10.28.08

The Sports Report
10/28/08

My Sports Piccz
Baseball – NONE
Football – 0-1 (0-1-0%)
Basketball – NONE
College Football – NONE
Parlay – NONE
Guaranteed – NONE

Major League Baseball
· The WORLD SERIES game 5
· Philadelphia (3-1) and Tampa Bay (1-3) was postponed after 6 innings with the score tied 2-2. This game will be finished Tuesday Night.

· 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 (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
· WEEK 8 – Monday Night Football
· Tennessee (7-0) def. Indianapolis (3-4) 31-21.

· 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 4 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
· The Lakers waived G Cody Karl
· New York waived Patrick Ewing Jr.
· The First Power Rankings have been released…Here is your Top-10.
1. Boston
2. The Lakers
3. New Orleans
4. Cleveland
5. San Antonio
6. Houston
7. Detroit
8. Philadelphia
9. Utah
10. Dallas

Nascar
· 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
· No games today…

· 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
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· 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 Monday Night RAW…
WWE RAW
October 27, 2008
Tucson, AZ
1. World Tag Team Championship: CM Punk and Kofi Kingston def. Team Priceless to become NEW Champs!
2. Santino Marella battled Charlie Haas to a no-contest!
3. Kelly Kelly, Candice Michelle, and Mickie James def. Jillian Hall, Katie Lea, and Layla
4. Rey Mysterio def. Evan Bourne
5. Batista and Shawn Michaels def. Chris Jericho and JBL

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

BASKETBALL
· Boston –6 ½
· MY BULLS –6
· The Lakers –7 ½