11.1.08

The Sports Report
11/1/08

My Sports Piccz
Baseball – NONE (1-0-100%)
Football – NONE (0-1-0%)
Basketball – 2-5 (5-8-38%)
College Football – NONE (0-1-0%)
Parlay – LOST (0-1)
Guaranteed – LOST (0-1)

Major League Baseball
· Tampa Bay exercised an $2,500,000 option for C Rob Barajas for 2009.
· St. Louis signed C Jason LaRue to a 1 year contract.
· Boston excersised $4,000,000 option for P Tim Wakefield for 2009.
· The Mets pick up the 2009 option for Carlos Delgado worth $12,000,000.
· Milwaukee declined the 2009 option for IF Craig Counsell.

National Football League
· Green Bay signed QB Aaron Rodgers to an extension through 2014 for $66,000,000.
· Kansas City RB Larry Johnson was suspended for 1 game by the NFL for his outside legal issues.

· 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
· Boston picked up the option for next year for PG Rajon Rondo.
· Indiana signed F Danny Granger to a 5 year $65,000,000 extension.
· The NBA Regular Season is underway…
· Philadelphia (1-1) def. New York (1-1) 116-87. Elton Brand (Phi) had 24pts 14reb 3blk. Andre Miller (Phi) had 20pts. David Lee (NY) had 11reb 3stl.
· Toronto (2-0) def. Golden State (0-2) 112-108. Chris Bosh (Tor) had 31pts. Anthony Parker (Tor) had 23pts 4stl. Jose Calderon (Tor) had 13ast. Al Harrington (GS) had 26pts 11reb. Andris Biedrins (GS) had 13reb.
· Miami (1-1) def. Sacramento (0-2) 103-77. Spencer Hawes (Sac) had 11reb 3stl. Shelden Williams (Sac) had 10reb. Dwayne Wade (Mia) had 20pts 4stl 4blk. Shawn Marion (Mia) had 10reb 4stl 3blk.
· Boston (2-0) def. MY BULLS (1-1) 96-80. Joakim Noah (Chi) had 13reb. Kevin Garnett (Bos) had 10reb. Kendrick Perkins (Bos) had 10reb.
· Memphis (1-1) def. Orlando (0-2) 86-84. Rashard Lewis (Orl) had 23pts. Dwight Howard (Orl) had 14reb 3blk. Darrell Arthur (Mem) had 10reb. Rudy Gay (Mem) had 29pts.
· Denver (1-1) def. The Clippers (0-2) 113-103 in OT. Kenyon Martin (Den) had 13reb. Nene (Den) had 22pts 11reb 3blk. Allen Iverson (Den) had 25pts. JR Smith (Den) had 10reb. Al Thornton (LAC) had 30pts 11reb 3stl. Tim Thomas (LAC) had 20pts. Chris Kaman (LAC) had 15reb 4blk.
· Portland (1-1) def. San Antonio (0-2) 100-99. Tim Duncan (SA) had 27pts 10reb. Tony Parker (SA) had 24pts 11ast. LaMarcus Aldridge (Por) had 23pts. Brandon Roy (Por) had 26pts 3stl.

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
· Chicago (4-3-3) def. Dallas (4-5-2) 5-2.
· Vancouver (6-5-0) def. Anaheim (6-5-1) 7-6. S. Bernier (Van) had 2 goals (3,4). T. Selanne (Ana) had 2 goals (7,8).

· The League Leaders look like this…
· Goals – Thomas Vanek (Buf) 9 goals.
· Assists – Evgeni Malkin (Pit) 13 assists.
· Points – Alexander Semin (Was) / Evgeni Malkin (Pit) 16 pts.
· Save % - Mike Smith (TB) .942
· GAA – Carey Price (Mon) 1.91

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!

· ALEXANDER POVETKIN has WITHDRAWN HIS NAME FROM THE 12/13 HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT with a foot injury!!!

MMA
· Brothers, Frank and Ken Shamrock have signed a contract to fight eachother in April.

Pro Wrestling
· TNA Impact did a rating this week of 1.2, which was up from last week’s 1.1.

· My Picc’z for TONIGHT’s Games
BASKETBALL
· Philadelphia +3 ½
· Boston –5 ½ (P)(G)
· Orlando –9
· Miami +2 ½
· Washington +10 ½
· New Jersey –5 ½
· New Orleans –3 ½
· Dallas –4 ½
· Chicago –8 ½
· Houston ???
· Toronto +1 (P)
· The Lakers –8
· Utah ???
· Phoenix –8

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
· Texas –3 ½ (P)
· Alabama –23 ½
· Oklahoma –21
· Washington +46
· Georgia +7
· Oklahoma State –29
· Utah –7 ½
· Boise State –21 ½
· TCU –14 ½
· Missouri –21
· Florida State +2 ½
· Northwestern +7 ½
· Tulsa –7
· LSU –27
· BYU –14 ½
· Michigan State –5 ½
· Oregon +2 ½
· West Virginia –3 ½
· Notre Dame –5