Sports Report for 8/23/08

8/23/08 – Sports Report

My Piccs
Baseball – 10-5 (50-28-64%)
Football – 3-5 (5-7-42%)
Parlay – LOST

National Basketball Association
· In the Olympics, TEAM USA def. Spain 118-107 to WIN THE GOLD MEDAL.
· In the Olympics, TEAM USA’s WOMEN def. Australia 92-65 to WIN THE GOLD MEDAL.

National Football League
· Shawn Merriman says that his knee injury could be career threatening if he plays the 08 season.
· ESPN released its POWER RANKINGS to start the season…
· 1) New England
· 2) Indianapolis
· 3) San Diego
· 4) Dallas
· 5) Jacksonville
· Notice that MY GOD DAMN GIANTS aint on there? They are #6 DESPITE winning the Super Bowl last year.
· Now onto Pre-Season Games…
· Detroit (3-0) def. Cleveland (0-3) 26-6. Brady Quinn (Cle) did not play well.
· The Jets (2-1) def. MY GIANTS (1-2) 10-7. Eli Manning (NYG) was 10/17 for 113 yards. Brett Favre (NYJ) was 9/12 for 96 yards. Calvin Pace (NYJ) had 2 sacks.
· Miami (2-1) def. Kansas City (1-2) 24-0. Chad Pennington (Mia) went 11/15 for 94 yards 1TD.
· Jacksonville (2-1) def. Tampa Bay (2-1) 23-17.
· Carolina (2-1) def. Washington (3-1) 47-3. D’Angelo Williams (Car) ran for 101 yards and 1TD. Jonathan Stewart (Car) ALSO ran for 100 yards and 1TD.
· New Orleans (2-1) def. Cincinnati (1-2) 13-0. Drew Brees (NO) went 14/22 for 199 yards 1TD.
· St. Louis (2-1) def. Baltimore (1-2) 24-10. Marc Bulger (SL) went 18/25 for 182 yards and 2TD.
· Pittsburgh (2-1) def. Minnesota (1-2) 12-10.
· Arizona (2-1) def. Oakland (1-2) 24-0. Matt Leinart (AZ) was 4/12 for 24 yards and THREE INTS!

Major League Baseball
· In the American League…
· Toronto (67-62) def. Boston (74-55) 11-0.
· Tampa Bay (79-49) def. MY WHITE SOX (73-55) 5-3. Jermaine Dye (CHW) hit two homers (30,31).
· The Yankees (69-60) def. Baltimore (61-67) 5-3. Jason Giambi (NYY) hit his 25th homer of the year. Mariano Rivera (NYY) got his 30th save of the year. Carl Pavano (NYY) came back to get his 1st win of year (1-0).
· Detroit (64-65) def. Kansas City (55-74) 4-0. Miguel Cabrera (Det) hit his 28th homer of the year.
· The Angels (78-50) def. Minnesota (74-55) 7-5. Francisco Rodriguez (LAA) got his 49th save of the year. Mark Teixeira (LAA) hit his 26th homer of the year.
· Cleveland (61-67) def. Texas (63-67) 8-7.
· Oakland (59-70) def. Seattle (47-82) 5-1.

In the National League...
· The Cubs (79-50) def. Washington (46-84) 9-2. Ryan Dempster (CHC) got his 15th win of the year (15-5). Aramis Ramirez (CHC) hit two homers (21,22).
· Philadelphia (70-59) def. The Dodgers (65-64) 9-2. Pat Burrell (Phi) hit his 30th homerun.
· Atlanta (57-73) def. St. Louis (72-59) 8-4. Albert Pujols (STL) hits his 27th homerun.
· San Francisco (57-72) def. San Diego (48-81) 4-3. Brian Wilson (SF) got his 34th save.
· Milwaukee (75-55) def. Pittsburgh (57-72) 6-3. Ryan Braun (Mil) hit his 32nd homer of the year.
· Houston (65-64) def. The Mets (72-58) Lance Berkman (Hou) hit his 26th homer of the year.
· Colorado (60-71) def. Cincinnati (57-73) 7-6.
· Arizona (68-61) def. Florida (66-64) 7-1. Hanley Ramirez (Fla) hit his 28th homer of the year.

Pro Wrestling
· No real wrestling news, but there was a house show to report…
WWE Raw House Show Results - 8/22/08Location: Bridgeport, Connecticut- Primo Colon defeated Snitsky
- Lance Cade defeated D-Lo Brown.- Jamie Noble defeated William Regal.- World Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase Jr. defeated Cryme Tyme.- WWE Women's Champion Beth Phoenix defeated Mickie James.- WWE Intercontinental Champion Santino Marella defeated Kofi Kingston.- World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk defeated JBL in a No DQ Match.- John Cena & Batista defeated Chris Jericho & Kane.

Personal Notes
· Got drunk this weekend after going the entire week without drinking…Pretty good week. Maybe she was right.
· I Cant believe that I turn 28 this week…Damn.

My PICC’s for TONIGHT’s Games…
(P = Parlay Piccs)

Football
· Buffalo +5 ½

Baseball
· Boston w/ Dice-K
· Yankees
· MY WHITE SOX
· Detroit
· Angels
· Seattle
· Texas
· Mets
· Milwaukee w/ CC Sabathia (P)
· St. Louis
· Cubs (P)
· Colorado
· San Diego
· Florida
· The Dodgers