NFL Preview: NFC East DALLAS COWBOYS The Cowboys were one playmaker away from making the playoffs last season and they added one of best, at least on the field, by signing Terrell Owens. Now it is obvious that Owens is not the best of citizens off the field, but Bill Parcells may be the perfect coach to keep him relatively in check. When he has his head on straight, Owens is the best receiver in the game, and he answered questions about his fortitude by having over 100 yards receiving in the Super Bowl on one leg two years ago.…
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NFL Preview: NFC West ST. LOUIS RAMS This year’s Rams team is expected to be no different from any other Rams Teams of the past, scoring lots of points and giving up just as many. The big difference this year is the Rams new head coach, Scott Linehan, who has no NFL coaching experience, and rookie head coaches usually don’t succeed in their first season. Nonetheless the St. Louis Rams did not lose any key offensive players this year, and running back Steven Jackson is expected to have a huge season this year. Marc Bulger can deliver some of the…
Kahne Sweeps California The competition knew that Kasey Kahne would be tough to beat going into California. He had always run well there and he needed a good finish for his team to have a chance to make the Chase for the Nextel Cup. They probably didn’t expect him to sweep the weekend though. Maybe the only thing more spectacular then Kahne sweeping the weekend is how he did it. Both wins came in the final laps of the race as he watched his competition run out of fuel. Kahne won the Busch race Saturday night after a fierce final…
Angels Win in 10, Tigers Lead to 4.5 In what can only be described as a collapse, the Tigers lost their 10th game in their last 15 at the hands of the Angels Saturday Night. The game was scoreless through 7 innings until the Angels Juan Rivera drove in a run with an RBI single in the top of the eighth to put Anaheim on top. Their lead didn’t last long however when Detroit answered in the bottom of the eighth with a single from Marcus Thames that drove in two runs and put Detroit on top 2-1. The Tigers…
Buckeye’s, Texas Roll; Irish Hang On Ohio State took its first step toward a National Championship on Saturday with a 35-12 victory over Northern Illinois. The Buckeye’s who scored 21 unanswered points in the first quarter were led by Heisman hopeful QB Troy Smith. Smith was 18-25 for 299 yards and three touchdowns. Two of those touchdowns were to Ted Ginn Jr. Ginn had four catches for 123 yards and returned two punts for 44 yards and two kickoffs for 25 more yards. The lone bright spot for Northern Illinois came in a small package. 5-7′ Running Back Garrett Wolfe had…
Iowa St. Win’s by 2 in Triple OT In the season opener for Iowa State they did something they have never done before, win in overtime. And what a win it was. The Cyclones (1-0) beat Toledo (0-1) 45-43 in a triple overtime stunner. Todd Blythe caught a pair of touchdown passes in OT and Quarterback Bret Meyer added three TD runs for Iowa State, which picked up its first OT win in six tries. The win came after Toledo receiver Chris Hopkins couldn’t hold on to a potential tying two-point conversion pass on the goal line.
USA Blows Lead, Loses to Greece Team USA’s undefeated run came to an end Friday in a stunning 101-95 loss to Greece in the FIBA World Championship Semi-Finals. The Greeks with no current NBA players on their roster, overcame a 12 point deficit on their way to their eighth victory of the tournament. Greece’s Vassilis Spanoulis, scored 22 points while Mihalis Kakiouzis added 15 and Sofoklis Schortsianitis scored 14, shooting 6-of-7. Carmello Anthony lead the way for the USA, but even his 27 points weren’t enough to pull out the victory.
Nextel Cup: The Chase Heads to Cali Chase conteders just about set with Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth co-favorites. Two races remain in the Nextel cup season before the 10 drivers will be determined for the chase to the championship. In 1994, the first year of the chase, Kurt Busch was 9th heading into the chase but went on to win the championship. It is therefore quite clear that anyone who makes the chase truly has a chance to win. Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth have already clinched a spot in the chase and have been instilled by BetBet.com as…
USA Heads to Semi’s After Downing Germany 85-65 Lebron James scored 13 points Wednesday night as Team USA defeated Dirk Nowitski and Team Germany 85-65 to advance to the semi-finals. The victory keeps the USA unbeaten at 7-0 and they remain one of only four unbeaten teams. Nowitski was really never a factor, especially in the second half where he missed nine of his twelve shot attempts. The USA was able to hold Germany to only 26 second half points on their way to the impressive win.
Yanks, Tigers Split While Chi-Sox Gain Ground in The AL Race The Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees each took a victory away Wednesday from their day-night Double-header. New York took the first game on a 2-0 shut out and it appeared as if they would take the night cap as well. That was until Craig Monroe came to bat in the ninth inning with two on and Detroit trailing 2-3. Monroe took the first pitch out of the park and put the Tigers on top 5-3 preventing New York from sweeping the day-night affair and only losing a half a…