. >> not a surprise, david, remember last year they lost jon lester when they could have had him. it looked like that might have been the biggest mistake they made and now they felt like three last place finishes in the last four years. they got a closer. they know david price, brought him to detroit and now david yes, they had to pay a lot. it's $31 million basically per season, not a surprise, this is what david wanted. he went after him. the question was did price want to play in boston? he had a couple of incidents with ortiz, but they will smooth it out with that money. david price is the one they wanted. now, if this report is true from the globe, it's what they wanted. good news for red sox fans, going out and getting that much of an ace and getting it done before the winter meetings start next week. >> yeah, this deal with bring him through the age of 37. huge deal. thank you so much dan roche. speaking of the cbs scene, be sure to catch patriots all anywhere else. the pats host the eagles and lisa? >>> well, for the first time we are hearing from the family of the danvers

. >> anchor: just one year after losing out on the jon lester sweepstakes this time around the locking up arguably the top pitcher available on the free eight market signing david price to a 7 year 217 million dollar contract. the largest ever given to a starting pitcher. team president dave dombrowski happy to add "a true top of the rotation guy" five time all-star comes to boston after leading the blue jays to their first post season in 22 years staying in the al east with a 3167 era and 97 career outings. as for the naysayers who question his track record in the pro season, price had a perfect response. >>> i think i was just saving all my post season wins for the red sox. i think you guys would enjoy this. i know good things are going to happen to me in october. that just hasn't been the case thus far. i though those tiles are going to change. work too hard not to have success throughout the entire >> reporter: despite coming to foxboro with a four and 7 record eagles sit one game back of first place failing washington and the new york giants. the patriots fully expecting a motivat

and john lackey once again teaming up with jon lester. lackey agreeing with a two-year >> adam: hope you have great and safe weekend. jimmy is up next.

if the red sox had kept jon lester it would have been half the price. islanders play host to the rangers, blue shirts first trip ever to berkeley center. last night in brooklyn, playing host to phoenix against the sons. the former nick shane larkin to the basket and cakes and out to thaddeus young. four seconds left on the clock, a chance to tie the game, swarming around brandon night, brooklyn hangs on 94-91 over e sons, they won four straight at home. college hoops, a fairfield, how 46 points in this ball game and 13, three point, they win this game 101-77. hockey, a disappointing night, the devils at home against colorado's avalanche. call or auto coming down the ice passing tyson barry, putting the avalanche of 2-0, devils were held scoreless until two minutes into the third when kyle scores of face off with colorado winning it 2-1 the final score. the knicks got together with the make a wish foundation yesterday to make one young man's dream come true. 11-year-old edward gellarmino has been battling leukemia, was signed with the team for today and

liverpool beat list, and -- jon lester, and -- list. >> we know them. nobody in the team is like this. we want to improve our situation. we want to develop, we want to get more points in this very, very important moment in the league. >> the boston bruins beat the ottawa senators to end a 3-game losing streak. boston's jimmy hayes scored a first hat-trick. matt and patrice scored twice, hammering the senators 7-3. ottawa didn't take it well, a brawl between the two sides broke out near the owned end of the game, the teams set to play each other twice more then season. >> the head of european athletics believes russia will be unlikely to return to the competition. a cultural change is required within russian athletics, and it is urn realistic ahead of the rio games. the russian federation has been banned for alleged involvement in widespread doping >>> now, as the new year approaches, al jazeera is looking ahead to some of the big stories of 2016. one is rio de janeiro's troubled preparations. concern about the polluted water is economic plight. we have