10/17/08 (Sorry I was offline)

The Sports Report
10/17/08

My Sports Piccz
Baseball – 1-0 (2-3-40%)
Football – NONE (0-1-0%)
Basketball – 4-1 (11-10-52%)
College Football – 0-1 (0-1-0%)
Parlay – NONE
Guaranteed – NONE

Major League Baseball
· In the American League Playoffs…
· Boston (2-3) def. Tampa Bay (3-2) 8-7. Evan Longoria (TB) hit his 4th 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 3-2 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
· No news today…

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 Thunder exercise their options on Kevin Durant and Jeff Green through the 09-10 season.
· The Kings exercise their option on Spencer Hawes for the 09-10 season.
· The NBA Pre-Season has begun!!!
· Orlando def. Charlotte 94-84
· Minnesota def. Toronto 90-86
· San Antonio def. Cleveland 91-70
· Detroit def. Dallas 85-81
· Boston def. New Jersey 111-108.

NCAA College Football – Top 25
· TCU def. #9 BYU 32-7.

· 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
· ????

* My Picc’z for TONIGHT’s Games
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
· Hawaii +24

BASKETBALL
· New Orleans
· Indiana
· Phoenix
· Boston
· MY BULLS
· Houston