Monday, November 10, 2008

Huddle Up, Boys

Baseball: Congrats to the AL's Gold Glove winners...The Brewers have hired former Mets manager Willie Randolph as their bench coach...Andy Pettitte is expanding his options by filing for free agency...Remember all of those current and former players taking dirt from the mound at Yankee Stadium as a memento during the last game? Turns out they didn't have too, since the Yanks are moving dirt, the pitching rubber and homeplate to the new Stadium...The Padres picked up Brian Giles $9 million option while the Rangers picked up Hank Blalock's...The Phillies want Matt Holliday. But it would be stupid to trade Shane Victorino for him...Looks like Mark Cuban has no chance to buy the Cubs.


Basketball: You score 55 points one night and the next you injure your ankle so badly that you'll miss the next four weeks. Well maybe Eva will help you ease that pain Tony Parker...The Celtics spoiled Allen Iverson's home debut with a 88-76 win...Thanks to a 111-82 drubbing of the Rockets, the Lakers remain undefeated...What the frick happened to the Knicks? They're like winning and stuff.
(Photo: Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)

College Football: Alabama and Texas Tech are sitting 1-2 in the BCS poll...Charlie Weis wants to have a more active role in Notre Dame's offense.

Football: The Giants continue to take out any team in its way, beating the Eagles, 36-31...Meanwhile the Titans one upped the G-Men, remaing undefeated with their 21-14 win over the Bears...Adrian Peterson was 8 yards shy of a 200 yard game as the Vikings edged the Packers, 28-27...The Colts took advantage of the Steelers mistakes, picking up a 24-20 victory...New England may have beat the Bills, 20-10, but they lost Adalius Thomas for the season with a broken forearm...Oh Jeremy Shockey...For the rest of Sunday's scores, click here.

Hockey: Phoenix ended the Shark's seven game win streak with their 4-2 victory...Meanwhile, the Blackhawks make it four in a row...David Booth picked up his first ever hat trick as the Panthers upended the Ducks, 3-1...Devils kept it close, but they are just not been the same since losing Marty Brodeur, falling to the Oilers, 2-1.

Nascar: Congrats to Jimmie Johnson on winning at Phoenix. (click here for results)...Johnson is so far out, he has to finish just 36th to guarantee his third straight title. (click here for standings)...Don't worry Nascar fans, Brian France says the Series will be ok if a manufacturer pulls out...Sam Hornish, Jr. isn't going anywhere.

Best of the Rest: 2008 may not be Roger Federer's year, after losing to Gilles Simon, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 at the Masters Cup...Congrats to Venus Williams on winning the WTA Championship.

Check this out: It was recently announced that the former "Girls Next Door" star and Hugh Hefner ex Kendra Wilkinson would be marrying her Philadelphia Eagle Hank Baskett. Click here to see which other famous WAG is sending her well wishes.

No comments: