10.25.08

The Sports Report
10/25/08

My Sports Piccz
Baseball – NONE (2-0-100%)
Football – NONE
Basketball – 4-2 (24-9-73%)
College Football – 1-0 (1-0-100%)
Parlay – NONE
Guaranteed – NONE

Major League Baseball
· The WORLD SERIES game 3
· SATURDAY

· 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 and Tampa Bay are tied. (1-1)

· 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
· Pittsbugh WR Santanio Holmes faces a drug charge for weed after being pulled over by the police. He is benched for GIANT’s game.
· MY GIANTS WR Plaxico Burress was fined another $45,000 for arguments with refs last week.
· Cincinnati QB Carson Palmer is OUT for the season with an elbow injury.

· 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
· MY BULLS excerise their options for 2009-2010 on the contracts of Joakim Noah, Tyrus Thomas, and Thabo Sefolosha.
· The NBA Pre-Season continues…(Regular Season starts on 10/28)
· This is the LAST DAY of the NBA Pre-Season….
· New Jersey (3-4) def. New York (3-4) 111-110. Vince Carter (NJ) had 20pts 3stl. Jamal Crawford (NY) had 30pts.
· Cleveland (3-5) def. Washington (2-5) 107-80. Antawn Jamison (Was) had 11reb. LeBron James (Cle) had 26pts 3blk.
· MY BULLS (4-4) def. Milwaukee (1-7) 112-104 in OT. Richard Jefferson (Mil) had 21pts. Luc Mbah a Moute (Mil) had 10reb 5stl. Andres Nocioni (Chi) had 26pts. Thabo Sefolosha had 10ast. Kirk Hinrich (Chi) had 25pts.
· Miami (2-5) def. San Antonio (3-4) 96-93. Mario Chalmers (Mia) had 10ast 4stl.
· Denver (6-1) def. The Clippers (4-4) 106-92. Cuttino Mobley (LAC) had 21pts. DeAndre Jordan (LAC) had 10reb.
· The Lakers (6-2) def. Oklahoma City (1-6) 105-94. Russell Westbrook (Okla) had 23pts. Andrew Bynum (LAL) had 23pts 3blk.

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
· #12 Boise State (7-0) def. San Jose St. (5-3) 33-16.

· 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
· Philadelphia (1-3-3) def. New Jersey (5-2-0) 6-3. S. Hartnell (Phi) had 2 goals (2,3).
· Anaheim (3-5-0) def. Ottawa (2-4-1) 4-3.
· The Rangers (7-2-1) def. Columbus (3-4-0) 3-1.
· Detroit (5-1-1) def. Atlanta (2-3-2) 5-3. M. Hossa (Det) had 2 goals (2,3). H. Zetterberg (Det) had 2 goals (3,4).
· Florida (4-3-0) def. San Jose (6-2-0) 4-3. C. Stillman (Fla) had 2 goals (4,5).
· MY KINGS (3-3-0) def. St. Louis (4-3-0) 4-0.

· The League Leaders look like this…
· Goals – Thomas Vanek (Buf) 8 goals.
· Assists – Evgeni Malkin (Pit) / Filip Kuba (OTT) 10 assists.
· Points – Evgeni Malkin (Pit) 13 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 this Saturday.

Pro Wrestling
· The final rating for TNA Impact was a 1.1 rating.

· My Picc’z for TONIGHT’s Games
BASEBALL
· Tampa Bay

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
· Texas –11 ½
· Alabama –5
· Penn State –2
· Oklahoma –18
· USC –15
· LSU –1
· Texas Tech +1
· Florida –25 ½
· Wyoming +30 ½
· Missouri –24 ½
· South Florida –3 ½
· Pittsburgh –9 ½
· Georgia Tech –14
· Eastern Michigan +25 ½
· BYU –23 ½
· Northwestern -8
· Minnesota –2
· Florida State –6 ½