Sports Report for 8/22/08

8/22/08 – Sports Report

My Piccs
Baseball – 6-9 (40-23-64%)
Football – 2-2 (2-2-50%)
Parlay – LOST

National Football League
· San Francisco names J.T. Sullivan as their starting QB.
· In Pre-Season, Atlanta def. Tennessee 17-3. Matt Ryan (Atl) went 15/21 for 102 yards and 1TD.
· Philadelphia def. New England 27-17. Donovan McNabb (Phi) was 13/17 for 180 yards and 1TD. Matt Gutierrez (NE) was 14/20 for 217 yards and 2TD.
· Green Bay def. Denver 27-24. Aaron Rodgers (GB) was damn near perfect going 18/22 for 193 yards and 1TD. Jay Cutler (Den) was 6/13 with 115 yards and 2TD.
· Dallas def. Houston 23-22.

National Basketball Association
· The Celtics signed F Darius Miles. Terms of deal was not disclosed.
· The Nuggets resigned J.R. Smith to a 3 year $16,500,000 contract.
· In the Olympics, TEAM USA def. Argentina 101-81 to advance to the Gold Medal Game!

Major League Baseball
· In the American League…
· The Yankees def. Baltimore 9-4. Mariano Rivera (NYY) got his 29th save of the year.
· Boston def. Toronto 8-4.
· Cleveland def. Texas 7-5.
· Detroit def. Kansas City 4-3. Miguel Cabrera (Det) hit two homers (26,27).
· Tampa Bay def. MY WHITE SOX 9-4. Carlos Pena (TB) hit his 26th homer of the year.
· Minnesota def. The Angles 9-0. Glen Perkins (Min) got his 11th win of the year (11-3).
· Seattle def. Oakland 7-5.

· In the National League…
· Washington def. The Cubs 13-5. Willie Harris (Was) hit two homers (11,12).
· Philadelphia def. The Dodgers 8-1. Chase Utley (Phi) hit his 31st homer of the year and Ryan Howard (Phi) hit his 34th of the season.
· The Mets def. Houston 3-0. Johan Santana (NYM) got his 12th win of the season (12-7).
· Milwaukee def. Pittsburgh 10-4. Mike Cameron (Mil) hit his 22nd homer of the year.
· St. Louis def. Atlanta 18-3.
· Cincinnati def. Colorado 8-5.
· Florida def. Arizona 5-4. Randy Johnson (AZ) had 13 strikeouts in the no-decision for him.
· San Francisco def. San Diego 5-0. Tim Lincecum (SF) got his 14th win of the year (14-3).

Pro Wrestling
· Bill Goldberg is training to make a return to pro wrestling.
· TNA Impact on Thursday posted a 1.1 rating.

Personal Notes
· They did NOT send Jermaine bacc to prison…they gave him two weeks.
· I drank last night and passed out around 9pm…lol

My Piccs for TONIGHT’s Games
(P = Parlay Picc)
Baseball
· Boston w/ Jon Lester (P)
· Tampa Bay
· NYY
· Detroit
· Texas
· Angels
· Oakland
· Cubs w/ Ryan Dempster (P)
· Philadalphia
· St. Louis
· San Francisco
· Milwaukee
· Mets
· Cincinnati (pitching match up of day)
· Arizona

Football
· Cleveland +3
· MY GIANTS +3
· Redskins +3
· Saints –2 ½
· Tampa Bay +3
· Miami –3
· Pittsburgh –2 ½
· Baltimore +1
· Arizona +2 ½