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What Happened in Sports: December 28, 2020
What happened in sports on December 28, 2020 ft. the Padres landing SP Yu Darvish, DC releasing Dwayne Haskins, and more!
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December 28th, 2020 was remembered for the Padres second blockbuster pitching acquisition in as many days by landing 2020 NL Cy Young runner-up Yu Darvish to pair with a lethal rotation that just added Blake Snell. The Blazers beat the Lakers in a primetime NBA battle, Buffalo rolled over New England on MNF, Spencer Dinwiddie’s partially torn ACL was revealed, and the Washington Football Team notably released 2019 1st Rd Pick QB Dwayne Haskins.
Check out everything that happened in sports on December 28th last year and the Best in Sports from exactly a year ago, headlined by the Miami Heat defeating the Philadelphia 76ers in a OT-thriller led by Jimmy Buckets against his former squad. 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.
⌚️ @Dame_Lillard scores 21 of his 31 PTS in the 2nd half to lift the @trailblazers in Los Angeles! #KiaTipOff20 pic.twitter.com/ze3XgssBhD
— NBA (@NBA) December 29, 2020
Caris for 👌.. Clarke answers!@memgrizz 112@BrooklynNets 111
30.8 to play on NBA TV. #KiaTipOff20 pic.twitter.com/hUfgfuWSZt
— NBA (@NBA) December 29, 2020
🕷️ SPIDA scores the final 1⃣2⃣ @utahjazz points and wins it with 7.0 remaining! #KiaTipOff20 pic.twitter.com/a322Ru39rD
— NBA (@NBA) December 29, 2020
through traffic 😱 pic.twitter.com/ii6fEqJ73F
— utahjazz (@utahjazz) December 29, 2020
💦💦💦
28 points and 7 👌s for @gtrentjr as the @trailblazers win in Los Angeles! #KiaTipOff20 pic.twitter.com/FilrV0b7Fd
— NBA (@NBA) December 29, 2020
🃏👀 Career-high 18 ASSISTS for Nikola Jokic.. the MOST by a center since Wilt in 1968! #KiaTipOff20 pic.twitter.com/brVw1r37ZL
— NBA (@NBA) December 29, 2020
THERE GOES @STEFONDIGGS.
Diggs sets the @BuffaloBills single-season receiving record with a 50-yard touchdown! #BillsMafia
📺: #BUFvsNE on ESPN
📱: NFL app // Yahoo Sports app: https://t.co/6WedbVfBEK pic.twitter.com/Mx6l8KLcoL
— NFL (@NFL) December 29, 2020
😱 Airplane Mode SAYS NO on NBA TV! 😱 pic.twitter.com/sZOaJPQFfv
— NBA (@NBA) December 29, 2020
The Buffalo Fake! #BillsMafia
📺: #BUFvsNE on ESPN
📱: NFL app // Yahoo Sports app: https://t.co/6WedbVfBEK pic.twitter.com/Cfd1hC0Ygy
— NFL (@NFL) December 29, 2020
This dish by Caris…😳
📺: @NBATV pic.twitter.com/21LHC9HNAz
— NBA (@NBA) December 29, 2020
THE PASSING
THE FINISH
😤 @DeAndre 😤 pic.twitter.com/Wpk8HzWlsw
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) December 29, 2020
King secures the bag and goes straight to the bank 💵
(📺: @SpectrumSN) pic.twitter.com/akkZdCIBxv
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) December 29, 2020
LBJ gets UP for the @Lakers block! ☝️#KiaTipOff20 on @NBATV pic.twitter.com/iiyQ06aZyk
— NBA (@NBA) December 29, 2020
Well that’s just good basketball. pic.twitter.com/uHkXv0SsFC
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) December 29, 2020
Get up then! pic.twitter.com/ttBZ59r1xQ
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) December 29, 2020
JC CLEAR FOR TAKEOFF ✈️ pic.twitter.com/xxz3w5VdJC
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) December 29, 2020
Tate 😳 pic.twitter.com/w9hqceUEF7
— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) December 29, 2020
💪 Kyle Anderson & Dillon Brooks combine for 52 in the @memgrizz OT win! #KiaTipOff20 @KyleAnderson5: 28 PTS (career high)@dillonbrooks24: 24 PTS, 3 STL pic.twitter.com/XCnrunV81B
— NBA (@NBA) December 29, 2020
NAH.
🚫 @DeAndre 🚫 pic.twitter.com/SqR49K7aaC
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) December 29, 2020
Watch the BEST HANDLES from Week 1 of the 2020-21 NBA season! #BestOfNBA#KiaTipOff20 continues tonight on @NBATV and NBA League Pass. pic.twitter.com/dClEvVPl5K
— NBA (@NBA) December 28, 2020
KD and Kyrie’s ELITE start 🍿
Kyrie: 31.5ppg/6apg
KD: 25.5ppg/4.5rpg
The 2-0 @BrooklynNets take on the Hornets tonight at 7:00 PM ET on @NBATV! #KiaTipOff20 pic.twitter.com/DQtewlhShg
— NBA (@NBA) December 27, 2020
The BEST DUNKS from Week 1 of the 2020-21 NBA season! #BestOfNBA ✈️💥#KiaTipOff20 continues tonight on @NBATV and NBA League Pass. pic.twitter.com/CLOwYVJAmR
— NBA (@NBA) December 28, 2020
Leading the @Pacers to a 3-0 start to their season, Domantas Sabonis (@Dsabonis11) was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week! #BestOfNBA
24.3 PPG | 11.0 RPG | 7.0 APG pic.twitter.com/hoCQJlQjiv
— NBA (@NBA) December 28, 2020
21/25, 231 yds, 4 TDs.@AaronRodgers12 is a bad man. #GoPackGo pic.twitter.com/6gp10tfxJD
— NFL (@NFL) December 28, 2020
KYRIE FINISHES 🤯
Watch the best finishes in the paint from @KyrieIrving before the @BrooklynNets take on the Grizzlies tonight at 7:30 PM ET on @NBATV! #KiaTipOff20 pic.twitter.com/4jKsAqcV6M
— NBA (@NBA) December 28, 2020
Most yards in a season ever by a TE 👏@tkelce’s best plays from his record-breaking day. #ChiefsKingdom pic.twitter.com/fv0fnjw9Og
— NFL (@NFL) December 28, 2020
Leading the @PelicansNBA to a 2-1 record in Week 1, Brandon Ingram (@B_Ingram13) was named the Western Conference Player of the Week! #BestOfNBA
26.7 PPG | 7.3 RPG | 6.7 APG | 3.0 3PG pic.twitter.com/Q0joDvNLEJ
— NBA (@NBA) December 28, 2020
Four touchdowns. One half.@RandyMoss went OFF in 2007 with the @Patriots. #GoPats (via @nflthrowback)
📺: #BUFvsNE — TONIGHT 8:15pm ET on ESPN
📱: NFL app // Yahoo Sports app pic.twitter.com/8fMFZWvWn6
— NFL (@NFL) December 28, 2020
LBJ ➡️ AD ‼️
Recap the BEST @KingJames to @AntDavis23 alley-oops for the @Lakers before they take on the Trail Blazers tonight at 10:00 PM ET on @NBATV! #KiaTipOff20 pic.twitter.com/0AGlq0zZRx
— NBA (@NBA) December 28, 2020
Luis Patiño, @MLBPipeline’s No. 23 overall prospect and part of the reported haul for the Rays, is one of the best young arms in the game. pic.twitter.com/xFf6Xby1eS
— MLB (@MLB) December 28, 2020
169 total yards + two touchdowns.@MylesGAS had himself a game in a critical Dolphins win!@MiamiDolphins | #FinsUp pic.twitter.com/5PdxnOvDLD
— NFL (@NFL) December 28, 2020
Q: The most #ProBowl selections of any ST player in NFL history?
A: Matthew Slater with NINE 😮 #GoPats
📺: #BUFvsNE — TONIGHT 8:15pm ET on ESPN
📱: NFL app // Yahoo Sports app pic.twitter.com/JNSaqQEPDC
— NFL (@NFL) December 28, 2020
Before he signed with the Rangers, Yu Darvish dazzled in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.
He finished with a 2.08 ERA and 20 Ks in 13 innings, also recording the final out to win it. pic.twitter.com/zOf7kEvD1H
— MLB Vault (@MLBVault) December 29, 2020
12/28/03 – Arizona’s Josh McCown throws a TD pass to Nate Poole on 4th & 25 as time expires to knock Minnesota out of the playoffs.
Here’s the great @PAOnTheMic losing his mind on Vikings’ radio.
“NOOOOOOOOOO!!!” 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/FJcQj9aqSQ
— Funhouse (@BackAftaThis) December 28, 2020
DYK: Sammy Sosa hit 293 homers at MLB’s 2nd oldest ballpark.
His first homer, however, came at the oldest – Fenway Park off Roger Clemens. pic.twitter.com/zt6lF9zC3Q
— MLB Vault (@MLBVault) December 29, 2020
December 28, 1979: @MagicJohnson & Larry Bird play their first of many #NBA games against each other. pic.twitter.com/LfpAwjwpWE
— This Day In Sports Clips (@TDISportsClips) December 28, 2020
Happy 48th birthday to legendary kicker @adamvinatieri!
🐐 4x Super Bowl Champion
🐐 NFL 2000s All-Decade Team
🐐 #NFL100 All-Time Team
🐐 NFL’s All-Time Leading Scorer (2,673 points) pic.twitter.com/xNPMd9bLzg
— NFL Throwback (@nflthrowback) December 28, 2020
[See More]
7:30 PM: Memphis Grizzlies (0-2) vs. Brooklyn Nets (2-0)
9:00 PM: Houston Rockets (0-1) vs. Denver Nuggets (0-2)
10:00 PM: Portland Trail Blazers (1-1) vs. Los Angeles Lakers (1-1)
[Highlights] WR Stefon Diggs, BUF (@NE): 9 REC, 145 YDS, 3 TD [Player of the Day]
[Highlights] QB Josh Allen, BUF (@NE): 27-36 (75.0%), 320 YDS, 4 TD, 0 INT; 4 RSH, 35 YDS
[Highlights] RB Zack Moss, BUF (@NE): 12 RSH, 57 YDS, 1 TD
[Highlights] C Nikola Jokic, DEN (v.HOU): 19 PTS (8-11 FG), 18 AST, 12 REB, 1 BLK, 3 STL, 3 TO
[Highlights] PG Damian Lillard, POR (@LAL): 31 PTS (10-16 FG), 5 AST, 4 REB, 1 BLK, 5 TO
[Highlights] SG James Harden, HOU (@DEN): 34 PTS (10-16 FG), 8 AST, 6 REB, 1 STL, 5 TO
[Highlights] SF LeBron James, LAL (v.POR): 29 PTS (11-20 FG), 6 AST, 9 REB, 1 BLK, 2 STL, 3 TO
[Highlights] G/F Gary Trent Jr., POR (@LAL): 28 PTS (10-14 FG), 1 AST, 3 REB
NFL: EDGE Uchenna Nwosu, Los Angeles Chargers (turns 24)
MLB: SP Dylan Cease, Chicago White Sox (25)
NFL: OT DJ Humphries, Arizona Cardinals (27)
MLB: RP Carlos Estevez, Colorado Rockies (28)
MLB: C Austin Barnes, Los Angeles Dodgers (31)
MLB: 1B Austin Nola, San Diego Padres (31)
NFL: K Adam Vinatieri, Retired after 2019 (48)
Most Significant Sports History
2019: As PG Jrue Holiday started for the New Orleans Pelicans and PG Aaron Holiday started for the Indiana Pacers, SF Justin Holiday checked in for the Pacers to make them the 1st trio of brothers on a single court in NBA history
2008: After their 16th loss of the season, the Detroit Lions became the 1st team in NFL history to go winless in a 16-game season; Cleveland Browns joined them as an infamous winless team in 2017
2003: Kansas City Chiefs RB Priest Holmes scored his 27th rushing touchdown of the season, breaking the NFL single-season record
2003: Baltimore Ravens RB Jamal Lewis became just the 5th player in NFL history to rush for over 2,000 yards in a single season (2,029)
2003: Indianapolis Colts K Mike Vanderjagt set a new NFL record by converting his 41st consecutive field goal attempt
1979: Boston Celtics superstar F Larry Bird and Los Angeles Lakers superstar G Magic Johnson faced each other for the 1st time in their historic NBA careers
1975: With 0:32 remaining, Dallas Cowboys QB Roger Staubach completed a legendary 50-yard “Hail Mary” to WR Drew Pearson in the NFC playoffs
1958: Colts QB Johnny Unitas led Baltimore over the New York Giants in the 1st-ever OT NFL Championship Game; considered the “Greatest Game Ever Played”
1947: Chicago Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Eagles to win their only NFL title in franchise history
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