8jbet By Brooks Kubena, Saad Yousuf, Jon Machota and Amos Morale III The Philadelphia Eagles clinched the NFC East division title Sunday as running back Saquon Barkley topped the 2,000-yard mark in a 41-7 win against the Dallas Cowboys. Barkley, who now has 2,005 rushing yards this season, tallied 167 yards on 31 carries Sunday for an Eagles team that played without starting quarterback Jalen Hurts. The quarterback remains in the NFL’s concussion protocol. Advertisement Backup Kenny Pickett started for the Eagles, and completed 10 of 15 passes for 143 yards and a touchdown and rushed for another score before leaving the game in the third quarter with a rib injury . Tanner McKee made his NFL debut while finishing the game in Pickett’s place. McKee posted a nearly perfect passer rating while completing three of four passes for 54 yards and two touchdowns. He connected with receiver A.J. Brown for a 20-yard third-quarter score and found DeVonta Smith in the fourth for a 25-yard touchdown. 📁 Things We Love To See 📁 Tanner McKee & DeVonta Smith 📁 Touchdown vs. the Cowboys (Kelly Green) pic.twitter.com/kG2zCubj17 — Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) December 29, 2024 Philadelphia’s defense added to the scoring with defensive back C.J. Gardner-Johnson returning one of Cooper Rush’s two interceptions for a touchdown in the first quarter. The Eagles (13-3) will end their regular season against the New York Giants, while the Cowboys (7-8) will face the Washington Commanders. Saquon Barkley eyeing record Barkley is the ninth player in NFL history to surpass 2,000 yards rushing in a single season. Barkley (2,005 yards) is within range of the record set by Eric Dickerson (2,105) in 1984. Barkley will have one more game to set the record. And, no less, it will be in the regular-season finale against his old team: the Giants. Barkley already holds the single-season record for the Eagles. It’s difficult to be hyperbolic about his impact on this year’s offense. Barkley was given an ovation after eclipsing the 2,000-yard mark with a 23-yard run in the fourth quarter. Each offensive lineman embraced Barkley. The fans inside Lincoln Financial Field chanted “M-V-P.” Barkley finished the game with 167 yards rushing, his 11th 100-yard game of the season. — Kubena Saquon Barkley is just the 9th player in NFL history to reach 2,000+ rushing yards!!️ @saquon | #FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/3o7SCoMWO0 — Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) December 29, 2024 C.J. Gardner-Johnson gets Eagles rolling The Eagles demolished the Cowboys in their first meeting by winning the turnover margin. Again, the Eagles won the margin and forced two fumbles. Gardner-Johnson had two interceptions, including a 69-yard pick-six on the game’s first possession. Gardner-Johnson has a team-leading six interceptions in 2024, tying his career high. Advertisement By beating the Cowboys 34-6 in their first meeting and 41-7 in their second, the 62-point margin is the second-most one-sided pair of games in the rivalry’s history. — Kubena Turnovers prove costly for Dallas When the Cowboys went 4-1 in their last five games, their turnover margin was one of their strengths. The Cowboys were plus-eight during that span, which was second-best in the NFL, behind only the Kansas City Chiefs’ plus-nine. As the Cowboys got blown out by the Eagles, who played a good portion of the game with their third-string quarterback, Dallas lost the turnover battle 4-0. Sunday’s game had a bit of everything, from a horrendous pick-six on the first drive of the game, a bad fumble by Jake Ferguson in Dallas’ territory, a Rico Dowdle fumble in Eagles territory and another Rush interception. Meanwhile, the defense became a doormat to Barkley and didn’t force a single turnover. The pass rush was unable to get home much and the defensive secondary was atrocious, specifically, Andrew Booth getting torched early and often. Mix that with the offense’s propensity to turn the ball over Sunday and it was a recipe for the disaster the game ended up being. — Saad Yousuf, Cowboys beat writer Cowboys worn down Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy said his message to the team heading into Sunday’s game was to “cut it loose.” McCarthy added the Cowboys were “going in there to win.” While that sounded good, an injury-depleted roster cost them against better competition. Even without Hurts, the Eagles are the best team Dallas has faced over the last month. The Cowboys went into Sunday’s game without six key starters: quarterback Dak Prescott, wide receiver CeeDee Lamb, right guard Zack Martin, defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence, linebacker DeMarvion Overshown and cornerback Trevon Diggs. It looked like a team missing six of its top 10 players. — Jon Machota, Cowboys beat writer Required reading (Photo: Mitchell Leff / Getty Images)TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Donald Trump that Americans would also suffer if the president-elect follows through on a plan to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products , a Canadian minister who attended their recent dinner said Monday. Trump threatened to impose tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico if they don’t stop what he called the flow of drugs and migrants across their borders with the United States. He said on social media last week that he would impose a 25% tax on all products entering the U.S. from Canada and Mexico as one of his first executive orders.

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US November ISM manufacturing survey 48.4 vs 47.5 expected US November final S&P Global manufacturing PMI 49.7 vs 48.8 prelim Fed's Waller speech: 'I lean towards supporting a cut in December' Waller Q&A: Average inflation target framework "blew up" very quickly Sad day for markets: Art Cashin dead at 83 Fed's Bostic: Not going into December meeting with the sense that outcome preordained Atlanta Fed GDPNow +3.2% vs +2.7% prior US October construction spending +0.4% vs +0.2% expected S&P Global Canada November manufacturing PMI 52.0 vs 51.1 prior Shares of SMCI jump 20% after the company says it won't restate financials ECB's Rehn: There are reasons to continue cutting rates in December French PM Barnier to use special powers to adopt social security budget bill Markets: S&P 500 up 0.2%, Nasdaq up 1.0% WTI crude oil up 15-cents to $68.15 US 10-year yields flat at 4.20% Gold down $16 to $2637 JPY leads, EUR lags The FX market swung towards US dollar strength during New York trade and then slowly gave it all back in the latter half of the session. Euro selling accelerated through 1.05 as political dysfunction continues in France, and the likelihood of a no-confidence vote in Barnier on Wednesday. French spreads widened and the pair fell as low as 1.0461 but recovered back to the big figure last. It was a similar round trip on most fronts as the dollar gained on some of the BRICS talk (though I think that's a stretch) and the reversal of month-end flows. Initially the dollar was helped by rising Treasury yields but bonds rallied later and that weighed particularly heavily on USD/JPY, which continues to slide in a move that's under-appreciated. The dollar fell further on the Waller headlines but recovered as the text of his speech was more-balanced and data focused than it first seemed. USD/JPY touched 149.09 at the lows, which is the worst since October 20 and down 600 pips in two weeks. Overall, I'm not sure we learned much today as the market continues to mull Trump, Republican priorities and the strength of the economy. Fed pricing for a cut this month is at 70%, which sounds about right but it's a big week for economic data and that will swing, including on JOLTS tomorrow.

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Georgia quarterback Carson Beck announced Saturday that he will forgo his final year of eligibility and enter the 2025 NFL Draft. Beck, 22, led the Southeastern Conference with 28 touchdown passes and finished third in the SEC with 3,485 passing yards. He also led the conference in interceptions, however. Beck will be a spectator for the Bulldogs in the College Football Playoff after undergoing surgery Monday to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right (throwing) elbow. Gunner Stockton is in line to guide No. 2 seed Georgia into the CFP, starting with the Bulldogs' quarterfinal game against No. 7 seed Notre Dame at the Sugar Bowl on Wednesday in New Orleans. "There's unfinished business still this season and I'll be here to support however I can, finish strong!" Beck said in a statement posted on social media. Beck, a fifth-year senior, finished with a 24-3 record in his career with Georgia. "The past five years at the University of Georgia have been nothing short of a dream come true and I will forever cherish the memories that have been made. Thank you Dawg Nation for the time I've been here and to those who've supported and believed in me, thank you," Beck wrote on social media. "It's been an incredible journey and all these moments have ultimately led me to take the next step in my football career. With that being said, I will be declaring for the 2025 NFL Draft. Go Dawgs!" Beck, the Bulldogs' starter all year, was replaced in the second half of the SEC title game with the injury. Stockton helped to guide the Bulldogs to a 22-19 overtime win over Texas and clinch a first-round bye in the first 12-team playoff. --Field Level MediaNoneMikel Arteta gets exactly what he wanted as Arsenal smash Sporting to end rotten run

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If I had to quantify the amount of time I’ve spent begging for particular games to make a comeback, I’d guess the EA BIG ‘Street’ series has gotten somewhere between 50-55% of my attention. This was a classic mid-2000’s arcade sports series that represented everything right about gaming at the time. Back when developers had the freedom to just try stuff, these games straight up just represented fun. It’s time for another Retro Runback . This time around, NFL and NBA Street . Both NFL and NBA Stree t got sequels, with NBA Street getting 4 mainline games and NFL Street getting 3. NBA STREET Looking back, the first NBA Street feels fairly bare-bones, more of a proof of concept than anything else. But in the moment? It felt like NBA Jam turned up to 11. Clearly inspired by streetball culture and specifically the legendary AND1 Basketball, NBA Street brought a much needed arcade spin to the proceedings as sim games had started to take hold with the advancements in console tech. But it was the next game in the series that would change the way we looked at arcade sports gaming forever. Videos by VICE NBA Street Vol. 2 was THE arcade basketball game. It took everything that made the first game great and mashed it with rap culture. To this day, I will contend that this game has the greatest soundtrack ever. The moment you get the game started up, you’re greeted with the sounds of the legendary track T.R.O.Y by Pete Rock & CL Smooth. And it only got better from there. Commentary in the game was handled by the iconic Bobbito Garcia who has some of the greatest lines in sports game history. This would be followed up by NBA Street Vol. 3 and NBA Street Homecourt . The latter employing a more realistic graphical style separate from the previous games. While both of these games were good, they didn’t reach the heights of the second game. But there were great things done that could be employed in the future if there was to be one. NFL STREET The NFL Street games hold a special place in my heart because of my time with the NFL Blitz games. Now because the NFL is a bit more strict about it’s presentation than the NBA is, the NFL games were a bit more straightforward in their gameplay and presentation. You weren’t going to get the Blitz-style post play leg drops, but there were some pretty cool animations, such as the no look pass. And then I ended up living through an era where two real life Quarterbacks have that pass in their bag. What a time to be alive indeed. NFL Street 2 could have been the big inflection point in arcade football gaming. But the series dropped in quality after that. NFL Street 3 came out and was a bit of a dud. Not a bad game but just annoyingly average. As can be the case with sports gaming sequels, there was more to do, but just not a lot of incentive to do it. I do think that today’s NFL is far more arcade game friendly, especially since knocking someone’s neck loose has been legislated out of the game. Because of that, there’s no expectation of that in your video game, so you don’t have to focus on working around it. Should WE RUN IT BACK? We need a new NBA Street . That is not up for debate. How we can go through the primes of Lebron James, Steph Curry, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook and not have an arcade game with them in it is beyond me. You will never get me to believe that watching developers accidentally turn Giannis into an unstoppable video game character on the level of Tecmo Bo, 04 Vick, and 2K1 Randy Moss shouldn’t have happened. We’re missing out on something special. You’re gonna tell me we don’t get an arcade Victor Wembanyama? Terrible. Run it back. NFL Street on the other hand, I could take it or leave it. I’ll always love the games, but as I said, that has more to do with another game entirely. I’d be fine with a new one just to see what can be done with it. But the NFL just doesn’t seem to lend itself well to arcade gaming unless you can rock bottom someone on the 50 yard line. Regardless, Run it back. An arcade Mahomes would be fun.

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