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What Happened in Sports: December 19, 2020
What happened in sports on December 19, 2020 ft. the Bills dominating the Broncos, Rodgers' Packers holding on to beat Carolina, and more!
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December 19th, 2020 was highlighted by a NFL doubleheader on Saturday to kick off the weekend for NFL Week 15. Josh Allen and the Bills absolutely dominated the Broncos in their own stadium while Aaron Rodgers and the Packers barely held on to a win over Carolina to maintain the No.1 seed. Check out everything that happened in sports on December 19th last year and the Best in Sports from exactly a year ago, headlined by the Greek Freak’s MVP statement against LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers.
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.
JOSH ALLEN JUST DID THAT 😱
📺: #BUFvsDEN on @NFLNetwork
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— NFL (@NFL) December 19, 2020
55 yards. Wow.
📺: #BUFvsDEN on @NFLNetwork
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— NFL (@NFL) December 19, 2020
2nd & goal from the 22?
No problem.@JoshAllenQB @BuffaloBills
📺: #BUFvsDEN on @NFLNetwork
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— NFL (@NFL) December 19, 2020
Two defenders in his face and @JoshAllenQB still made it happen 😯
📺: #BUFvsDEN on @NFLNetwork
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— NFL (@NFL) December 19, 2020
Thomas Bryant’s POSTER headlines Saturday’s TOP 5 PLAYS to conclude the #NBAPreseason pic.twitter.com/nFvQr47ks5
— NBA (@NBA) December 20, 2020
.@TakeAwayTre_ with the strip sack.
And OH MY GOODNESS @Iam_jerryhughes.
Touchdown, @BuffaloBills!
📺: #BUFvsDEN on @NFLNetwork
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— NFL (@NFL) December 19, 2020
51 YARDS. GONE. @motorsingletary
📺: #BUFvsDEN on @NFLNetwork
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— NFL (@NFL) December 20, 2020
THIS WAS BEAUTIFUL @nrfant @DrewLock23 @Broncos
📺: #BUFvsDEN on @NFLNetwork
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— NFL (@NFL) December 19, 2020
🔥 19 points & the @OrlandoMagic game-winner for @The_ColeAnthony! 🔥#NBARooks x #NBAPreseason pic.twitter.com/4babQiSc0b
— NBA (@NBA) December 20, 2020
Give him some YAC! 💪@idjmoore gets the @Panthers in position for a quick field goal. One score game at the 2-minute warning.
📺: #CARvsGB on @NFLNetwork
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— NFL (@NFL) December 20, 2020
.@idjmoore is back and 💪 #KeepPounding
📺: #CARvsGB on @NFLNetwork
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— NFL (@NFL) December 20, 2020
JOSH ALLEN JUST DID THAT 😱
📺: #BUFvsDEN on @NFLNetwork
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— NFL (@NFL) December 19, 2020
FUMBLE. @Packers come up big at the goal line! #GoPackGo
📺: #CARvsGB on @NFLNetwork
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— NFL (@NFL) December 20, 2020
Show time for @Showtyme_33. Big play! #GoPackGo
📺: #CARvsGB on @NFLNetwork
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— NFL (@NFL) December 20, 2020
27 points on 8-12 shooting as @DevinBook wraps up his #NBAPreseason with an efficient night!pic.twitter.com/wJSpjo4OWK
— NBA (@NBA) December 19, 2020
🎄 @KDTrey5 & @KyrieIrving combine for 4⃣3⃣ in a Christmas Day preview!
The @BrooklynNets and Celtics face off 12/25 at 5 PM ET on ABC. pic.twitter.com/rWW6wsOzWH
— NBA (@NBA) December 19, 2020
New team, same Russ 😤
Westbrook gets 8 PTS, 7 REB and 3 AST in his first half of #NBAPreseason action with the @WashWizards. pic.twitter.com/6Zoq5lyIrI
— NBA (@NBA) December 20, 2020
16 PTS, 8 REB for @BolBol in Denver’s #NBAPreseason finale!pic.twitter.com/1dBXMSJ1Re
— NBA (@NBA) December 19, 2020
Immanuel Quickley (@IQ_GodSon) was all over the court tonight!
22 PTS | 5 AST | 5 STL | 3 3PM pic.twitter.com/jXOLtDm3WL
— NBA (@NBA) December 19, 2020
392 total yards and 4 TDs for @JoshAllenQB.
What a way to lead your team to an AFC East title. 🏆@BuffaloBills | #BillsMafia pic.twitter.com/Gc51oR38yL
— NFL (@NFL) December 20, 2020
3️⃣-for-3️⃣ from 3️⃣
Nikola Vucevic showing off the range early!
📲💻: https://t.co/QYhIeW9gTU pic.twitter.com/EhqIb5Ka7a
— NBA (@NBA) December 20, 2020
6 👌s each for KZ Okpala (24 PTS) and Max Strus (22 PTS)! 🔥@MiamiHEAT | #NBAPreseason pic.twitter.com/dsONtBRPh2
— NBA (@NBA) December 19, 2020
145 yards rushing and a TD for @Showtyme_33 in Week 15!@packers | #GoPackGo pic.twitter.com/psBPfOFDSs
— NFL (@NFL) December 20, 2020
💪 @nolimittb31 drops 22 in the @WashWizards W! #NBAPreseason pic.twitter.com/sRQg7EEbok
— NBA (@NBA) December 20, 2020
The key moments that led up to The Miracle at the New Meadowlands. (Dec. 19, 2010)
📺: #NYGvsPHI – Thursday 8pm ET on NFLN/FOX/PRIME VIDEO
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— NFL Throwback (@nflthrowback) October 20, 2020
These teams combined for 1,020 total yards and 85 points the last time they met in Nashville 😱 (via @nflthrowback)
📺: #DETvsTEN — Sunday 1pm ET on CBS
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— NFL (@NFL) December 19, 2020
⚫️ KD x KYRIE ⚪️
Watch the BEST of @KDTrey5 & @KyrieIrving in the #NBAPreseason! @BrooklynNets host Golden State opening night – Tuesday, December 22nd at 7:00 PM ET on TNT 📺 pic.twitter.com/YKz3eliJWA
— NBA (@NBA) December 20, 2020
Is @JoshAllenQB and @stefondiggs the best QB/WR combo?@BaldyNFL breaks down the prolific @BuffaloBills duo.
📺: #BUFvsDEN — TODAY 4:30pm ET on @nflnetwork
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— NFL (@NFL) December 19, 2020
🤯 JOKER VISION! Where else? #OnlyHere
Nikola Jokic and the @nuggets take on the Clippers Christmas Day 12/25 – 10:30pm/et on ESPNpic.twitter.com/Hk7Or1fYL6
— NBA (@NBA) December 19, 2020
Two historic franchises battle this weekend.
Rewind to the best moments in the @49ers and @dallascowboys storied rivalry. ⏪ (via @nflthrowback)
📺: #SFvsDAL — Sunday 1pm ET on CBS
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— NFL (@NFL) December 19, 2020
Chase Young is good at football.@youngchase907 | #WashingtonFootball
📺: #SEAvsWAS — Sunday 1pm ET on FOX
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— NFL (@NFL) December 19, 2020
How good has the @packers offense been this year?@AaronRodgers12 has more touchdown passes (39) than J.K. Scott has punts (38). 👀
📺: #CARvsGB — TONIGHT 8:15pm ET on @nflnetwork
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— NFL (@NFL) December 19, 2020
🗣 MOOSE @MooseMuhammad87
📺: #CARvsGB — Tonight 8:15pm ET on @nflnetwork
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— NFL Throwback (@nflthrowback) December 19, 2020
A Sooner Showdown between @JalenHurts & @K1! 🍿@OU_Football | @Eagles | @AZCardinals
📺: #PHIvsAZ — TODAY 4:05pm ET on FOX
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— NFL (@NFL) December 20, 2020
December 19, 2010: 300+ lb Patriots OL Dan Connelly returns a Packers squib kick 71 yards. The longest kick return by an offensive lineman in NFL history. pic.twitter.com/UPKGP2jJXD
— This Day In Sports Clips (@TDISportsClips) December 19, 2020
OTD in 2002, Hideki Matsui and the Yankees agreed on a 3-year, $21 million contract.
In his first game at Yankee Stadium, he hit a grand slam. pic.twitter.com/N40DusrqsA
— MLB Vault (@MLBVault) December 19, 2020
December 19, 2010: The “Miracle at the New Meadowlands.” pic.twitter.com/OJBGS6avJo
— This Day In Sports Clips (@TDISportsClips) December 19, 2020
December 19, 1994: From the other side of the field, 6’3 325 lb Cowboys OT Larry Allen catches a Saints LB to prevent a pick-6.
“This guy’s got a rocket booster strapped to his back.” pic.twitter.com/T7alg5YEJz
— This Day In Sports Clips (@TDISportsClips) December 19, 2020
The best of @JerryRice 🆚 @DeionSanders pic.twitter.com/8v1mLCabMQ
— NFL Throwback (@nflthrowback) May 23, 2021
[See More]
7:00 PM: Charlotte Hornets vs. Orlando Magic
7:00 PM: Detroit Pistons vs. Washington Wizards
8:00 PM: Atlanta Hawks vs. Memphis Grizzlies
[Highlights] QB Josh Allen, BUF (@DEN): 28-40 (70.0%), 359 YDS, 2 TD, 0 INT; 3 RSH, 33 YDS, 2 TD [Player of the Day]
[Highlights] RB Aaron Jones, GB (v.CAR): 20 RSH, 145 YDS, 1 TD; 3 REC, 13 YDS
[Highlights] WR Stefon Diggs, BUF (@DEN): 11 REC, 147 YDS
[Highlights] WR DJ Moore, CAR (@GB): 6 REC, 131 YDS
[Highlights] EDGE Brian Burns, CAR (@GB): 4 TKL, 2 TFL, 2 SK
NFL: S John Johnson, Los Angeles Rams (turns 25)
NFL: S Will Harris, Detroit Lions (25)
MLB: RP Jose Leclerc, Texas Rangers (27)
NBA: SG Torrey Craig, Denver Nuggets (30)
MLB: RP Aaron Loup, Free Agent (33)
MLB: RP Ian Kennedy, Free Agent (36)
NFL: DL Warren Sapp, Hall of Fame (48)
NFL: EDGE Reggie White, Hall of Fame (59)
NBA: PF Kevin McHale, Hall of Fame (63)
MLB: OF Al Kaline, Hall of Fame (86)
2018: Houston Rockets set an NBA record by converting 26 (of 55) 3PMs in a victory over the Washington Wizards, the most ever recorded in a single game
2010: “Miracle at the New Meadowlands”: Trailing the New York Giants by 21 points, the Philadelphia Eagles scored 4 TDs in the final 7:00 to win, capped by a walk-off punt return TD by WR DeSean Jackson
2006: Philadelphia 76ers traded former MVP PG Allen Iverson to the Denver Nuggets for PG Andre Miller, PF Joe Smith, and 2 1st-rounders, pairing him with SF Carmelo Anthony, the league’s leading scorer
2004: HOF Jerry Rice caught the final reception and scored the final TD of his legendary career that solidified his long list of records, including the most REC (1,549), REC YDS (22,895), REC TD (197), YScm (23,540), & Total TD (207)
1999: Cleveland Browns OT Orlando Brown was hit in the eye with a penalty flag, causing 4 tears to his iris; he shoved the referee, was suspended, then after a series of lawsuits, eventually returned to the NFL with the Baltimore Ravens in 2003
1990: Los Angeles Raiders RB and Kansas City Royals OF Bo Jackson became the 1st athlete in North American sports history to be named an All-Star in 2 professional sports in the same year (MLB, NFL)
1976: Just moments after the conclusion of the Baltimore Colts’ playoff loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, a Piper Cherokee plane crashed into the upper stands of Baltimore Memorial Stadium; fortunately, no serious injuries were reported
1971: Houston Oilers S Ken Houston returned 2 INTs for TDs in a 49-33 win over the Chargers to set the career and single-season records for return TDs (9, 4)
1968: New York Knicks traded C Walt Bellamy and PG Howard Komives to the Detroit Pistons for PF Dave DeBusschere, who is considered the “final piece” of the Knicks’ championship puzzle (1970, ’73)
1956: Upon his return from the Melbourne Olympic Games, C Bill Russell officially signed his 1st NBA contract with the Boston Celtics
1948: Philadelphia Eagles shut out the Chicago Cardinals 7-0 to win their very 1st NFL Championship and avenge their Championship defeat in Chicago the previous year. It was the 1st NFL Championship game televised
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