. >> merrill reese thank you very much for the merrill reese report.all a great game and that's it from the side line for lesley and beasley for eyewitness sports. >> all right you guys thank you so much. >> ♪ >> welcome back. every child in attendance was given a very special gift at a holiday party in philadelphia. big, big hugs from santa at the party for variety, the children's charity benefiting young people with special needs and their families. now he wasn't the only special guest. cookie monster and elmo traveled from sesame street to the sheraton society hill to greet all their fans out there. a dj was also on hand playing all their favorite dance songs. they got some moves. >>> now you can celebrate the holidays with our joy of sharing campaign. buy a new unwrapped toy and bring it to one of our drop-off locations. for a list of those locations just go to cbsphilly.com/joy or you can call 215-977-joys. you can also text a donation. just text word joy to 41444. we're back in a moment. >> ♪ >> a spectacular show dazzled stargazers overnight. th

merrill reese.rill, good morning to you. >> good morning, ukee, exciting week end. >> here we go. i did little homework. i notice in the last ten meeting, between these two teams, all even, five and five, cowboys winning the last two. how in your opinion on both sides of the ball dot birds keep the boys from winning three straight in south filly? let's start with the eagles offense. >> i don't care if it is in philly or in arlington, texas, it is the same formula that we saw in dallas on thanksgiving day. and that is win the battle, at the line of scrimmage. talk about offense, offense, have that off the ends i have line, protect mark sanchez, kept the running game going, shady mccoy exploded for over 150 yards there. let him have another hundred yard plus game. that will will set up everything else. >> hey, merrill, speaking every shady he said this week he expect dallas to have few wrinkles up their sleeve to slow him down after that monster thanksgiving night that you mentioned. any ideas what th

merrill reese. morning, merrill. >> morning, ukee. >> so would you agree or not?e are down to one game season so to speak. >> oh, absolutely, absolutely, all casino of scenarios, but eagles better win, too. this is where it starts. can you not afford to lose tomorrow. >> i heard that. now, last time out, eagles gotten win. but shady managed 22 yards, 19 carries, granted behind a patch work offensive line, washington still has an attack defense. how do you see it? >> well they do, patch work line up is accurate. for the most part they're back. hoo satisfy team, washington team, now lost six in a row, and they've lost 19 of their last 22. so i think shady ought to do a lot better. >> now, merrill, eagles first game, 12 games, 31 points per game, for 400 yards per as well, last two, not so much. almost cut in half. have you been able to put your finger on why such a discrepancy? >> last week, got off to bad start, fluke i start, nevertheless got off to bad start h to play from hinement and they had too many three and outs early. that, that hurt them. and then the def

we will talk about the game in our next hour with merrill reese the voice of the philadelphia eagles. the cowboys bounce back from lost to the eagles last week with convincing win in prime time last night. demarco murray 179 yards, and a touchdown. tony romo through for more than 200 yards and three touchdowns, as the boys beat up the bears 41 to 28. >> the cowboys are nine and four, half game behind the eagles in the nfc east. the cowboys play of course at lincoln financial field a week from sunday night, first things first, seattle, this sunday, let's go birds. nicole? >> go birds. thanks, ukee, coming up in the next half hour eye of "eyewitness news", new information about the hepatitis scare in a local community. plus, protests sweep the country for the second straight day. growing outrage over police officer getting cleared for killing an unarmed man. >> also, for month, governor christie has denied any role in the george washington wash bridge scandal. now learning what lawmakers uncovered about that traffic mess. >>> and, vittoria and katie return with your traffic and weather

sports director beasley reece and myself the voice the birds merrill reese along with lesean mccoy willer every angle of the game over on our sister station cbs3. >>> in detroit a battle between the two worst teams in the nba, the pistons hosting the sixers. sixers down three, 15 seconds left inbound pass to hollis thompson. 3-pointer good from the corner. that ties the game at 100. we head into overtime. extra period sixers with a one point lead. nerlens noel hits the floater and yeah they beat the pistons 108 to 101. >>> college hoops main line holy between villanova and saint joe's. one sided affair. villanova with a lead early. nova is now eight and zero on the season with a 74-46 victory. >>> college hoops at the palestra. city series game between fran dunphy and the temple owls taking on lasalle. he shoots its three. he led the owls with 19 points. temple with a six-point half time lead. wright slams home three points with three minutes left in the game. down by two. 11 seconds left. jordan price chance to tie up the game. no good. temple holds on for a 58 to 57 win. >>> wildcats

we'll talk about the game with the voice of the eagles merrill reese coming up in our next hour.y tuned for. that will by the way don't forget you can watch the game right here on cbs-3, tune in to our toyota kick off special at 3:30, then the nfl network pre-game show start at 4:00. and the eagles and redskins kick off at 4:30. got bonus coverage for you, more football in december, it is the chargers and 49ers at 8:30, and of course, all right here, on cbs36789. >> how about some thursday night football? the titans taking on the jaguires in jacksonville, tennessee jumps ahead early in the first quarter with a 12-play play drops off, by leon know relation washington, after that all jacksonville, reach the end zone three times before the final whistle. titans lose their nine consecutive job. jacksonville, 21-13. good for them, erika? >> coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news", one day shipping, not quite fast enough for you? we'll let you know about amazon's new super fast delivery service. it is only in one part of the country, though. jan? >> reporter: it is a socia

we'll talk to the voice of the eagles merrill reese in our next hour. but we know the cowboys will want to exact some revenge, and the birds will want to chase down tony romo again. >> we want to let him know that we're here, we're coming, and we will be all over him, and, you know, like it is not going to stop until the ends of the game. >> they are out standing team, you know, they are a real coach. you got to be prepared when you go on up against a group of guys, you know, group like that. and you got to bring your a game. >> let's do this, can't wait. hey the tough st. louis rams defense knocked out their second cardinals quarterback last night in prime time. drew stanton was knocked out of last night's game. carson palmer knocked out just a few weeks ago. with their thirds string quarterback, cardinals still manage today win last night 12 to six. all field goals. cardinals now ten and four on the season. >>> the flyers started a four game home stands last night and they're offer to a good start. sean and matt eat met the golan assist, while captain

. >> eagles announcer, merrill reese announcing the call, the kick was a kick in the gut. a win by the dallas cowboys today eliminates the birds from contention and gives the boys, the nfc east title. desean jackson bundler his former club with two catches against the eagles line secondary and despite that and 13 penalties, the eagles had a chance to take the lead in the closing minutes, but mark sanchez threw another interception. that set up the game-winning field goal. since win, 27-24. >> reporter: florida span of three weeks, the eagles -- in a span of three weeks, the eagles season went from great, to good, to dire. they knew they blew it. >> we had a chance to extend the lead and run away with the game. that's what happens, anytime you let somebody stick around that's what happens. >> we had too many crucial mistakes at inopportune times. >> reporter: give aways, it's a category you do not want to lead the nfl in. the birds do, two more bring their season total to 35. >> every game we have turnovers, you can't win games like that. especially in crucial situations. a

. >> i turned on wip, and i listened to merrill reese with the first call, and i could in the believeand then again the second kick off wasn't good, another short kick, this is going sideways, i just went to bed. first thing i turned on wip again, bad news. >> my early off the field highlights before the the chris christie and jerry jones botch was howard eskin in his full length fur coat, with his red beats head fence on catching within of tony recommendation owe's deflect passes in the air in the letting it hit the the ground. >> they don't call him the king for nothing. >> reporter: that turned out to be the only tony romo interception of the the night, it didn't count. let me just say, they are still being loyal, to the eagles, and the councilman who works four blocks from there was dressed in green but guarantee his face was red when he saw, and, and, it is not even from the mike jerrick snow time collection. that looked like giligan's island according to a lot of people on twitter. democrat verse republican is nothing compared to dallas verse eagles for these two vocal political

join me and sports director beasley reese with the eagles merrill reese and cbs special contributor leseanu ready for eagles/seahawks this sunday at 11:30 on cbs-3. >>> former philly now nationals outfielder jason werth has been sentenced to ten days in jail for reckless driving. five months ago he was clock driving his car at 105 in a 55-mile an hour zone on the capitol beltway. the judge asked him what he was doing. he answered, pushing his luck. that is a all for sports, i'm leslie van arsdal, have a great day. >>> welshing philadelphia eagles are not the only eagles who will be positioning themselves for a championship on sunday. undefeated olney eagles pack up and headed to tampa, florida. they will be play in the united youth football youth championship tournament. nine and ten year-old are ten-o at this point. they have raised $20,000 through the trip through more than 50 donations, good luck to them and all of our eagles this he can we even. >>> coming up next on "eyewitness news" we will talk about a deadly accident under investigation, after a pedestrian is struck and killed on t

bird at 11:30 on sunday kick off, sport director beasley reese, myself is, voice of the bird, merrill reese-3 special contributor lesean mccoy. we will cover every angle of the game right here on cbs-3. that is all for sports, i'm leslie van arsdal, after a i great day. >>> this time of the year is fantaclause, philly fanatic made an appearance at citizens bank park. "eyewitness news" at majestic clubhouse store where young fans lined up for their chance to take a holiday picture with the fanatic and also to get a copy of of his new children's book. >>> well, young flyers fans and their families got the chance to skate on the wells fargo ice just like their favorite players. this is pretty cool. they enjoyed behind the scenes locker room tour and a visit from santa. so, that looks of the video everybody has had a great time. there is very, very cool. >>> temperature in boston yesterday may have been frigid in the 30's but that did not stop some santa's from braving the cold in their bikinis in less. take a look at this. more than 300 runners took part in the 15th annual santa speedo run dow

of the birds at 11:30 sunday kick off sports director beasley reese, myself, voice of the birds merrill reese cbs-3 special contributor lesean mccoy will cover every angle of the game right here on cbs-3. >>> flyers out west trying to snap a six game losing streak against the kings. orange and black have not lost seven in a row since 2008. to the first period, no score, flyers, mark street pass toes claude giroux to beat jonathan quick for his yale goal of the season. second period flyers on the power play sean couturier to wayne simmonds scoring his 11th goal of the year. now they have a two goal lead. steve mason stopped 37 shots and flyers end that seven game losing streak with a two-one victory a battle between two worst teams in the nba, pistons hosting sixers. sixers down three, 15 seconds left inbound pass to thompson, three pointer is good, that will tie the game at hundred. we are heading in the overtime. in the extra period sixers with a one point leader in lens noel hits floater and they beat pistons 108-101. >>> college hoops on the main line tenth ranked villanova and st. joes. o

sports director beasley reese, myself, voice of the birds merrill reese and special contributor leseangle of the game right here on cbs-3. >>> flyers out west trying to snap a six game losing streak with the kings. orange and black have not lost seven in a row since 2008. to the first period of the game in score, mark street pass toes claude giroux beating jonathan quick for his eighth goal of the season. second period, flyers and pur play, sean contact tore use to wayne simmons scoring his 11th goal of the year and new they have a two goal lead. steve mason stops 37 shots and flyers end that six game losing streak with the two-one victory. >>> in detroit battle between two worst teams in the nba, pistons hosting the sixers. sixth are down three, 152nd left inbounds pass to thompson, three pointer is good, tying game at hundred. we are heading into overtime. in the extra period sixers with a one point leader in lens noel hits the floater, and beat pistons 108-101. >>> college hoops on the main line holy war with the tenth rang villanova and st. joes, one side add fair, wildcats take it