WPPA/T102 SPORTS-MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2009

SPORTS-MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2009

IT WAS A BANNER NIGHT FOR PHILADELPHIA EAGLES RECEIVER DESEAN JACKSON, WHO TIED AN NFL RECORD FOR LONG TOUCHDOWNS AND CARRIED THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES TO THE TOP OF THE NFC EAST, DEFEATING THE GIANTS AT THE MEADOWLANDS 45-38. JACKSON SCORED ON A 72-YARD PUNT RETURN AND THIS 60-YARD PASS FROM DONOVAN MCNABB.

JACKSON TD PASS

DAVE SIMS WITH THE CALL ON WESTWOOD ONE. THE EAGLES SCORED THEIR MOST
POINTS THIS SEASON IN A 45-38 VICTORY OVER THE NEW YORK GIANTS.
PHILADELPHIA'S BRIAN WESTBROOK MISSED HIS FOURTH STRAIGHT GAME.

THE PHILADELPHIA FLYERS AND BOSTON BRUINS ARE TAKING THEIR FIRST LOOK AT FENWAY PARK - HOCKEY-STYLE - BEFORE THE CLUBS MEET IN THE NHL'S WINTER CLASSIC. PLAYERS AND PERSONNEL FROM BOTH TEAMS WERE GIVEN A TOUR YESTERDAY OF THE UNCOMPLETED RINK, THE LOCKER ROOM AND OTHER FACILITIES.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - VILLANOVA'S THIRD-RANKED BASKETBALL TEAM IS UNDEFEATED NO MORE. JUAN FERNANDEZ HIT SEVEN THREE-POINTERS AND
SCORED A CAREER-HIGH 33 IN TEMPLE'S 75-65 UPSET OVER THE WILDCATS.
THAT LEFT TEMPLE FANS BELLOWING, "OVERRATED" AS THEY STORMED THE
COURT AFTER COACH FRAN DUNPHY'S BIGGEST WIN IN FOUR SEASONS AS TEMPLE COACH.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS WILL BE HOME FOR THE PLAYOFFS. THE 13-AND-0 COLTS CLINCHED HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE IN THE AFC PLAYOFFS WITH THEIR RECORD 22ND STRAIGHT REGULAR SEASON VICTORY, A 28-16 WIN OVER DENVER IN WHICH PEYTON MANNING THREW THREE TD PASSES TO OFFSET THREE INTERCEPTIONS.

ATLANTA (AP) - THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS ARE ALSO 13-AND-0 AFTER SURVIVING THEIR SECOND SCARE IN TWO WEEKS AND EARNED A FIRST ROUND BYE IN THE PLAYOFFS. AFTER BEATING HAPLESS WASHINGTON IN OVERTIME LAST SUNDAY, THE SAINTS COUGHED UP A TWO-TOUCHDOWN LEAD IN THE SECOND HALF BEFORE GARRETT HARTLEY HIT A 38-YARD KICK WITH 4:42 LEFT IN THEIR 26-23 WIN OVER ATLANTA.

ARLINGTON, TEXAS (AP) - THE SAN DIEGO CHARGERS OPENED A TWO-GAME LEAD OVER DENVER IN THE AFC WEST WITH THEIR EIGHTH STRAIGHT VICTORY, 20-17 OVER DALLAS FOR THEIR 16TH STRAIGHT WIN IN GAMES PLAYED IN DECEMBER. MEANWHILE, DALLAS IS 3-AND-8 IN GAMES PLAYED IN DECEMBER UNDER COACH WADE PHILIPS, AND HAS LOST SEVEN OF ITS LAST NINE GAMES IN THE FINAL MONTH OF THE YEAR.

THE ARIZONA CARDINALS AND THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS LACE IT UP TONIGHT IN THE MONDAY NIGHT CONTEST. THE TWO TEAMS HAD MET EARLY IN THE SEASON, WITH THE NINERS SOUNDLY DEFEATING THE CARDS. ARIZONA QUARTERBACK KURT WARNER, WHOSE HAD A HOT HAND THE PAST FEW WEEKS, SAYS SANFRANCISCO WILL GIVE THEM A TOUGH MATCHUP TONIGHT:

WARNER

YOU CAN HEAR THAT GAME ON WPPA THIS EVENING FROM WESTWOOD ONE BEGINNING AT 8PM.

UNDATED (AP) - TIGER WOODS' MARITAL WOES HAVE COST HIM ANOTHER SPONSOR. ONE DAY AFTER GILLETTE SAID IT WAS PHASING OUT WOODS IN ITS ADS, THE GLOBAL CONSULTING FIRM ACCENTURE LTD. ENDED ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WORLD'S NO. 1 GOLFER, WHO HAD BEEN FEATURED IN A SERIES OF ADS UNDER THE "GO ON, BE A TIGER" CAMPAIGN.

NITTANY LION UPDATE COMES YOUR WAY AT 5:30PM ON WPPA, AND MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, THE CARDINALS AT THE 49ERS AT 8PM, FOLLOWED BY ESPN RADIO ALL NIGHT.

NFL
Sunday's Games

Houston 34, Seattle 7
Green Bay 21, Chicago 14
Baltimore 48, Detroit 3
New Orleans 26, Atlanta 23
Buffalo 16, Kansas City 10
Indianapolis 28, Denver 16
New England 20, Carolina 10
N.Y. Jets 26, Tampa Bay 3
Miami 14, Jacksonville 10
Minnesota 30, Cincinnati 10
Tennessee 47, St. Louis 7
Washington 34, Oakland 13
San Diego 20, Dallas 17
Philadelphia 46, N.Y. Giants 38

Monday's Game
Arizona at San Francisco, 8:30 p.m.

NBA

Toronto 101, Houston 88
Atlanta 130, New Jersey 107
Memphis 118, Miami 90
Cleveland 102, Oklahoma City 89
San Antonio 115, L.A. Clippers 90

Monday's Games

Indiana at Orlando, 7 p.m.
Golden State at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Boston at Memphis, 8 p.m.
New Orleans at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Utah, 9 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Denver, 9 p.m.
Washington at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

NHL

Sunday's Games
Chicago 4, Tampa Bay 0
Colorado 3, Calgary 2
Monday's Games
Florida at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.
Atlanta at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Boston, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Phoenix at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Buffalo at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10 p.m.