It’s Friday the 13th, are you scared? If you are you suffer from Paraskevidekatriaphobia. (msn.com)
In theaters:
Man of the Year
The Grudge 2
The Marine
One Night with the King
Infamous
Braves Update:
Two Braves players have been claimed off waivers. Ken Ray, the Braves relief pitcher and former Long Island Duck, was claimed by the Kansas City Royals and top infield prospect, Luis Hernandez, was claimed by the Baltimore Orioles.
MLB Playoffs:
American League Championship Series
Detroit Tigers v. Oakland Athletics
Game 3:
First Pitch: 4:30 PM/est on Fox
Stadium: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI
Scheduled Pitchers:
A’s: Rich Harden (0-0)
Tigers: Kenny Rogers (0-0)
Tigers lead the Series 2-0
National League Championship Series
St. Louis Cardinals v. New York Mets
Game 1 recap:
Cardinals 0 4 0
Mets 2 6 0
W: Tom Glavine (1-0)
L: Jeff Weaver (0-1)
S: Billy Wagner (1)
Game 2
First Pitch: 8:19 PM/est on Fox
Stadium: Shea Stadium in Flushing, NY
Scheduled Pitchers: Cardinals: Chris Carpenter (0-0)
Mets: John Maine (0-0)
Mets lead the Series 1-0
Playoff Notes: Tigers relief pitcher Joel Zumaya had an MRI and ultrasound on Thursday that revealed “inflammation in his right wrist and forearm.” Zumaya suffered a similar injury in September and missed one week. Right now he is listed as day to day (detroittigers.com)…Carlos Guillen will continue to play first base for the Tigers while Sean Casey is out with a torn muscle in his right calf…Yesterday, the A’s and Tigers got to practice in the snow?!?! Early winter weather produced flurries in Detroit. Friday’s game was moved up to 4:30 after weather forecasts predicted snow showers in the evening.
NASCAR Update:
Qualifying for the Bank of America 500 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway got underway last night. Scott Riggs swept the Charlotte poles after posting a fast lap of 191.469 mph. Riggs will be joined by his teammate, Kasey Kahne, on the front row. RCR teammates, Kevin Harvick and Jeff Burton make up the third row, while last week’s winner, Brian Vickers will start 25th. Jeff Gordon will be bringing up the rear as he starts 41st. Joining Jeff in the rear of the field is Kurt Busch who qualified third but had his time disallowed after his car failed to pass inspection. Bill Elliot, who was attempting to make the first race for Red Bull racing was unable to qualify after Terry Labonte used the champions provisional to make the field.
Bank of America 500: Saturday @ 7PM on NBC
Ricky Carmichael has signed on to run with MB2 beginning in the 2007. The 26 year old has won 144 times in Supercross and Motocross.
Next year’s final 17 races will be broadcast on the ABC family of networks. Dr. Jerry Punch will do play-by-play while sharing the booth with Cup Champion, Rusty Wallace and former car owner Andy Petree. Brent Musberger, will host the pre-race show and Allen Bestwick, Dave Burns, Jamie Little and Mike Massaro will be reporting from pit road.
Random Quote: "I'm surprised you guys made it through all the security checks."-Brian Vickers to reporters after Vickers was offered extra security at Lowe's Motor Speedway
Giants Update:
The Giants have spent all week preparing for the Atlanta Falcons even employing a fake Michael Vick. The Falcons quarterback is known for his quickness. But Giants veteran, Michael Straham, is concerned with the Giants changing their weekly game plan. Instead of trying to contain the Falcon’s quickness, Straham believes the Giants “need to shut down the running game and just [have Vick] go back there and wing it around, throw it, and see what happens.” The Giants come off a solid 19-3 win over the Redskins last week. (via nydailynews.com)
Giants Notes: Derrick Ward will miss the game against the Falcons. Carlos Emmons and Sinorice Moss are both listed as doubtful.
Giants v. Falcons: 10/15 @ 1 PM/est on Fox
Around Sports:
Baseball
The Washington Nationals are denying a report that Alfonso Soriano turned down a $70 million, five year contract. Even if you offer this guy A-Rod money, which he is not worth (although neither is A-Rod but that’s another story) I don’t see him staying in D.C.
Basketball
Former Duke basketball star, Jay Williams played in his first game since being involved in a serious motorcycle accident three years ago. Williams played in 16 minutes scoring two points in the New Jersey Nets 89-103 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Thursday.
Football
Arizona Cardinals cornerback, Antozel Rolle has been fined $12,500 by the NFL for grabbing the face mask of Kansas City Chiefs running back, Larry Johnson.
In about time news…Kurt Warner hinted at retiring at the end of this season. The 35 year old (that’s it?) quarterback is currently watching the games from the Arizona Cardinals sideline after rookie Matt Leinart’s impressive start on Sunday. Warner was in a similar situation when he was with the Giants in 2004 during Eli Manning’s rookie season.
Celebrity Tid Bits:
In very sad and shocking news…Sara Evans will pull out of Dancing with the Stars after filing for divorce from her husband, Craig Schelske on Thursday. Evans and Schelske have three children together ranging in age from 2-7. In a statement released by her publicist, Sara left the show to “give her family her full attention at this difficult time.” Sara is the reigning ACM Female Vocalist of the Year. (via people.com)
Congratulations go out to Blake Shelton whose album The Dreamer was certified gold with over 500,000 copies sold. Also being certified gold are Montgomery Gentry’s Greatest Hits: Something to be Proud of and Larry the Cable Guy’s A Very Larry Christmas.
Congratulations also go out to Tim McGraw who will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, October 17th. This is the same day the soundtrack to Flicka is released and only three days before his new movie, Flicka hits theaters. McGraw is a platinum selling artist who also starred 2004’s Friday Night Lights. (Amazing movie and book and TV show.) (via cmt.com)
All of you single ladies out there might be excited to know that Mr. Kenny Chesney is currently not in love. (collective awwww) But the country singer is not opposed to being in love. Funny, I thought he was dating that girl from the “You Save Me” video. I guess things aren’t going so well. Anyway, Chesney will be featured in an upcoming edition of People Magazine which counts down the 25 hottest country stars.
Happy Birthday shout outs go to Nancy Karrigan, Marie Osmond and Rob Schneider.
It’s been fun blogging with you,
Kate
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