. >> i'm danny pommells from comcast sportsnet. sam bradford speaks about his future with the eagles. how can the secondary slow down arizona's wideouts . >>> this is the xfinity sportsdesk brought you by exfunty, home for the most live sports. >> danny pommells with you again. eagles have a colossal game with the arizona cardinals sunday. every game is big for sam bradford, unsigned beyond this year. bradford asked about his future. >> kind of like i tell you guys every time you ask something like that, i'll get into that in the off-season, think about that in the off-season. i'm not too worried about what's going to happen three, four months down the line. we have a big game against arizona and that's all i'm focused on. i do like it here. it's different than anywhere i've been before. i do enjoy it here. >> eagles have a significant task at hand, dealing with a juggernaut in the arizona cardinals. john clark has more on arizona and what they bring to the table. >> reporter: eagles won two in a row for the first time in two month

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. >>> hey, i'm danny pommells from comcast sportsnet. coming up, as the running backs turn, the current running back tries to clear the air while chip kelly opens up about the former running back set to come back this weekend. details coming up. >>> this is the xfinity sports desk, brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. >> hey, danny pommells with you once again. once again, we have more drama than a broadway play. drama galore surrounding this week's eagles game with the bills. the running backs grabbing all the headlines, lesean mccoy, chip kelly said the move to trade shady was about money. chip said he never got to talk to mccoy before the deal. kelly was very honest when addressing mccoy's feelings. >> i felt bad i didn't get a chance to talk to him. i called him, he didn't answer my phone call, i know he was pissed, rightly so. every one that's left the team i've talked to them personally myself, i talk to them, coordinator talks to them, position coach talks to them. we have a way to do it that's the right

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. >>> danny pommells with you once again. lesean mccoy says he doesn't have any hate for chip kelly. today he seemed to be singing a different tune. he said he would like to shake mccoy's hand on sunday. mccoy was asked about that and it doesn't sound as if he has any love for him either. >> he can't call me, can't shake my hand. there's nothing he can do with me. he can't [ bleep ] with me. >> reporter: why can't he shake your hand? >> i don't dislike him. but there's nothing for us to talk about. >> okay, then. from one running back to another, the demarco murray questions came fast and furious at chip kelly's press conference. >> reporter: even after the biggest upset of the chip kelly era, most of the questions today at chip's press conference were about demarco murray. chip even joked around about it. >> i'll let you take the podium if you like. there we go. >> reporter: here is dimarco at practice today. chip says dimarco is frustrated, he only got eight carries in the win at new england. chip says dimarco talked to him

i'm danny pommells.>zkt a b the team extended brown's contract for two years. "iuttby success, but he's been in the rebuilding project over the past three seasons. >> why wouldn't i want to see this through? extremely difficult, but it's going to end up÷@ç extremely special. >> sixers and pistons last night, the jump of the home team, silver catches the shoot from the big fella. sixers hanging tough, though. in the second, the trifecta. andre, lights out in the paint. pistons beat sixers w7[107-95. flyers with a tough task themselves, tough end of the back to back games on the road with the dallasbe stars. flyer flyers storm the second. the wicked slap shot from the point. 1-0 orange and black. the equalizer to it, john mark goes to the net and goes in, tied at one. it's a huge crowd in front, and he pokes it past the goalie, 2-1 start flyers. ends in 3-1./ju sunday, a big game for the eagles and bills. each team fight for the playoff live, and, of course, eagle tied with the giants and redskins. bill of health and matthews and logan probable for sunday's matc

. >>> danny pommells from comcast sports net.days away from hitting the field and sam bradford will be back on the center for the eagles. patriots are anything but healthy. tom brady could be without three of his top weapons on offense, most notably tight end rob gronkowski and julian edelman. today the subject of the patriots' injury was front and center and chip kelly did what chip kelly does. >> reporter: dhichip, what do y see out of new england's offense? they lose a guy every week and it doesn't seem like it affects them. >> did they lose brady? [ laughter ] that would truly affect them. it just speaks to how good a football player tom is. it all starts and ends with him. he's a first ballot hall of famer and it's a huge challenge for us to defend him because he's running the whole show. >> eagles are double-digit underdogs for sunday's game in foxborough, understandable given the team's record and the patriots coming off their loss against denver but chip kelly won't use that as motivation. >> i've honestly never talked to

we got the latest now from danny pommells at comcast sports net. >> good morning to you, i'm danny froms changed the front office monday this week. now they are making sure their coach stays put. the team has extended brown's contract for two years. brown's record does not show success, but at the fore of the team's rebuilding project over the last seasons. >> why wouldn't i want to see this through? we have started something extremely difficult, but it's extremely difficult,lbut it's special. >> sixers a.÷pistons with thepá jump for the home team, and silver catches and shoots the big fella, detroit out to the lead, and sixers tough in the second. isiah,0my cannon, trifecta, a lights out in the paint. the pistons beat the sixers, 107-95. there was a tough task themselves, and score in thgñd first, flyers storm the second. who else. a wicked slap shot from the point. 1-o, dallas with the equalizer. john mark throws it to the net and goes in, tiedwok at one. and then a huge crowd in front. he pokes it past the goalie. 2-1. and they take it on the chin, 3-1. sunday is a big game for the

comcast sportsnet's danny pommells joins us live with a preview. but i don't think schady's going to get that warm reception. >> i don't know, keith, i think fans might warm up to him and give him an ovation, but much of the week, as you know, has been rehashing how the trade went down and who's still angry at who, but make no mistake, there is a football game to be played this sunday at the linc. eagles all-time leading rusher will want to make a statement sunday. mccoy has eclipsed the 100 total yard mark and eagles know they need to be ready for number 25. >> you know, gassed up for the game, it will be fun. obviously, all of us play with shady last year and he's a good friend of a lot of ours, but when you get on the field, it's all about the competition and, you know, i'm sure both sides are going hard. >> one non-football note to pass along, the sixers have signed bret brown to a two-year contract extension. i'm danny pommells from comcast sportsnet, keith, back to you. >> danny, thank you. >>> before sunday the stage is set for one of the big

danny pommells. back to you. >>> nbc 10's your official eagles station.ered for sunday's game, starts sunday at 10:00, eagles game day kick-off. john clark and the crew of sunday night football, plus players reveal their go-to tracks on game day to get them hyped. eagles players around the city. >>> fast forward, sunday 6:30, playoff push. kick-off, 6:30, highlights, interviews and reaction on eagles game day final. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> it will be pretty good weather for football but not as warm this past sunday. instead of 70 closer to 40 while playing that game sunday night. but dry. tracking some rain. parts of the area, likely to become heavy. weekend cold blast, very brief one. only one for the whole month. and then more records may be falling by christmas next week. we have cloudy skies today. that's to help keep temperature down. 52 degrees, winds southeast at 6. even with the clouds, temperatures still close to ten degrees above normal. 50 degrees in allentown, mount holly.

stay tuned for that, danny pommells from comcast sportsnet. jacqueline, back to you. >> all right, danny. nbc 10 is your official eagles station. join us sunday morning before the game for eagles game day kickoff. inside the huddle of last week's huge upset of the patriots, plus hear from demeco ryans on his recovery from a devastating injury last year. that's here on nbc 10. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> and considering that game is being played in the middle of december, it's going to be pretty amazing for the weather and has been amazing, there's camelback without any snow on the slopes. can't even make snow with temperatures this warm. but it's still early in the season. don't give up, skiers. temperatures into the 60s already during the day today. on our way to record warmth over the weekend. we have some showers in the forecast, generally, though, for monday. so the weekend is looking pretty nice. the sunset looking nice, clouds in the western sky. 59 degrees, the wind is

comcast sportsnet's danny pommells joins us now with more on the matchup. >> danny, a lot riding on this one. >> a lot for lesean mccoy and the eagles. big game for each team fighting for their playoff lives, eagles tied for the lead in the nfc east. eagles with a clean bill of health, ryan matthews and logan each listed as probable for sunday's game and expected to play. the eagles haven't listed any players as questionable. here's sam bradford and ryan matthews on their mindset. >> we would like our record to be much better than it is right now, but, you know, given where we are in the season, you know, to be tied for the lead in the division, you know, to really control our own destiny the last four weeks, i think that's all you can ask for. >> get back out there and be around my teammates. all about having fun and i got to take it slow, haven't played and ran and did stuff in a few weeks. kind of break it in. >> eagles, bills sunday at the linc. quickly breaking news to pass along to you, we have confirmed the sixers have extended brown's contract for two years. coming up at 5:00, ea

danny pommells joins us now from comcast sportsnet. y, chip kelly's gone, but he did make an impression around the league. >> you're right about that, chip kelly's removal was a shocker to many, including some of his now former colleagues around the league. yesterday tom coughlin said he's never surprised what happens in the league, but that news was as close to a surprise as he's had. kelly is out after less than three seasons, which included ten-win campaigns. his biggest win this year was over the patriots earlier this month. pats head man bill belichick is widely regarded as the best coach in the league and offered up support for kelly today. >> i wouldn't say it's really disappointing, you know, chip kelly to me is a really good football coach and does a great job, he's done a good job with that team, you know, he'll do a great job there, a lot of the players that were on the eagles are no longer on the eagles aren't really doing too much for anybody else either. >> if you didn't know before he had this run of success with the patr

danny pommells has more. >> there were questions about demarco murray's meeting with the team's ownera plane ride. kelly said today he met with murray but what murray was unhappy with was his lack of carries on sunday. here's chip answering a myriad of questions from the media. >> are you disappointed that he went to the owner first? >> he did not go to the owner. he sat next to the owner on the plane. we sit, all players always sit in first class. and they sat next to each other on the plane. he didn't specifically go to him and say i need to request a meeting. he expressed disappointment to me before that. he wasn't happy with his amount of carries, and rightly so. >> somehow we'll get to the bottom of this. we'll have more on demarco murray. until then, i'm danny pommells from comcast sportsnet. >>> another philadelphia football team, this time for kids 14 and other, is battling for the national title in florida. the tigers are still undefeated. these are pictures from kissimmee, florida. they've won games against teams from el paso, texas and detroit, michigan. their third game no

. >> danny pommells is back now to talk about lesean mccoy. danny?> yeah, guys, many people thought this is long overdue on chip kelly's part, but this week in total it's been about the running back and the one returning here as a member of the bills on sunday said yesterday he would not shake chip kelly's hand in so many words. chip kelly said the move to trade shady was strictly about money and mccoy's agent never interested a willingness to renegotiate the deal. chip said he never got to talk to mccoy before the deal was announced. today kelly was honest and open when addressing mccoy's feelings. >> i got bad i didn't get a chance to talk to him, i called him, he didn't answer, rightly so, every player that's left the team, i talked to them personally myself, we talk to them individually in my office, i talk to them, coordinator talks to them, we have a way to do it that's the right way to do it and it wasn't exercised in that case. i understand why he's bothered, all-time leading running back here, felt he was disrespected, and it was wrong. beca

comcast sportsnet's danny pommells has more on the unexpected transition under way.ill be interesting to see what shurmur does at the helm, at least temporarily, and who will get more playing time. >> one game to show what he's got. pieces still being picked up, offensive coordinator pat shurmur assumes the role of interim head coach sunday against the giants. here's shurmur today leading the eagles on the practice field. he said nothing has been normal about this week for him, the fans, for all the media, as well, and found out about the head coach's departure when he was called into the owner's office on tuesday. shurmur plans to carry on what some of what kelly left behind for his final game. >> you know, we started something in motion here, the players are used to doing things a certain way, and very many, many of the things we're doing, it's right. and so we're going to try to keep it as business as usual as it can be in a very odd week, and go out and put our best effort forward to beat the giants. >> coming up at 5:00, chip kelly has his supporters, bill belic

i am danny pommells from comcast. playoff hopes on the line, and the eagles were not only hoping to continue their season but trying to stop the redskins from celebrating a division championship on their field. sam bradford, looking good. out to josh huff in the end zone, and the pass calls incomplete, and then matthews make the td plunge, and the eagles take the 7-0 lead. and then cousins, easy breezy two-yard touchdown. missed the extra point, though. and then jackson says hello, a little headbutt. meanwhile, washington driving at the end of the half, and cousins has a brain hiccup and takes a knee. the clock runs out, and remains a six-point game. and then a pass to chris thompson, and then 23-10, washington. third of four touchdown passes in the game. eagles' playoff hopes are over. >> we continue to shoot ourselves in the foot, you know, the same things we were doing in week one and week two, we are continuing to do, and good football teams don't make the mistakes we made on a weekly basis. >> it's all on my shou

. >>> danny pommells with you. can the real philadelphia eagles please stand up? die hard thought the team once smothered by their own inconsistencies is breathing the fresh air of consecutive victories for the first time since week two. all eyes on lesean mccoy, but he has a warm 'em praise for eagles owner james lurie. let's start in the second quarter, bradford going deep. nelson aguillar. celebration could use some work. eagles back in front 14-7. mccoy with his longest run of the day, 24 yards 74 yards. to the fourth quarter, tied at 20. i had a feeling this might go to over time but zach ertz made sure that didn't happen. rumbling down the sidelines, 41 yards before being dragged down. eagles take a 23-20 lead. buffalo gets the rock back. under two minutes to go. tyrod taylor has a man but can't get it between the corner back and safety. ed reynolds with the pick and a huge run for the eagles. eagles win 23-20, getting good at ignoring all that outside noise. >> i think that's been what's been really special about this team and this group for the past two we

. >>> i'm danny pommells from comcast sportsnet.ing up more from ryan howard fighting back against a report about performance-enhancing drugs. >>> and how many flyers can fit into one penalty box? we have answers when we return. >>> this is sports desk brought to you by xfinity. x1 fromquity will change the way you experience tv. >> danny pommells with you once again. majority of attention surrounding ryan howard has been his future with the phillies but now there are questions about what may or may not have happened in the slugger's past. according to an investigative report by al jazeera, charlie sly identified as a pharmacist once enployed at a clinic -- performance enhancing drugs being secretly videotaped by the network. the report mainly focusing on peyton manning howard is among the athletes who allegedly received drugs. today howard's attorney released the following statement to csnphilly.com insider which reads in part "the extraordinary reckless claims made against our clients in this report are completely false and rely o

i'm danny pommells. we'll be right back. >>> a celebration of service tonight in center city.s organization babashi is honoring others. 30 people dedicated to ending the spread of hiv/aids were honored for their efforts. >>> a big taste of philly coming up on the "tonight show." >> jimmy, who's on tonight? >> we're playing catch phrases with will smith, kirsten dunst. [ cheers and applause ] don't change the channel. >> ooh, yeah! >> loving will smith. bringing philly to "the tonight show." that's nbc 10 at 11:00. i'm jacqueline london. >> and i'm jim rosenfield. for glenn and all of us here, thanks for watching. have a great weekend. good night. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- will smith, kirsten dunst, musical guest, calvin harris,

. >> i'm danny pommells from comcast sportsnet. every game is big for sam bradford. why is that? because he doesn't have a contract after this year. today he was asked about his future. >> kind of like i tell you guys every time you ask something like that. i get into that in the off-season, i'll think about that in the off-season. but i'm not too worried about what's going to happen three or four months down the line. we have a big game against arizona this week, that's all i'm focused on. i do like it here. obviously, it's a lot different than anywhere i've ever been before. but i really do enjoy it here. >> like the bearded bradford said, the eagles have a significant task at hand and it's dealing with the arizona cardinals. john clark has more on the challenge they present. >> the eagles have won two in a row for the first time in two months, now they're trying to win three straight for the first time all year. but the cardinals may be the most talented team they face this season. chip kelly says arizona has the best threesome of receivers the birds have faced this year, larr

. >>> danny pommells, the cardinals coming to town. >> yeah, big game on sunday.ocal high school team can now call themselves state champs. plus, the sixers continue to take punches. tonight, the knicks delivering the blows. highlights are on deck. >> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk, brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. >> the eagles/cardinals game quickly approaching. birds, all healthy. there was no one on the final injury report listed as questionable, doubtful, or out. meanwhile, eagles safety malcolm jenkins got to know fitzgerald early on. fitzgerald has ties to the area. he attended valley forge military academy. john clark got more on their relationship with this interview for our playoff special. >> he called me to get some tickets this week for his family. so, you know, hopefully our fans don't treat him too bad. >> is there going to be some friendly fire with trash talk, or is it not like that between you two? >> he's not a real big trash talker. he's like one of those guys where he's really friendly and it's annoyin

i am danny pommells from comcast. with playoff hopes on the line, the eagles were hoping to win, and bradford looking good. out to josh huff in the end zone. the pass falls incomplete, but then a pass interference call and then on the 1 yard line, and eagles take a 7-0 lead. the redskins answer. cousins connects with a wide open jordan reed. they missed the extra point, though. and after the play, jackson says hello to malcolm jenkins. getting two teams fired up. 13-7, washington. and then washington driving at the end of the half, cousins has a brain hiccup and takes the knee instead of clocking the ball, and the clock runs out and it's a 6-point game. and then a pass to thompson, and you get the theme developing here, 23-10, washington. three of four touchdown passes in the game. and later in the game, demarco murray can't handle the pitch. redskins win the division, 38-24 and eagle playoff hopes are over. >> we continue to shoot ourselves in the foot, the same things we were doing in week one and week two, we are c

danny pommells has more. >> the guys are on a plane having a serious discussion.you figure the eagles being tied for first place would dominate the headline. but think again. demarco murray expressing disappointment grabbed the headlines. that began a mini firestorm that culminated at the press conference today. >> that's not what happened. he sat next to mr. lowery on the plane on the ride home, they were both sitting in first class, talking about the game. i talked to dimarco since then. he didn't go and request a meeting with the owner. i don't know where that came from. why do i think it would go to the media? i don't know that. >> reporter: why do you think someone in dallas got the idea? >> i have no idea. >> reporter: that a player complained to an owner about his role? >> that's a great question. i don't have an answer for that. >> coming up at 5:00, the questions continue. we'll have plenty more of what they had to say on nbc 10 news at 5:00. that's a tease. back to a guys. >>> join us before the game for eagles gameday kickoff. we're looking ahead to the

i'm danny pommells from comcast sports net. >>> this is nbc 10 news. >>> it appears philadelphia hasull's eye. cementer city getting a third target store. according to our partners at the philadelphia business journal, target signed a lease to move into this space here on pennsylvania avenue. currently houses the whole foods. this is all happening in fairmount, but the whole foods, of course, is moving to a bigger location. target has plans to open two center city stores, one at 19th and chestnut streets, and the other at 12th and chestnut. a lot of people shopping this week. >> and bundled up this weekend for a change, a typical december day. this morning, the temperatures have come down enough that they are making snow again in the pocono mountains. you can count on one hand how many times they've done that this month. clear skies in philadelphia, clouds move fthrough overnight, blowing through, and the winds are going to be a factor all day long. right now, 34 degrees in philadelphia. look at that win from the west at 12 miles per hour. we are running 12 degrees colder than yester

. >> danny pommells joins us from comcast sportsnet. who has the upper hand in this battle of the birds here. >> you know i'll give you the goods. but we'll get to that in a minute. birog maxwell did not practice, an ankle issue. that could be an issue for the birds. he expects to play sunday. eagles need him. cards are the best offense they have faced yet. begins with carson palmer, qb, rejuvenated veteran, coming off knee surgery, having an mvp-caliber season. receiving core future hall of famer fitzgerald and brown, a force to be reckoned with. >> outstanding group. a hall of famer in fitzgerald, ford is playing well. brown is really a speed guy that can take the top off of the coverage, they'll try to take shots. it one thing bruce does, push the ball down the field. carson can push the ball down the field. maybe the best three we've seen this year. >> the eagles need to be all systems go come sunday. now, coming up at 6:00, john clark gauges the secondary thoughts on facing dynamic weapons of the cardinals and sam bradford talks ab