phil: nice job by ben roethlisberger.f you're the jets, if you're going to rush three, somebody has got to stay right in front of him so if he moves guard you can come off and make the sack. nice catch by mike wallace. that was close. if he gets to the outside after he catches it it's going to be a footrace. good job of staying in position by cromartie that time. jim: trai essex is doing a good job so far on late emergency fillin on that left side. second down and 10 from the 26. going for the end zone and it was just past the outstretched arms of emanuel sanders. phil: sanders slowed down. he stopped. watch 8. oh, well, i see why he slowed down. he was pulled. dwight lowery grabbed his jersey. right before you see the end of that play. he definitely got his right hand and jerked him, pulled that jersey and slowed sanders down. jim: 24 seconds. you get tackled in the field of play it's going to be tough. time for another quick spike if you pick up the first. up the middle at the 10. brown is hit. now they hustle. randle e

ben roethlisberger to wallace. steelers win it. they are 11-4. they can wrap up the division next weekend against the cleveland browns. san diego, they pumped a million and a half gallons of water out of qualcomm stadium for the poinsettia bowl. >> poinsettia

ben roethlisberger to mike wallace and wallace does the rest. 43 yards to the house. this one was over by half time. steelers win easily, 27-3. >>> big news in college football, five ohio state players, including star quarterback terrelle pryor have been suspended for the first five game of that season for selling awards. however, none will have to miss the bowl game. >>> ronnie hill goes off with 244 al-purpose yards and four touchdowns the. san diego state sinks navy, 35-14. >>> to the nba, orlando has landed its first winning streak. the new guys getting it done. gilbert arena, orlando running away with it. and dwight howard, he had 29. orlando wins 123-101. and sitting out with a sore knee. no problem against the suns. getting it done. heat wins big. they will play the lakers tomorrow. >>> penguins and capitals, sidney crosby extending his scoring streak to an astonishing 23 games. the perfect redirection to the net. he also had an assist. this one decided in a shoot-out. dupri scores the game winner in the seventh round. pens prevail 3-2. >>> finally to new york

ben roethlisberger hit isaac redman for the go-ahead score with about three minutes to play. pittsburgh won it 13-10. >>> cincinnati great finish between the bengals and saints. new orleans down with under 40 seconds to play. drew brees, marcus colson in the end zone, saints win it. >>> the season isn't getting any easier for brett favre. had to leave the game against the bills after hurting his shoulder. he was sacked hard from behind, and to add insult to injury, he was picked off on the play. that to add insult to injury. he'll have an mri today. >>> thankfully, there was nothing wrong with adrian peterson's back, because he carried the vikings. they won 38-14. what in the world has gotten into peyton manning? >>> four picks against the cowboys. this one in overtime set up dallas for the game-winning field goal. the 38-yarder for the win. cowboys upset the colts 38-35 in o.t. >>> california now for the chevron world challenge. probably the best tiger woods has looked all year. still not enough. his second approach a few feet from the pin on 18. u.s. open champ graeme mcdow

ben roethlisberger with the boot. polamalu sacking joe flacco. ball loose. that's lamarr woodley.10. ensuing drive. roethlisberger hits isaac redman. former boise state star. one more chance for baltimore, fourth and two, flacco, no-go. steelers hold on to win, they take a one-game lead in the afc north. >>> meanwhile, colts at home. taking on the cowboys. dallas up 17-0 at one point. now a six-point game in the third. peyton manning, pass tipped and picked off by sean lee. the rookie from penn state, two interceptions. this one, a pick six. manning threw four interceptions. late fourth, colts down 7. gentleman jarvis james punches it in just like that. we're tied at 35-35. going into overtime. in o.t., david bealer. be true. cowboys hold on the first game losing streak in 2002. >>> how about the nfc south matchup. michael jake and the falcons win their sixth straight. longest streak since 1998. that's 84 espn news update. for everything else, check out the highlight express until 3:00 p.m. even on espn news. back to you in new york. >>> well, now, to a college mascot behaving bad

quarterback ben roethlisberger tossed for 320 yards. 27-3, the final. steelers now one step closer to locking up a first round bye during the playoffs. in college ball freshman hillman scored four tmpdz. san diego gets its first bowl victory in over 40 years. you've got to remember the field was slick, too. about one million gallons of floodwater was pumped out just before game time. the aztecs sink navy 35-14. >>> in basketball, the greatest took in courtside action, muhammad ali as you will see is on hand as lebron james took on the suns. and james showed off one-handed windmill dunks, thunderous double-pumps. ended the night with 36 points. they down phoenix 95-83. orlando may have finally found its magic touch. they ended the spurs' ten-game winning streak. the game wasn't even close. the magic cruised past a very tired looking san antonio 123-101. when we return on this christmas eve, another look at this morning's top stories and bouncing back. one man's survival of long-term unemployment. it took him to the brink of financial ruin. >> i'm from ci

and ben roethlisberger hits ben wallis.big ben 320 yards passing, that was the only thing that could stop him, knocked the defense. nobody could tackle him. you know what, college bowled over the next few weeks. to the poinsettia bowl, 63 yards 14-0. all hands on deck for navy but it would do no good. four touchdowns tonight, 428 yards rushing and there's 37 of them right there for one of the scores, 35-14 your poinsettia bowl final. >>> if it's true, you only get what you give, c.c. sabathia is. his christmas caravan in town. four days of giving. c.c. sabathia is -- sabathia did have a little time to talk about the yankees and cliff lee. >> i did talk to him and seeing what the yankees had to offer. four or five years is a long place to be any where, and he thought the best place to be is in philly. >> and c.c. sabathia is a guy

and ben roethlisberger hits ben wallis.big ben 320 yards passing, that was the only thing that could stop him, knocked the defense. nobody could tackle him. you know what, college bowled over the next few weeks. to the poinsettia bowl, 63 yards 14-0. all hands on deck for navy but it would do no good. four touchdowns tonight, 428 yards rushing and there's 37 of them right there for one of the scores, 35-14 your poinsettia bowl final. >>> if it's true, you only get what you give, c.c. sabathia is. his christmas caravan in town. four days of giving. c.c. sabathia is -- sabathia did have a little time to talk about the yankees and cliff lee. >> i did talk to him and seeing what the yankees had to offer. four or five years is a long place to be any where, and he thought the best place to be is in philly. >> and c.c. sabathia is a guy that will never forget about his roots. >> have a good night everyone. >> good night.

the steelers needed a spark after scoring just for our offensive touchdowns in as many games ben roethlisberger and company able to remedy those issues in the second quarter mike wallace with a forty three yard touchdown kids to make it to nothing the steelers moving the ball and will against the free fall and carolina team emmanuel sanders coming up with a catch a dollar shard mendenhall to power through the line from up close and increase believe shaun suisham adding a field goal for twenty to nothing half time leaving a great connection did little to rejuvenate the panthers rafa's were getting into the end zone himself by a quarterback sneak in a good twenty seven to three the finals the steelers can tie up the a.f.c. north if the baltimore ravens lose the way to cleveland on sunday night alternatively distillers would have to beat the browns themselves on january second to give the silverware gorski are key. and finally where the fest of a k. wanton amount has been held in the moscow region ukraine's. captured the king's crowd while russian giant daniel off was not down in the first stroud

ben roethlisberger, to mike wallace. and he is gone. that's a touchdown.thlisberger, 307 yards in the air and that touchdown. third quarter we go, steelers up 20-0. roethlisberger with a quarterback sneak. the steelers win, 27-3. >>> moving on to the ice. sidney crosby and the pittsburgh penguins taking on alex ovechkin and the washington capitals. first period, no score. crosby, with the redirect pass to michal neuvirth for the goal. take another look. crosby's points streak at 23 games. had his 29th goal of the year. penguins up 1-0. in the shoot-out, alexander ovechkin scoring. and so, we move on. pascal dupuis now. oh, sweet move right there. the penguins win it, 3-2. >>> and to the association. dwight howard and the orlando magic, taking on the spurs. san antonio, looking for their 11th-consecutive win. in the third quarter, that's gilbert arenas with the jumper. magic up, 67-54. still in the third, hedo turkoglu, to richardson. magic up, 71-56. under six minutes to play, still in the third. turkoglu to dwight howard. he throws it down. the magic win,

. >>> a loss by ben roethlisberger and the steelers last night brought the ravins within a game of thevision lead -- but that was not so, the steelers won. ten losses in a row for the bengals. the steelers improved to 10-3 on the year. >>> the ravens are looking for a win in houston. here's stan saunders with a preview. >> reporter: good morning, the ravens spent as much time answering the questions as they did about tonight's opponent. the defeat was deflating to the fans -- for the veterans, it wasn't a difficult task. they needed to do this in teaching the younger players what to do. >> i know we have enough veterans and guys on the team that we can let them understand what we're fighting for, when you loose a game like that, you know the position you could have been in and you're not in. at the end of the day, you want to be in the play offs, there's a certain way to be there. >> we have a huge game coming up against the texans. we have erg we -- we have everything we've played for and worked for. it's out there for us. the ravens have a few trends in their favor. the coach shows t

then on the 3-d and 9, ben roethlisberger throws a little slant to isaac redmond and the steelers hangght win and take over first place in the north by a game over the ravens. >> dallas not going anywhere in the playoff burb trying to make life tough on the colt's hope. peyton manning didn't help his cause. intercepted four times, twice for touchdowns and this one picked off by orlando scandrick. it went to overtime. tied at 35. david bueller with buehler is good with the field goal. the giants tied with philly at the top in the east after winning big over the redskins. >> atlanta comes from behind to beat turn to 10. new orleans the winner over cincinnati. >>> bears win over the 2-10 lions and 186 yards rushing for maurice jones-drew. cleveland a field goal better than miami. >>> well, the big day on a couple of counts for stanford coach jim harbaugh. no. 1 he was offered a contract exception that the eightic director says harbaugh "plans to accept." no. 2, the cardinals found out where they are bowling. that location is miami, florida for the orange bowl. first time stanford will hav

during the last few months the pittsburgh steelers' quarterback ben roethlisberger was accused of sexual assault. no charges were brought, but there were public accusations. one member of his entourage, a bodyguard was quoted as saying that when this young woman was taken to the back room where mr. roethlisberger was waiting the quarterback was not interested in regular sex. i beg your pardon, he was not interested in regular sex, only in clinton sex. the man was the 42nd president of the united states. also been thinking of the scandal you must consider the 2000 election. for our courts to lose the 2000 election under a number of circumstances, without any one of them george bush would not have been -- would not have taken office after bill clinton. you had to have the multi paige ballot in county florida, the butterfly ballot in palm beach, the candidacy of ralph nader, the awkwardness about four at the campaign as played vividly by the three different persona. we have to have the political establishment in the state of florida, and you had to have -- you had to have a supreme court wi

at number 1, the steelers making sure big ben has his head on straight heading into the post-season, roethlisberger hit mike wallace on the quick plant. look at the room. look at the room. plenty of -- okay. have a nice time. see you next fall. they blow out carolina 27-3, that is the number 1 play of the night. >> you know, they should have played that poinsetta bowl under water at qualcomm to give ate little flavor. just to have people tuning in. >> then navy would have brought in a submarine and one of these submersible balls. >> that would have been wired in. >> yeah. he and mott ,, ding dong ding, dong ♪ hark how the bells, sweet silver bells, all seem to say, ♪ ♪ throw care away, christmas is here, bringing good cheer, ♪ ♪ to young and old, meek and the bold, ding dong ding, dong, ♪ ♪ that is their song, with joyful ring, all caroling, ♪ ♪ one seems to hear, words of good cheer, from everywhere, ♪ ♪ filling the air, oh how they pound, raising the sound, ♪ ♪ o'er hill and dale, telling their tale, gaily they ring, ♪ ♪ while people sing, songs of good cheer, christmas is here, ♪ ♪ merry, merry,

the pittsburgh defense forced a fumble in the closing minutes against baltimore and ben roethlisbergerew a nine-yard touchdown pass to isaac redmon for a 13-10 steelers win that gives them sole possession of first place in the afc north. >>> the new york giants got 200 yards on the ground from brandon jacobs and ahmad bradshaw against washington. the giants' 31-7 victory puts them back in a tie with the eagles for first place in the nfc east. >>> the bcs national championship game of college football is all set. auburn finished as the number one team in the country and will face number two, oregon, in the bcs game on january 10th. >>> to baseball now, a new mega-deal for jayson werth, the free agent is leaving the philadelphia phillies to join the washington nationals. he signed a seven-year contract worth $126 million. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories and five giants in the performing arts receive a stellar tribute at the kennedy center honors. te at the kennedy center honors. (greenery) hey cheese log. (cheese log) hello centerpiece. (greenery) fruit cak