10.29.08

The Sports Report
10/29/08

My Sports Piccz
Baseball – NONE
Football – 0-1 (0-1-0%)
Basketball – 2-1 (2-1-67%)
College Football – NONE
Parlay – NONE
Guaranteed – NONE

Major League Baseball
· MY WHITE SOX say that they will not re-sign OF Ken Griffey Jr.
· The Angels will decline their 2009 option on OF Garrett Anderson and exercise their options on P Jon Lackey and OF Vladimir Guerrero.
· The WORLD SERIES game 5
· Philadelphia (3-1) and Tampa Bay (1-3) was POST PONED again for Wednesday Night to finish game 5.

· 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
· Detroit is talking over a contract with QB Dante Culpepper.
· The New Power Rankings are out…
1. Tennessee 7-0
2. MY GIANTS 6-1
3. Carolina 6-2
4. Pittsburgh 5-2
5. Washington 5-2
6. Buffalo 5-2
7. New England 5-2
8. Dallas 5-3
9. Tampa Bay 5-3
10. Philadelphia 4-3

· 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 NBA Regular Season is underway…
· Boston (1-0) def. Cleveland (0-1) 90-85. Paul Pierce (Bos) had 27pts. LeBron James (Cle) had 22pts.
· MY BULLS (1-0) def. Milwaukee (0-1) 108-95. Michael Redd (Mil) had 30pts. Luol Deng (Chi) had 21pts. Tyrus Thomas (Chi) had 10reb.
· The Lakers (1-0) def. Portland (0-1) 96-76. Greg Oden (Por) injured foot in FIRST game. Kobe Bryant (LAL) had 23pts 11reb. Joel Przybilla (Por) had 11reb.

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
· Washington (5-3-1) def. Nashville (4-4-1) 4-3. J. Arnott (NSH) had 2 goals (4,5).
· Philadelphia (3-3-3) def. Atlanta (2-5-2) 7-0. S. Gagne (Phi) had 2 goals (6,7). M. Knuble (Phi) had 2 goals (3,4). J. Lupul (Phi) had 2 goals (4,5).
· Montreal (6-1-1) def. Carolina (4-2-2) 3-2.
· Tampa Bay (2-3-3) def. Toronto (3-3-3) 3-2. V. Lecavalier (TB) had 2 goals (4,5).
· Calgary (5-3-1) def. Colorado (5-4-0) 3-0.
· Boston (5-2-3) def. Vancouver (4-5-0) 1-0.
· San Jose (8-2-0) def. Pittsburgh (5-3-2) 2-1.

· The League Leaders look like this…
· Goals – 3 tied with 8 goals.
· Assists – Evgeni Malkin (Pit) / Mikko Koivu (Min) 12 assists.
· Points – Alexander Semin (Was) 16 pts.
· Save % - Tim Thomas (Bos) .943
· GAA – Ryan Miller (Buf) 1.60

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 ECW on Sci Fi…
1. Chavo Guerrero, Bam Neely, and Mark Henry def. Fit Finlay, Evan Bourne, and Matt Hardy
2. Jack Swagger def. Tommy Dreamer

· I got the TNA Impact tapings for Oct. 30th
1. Christy Hemme and ODB def. The Beautiful People
2. Eric Young def. James Storm
3. The Motorcity Machine Guns def. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Volador Jr.
4. Samoa Joe and AJ Styles def. Booker T and Kevin Nash
5. Abyss def. Kurt Angle via DQ!

· The WWE and John Cena are being sued over Cena’s theme music by M.O.P.

· I got a TNA House Show to report…
10/26 – Cape Giradeau, MO
1. Special Referee – Shark Boy – The Beautiful People def. ODB and Roxxi
2. Beer Money def. Team 3D
3. Christian def. Kip James
4. Rhino def. Abdul-Bashir
5. Petey Williams def. Sonjay Dutt
6. Kurt Angle def. AJ Styles

· The rating for RAW was a 2.9, which was the same as last week.

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

BASKETBALL
· Philadelphia –5 ½
· Orlando –7 ½
· New Jersey +6
· New York –3
· Detroit –10
· Oklahoma City –2
· Sacramento +5 ½
· San Antonio –2 ½
· Houston –12
· Denver +7
· New Orleans –5
· The Lakers –8 ½