10.23.08

The Sports Report
10/23/08

My Sports Piccz
Baseball – 1-0 (1-0)
Football – NONE
Basketball – 4-2 (14-5)
College Football – NONE
Parlay – NONE
Guaranteed – NONE

Major League Baseball
· The WORLD SERIES game 1
· Philadelphia (1-0) def. Tampa Bay (0-1) 3-2. Chase Utley (Phi) hit a homer (1). Carl Crawford (TB) hit a homer (1).

· 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 leads Tampa Bay (1-0)

· 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) 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)
· Orlando (6-1) def. Memphis (2-6) 101-90. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 22pts. Hideo Turkoglu (Orl) had 22pts.
· Detroit (6-1) def. Cleveland (2-5) 97-79. Rodney Stuckey (Det) had 20pts.
· Philadelphia (4-3) def. New Jersey (2-4) 118-100.
· MY BULLS (3-4) def. Minnesota (5-2) 85-75. Larry Hughes (Chi) had 21pts. Aaron Gray (Chi) had 10reb. Al Jefferson (Min) had 11reb.
· Washington (2-4) def. San Antonio (3-3) 100-95. Tim Duncan (SA) had 20pts.
· Portland (4-2) def. The Clippers (4-3) 87-75. Greg Oden (Port) had 13reb. Joel Przybilla (Port) had 10reb.

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
· New Jersey (5-1-0) def. Dallas (2-4-1) 5-0.
· Florida (3-3-0) def. Ottawa (2-3-1) 3-1.
· San Jose (6-1-0) def. Philadelphia (0-3-3) 7-6.
· Detroit (4-1-1) def. St. Louis (4-2-0) 4-3.
· Chicago (3-2-2) def. Edmonton (4-1-0) 3-0.

· 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
· I got the TAPINGS RESULTS for WWE Smackdown this Friday.
1. Natalya and Maryse def. Michelle McCool and Maria
2. Carlito and Primo Colon def. Chavo Guerrero and Bam Neely
3. R-Truth and Funaki def. Shelton Benjamin and MVP
4. The Brian Kendrick def. Super Crazy
5. Triple H battled The Undertaker to a no-contest!

· The rating for ECW on Sci-Fi is a 1.3 rating, which is up from last week’s 1.1 rating.

· My Picc’z for TONIGHT’s Games
BASKETBALL
· Detroit
· Minnesota
· New Orleans
· Dallas
· Utah
· Lakers
· Phoenix
· Houston

BASEBALL
· Tampa Bay