10/14/08

The Sports Report
10/14/08

My Sports Piccz
Baseball – 0-2 (0-2-0%)
Football – 0-1 (0-1-0%)
Basketball – 2-1 (2-1-67%)
College Football – NONE
Parlay – NONE
Guaranteed – NONE

Major League Baseball
· In the American League Playoffs…
· Tampa Bay (2-1) def. Boston (1-2) 9-1.

· In the National League Playoffs…
· Philadelphia (3-1) def. The Dodgers (1-3) 7-5.

· The playoff picture looks like this…
· 1st Round
· Tampa Bay def. MY WHITE SOX (TAMPA BAY 3-1)
· Boston def. The Angels (BOSTON 3-1)
· Philadelphia def. Milwaukee (PHILADELPHIA 3-1)
· The Dodgers SWEPT The Cubs (DODGERS 3-0)

· League Championships
· ALCS – Tampa Bay has a 2-1 lead over Boston!
· NLCS – Philadelphia has a 3-1 lead over The Dodgers!

· The Post Season Awards are as follows…
· AL Comebacc Player of Year – Cliff Lee (Cle)
· NL Comebacc Player of Year – Brad Lidge (Phi)

National Football League
· Of course, we have Monday Night Football…
· Cleveland (2-3) def. MY GIANTS (4-1) 35-14. Derrick Anderson (Cle) threw for 310 yards. Derrick Ward (NYG) ran for 101 yards. Braylon Edwards (Cle) had 154 yards receiving.

· The League Leaders look like this…
· Passing – Philip Rivers (SD) 109.4 rating
· Rushing – Clinton Portis (Was) 643 yards
· Receiving Yards – Greg Jennings (GB) 653 yards
· Receptions - Brandon Marshall (Den) 43 receptions
· Sacks – John Abraham (Atl) 7 sacks
· Tackles – Dhani Jones (Cin) 61 tackles
· Interceptions – 3 tied with 4 interceptions

· The Playoff picture looks like this…
· The AFC East is led by Buffalo by 1 game over New England and The Jets!
· The AFC North is led by Pittsburgh by 2 games over Baltimore!
· The AFC South is led by Tennessee by 2 games over Indianapolis!
· The AFC West is led by Denver by 1 game over San Diego!
· The AFC Wild Cards are held by New England and 5 others tied for 2nd wild card!
· The NFC East is led by MY GIANTS by ½ game over Washington and Dallas!
· The NFC North is tied between Chicago, Green Bay, and Minnesota!
· The NFC South is tied between Carolina, Tampa Bay, and Atlanta!
· The NFC West is led by Arizona by 2 games over San Francisco!
· The NFC Wild Cards are held by almost everyone.

National Basketball Association
· The NBA Pre-Season has begun!!!
· Atlanta (3-1) def. Charlotte (0-3) 88-87. Raymond Felton (Cha) had 11 ast.
· Memphis (2-2) def. Indiana (1-2) 103-95. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 14 pts 10 reb. OJ Mayo (Mem) had 26pts 4reb 3ast 5stl.
· Oklahoma City (1-3) def. Houston (2-2) 110-104. Chris Wilcox (Oak) had 13pts 14 reb. Kevin Durant (Oak) had 26pts 5reb 4ast. Nick Collison (Oak) had 21pts. Yao Ming (Hou) had 15pts 16reb. Aaron Brooks (Hou) had 20pts.

NCAA College Football – Top 25
· No Top 25 teams in action today…

· The League Leaders look like this…
· Passing – David Johnson (Tulsa) 204.45 rating
· Rushing – Javon Ringer (MichSt) 1,112 yards
· Receiving Yards – Eric Decker (Minn) 782 yards
· Receptions – Eric Decker (Minn) 59 receptions
· Interceptions – 5 tied with 4 interceptions.
· Best Offense – Tulsa - 600.0 yards per game.

Pro Wrestling
· Last night was WWE Monday Night RAW!!!
WWE RAW
October 13, 2008
Anaheim, CA
1. Kane and Mark Henry def. Rey Mysterio and Matt Hardy
2. JBL def. Haas Hogan
3. Lumberjack Match: Batista battled Shawn Michaels to a no-contest!
4. Cryme Tyme and Kelly Kelly def. The Miz, John Morrison, and Jillian Hall
5. CM Punk def. Chris Jericho

* Also the ratings are in for Friday Night Smackdown…it did a 2.1 rating, which was up from last week’s 1.9 rating.

My Picc’z for TONIGHT’s Games
BASEBALL
· Boston

BASKETBALL
· New Orleans
· San Antonio
· Toronto
· Cleveland
· New York
· Oklahoma City
· Chicago