10.27.08

The Sports Report
10/27/08

My Sports Piccz
Baseball – 1-0 (3-1-75%)
Football – 7-6 (7-6-54%)
Basketball – NONE (24-9-73%)
College Football – 1-0 (11-9-55%)
Parlay – NONE
Guaranteed – NONE

Major League Baseball
· The WORLD SERIES game 4
· Philadelphia (3-1) def. Tampa Bay (1-3) 10-2. Ryan Howard (Phi) hit two homers (2,3).

· 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 leadsTampa Bay (3-1)

· The Post Season Awards are as follows…
· AL Comebacc Player of Year – Cliff Lee (Cle)
· NL Comebacc Player of Year – Brad Lidge (Phi)
· Roberto Clemente Award – Albert Pujols (Stl)
· Hank Aaron Award – Kevin Youkilis (Bos) and Aramis Ramirez (CHC)

National Football League
· Buffalo gives Coach Dick Jauron a 3 year extension.
· WEEK 8
· Dallas (5-3) def. Tampa Bay (5-3) 13-9.
· Washington (6-2) def. Detroit (0-7) 25-17. Jason Campbell (Was) had 328 yds receiving. Clinton Portis (Was) ran for 126 yds.
· Miami (3-4) def. Buffalo (5-2) 25-16. Chad Pennington (Mia) threw for 314 yds. Ted Ginn Jr (Mia) had 175 yds receiving.
· New England (5-2) def. St. Louis (2-5) 23-16. Marc Bulger (SL) threw for 301 yds. Donnie Avery (SL) had 163 yds receiving.
· New Orleans (4-4) def. San Diego (3-5) 37-32. Philip Rivers (SD) threw for 341 yds. Ladanian Tomlinson (SD) ran for 105 yds.
· The Jets (4-3) def. Kansas City (1-6) 28-24.
· Philadelphia (4-3) def. Atlanta (4-3) 27-14. Brian Westbrook (Phi) ran for 167 yds.
· Carolina (6-2) def. Arizona (4-3) 27-23. Kurt Warner (Az) threw for 381 yds. DeAngelo Williams (Car) ran for 108 yds.
· Baltimore (4-3) def. Oakland (2-5) 29-10.
· Houston (3-4) def. Cincinnati (0-8) 35-6.
· Cleveland (3-4) def. Jacksonville (3-4) 23-17.
· The Giants (6-1) def. Pittsburgh (5-2) 21-14.
· Seattle (2-5) def. San Francisco (2-6) 43-13.

· The League Leaders look like this…
· Passing – Philip Rivers (SD) 107.8 rating
· Rushing – Clinton Portis (Was) 944 yards
· Receiving Yards – Andre Johnson (Hou) 772 yards
· Receptions - Andre Johnson (Hou) 56 receptions
· Sacks – Joey Porter (Mia) 10 ½ sacks
· Tackles – Jonathan Vilma (NO) 72 tackles
· Interceptions – 5 tied with 4 interceptions

· The Playoff picture looks like this…
· The AFC East is tied between Buffalo and New England.
· The AFC North is led by Pittsburgh by 1 games over Baltimore.
· The AFC South is led by Tennessee by 3 games over Indianapolis.
· The AFC West is led by Denver by 1 ½ games over San Diego.
· The AFC Wild Cards are held by New England and either the Jets or Cleveland.
· 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 led by Carolina by 1 game over Tampa Bay.
· The NFC West is led by Arizona by 2 games over Seattle and St. Louis.
· The NFC Wild Cards are held by Washington and Dallas or Tampa Bay.

National Basketball Association
· no news today…

Nascar
· Carl Edwards won the Sprint Cup race at Atlanta on Sunday.
· The next race is this Sunday, The Dickies 500 at Texas.

· Here are the updated Sprint Cup Standings…
1. Jimmie Johnson 6248 pts. $6,577,367
2. Carl Edwards –183 $6,817,400
3. Greg Biffle –185 $5,076,339
4. Jeff Burton –218 $5,014,149
5. Kevin Harvick –307 $4,849,310

NCAA College Football – Top 25
· WEEK 9
· #19 Tulsa (8-0) def. UCF (2-5) 49-19.
· The new BCS Top 25 have been released…Here is your top 10.
1. Texas 8-0
2. Alabama 8-0
3. Penn State 9-0
4. Oklahoma 7-1
5. USC 6-1
6. Georgia 7-1
7. Texas Tech 8-0
8. Florida 6-1
9. Oklahoma State 7-1
10. Utah 8-0

· The League Leaders look like this…
· Passing – David Johnson (Tulsa) 212.82 rating
· Rushing – Javon Ringer (MichSt) 1,373 yards
· Receiving Yards – Aldrick Robinson (SMU) 1,003 yards
· Receptions – Casey Fitzgerald (N.Texas) 78 receptions
· Interceptions – Morgan Burnett (G-Tech) 6 interceptions
· Best Offense – Tulsa - 629.1 yards per game.

National Hockey League
· No games today…

· The League Leaders look like this…
· Goals – Thomas Vanek (Buf) / Keith Tkachuk (SL) 8 goals.
· Assists – Evgeni Malkin (Pit) / Filip Kuba (OTT) 10 assists.
· Points – Evgeni Malkin (Pit) / Alexander Semin (Was) 14 pts.
· Save % - Mike Smith (TB) .941

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
· No UFC news today…

Pro Wrestling
· Last night was WWE’s Cyber Sunday PPV…
WWE Cyber Sunday PPV Results - 10/26/08
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Dark Match: United States Championship: Shelton Benjamin def. R-Truth to retain title!
1. No Holds Barred Match: Rey Mysterio def. Kane
2. ECW Championship: Matt Hardy def. Evan Bourne to retain title!
3. John Morrison and The Miz def. Cryme Tyme
4. Intercontinental Championship: Honkey Tonk Man def. Santino Marella via DQ!
5. Last Man Standing Match: The Undertaker def. The Big Show
6. WWE Championship: Triple H def. Jeff Hardy to retain title!
7. World Championship: Special Referee: Steve Austin – Batista def. Chris Jericho to become NEW Champ!

· My Picc’z for TONIGHT’s Games
BASEBALL
· Philadelphia

FOOTBALL
· Indianapolis +3 ½