10.22.08

The Sports Report
10/22/08

My Sports Piccz
Baseball – NONE
Football – NONE
Basketball – 6-3 (10-3)
College Football – NONE
Parlay – NONE
Guaranteed – NONE

Major League Baseball
· Jose Canseco says that he regret naming names in his book “Juiced”. He also has agreed to fight Danny Bonaduce in a Celebrity Boxing Federation bout.
· The WORLD SERIES
· Game #1 is Wednesday…

· 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 def. Boston (Tampa Bay 4-3)
· NLCS – Philadelphia def. The Dodgers (Philadelphia 4-1)

· World Series
· Philadelphia vs Tampa Bay (Game 1 is Wednesday)

· 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
· Cleveland suspended TE Kellen Winslow for his comments on the organization.
· Here is the NFL Power Rankings after Week 7…
1. Tennessee 6-0
2. MY GIANTS 5-1
3. Pittsburgh 5-1
4. Buffalo 5-1
5. Washington 5-2
6. Tampa Bay 5-2
7. Carolina 5-2
8. Arizona 4-2
9. New England 4-2
10. Green Bay 4-3

· The League Leaders look like this…
· Passing – Philip Rivers (SD) 108.5 rating
· Rushing – Clinton Portis (Was) 818 yards
· Receiving Yards – Greg Jennings (GB) 685 yards
· Receptions - T.J. Houshmandzadeh (Cin) 46 receptions
· Sacks – DeMarcus Ware (Dal) 9 sacks
· Tackles – Dhani Jones (Cin) 65 tackles
· Interceptions – 4 tied with 4 interceptions

· The Playoff picture looks like this…
· The AFC East is led by Buffalo by 1 game over New England
· The AFC North is led by Pittsburgh by 2 games over Baltimore
· The AFC South is led by Tennessee by 3 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 4 others tied for 2nd wild card!
· The NFC East is led by MY GIANTS by ½ game over Washington
· The NFC North is tied by Chicago and Green Bay
· The NFC South is tied by Carolina and Tampa Bay
· The NFC West is led by Arizona by 2 games over St. Louis
· The NFC Wild Cards are held by Carolina and Atlanta

National Basketball Association
· The NBA Pre-Season continues…(Regular Season starts on 10/28)
· Cleveland (2-4) def. Philadelphia (3-3) 91-83. LeBron James (Cle) 20pts 4stl. Elton Brand (Phi) had 13reb. Andre Miller (Phi) had 10ast.
· Miami (1-4) def. Memphis (2-5) 102-85. Marc Gasol (Mem) had 10reb. OJ Mayo (Mem) had 28pts. Udonis Haslem (Mia) had 13reb. Dwayne Wade (Mia) had 25pts.
· Boston (6-2) def. New York (3-3) 101-90. Eddie House (Bos) had 20pts. Leon Powe (Bos) had 12reb. David Lee (NY) had 13reb. Nate Robinson (NY) had 25pts. Zach Randolph (NY) had 11reb.
· New Orleans (6-0) def. Indiana (3-4) 101-96. Danny Granger (Ind) had 20pts. Troy Murphy (Ind) had 10reb. David West (NO) had 26pts 3blk. Chris Paul (NO) had 23pts 15ast 3stl
· Chicago (2-4) def. Dallas (4-3) 109-105. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 30pts. Tyrus Thomas (Chi) had 12reb 5blk.
· Denver (5-1) def. Toronto (4-4) 105-94. JR Smith (Den) had 22pts.
· The Lakers (4-2) def. Charlotte (0-7) 102-98. Kobe Bryant (LAL) injured?
· Golden State (4-2) def. Lietuvos Rytas 126-106. Chuck Eidson (Liet) had 28pts 9reb 8ast 3stl. Marijonas Petravicius (Liet) had 22pts. Mindaugas Lukauskis (Liet) had 20pts. Stephen Jackson (GS) had 28pts 3stl.
· Phoenix (4-3) def. The Clippers (4-2) 86-69. Boris Diaw (Phx) had 10reb 4stl. Amare Stoudamire (Phx) had 21pts. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 12reb.

Nascar
· The next race this Sunday is at the Atlanta Motor Speedway.

· Here are the updated Sprint Cup Standings…
1. Jimmie Johnson 6073 pts. $6,358,206
2. Greg Biffle –149 $4,988,589
3. Jeff Burton –152 $4,897,916
4. Carl Edwards –198 $6,671,550
5. Clint Bowyer –242 $3,900,095

NCAA College Football – Top 25
· There are no Top 25 teams in action today…

· The League Leaders look like this…
· Passing – David Johnson (Tulsa) 212.82 rating
· Rushing – Javon Ringer (MichSt) 1,179 yards
· Receiving Yards – Aldrick Robinson (SMU) 909 yards
· Receptions – Jamarko Simmons (WMich) 66 receptions
· Interceptions – 3 tied with 5 interceptions.
· Best Offense – Tulsa - 629.1 yards per game.

National Hockey League
· Buffalo (5-0-1) def. Boston (2-1-3) 3-2.
· Anaheim (2-5-0) def. Toronto (1-2-3) 3-2. N. Antropov (Tor) had 2 goals (2,3).
· Columbus (3-3-0) def. Vancouver (3-4-0) 4-2.
· Tampa Bay (1-2-3) def. Atlanta (2-2-2) 3-2.
· Calgary (2-3-1) def. Washington (3-2-1) 2-1.

· The League Leaders look like this…
· Goals – Thomas Vanek (Buf) 7 goals.
· Assists – Evgeni Malkin (Pit) 9 assists.
· Points – Evgeni Malkin (Pit) 11 pts.
· Save % - Jaroslav Halak (Mon) .967

NCAA College Basketball - Top 25
· No news or Games today…(November 10, 2008)

Pro Boxing
· I only like the Heavyweight’s, so that is all I will be updating except for maybe the occasional headliner.
· Here are the current World Champions…
· WBA – Nikolai Valuev
· WBC – Vitali Klitschko
· IBF – Wladimir Klitschko
· WBO – Wladimir Klitschko

· The next IBF/WBO World Title match will be December 13 (HBO) vs Alexander Povetkin
· That same night Nikolai Valuev will defend the WBA Title vs TBA!

MMA
· We are waiting on UFC 90

Pro Wrestling
· Nick Hogan was released from jail this morning.
· WWE Smackdown did a 2.0 rating which was down from last week’s 2.1.
· WWE Raw did a 2.9 rating which was down from last week’s 3.1.
· Last night was ECW on Sci-Fi…
1. Jack Swagger def. Brett Baderly
2. Shad def. The Miz via DQ!
3. Triple Threat Match: Evan Bourne def. Fit Finlay and Mark Henry

· My Picc’z for TONIGHT’s Games
BASKETBALL
· Orlando
· Detroit
· Philadelphia
· Minnesota
· San Antonio
· Portland

BASEBALL
· Philadelphia