sports xtra, off the wall coming up next. bye bye.  >>> welcome to the washington area's nissan dealers sports xtra. >> a good evening to you. welcome to nissan sports xtra. i am dave ross. ahead, the hoyas try to stay perfect. we begin with the mfl playoffs. while the redskins we know are not involved in the post season proceedings, our neighbors to the north are. and they had a vested interest in the cincinnati houston wild card game. a win would mean a trip next week to charm city. first time in the post season for houston and a battle rookie quarterback. and the bengals, second quarter, game tied at 10. look at that pick by j.j. watt. for the big man, 29 yards reverse to the host. texasans in front. in the third, it's the texasans. there goes yates, throwing it up to the left side. wide open. 40 yards for the score. the texasans starting to cruise, in the 4th quarter, this is foster of the texasans. and watch the bounce. get to the corner and somehow, some way, going to stay inbounds and the 42 yard

welcome to nissan sports xtra. i'm dave feldman, eddie jordan gets back to coaching and his own team the wiz looks to start winning, but we begin in the national football league. >>> not a lot of people thought it would be tebow time in the pro season. the broncos backed into the playoffs with an 8-8 record somehow got a home game and had to host perennial post season powerhouse pittsburgh, a potential problem, right? tebow and the broncos entering as big underdogs, 2nd quarter broncos trailing 6-0 and tebow connects with westfield high and virginia tech grad eddie royal. 30 yards for the touchdown, denver in front 7-6. later 2nd quarter more tebow, this time he keeps it and runs, it 8 yards for the score. broncos built a 20-6 lead. steelers trail 23-16, roethlisberger steps up in the pocket and fires deep for jerricho cotchery. 31 yards for a touchdown, tied the game at 23, forced overtime. first play of the overtime tebow fakes a

. >> sports xtra with lindsey murphy is up next. we're back tomorrow night. bye bye. >> bye.  >>> welcome to the washington area nissan dealer's sports xtra. >> thanks for joining us tonight. i'm lindsey murphy. coming up, the man who is on the receiving end of the boos of the verison center. but first, it was ugly, but the hoyas didn't get it done. all that matters is getting into the w and not the l column. today, 10th ranked georgetown had a big test against rutgers who has two wins over top ten teams. georgetown fans filling up the verison center, ready to go against the visiting scarlet knights. and the hoyas trail. tonight's throwdown, the hoy yays down 1. less than two to go. to the freshman otto porter. porter in the lane, hits the jumper, that ties the game at 50. he made two free throws to give the hoyas a two point lead. rutgers a chance to tie it. eli carter misses. time expires and georgetown hangs on to beat rutgers. >> i think this was our defense won the game for us. our defense enabled us to withstand the day where we w

.  >>> welcome back to the washington area nissan dealers sports xtra. >> mark turgeon play be a very good basketball coach, but he's going to need some time and the acc is not a very forgiving place to be patient. take tonight's acc opener in raleigh against nc state. 1st half the terps are in red. nick faust is a freshman coming off the baselineknocking it down, terps on top 23-22. terps turn the ball over. here comes t.j. leslie of the wolfpack. he led them with 20 points and also had 11 boards, 36-30 at the break. 2nd half now, acc's leading scorer off the inbound pass, knocks down a three. he had a game high 25, but terps down four. mark turgeon says call this play or scratch my chin. two minutes to play, terps scored seven straight to pull within seven. alex lynn with the offensive forward, terps down five but they never lead again. maryland falls in their acc opener 79-74. >>> the undefeated maryland women on the road against north carolina, final seconds, terps down two, alyssa thomas drives and the reverse beats the buzzer, tied at 67 and going to overtime. in

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keep it here for sports xtra two minutes away. bye-bye.  >>> greetings everybody. i'm dave feldman. welcome to the show. a season many redskins fans would like to forget. today in philly, two underachieving teams met to wrap up disappointing seasons and affect no playoff scenarios. prides and picks, as in next year's drafts. needing a win to go 3-3 in the east. redskins trail 3-0 in the first. grossman to moss, and how did that happen? moss normally, this is money. instead, this is frustration. still 3-0. 28-yard effort. goes to the eagles' 42. drive would stall at the 18. blocked by landry. gano's fifth blocked field goal this year. he gets wiped out while trying to make the tackle. he was able return. eagles' ensuing possession, michael vick to chad hall, who breaks away on his way to a touchdown. eagles took a 10-0 lead. fumble, riley recovers. forced to leave the game with an injury. three plays later, incomplete. moss is angry. takes off his helmet. automatic penalty, and you lose the down. grossman has to

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. >>> tonight on nissan sports xtra, lindsay murphy in philadelphia with more on the positives. they will now pick sixth in the draft instead of seven. so they can get a better player. >> we have to look at the bright side, because otherwise we're all crying. thank you. >>> a missouri town remembers the tornado that hit one year ago destroying entire neighborhoods. why so many who lived there are counting their blessings instead of their losses. that's next.  >>> the new year means a different kind of new beginning for parts of st. louis. the missouri city on the river is rebuilding in places after a devastating tornado. andy banker reports. [ applause ] >> reporter: a flag unveiling and applause to mark the first anniversary of the day a tornado turned an entire neighborhood into an empty field. look at the park across the street and find reasons to be grateful. natalie's grandmother could have died, asleep on the sofa upstairs. >> she heard the sirens and she said she woke up and kind of dozed back off asleep. when she woke up and really realized what was happe

coming up on sports xtra it's back to school for former wizards head coach eddie jordan. >> that's a nice team. >> the wizards aren't doing well, but their old coach eddie jordan is doing great. >> he's a great guy. >>> a special inawe heating up in new york, should -- issue heating up in new york. should food stamp recipients have to get fingerprinted? we have the story coming up.  >>> should food stamp recipients be required to get fingerprinted? that's a question up for debate in new york city. some public officials call it humiliating and immoral, but others say it will help prevent fraud. fox's dan bowens reports. >> i feel violated. it's not fair, not. >>> if. reporter: for many public benefits are the option of last resort and feel the city's policy requiring applicants to give their fingerprints just makes them feel worse. >> what do finger prints have to do with hunger? reporter: this week during his state of the state address governor cuomo agreed and said may even be keeping people from applying at all. >> i understand fraud detection. i understand fingerprinting, but d