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Sports Headlines: 12/27/15

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December 27th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kirk Cousins threw for a season-high 365 yards and four touchdowns as the Washington Redskins clinched the NFC East, beating Philadelphia 38-24. Cousins tossed his first two scoring strikes to Jordan Reed, who had nine receptions for 129 yards. DeAngelo Hall put the Skins in control by returning DeMarco Murray’s fumble 17 yards for a TD late in the third quarter about 1 1/2 minutes after Murray’s four-yard touchdown got the Eagles within 23-17.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Peyton Manning is vehemently refuting a report set to air on Al Jazeera that contends the Denver Broncos quarterback received human growth hormone through his wife during his recovery from neck fusion surgeries in 2011 in Indianapolis. Manning called the allegation “complete garbage and is totally made up.” The allegations surfaced in an Al Jazeera undercover probe into doping in global sports that is set to air Sunday and was shared in advance with the Huffington Post.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns linebacker Armonty Bryant will not play in Sunday’s game at Kansas City after he and safety De’Ante Saunders were arrested Christmas morning following a traffic stop. Bryant was arrested for the possession of Adderrall because he couldn’t provide a prescription for the drug, which is on the NFL’s list of banned substances. A patrol spokesman also says a gun was confiscated from Saunders’ car because Saunders does not have a permit for the weapon.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The 12th-ranked Kentucky Wildcats are 10-2 after Tyler Ulis scored 21 points in a 75-73 triumph over No. 16 Louisville. Alex Poythress scored 14 points for Kentucky, which blew most of a 16-point, second-half lead before giving John Calipari his 200th victory as the team’s head coach. Damion Lee scored a game-high 27 points for the 11-2 but missed a potential game-winning, 3-point heave at the buzzer.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers will spend at least two weeks without forward Blake Griffin because of a partially torn left quad. The Clippers said Griffin was injured in Friday’s win over the Lakers. He is scoring a team-high 23.2 points and averaging 8.7 rebounds and five assists this season.