NASCAR Update:
Jimmie Johnson took the win in the Dickies 500 and the points lead on Sunday after making a late race pass on Matt Kenseth to give Johnson his first career victory at Texas. The race was marred by cautions including four in the first 39 laps. Jeff Gordon, who had been leading the points coming into Sunday, finished seventh after a relatively consistent day. The top 12 was filled with chasers including Johnson, Kenseth, Martin Truex, Jr., Kyle Busch, Jeff Burton, Gordon, Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick and Tony Stewart.
Race Results Points Standings
Scott Riggs finished his time in a Gillett Evernham Motorsports car with a 13th place finish. He'll be replaced by Patrick Carpentier beginning in Phoenix this weekend. Riggs' teammate Elliott Sadler finished 12th.
Rumors are flying that Roger Penske will announce Sam Hornish, Jr. as the third Nextel Cup driver for his Penske South Division at Phoenix this week. That's a great idea, the kid can't even make a race, let's make him a full time driver in Nascar. Sam should hang out with Travis Kvapil and Brendan Gaughan before going along with this. (via Jayski)
Congratulations to Carl Edwards on clinching the 2007 Busch Series Title.
But thanks in part to Edwards and last year's winner Kevin Harvick, Nascar is looking to prevent Cup dominance in their second tier series in the future.
Football Update:
On Sunday, the New England Patroits were able to complete 14 point comeback in the final 8 minutes to defeat the Indianapolis Colts 24-20. For once a game lived up to the hype.
But if you were busy watching the Colts/Pats game you missed a more exciting game in Cleveland where the Browns were able to beat the Seattle Seahawks 33-30 in overtime.
Adrian Peterson continues to add to his amazing rookie season with his record breaking 296 rushing game in the Vikings 35-17 victory over the Chargers.
The Dallas Cowboys owned the Philadelphia Eagles 38-17 on Sunday night. And better for T.O. he made it out of Philly...ALIVE!
Injury Roundup: Chad Johnson left the Bengals loss to the Buffalo Bills on a stretcher. He was taken to a local hospital, had a CT scah but was able to fly home with the team...Larry Johnson left the Kansas City Chief's game with an injured right ankle, and his team lost to the Packers...The Broncos lost their QB Jay Culter with an injured leg. X-Rays were negative but Culter is expected to have a MRI on Monday. The Broncos lost the Detroit Lions 44-7...The Houston Texans lost cornerback Dunta Robinson for the remainder of the season after injurying his right knee in a pileup in the Texans 24-17 win over the Oakland Raiders.
News & Notes: The Pirates have named John Russell as their new manager...In but will he come back news, Jorge Posada released an offical press statement congratulating Joe Girardi on his new position with the Yankees...Sammy Sosa says he's willing to come back in 2008 if someone gives him $7 million. We here at PIMC would like to congratulate Sosa on his retirement!...The Cubs picked up Daryle Ward's option while decling Cliff Floyd and Steve Trachsel...Tim Wakefield and Julian Tavarez will be back with Boston in 2008...Jose Guillen and former Brave Chris Reitsma will not be back in Seattle next season...Lute Olson, Arizona's Hall of Fame men's basketball coach is taking a leave of absence for an unspecified personal reason...UCLA quarterback Patrick Cowan was released for an Arizona Hospital after suffering a concussion and collapsed lung suffered during the third quarter of their 34-27 loss to Zona...Boston College proved once again #2 is not the place to be after losing to Florida State 27-17...A 44 year streak of Notre Dame wins over Navy came to a close after a triple overtime 46-44 loss...OSU is still number one in the eyes of the BSC...Celtics coach Doc Rivers left the team prior to their 98-95 overtime win over the Raptors because his father died...Congratulations to Paula Radcliffe and Martin Lel on winning the New York City Marathon...And finally, Lillian Ellison, aka Fabulous Moolah has died at the age of 84.
Check this out: Did Katie Holmes really run the marathon? According to this article, Mrs. Cruise wore high heels hours after crossing the finish line. If by some miracle I was able to run the marathon, I bet I'd be in an ice bath watching Sleepless in Seattle and promising myself, I'd never do that again!
It's been fun blogging with you,
Kate
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