10/15/08

The Sports Report
10/15/08

My Sports Piccz
Baseball – 0-1 (0-3-0%)
Football – NONE (0-1-0%)
Basketball – 3-4 (5-5-50%)
College Football – NONE
Parlay – NONE
Guaranteed – NONE

Major League Baseball
· In the American League Playoffs…
· Tampa Bay (3-1) def. Boston (1-3) 13-4. Evan Longoria (TB) hit his 3rd homer of the series.

· In the National League Playoffs…
· No games today…

· 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 3-1 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
· Dallas Cowboys DB Pacman Jones has been suspended AGAIN by the NFL for 4 games for violating his probationary terms of reinstatement. He was involved in a scuffle with his own security.
· Buffalo trades DT John McCargo to Indianapolis for an undisclosed draft pick.
· Washington signs RB Shawn Alexander to a 1 year deal.
· The Cowboys traded 3 draft picks to Detroit for WR Roy Williams and a 7th round pick. Then they signed him to a 5 year $45,000,000 extension.
· The NFL also released their power rankings. Here are the top 10…
1. Tennessee 5-0
2. MY GIANTS 4-1
3. Washington 4-2
4. Pittsburgh 4-1
5. Arizona 4-2
6. Dallas 4-2
7. Denver 4-2
8. Tampa Bay 4-2
9. Carolina 4-2
10. Atlanta 4-2

· 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
· Minnesota G Sebastian Telfair has been suspended for three games after pleading guilty to gun possesssion.
· The NBA Pre-Season has begun!!!
· New Orleans (4-0) def. Washington (1-3) 96-80. Rasual Butler (NO) had 20pts.
· San Antonio (1-2) def. Detroit (4-1) 86-64.
· Toronto (3-1) def. CSKA Moscow 86-78. Viktor Khryapa (CSKA) had 13pts 11reb. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 24pts 10reb.
· Boston (3-1) def. Cleveland (0-3) 90-86.
· Philadelphia (3-1) def. New York (1-2) 116-109. Elton Brand (Phi) had 13pts 11reb. Andre Miller (Phi) had 22pts. Zach Randolph (NY) had 17pts 10reb. Wilson Chandler (NY) had 20pts 10reb. Nate Robinson (NY) 21pts
· The Clippers (2-0) def. Oklahoma City (1-4) 90-88. Al Thornton (LAC) had 23pts 6reb. Johan Petro (Oak) had 12pts 15reb.
· Minnesota (3-1) def. Chicago (0-3) 96-86. Drew Gooden (Chi) had 20pts 8reb.

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
· Lance Cade has been RELEASED by the WWE.
· Karen Angle has left TNA.
· This past Monday Night RAW drew a rating of 3.1. This is up from last week’s 3.0 rating.
· Here are the results from last night’s ECW on Sci-Fi…
1. Evan Bourne def. Chavo Guerrero
2. Fit Finlay def. John Morrison

· Here are the TNA Impact tapings for next week…
1. The Motor City Machine Guns def. Sheik Abdul Bashir and Sonjay Dutt
2. Booker T def. Hernandez
3. Roxxi def. Raisha Saeed
4. Kevin Nash def. Consequences Creed
5. Kurt Angle def. Matt Morgan

· Here are the Smackdown Tapings for this coming Friday…
1. WWE Tag Team Titles: Carlito and Primo Colon def. Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins to retain titles!
2. R-Truth def. MVP
3. Ezekiel Jackson def. Super Crazy
4. The Undertaker def. The Great Khali via DQ!
5. Fuzzy Dice on a Poll Match: Maria def. Mayrse, Natayla, Victoria, and Brie Bella
6. Jesse and Festus def. Kenny Dykstra and Ryan Braddock
7. Vladimir Kozlov def. Jeff Hardy
8. Dark Match: The Undertaker def. The Big Show

* My Picc’z for TONIGHT’s Games
BASEBALL
· Philadelphia

BASKETBALL
· Golden State
· Phoenix
· Dallas
· Houston
· Utah
· Sacramento