10/16/08

The Sports Report
10/16/08

My Sports Piccz
Baseball – 1-0 (1-3-25%)
Football – NONE (0-1-0%)
Basketball – 2-4 (7-9-44%)
College Football – NONE
Parlay – NONE
Guaranteed – NONE

Major League Baseball
· In the American League Playoffs…
· No games today…

· In the National League Playoffs…
· Philadelphia (4-1) def. The Dodgers (1-4) 5-1. The Phillies WIN the NL Championship!

· 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 def. The Dodgers (Philadelphia 4-1)

· World Series
· Philadelphia vs ???? ( )

· 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
· The trade between the Colts and Buffalo was VOIDED due to an injury to DE John McCargo.

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 Pacers RELEASE G Eddie Jones
· The NBA Pre-Season has begun!!!
· Milwaukee (1-4) def. Golden State (2-2) 98-94. Andrew Bogut (Mil) had 18pts 12reb. Kelenna Azubuike (GS) 24pts 7reb. Luke Ridnour (Mil) had 16pts 12ast.
· Phoenix (2-2) def. Atlanta (3-2) 102-100. Zaza Pachulia (Atl) had 10reb. Flip Murray (Atl) had 23pts.
· Indiana (2-2) def. Dallas (3-1) 100-93.
· Houston (3-2) def. Memphis (2-3) 101-97. DJ Strawberry (Hou) had 20pts. Chuck Hayes (Hou) had 10 reb. Von Wafer (Hou) had 23pts.
· Denver (3-0) def. Utah (2-2) 120-119 in OT. Deron Williams (Uta) had 22pts 8ast.
· The Clippers (3-0) def. Sacramento (1-3) 116-112. Eric Gordon (LAC) had 33pts. Mike Taylor (LAC) had 21pts 9ast. Kevin Martin (Sac) had 29pts.

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
· The rating for ECW on Sci-Fi is in and it was a 1.1 rating, which was down from last week’s 1.2
· Booker T will be starting a new storyline in TNA with a “Legend’s Title” which will be like Ted Dibiase’s Million Dollar Championship in the old WWE days.
· Rumors are that Honkey Tonk Man cant compete physically even if voted in for Cyber Sunday!

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

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
· BYU +1 (G)

BASKETBALL
· Orlando
· San Antonio
· Toronto
· Detroit
· Boston