By Pro Sports Outlook, The Front Office for Fans
Dec 13, 2020

December 13th, 2020 was highlighted by Jalen Hurts’ first career win during his first start against the NFC-leading New Orleans Saints to make the NFC East race even more interesting. The Bills also made a statement on Sunday Night with a big win over the Pittsburgh Steelers, as KD made his on-court return in the Nets preseason debut against the Wizards without Westbrook or Beal. Check out everything that happened in sports on December 13th last year and the Best in Sports from exactly a year ago, headlined by James Harden continuing his insane start to the season by dropping over 50 points for the second consecutive game. 

This daily sports article includes real headlines only (no clickbait rumors), all of the best highlights, interesting facts from around the NFL, NBA, & MLB, the main games to watch, top performances of the day, significant birthdays, and a quick recap of notable events on this day in sports history.

Def. Play of the Year candidate

Badgley won it at the buzzer

Legion of Zoom showed up

AJ Brown is a legit WR1

Reddick was an absolute force

LAC made clutch GW plays

King Henry is defense-repellent

Bills’ D spoiled Big Ben’s night

Hurts shined in his 1st NFL start

T-longest Bears rush in SB era

Best 5 plays of the day

Sanders took off on the NO defense

It was Miller Time on this TD

Spencer made a splash for 1st TD

MIA making big plays on D

WR Gage dropped a dime

Moreau made a defender miss for 6

Gesicki somehow caught this

KD & Kyrie’s debut together

THT going off in the preseason

Maye made an amazing INT

Chase Young was everywhere

Making his case for NFL’s #1 WR

Another Def TD for Washington

Hamler went OFF for DEN

Mack was bullying HOU all day

Hill to Sanders kept Saints in it

Tate textbook box out

Markus Golden made an impact early

Diggs continued his strong season

Taylor went untouched for 6

Butler swooped in to steal a pick

CAR’s DL created big fumble

The battle of the 2020s

T.Y. finally looked like himself

Evans made a great grab

JPP took the ball from Kirk

Defense won the game for DAL

Jones got a Safety for KC

Kyrie looked great in return

Russ lit up the Jets with 4 TD

Huge stop on 4th down

Rodgers was surgical

Exclamation point in Indy’s win

Kyrie’s handles are A1

1 of the best shot blockers ever

Herro broke out right away

Solid debut for Okoro

Wild 1st Qtr OTD in ’98

Marshall gets the reception record

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[Highlights] RB Derrick Henry, TEN (@JAX): 26 CAR, 215 YDS, 2 TD; 2 REC, 7 YDS [Player of the Day]

[Highlights] LB Haason Reddick, ARI (@NYG): 5 TKL, 5 TFL, 5 SK, 3 FF

[Highlights] QB Drew Lock, DEN (@CAR): 21-27 (77.8%), 280 YDS, 4 TD, 0 INT; 6 CAR, 4 YDS

[Highlights] RB Jonathan Taylor, IND (@LV): 20 CAR, 150 YDS, 2 TD; 2 REC, 15 YDS

[Highlights] QB Aaron Rodgers, GB (@DET): 26-33 (78.8%): 290 YDS, 3 TD, 0 INT; 6 CAR, 13 YDS, 1 TD

MLB: 2B Gleyber Torres, New York Yankees (turns 24)

MLB: RP Luis Garcia, Houston Astros (24)

NFL: OG Jermaine Eluemunor, New England Patriots (26)

MLB: 3B Johan Camargo, Atlanta Braves (27)

MLB: OF Austin Slater, San Francisco Giants (27)

NFL: DL Fletcher Cox, Philadelphia Eagles (30)

MLB: SP Fergie Jenkins, Hall of Fame (78)

MLB: OF Larry Doby, Hall of Fame (97)

2018: German-born PF Dirk Nowitzki debuted for his 21st consecutive season with the Dallas Mavericks, breaking Kobe Bryant’s record of 20 with the Los Angeles Lakers

2009: Denver Broncos WR Brandon Marshall set the NFL record with 21 REC in a single game

2007: Former US Senator George Mitchell released a report that accused over 80 current and former MLB players of steroid use, bringing the issue to the national spotlight

2000: Utah Jazz PG John Stockton became the very 1st in NBA history to record 14,000 career assists

1998: Baltimore Ravens and Minnesota Vikings combined for 3 kickoff return TDs to set a new NFL record (Ravens’ Corey Harris, Patrick Johnson, Vikings’ David Palmer). In the same BAL-MIN game, Vikings K Gary Anderson set an NFL record by converting his 34th consecutive FG attempt

1996: SP Roger Clemens, a 3x Cy Young Award winner at the time, surprisingly signed with the Toronto Blue Jays over the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees

1983: Detroit Pistons defeated the Denver Nuggets in 3OT by a score of 186-184, the highest-scoring game in NBA history

1956: Brooklyn Dodgers traded 1B Jackie Robinson to the New York Giants for P Dick Littlefield and cash; Robinson promptly retired from baseball

1936: Green Bay Packers defeated the Boston Redskins 21-6 in the NFL Championship, the latter’s last game before moving to Washington, D.C.

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