start date for a potential 56-game regular season is now January 13th.
However, that date has not been officially confirmed
The seven teams that did not qualify for the 24-team finish to the 2019-20 season were hoping to get a one week head start on opening their training camps because they have not been on the ice since March.
It appears that is unlikely,
Training camps would open approximately 10 days prior,
Other significant dates on the calendars, like the Trade Deadline, plus how the NHL will navigate any interruptions due to COVID-19 are being discussed
Five Juniors Released
Five players have been released from Canada’s Junior Hockey camp in Red Deer, Alberta.
The 5 players were deemed “unfit to continue to play based on return-to-play protocols,”
Canada’s camp was halted in late November after two players and a staff member tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.
The world junior hockey championship is scheduled to open Christmas Day in Edmonton.
Canada’s first game is set for Boxing Day
Tampa Bay-Montreal MLB
Tampa Bay Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg says the plan to split seasons between Florida and Montreal, starting in 2028, is the “only option” once their lease expires at Tropicana Field,
The Rays’ lease at Tropicana Field expires after the 2027 season.
Sternberg said the team has not been approached by any local groups about building a stadium and/or buying the team.
His primary focus remains on splitting campaigns with new open-air stadiums in Montreal and either St. Petersburg or Tampa, calling it the “only option.”