Magic vs. Heat: D-Wade and Miami Dominate Orlando in South Beach

Filed under: Heat, Magic

MIAMI -- Miami coach Erik Spoelstra has been talking since the start of training camp - and he did it again pre-game Friday -- that the rise of the Heat this season will be "a process,'' asking for patience instead of a polished product early this season.

The Process didn't take very long.

The Heat may have looked lost in their opener in Boston earlier this week, but they looked overpowering Friday night when they destroyed the Orlando Magic, who came with a chip on their shoulder and something to prove.

What they proved was just how quickly Miami might put this championship team together. So much for The Process. This was a 96-70 spanking.

The Magic still might be a 60-win team this season - and Dwight Howard looked really, really good in the first half -- but they looked like the Washington Wizards in the second half in Miami Friday night.

Dwyane Wade led everyone with 26 points, while the Magic scored just 25 points in the second half, wilting under the defensive pressure of the Heat.

 

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Source: http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/10/29/heat-blast-magic-prove-they-wont-take-long-to-shine/

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Video: Bruins Fans Thank Phil Kessel For Tyler Seguin

Filed under: Bruins, Maple Leafs, NHL Fans, NHL Videos

By now you already know the story: The Boston Bruins traded Phil Kessel to the Toronto Maple Leafs prior to last season for a number of draft picks (including two first round selections), one of which turned out to be the No. 2 overall pick in this past summer's NHL draft. That pick was used on forward Tyler Seguin.

Kessel, of course, is an excellent player, having scored at least 30 goals in each of the past two seasons, and already lighting the lamp seven times in nine games this season for the Leafs. Still, from Boston's perspective the trade has the potential to be a franchise-changing event -- assuming the Bruins draft well and Seguin turns out to be as good as advertised -- as it already has one top-two selection, Seguin, and has one more first-round pick coming next summer.

On Thursday, Seguin and Kessel faced off for the first time -- in Boston -- with the Bruins coming out on top with a 2-0 victory. Oh, and Seguin scored one of the goals, prompting Bruins fans to offer up a mock chant of "Thank You Kessel."

Observe...

 

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Source: http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2010/10/28/video-bruins-fans-thank-phil-kessel-for-tyler-seguin/

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Jacory Harris Injured in Miami's Loss to Virginia After Big Hit

Filed under: University of Miami, Virginia

In the second quarter of Miami's 24-19 loss at Virginia, Hurricanes quarterback Jacory Harris was on the receiving end of a devastating hit that knocked him out of the game with an undisclosed injury.

Just as Harris released the football, Virginia defensive lineman John-Kevin Dolce unloaded on him.

Here's the video...

 

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Source: http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2010/10/30/jacory-harris-leaves-game-after-big-hit/

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Twins Angela and Amber Cope Make Historic NASCAR Start at Martinsville

Filed under: Camping World Truck Series, NASCAR

For the first time in NASCAR history, a set of twins competed together in a national division in the Camping World Truck Series race Saturday at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.

For 27-year-old identical twins Amber and Angela Cope, the prime-time debut was a decade in the making.

Amber Cope, driving the No. 6 Dodge, finished 26th, three laps down, while Angela Cope was involved in two incidents within 18 laps of each other early in the race and finished 30th, six laps down. Series veteran Ron Hornaday won the race.

But the Cope twins are far more interested in the future opportunities their debut may create than in the history they made.

The nieces of 1990 Daytona 500 winner Derrike Cope (shown at right with their uncle) hadn't competed in over a year before Saturday's race, the sagging economy having made it tough to find sponsorship to fund a two-car program.

So while the publicity and headlines can't hurt, the real goal for the Copes Saturday was the more modest: gain of seat time and turning heads.

"The twins are smart, attractive and have talent,'' Derrike Cope said. "And they understand that there is a learning process associated with being successful.

"The girls know this is do-or-die. They have to perform. They have to make it happen.

"Our hopes are that people will stand up and take notice. We're just trying to get in position so this can escalate, to get the opportunities in front of us.''

 

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Source: http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2010/10/23/twins-angela-and-amber-cope-make-historic-nascar-start-at-martin/

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Game 2 of World Series Sees Another Drop in TV Ratings

Filed under: Giants, Rangers, MLB Playoffs, World Series, Sports Business and Media

Game 2 of the World Series produced another slide in television ratings compared to last fall, with a drop of 26 percent from its 2009 counterpart.

The Giants' 9-0 win over the Rangers drew an 8.5 rating for FOX and was watched by 14.1 million people, according to Nielsen Media Research. That was the second-lowest number ever for a Game 2, trailing only the 8.1 rating drawn by the Rays-Phillies matchup in 2008.

Last year's Yankees-Phillies Game 2 garnered an 11.5 rating.

Viewership was down slightly from Wednesday night's Game 1 broadcast, which drew an 8.9 rating.

 

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Source: http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/10/29/game-2-of-world-series-sees-another-drop-in-tv-ratings/

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Lakers vs Suns: Pau Gasol Leads LA in Phoenix

Filed under: Lakers, Suns

PHOENIX -- In a rematch of last year's Western Conference Finals, the Lakers faced the Suns in the champs' first road contest of the season. This was the third time in the last five meetings between the teams that the Suns were playing on the second night of a back-to-back, while the Lakers were coming off of at least a day's rest -- or in this case, two days.

Phoenix hung around all game long, thanks to never letting L.A. go on a huge run of more than seven or eight points. And, they held their own in the rebound battle, an area that Suns coach Alvin Gentry specifically pointed to before the game as an area of concern. But in the end, the depth of the Lakers -- as it's likely to be against the majority of their opponents this season -- was simply too much, and L.A. pulled away for a 114-106 victory to improve to 2-0 on the young season.

 

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Lee Westwood Set to Pass Tiger Woods as Golf's Top-Ranked Player

Filed under: PGA, Ryder Cup

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) -- Lee Westwood is set to replace Tiger Woods at the top of the rankings Oct. 31 after saying Sunday he does not expect to play again until November because of an ankle injury.

The Englishman will climb to No. 1 if he does not return before the end of the month and Woods follows through with his intention not to play again until the HSBC Champions on Nov. 4-7.

Westwood has been struggling with a right ankle injury and finished tied for 11th at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

Asked when he might play again, Westwood said: "At the earliest probably HSBC, maybe Dubai [Nov. 25-28]."

Woods has topped the rankings for over five years, since the week before the 2005 U.S. Open at Pinehurst. Woods will have been at No. 1 for 279 weeks in Monday's rankings.

Westwood said his injury had been troubling him for a while.

 

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Legendary NASCAR Executive Jim Hunter Dies

Filed under: NASCAR

NASCAR Vice President of Corporate Communications Jim Hunter died Friday night in Daytona Beach after a year-long battle with cancer.

Almost always seen wearing a NASCAR #48 ball cap -- referencing the sport's 1948 beginnings -- Hunter was a legendary figure in the sport, having worked as a racing journalist, public relations specialist, president of Darlington Raceway and ultimately as a top executive with the sanctioning body during a 40-year career with NASCAR.

(He's pictured at Darlington Raceway in 2008 with the Charlotte Observer's Jim Utter, at left, and Sirius NASCAR Radio's Claire B. Lang, right).

"Jim Hunter was one of NASCAR's giants,'' NASCAR Chairman Brian France said. "For more than 40 years Jim was part of NASCAR and its history. He loved the sport but loved the people even more.

"It seems as if everyone in the sport called him a friend. Jim will forever be missed by the NASCAR community.''

Source: http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2010/10/30/legendary-nascar-executive-jim-hunter-dies/

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One Hot Summer of 'Boys, Have At It' NASCAR Highlights

Filed under: Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series, Sprint Cup, Joey Logano, NASCAR

The leaves are changing, and pretty soon it will be getting dark at 5 p.m. and the holidays will be hurtling at us.

We've still got five races to go in NASCAR's Chase to the Sprint Cup championship, and four more in the Nationwide series.

But on this rather slow Wednesday at the halfway point of the Chase, we thought we'd jump back into the summer for a review of some of the highlights and lowlights of those long, sunny, hot days of June, July and August.

The 2010 season will be remembered as a year that the economic downturn hit NASCAR hard, with vast swaths of empty seats at many race tracks. Even Bristol doesn't sell out anymore.

But NASCAR Vice President of Competition Robin Pemberton's open invitation of "Boys, have at it" in January had its effects, too, and throughout the season, the drivers showed a far greater willingness to mix it up on the track, and the NASCAR police stood down and let 'em race.

The results include these top-five candidates below.

 

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David Stern: Players Get 'Masters in Complaining' in NBA

by Brett Pollakoff

Filed under: Celtics, Heat, Lakers, Rockets, NBA Referees, Sports Business and Media

LOS ANGELES -- Despite the colossal amount of hype surrounding LeBron James and the Miami Heat this season, David Stern passed on attending the battle in Boston on Opening Night. Instead, he fulfilled his duties as commissioner by showing up for the Lakers' home opener at Staples Center. The reason was simple.

"I'm here to give out some rings," Stern said.

Stern met with the media prior to L.A.'s 112-110 victory over the Rockets, and even though he spent close to 20 minutes fielding questions on a variety of topics, there wasn't really anything earth-shattering to come of it. Stern dropped plenty of interesting bits of knowledge just a week earlier during his annual season tip-off conference call, so the amount of new information to come out of this meeting was minimal at best.

But there was the opportunity for some clarification.

One of the biggest topics of interest in the ongoing labor negotiations that Stern has addressed is the possibility of contraction. But as the commissioner was quick to point out, it's not a stand-alone item that the league wants to consider. It's just that the conversation has to happen when the subject of revenue sharing is introduced, particularly when you're talking about cutting a substantial check to a team that may not be profitable even after that level of financial assistance.

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Pollakoff: Role Players Lead Lakers on Opening Night

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Source: http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/10/27/david-stern-players-get-masters-in-complaining-in-nba/

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Mason Raymond Poke-Check Turns Into Overtime Winner

Filed under: Avalanche, Canucks, Western, NHL Videos

After blowing a late lead against division rival Colorado Tuesday night, Vancouver was able to pick up the extra point in overtime.

It happened without a shot actually being taken by a Vancouver player.

Mason Raymond picked up that game-winning goal for the Canucks, and he didn't even have to shoot the puck to make it happen. Instead, he poke-checked a puck off the stick of defenseman Jonas Holos' stick, and the puck went through the legs of goalie Peter Budaj to give Vancouver a 4-3 win.

 

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Tim Green Experiences Another Renaissance as H.S. Football Coach

by David Steele

Filed under: Sports Business and Media

SKANEATELES, N.Y. -- During his eight years as an NFL defensive end and linebacker, Tim Green was routinely referred to as a "Renaissance Man'' because of his diverse pursuits: working on a law degree, writing books, appearing on television. His life, clearly, did not consist solely of football.

So naturally, 17 years after his playing career with the Atlanta Falcons ended, as he stays active in his other pursuits and while he ponders a political career ... he's coaching high school football.

Which raises two questions: why and how?

 

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Source: http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2010/10/25/tim-green-experiences-another-renaissance-as-h-s-football-coach/

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World Series Game 2: Matt Cain's Gem Puts Giants Two Wins From Title

Filed under: Giants, Rangers, MLB Playoffs, World Series

SAN FRANCISCO -- The pitching duel that wasn't in Game 1 of the World Series arrived in Thursday's Game 2, at least until the eighth inning.

San Francisco's Matt Cain out-pitched Texas lefty C.J. Wilson, then the San Francisco offense poured it on late as the Giants won 9-0 at AT&T Park to take a 2-0 lead in the Fall Classic as it shifts to Texas for Game 3.

Wilson and reliever Darren Oliver kept the Rangers close through seven innings, but the Texas bullpen imploded in the eighth, allowing seven runs as a procession of relievers -- Darren O'Day, Derek Holland, Mark Lowe and Michael Kirkman -- struggled in every facet.

All of the Giants runs in the eighth came with two outs. Buster Posey started things with a single. Nate Schierholtz and Cody Ross followed with walks. Aubrey Huff drew a walk to plate the first run of the inning against Holland. Lowe replaced Holland and walked Uribe to score Schierholtz. An Edgar Renteria single scored two more runs and forced Holland from the game. Kirkman followed and surrendered a triple to Aaron Rowand and a double to Andres Torres, and the rout was on.

 

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Source: http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/10/28/world-series-game-2-matt-cains-gem-puts-giants-two-wins-from-t/

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The Works: Where Is the Love?

by Bethlehem Shoals and Tom Ziller

Filed under: Kings, Nets, Nuggets, Pistons, Timberwolves, NBA Referees, Sports Business and Media, The Works

In The Works today: interrogating NBA finance; how the techs were won; the cool, cool world of Melo's free agency; and the League Pass Cup begins.

But first, the season's first big question about the Minnesota Timberwolves, featuring their one good player.

New Dawn Fades

The season is exactly one game old for the Minnesota Timberwolves, and Kevin Love is already getting disrespected by his coach. Fitting that Love's new blog for GQ is called Love Will Tear Us Apart, because he's doing just that to the Twin Cities. Wolves coach Kurt Rambis sat Love for the final 8-1/2 minutes of Minnesota's tight opening night game against the Kings (who were without star guard Tyreke Evans). Why, pray tell?

He told reporters he liked what Anthony Tolliver was doing defensively. So he sat his best player.

The opponent Rambis needed Tolliver for was Carl Landry, who ended up dropping seven points in less than nine minutes in the fourth on Tolliver. The supposedly great defensive team Rambis wanted to put on the floor when Love came out allowed 18 points in 16 possessions (before the Wolves were forced to foul with 23 seconds left). Again, Landry had seven of those and rookie center DeMarcus Cousins added another five. That's 12 of the 18 points through the critical stretch of the game against Rambis' defensive frontline that Love is apparently too poor a defender to be featured in.

In the end, Tolliver played 28 minutes to Love's 24, and I'm sitting here wondering how long it will be until K-Love is run out of town the way Al Jefferson was. Think about it: Minnesota traded Big Al for two mid-to-low first-round picks and Kosta Koufos because Al and Love couldn't play together. In the first game of the post-Al era, Love is benched because he can't defend Carl Landry. Meanwhile, the replacement has trouble guarding Carl Landry because -- surprise! -- Carl Landry is a pretty good scorer.

 

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Source: http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/10/28/the-works-where-is-the-love/

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UConn Shifts Practice Habits Because of Alleged Spy

Filed under: Connecticut, Rumors

Randy Edsall moved UConn's Wednesday practice indoors because of the rain and another, more interesting reason: someone is allegedly watching UConn's practices.

On Wednesday, when asked whether the Huskies would be practicing indoors, Edsall said, "Yeah, so people don't report on what we practice. No, we'll be inside because of the rain but we got an issue where we have somebody that wants to write everything we do from the dorm room so ... we have to look at that now.

"One of our former players' parents e-mailed [Program Assistant Joanne Fazio]. We had somebody that was giving a blow by blow of everything that happened in practice [Tuesday]. We might have to practice inside all the time now."

 

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Source: http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2010/10/28/uconn-shifts-practice-habits-because-of-alleged-spy/

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Shriners Open Preview: Rickie Fowler's Chance to Shine

Filed under: PGA

As the PGA Tour enters the final two weeks of its season, players head to Las Vegas for the Justin Timberlake Shiners Hospitals for Children Open in what shapes up to be an exciting tournament.

The field, highlighted by 10 winners on Tour this season, will be taking dead aim at TPC Summerlin. This par 72, 7,243-yard course yielded 1,821 birdies a year ago -- the highest total of any tournament in 2009. Martin Laird, pictured right, recorded two eagles and 23 birdies on his way to a 19-under total and a playoff victory over Chad Campbell and George McNeill.

While both Laird and Campbell return to Las Vegas in 2010, much of this week's attention will be focused on rookie Ricky Fowler. The 21-year-old has enjoyed a breakout year with five top 5s and a top 25 standing on the money list. A win would make him one of the youngest winners on tour since Tiger Woods notched his first career victory at this tournament in 1996 at the age of 20.

If Fowler can pull off the win, he would be the 10th first-time winner in the tournament's 29-year history. And you have to like his chances. Fowler returns to his home course after finishing fifth in putting last year, so look for him to know use his familiarity with the course to get a leg up on the field.

 

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Source: http://golf.fanhouse.com/2010/10/20/shriners-open-preview-rickie-fowlers-chance-to-shine/

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Packers vs. Jets Preview, Score and More

Filed under: Jets, Packers, AFC East, NFC North

Coming off of their bye week the New York Jets are looking to extend their winning streak to six games and are welcoming back to full strength their Pro Bowl cornerback, Darrelle Revis. He and Antonio Cromartie almost certainly will be tested by Packers' quarterback Aaron Rodgers and wide receivers Greg Jennings and Donald Driver.

On the flip side, Jets' quarterback Mark Sanchez had his shakiest outing of the season two weeks ago at Denver when he threw his first two interceptions of the season and nearly had two more picked off as the Jets managed to come from behind and pull out a 24-20 road win. Now that the New England Patriots have tied them at 5-1 overall, this would be the perfect opportunity for the Jets to create some separation in the AFC East.

Green Bay picked up a big division win last week against Minnesota and already has lost to one AFC East team, the Miami Dolphins two weeks ago, so Rodgers and company would like nothing better than to spoil New York's party with an upset. Defensively, the Packers are going to have to watch out for the reborn LaDainian Tomlinson at running back and hope to get to Sanchez often enough to take him out of his rhythm.

 

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Source: http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2010/10/28/packers-vs-jets-preview-score-and-more/

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Taylor Hall Scores First NHL Goal

Filed under: Blue Jackets, Oilers, NHL Videos

In his eighth NHL game, No. 1 overall draft pick Taylor Hall scored his first career goal for the Edmonton Oilers in a 3-2 shootout loss against the Columbus Jackets on Thursday night. Entering play on Thursday the 18-year-old Hall had recorded just one point (an assist) in his previous seven games, but managed to chip in on both Oilers goals in regulation, also getting credit for an assist on Shawn Horcoff's power play goal in the first period.

The goal itself was a deflection in front of the net as Hall directed a Theo Peckham shot from the point past Blue Jackets goaltender Steve Mason, tying the game at two midway through the third period, ultimately sending the game to overtime and giving Edmonton an opportunity to earn at least a point in the standings.

Here's the video...

 

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Denny Hamlin Wins Again at Martinsville, Trails Jimmie Johnson by Six Points

Filed under: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Sprint Cup, NASCAR

MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- Denny Hamlin needed a long green flag stretch to get his No. 11 FedEx Toyota to run at its best, and he finally got that run during the final 100 laps at Martinsville Speedway, making the race-winning pass of Kevin Harvick on lap 471 of the 500-lap event.

The victory, Hamlin's third in a row at Martinsville, allowed him to pull within six points of Jimmie Johnson in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. It's the closest margin between first and second in the Chase since the playoff format was instituted in 2004.

Hamlin took the checkered flag by 2.318 seconds over Mark Martin, who made up two laps and was charging toward the front at the end. Harvick finished third after leading most of the later laps of the race. Kyle Busch finished fourth, followed by Jimmie Johnson.

It was Hamlin's seventh win this year and his 15th career victory. He's now won three in a row at Martinsville and four in all.

"We are back, baby!" Hamlin shouted on his radio as he crossed the finish line. "Awesome job! Great job of adjusting the car. It was the best it's been all day long. Pit crew, you did it right there. You got me out. Thanks, guys. Relentless, relentless job, guys."

In victory lane, Hamlin said, "I don't think I've ever closed that well, ever. We did not have a race-winning car until the very end. My pit crew got me from sixth to third before the last restart and that was the key."

 

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Source: http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2010/10/24/denny-hamlin-wins-again-at-martinville-trails-jimmie-johnson-by/

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Declan Sullivan, Student Manager, Killed as Notre Dame Video Tower Collapses

Filed under: Notre Dame

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A 20-year-old student manager at the University of Notre Dame died on Wednesday when the mobile scissor-lift tower atop which he was standing blew over due to strong winds.

The student manager was identified as Declan Sullivan, a junior from Long Grove, Ill. who lived in Fisher Hall. Sullivan's sister, Gwyneth, is also a student at Notre Dame.

The accident occurred at approximately 4:50 p.m., when the mobile hydraulic-lift tower, which is used to videotape practices, blew over as winds gusted upwards of 40 mph. The tower fell across an eight-foot high chain-link fence that abuts the north side of the LaBar practice complex and landed on the service road. The tower, at its most extended, rises at least 50 feet into the air.

Sullivan was transported to Memorial Hospital in South Bend, where he later died.

 

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Source: http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2010/10/27/student-manager-killed-as-notre-dame-video-tower-collapses/

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NFL Picks Week 8: Are Struggling Saints Due for Big Win?

Filed under: FanHouse Previews, NFL Predictions, NFL Analysis

Pittsburgh was very lucky and won last week. New Orleans was awful and lost. So the Steelers are due to lose and the Saints are due to win when they meet at the Superdome Sunday night.

Well, maybe.

This is a game between a team at the top of the AFC and one that's supposed to be at the top of the NFC -- and we all know the AFC is much better this year. Don't we? The "experts'' all tell us so. So go the opposite way, take that point the Saints are favored by, throw it on the Steelers and you win.

See, wagering theories can go either way.

 

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FanHouse TV: Sticking With Alabama

Filed under: Alabama

As top-ranked teams in the polls and BCS standings continue to fall, FanHouse TV's LeCharles Bentley is sticking to his guns. When the season reaches its conclusion, defending national champion Alabama will be in the title picture. Bentley offers that thought and more in a discussion with Pat McManamon.

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World Series Game 1 Preview From FanHouse TV

Filed under: Giants, Rangers, MLB Playoffs, MLB Video, World Series

It's officially game day for Game 1 of the 2010 World Series and FanHouse TV is on location in San Francisco. Can Cliff Lee continue his postseason mastery, and what is Tim Lincecum's crucial flaw that could cost the Giants the series? Dan Graziano and Steve Phillips have it all covered. Click to watch:

 

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Dikembe Mutombo Expects to Be Named to Hall of Fame

Filed under: 76ers, Hawks, Nuggets, Rockets, NBA Awards

DENVER -- Dikembe Mutombo obviously is paying no attention to the website Basketball-Reference.com, which has a Hall of Fame probability section and lists his chances to be inducted at a meager 3.28 percent.

For Mutombo, it's a no brainer. He expects to be enshrined in the Hall of Fame after becoming eligible in 2015.

"Are you kidding, man?'' Mutombo said in an interview Wednesday with FanHouse about whether he believes he will be inducted. "I believed when I played that one day I would see my name being called in Springfield, Mass. ... I think so (that he will get in).''

Defensively, the 7-foot-2 center, who played from 1991-2009, had few equals. He was named Defensive Player of the Year four times, tying Detroit center Ben Wallace for the most ever, and led the NBA in blocks three times and in rebounding twice while playing in eight All-Star Games with Denver, Atlanta and Philadelphia.

 

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David Stern: Players Get 'Masters in Complaining' in NBA

Filed under: Celtics, Heat, Lakers, Rockets, NBA Referees, Sports Business and Media

LOS ANGELES -- Despite the colossal amount of hype surrounding LeBron James and the Miami Heat this season, David Stern passed on attending the battle in Boston on Opening Night. Instead, he fulfilled his duties as commissioner by showing up for the Lakers' home opener at Staples Center. The reason was simple.

"I'm here to give out some rings," Stern said.

Stern met with the media prior to L.A.'s 112-110 victory over the Rockets, and even though he spent close to 20 minutes fielding questions on a variety of topics, there wasn't really anything earth-shattering to come of it. Stern dropped plenty of interesting bits of knowledge just a week earlier during his annual season tip-off conference call, so the amount of new information to come out of this meeting was minimal at best.

But there was the opportunity for some clarification.

One of the biggest topics of interest in the ongoing labor negotiations that Stern has addressed is the possibility of contraction. But as the commissioner was quick to point out, it's not a stand-alone item that the league wants to consider. It's just that the conversation has to happen when the subject of revenue sharing is introduced, particularly when you're talking about cutting a substantial check to a team that may not be profitable even after that level of financial assistance.

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Pollakoff: Role Players Lead Lakers on Opening Night

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Source: http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/10/27/david-stern-players-get-masters-in-complaining-in-nba/

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Jimmie Johnson's Third Place Increases His Championship Lead

Filed under: Denny Hamlin, Jamie McMurray, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Sprint Cup, NASCAR, Charlotte Motor Speedway

CONCORD, N.C. -- It may have been a familiar car up front in Saturday's Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but it was hardly just another hum-drum NASCAR championship effort.

Jimmie Johnson finished third behind winner Jamie McMurray and the night's most dominant driver, Kyle Busch, and still extended his NASCAR Sprint Cup championship lead to 41 points over second place Denny Hamlin. Most disconcerting to his competition is the fact the four-time defending series champ scored the finish despite an early race spin, pit road collision and uncharacteristic pit stop bobble.

"Ah, Superman; he woke up,'' Busch said at one point midway through the race while exchanging the lead with Johnson, who had just overcome a series of early race setbacks.

With five races remaining in NASCAR's 10-race Chase for the Sprint Cup playoffs, Johnson has clearly established himself as the odds-on favorite, man-to-beat for an unprecedented and unthinkable fifth consecutive title.

"We've had a little more drama in this situation than we would have wanted to,'' Johnson's crew chief Chad Knaus offered Saturday night. Yet somehow, even nights like this haven't derailed his title hopes in the least.

 

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Source: http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2010/10/17/jimmie-johnson-rallies-for-third-place-finish-increases-champion/

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After Hot Start, Reality Setting in for Maple Leafs

Filed under: Maple Leafs

It's reality check time for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

After starting the season with four straight victories -- four triumphs that had Leaf fans pinching themselves - those same Maple Leafs are winless in three straight games heading into Tuesday's home skirmish against Florida.

The Leafs no longer occupy top spot in the Eastern Conference standings, and chances are they won't reach those lofty heights again this season.

And unless they regroup quickly, the Leafs will plunge deeper in the East standings -- familiar territory for this team over the past several years.

Having said that, the Leafs' recent play is probably a more realistic reflection of the talent on the bench.

 

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Source: http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2010/10/25/its-time-captain-dion-phaneuf-stepped-it-up-for-the-toronto-map/

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World Series Game 1 Preview From FanHouse TV

Filed under: Giants, Rangers, MLB Playoffs, MLB Video, World Series

It's officially game day for Game 1 of the 2010 World Series and FanHouse TV is on location in San Francisco. Can Cliff Lee continue his postseason mastery, and what is Tim Lincecum's crucial flaw that could cost the Giants the series? Dan Graziano and Steve Phillips have it all covered. Click to watch:

 

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Source: http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/10/27/world-series-game-1-preview-from-fanhouse-tv/

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Brad Keselowski Wins Charlotte Nationwide Race, Danica 21st

Filed under: Car of Tomorrow, Nationwide Series, Danica Patrick, NASCAR

CONCORD, N.C. -- With trash on his radiator grille and four worn tires, Brad Keselowski ran away from the field in the final laps of the Dollar General 300 Friday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

The Nationwide Series points leader padded his lead as he took his fifth victory of the year and his 11th career win. It was his first checkered flag at the 1.5-mile Charlotte track.

Keselowski now leads Carl Edwards in the Nationwide championship points race by an almost-insurmountable 450 points with four races remaining. Edwards finished 13th.

Keselowski led 46 laps, including the final 35 laps, and won by about 10 car lengths, or 1.137 seconds, over Martin Truex Jr. Finishing third was Justin Allgaier, followed by Joey Logano and Clint Bowyer.

"I'm so mentally exhausted after this race," Keselowski said. "I thought that was the best race I've ever seen in my life. That was awesome."

 

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Source: http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2010/10/15/brad-keselowski-wins-charlotte-nationwide-race/

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Missouri Takes Significant Step With Upset Of BCS No. 1 Oklahoma

Filed under: Missouri, Oklahoma, Big 12

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Thumbing through the Gary Pinkel years at Missouri, there is a lot of high achievement for a program that had lost its way much of the 1990s.

You have a string of bowl games, a couple double-digit winning seasons and -- most significantly -- a sustained presence toward the top of the Big 12 North Division. Still, that signature that puts the rest of the nation on notice that you are indeed a power program had been conspicuously missing from the Tigers' resume.

Missouri finally broke through Saturday night, standing toe-to-toe against the newly crowned BCS No.1 Oklahoma during a showdown of undefeated Big 12 schools at Faurot Stadium. After all of the ups-and-downs of a college football game had been realized, the No. 11 Tigers walked away with a 36-27 upset of an Oklahoma team that was named the nation's top team in last week's first BCS poll.

"This isn't the national championship, certainly, but it's a big for a our football program, it's big for a lot of reasons," said Pinkel, who led Missouri to its first win over a No.1 ranked team. "I had refused to talk about how big this win would be leading up to the game. The bottom line is you have to do it. You can talk about it forever, but you have to do it and we did it.

"Hopefully that will give us a lot of confidence as we continue the season."

 

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Source: http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2010/10/24/missouri-takes-significant-step-with-upset-of-bcs-no-1-oklahoma/

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