Scores & Sports Today 08/27/2009

MLB-With the Rockies suddenly breathing down their neck, the Dodgers rose up and stung Colorado 6-1 on Wednesday. The win pushes the Dodgers' lead back to three games in the NL West. It's time to forgive Pete Rose for his sins against baseball. What Rose did was wrong, that we can agree on -- but it wasn't a cardinal sin.
http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/scoreboard

NFL-There are many reasons the phony football of August is not worth watching. Winning or losing games in the preseason doesn't really matter. When star players have to beg for a series or two, you know something's wrong. Anyway, on to the Regular season soon and after injuries are evaluated and fianl player selection is complete we will be ready for some FOOTBALL! Bob Costas will host NBC's Sunday Night Football pregame show from the site of
the game starting this season.

NCAA FootBall-Big House suites cost up to $85K per year? Are we in a depression ?
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/football/ncaa/08/26/michigan.big.house.ap/index.html#ixzz0PO0UXavw

NBA-Allen Iverson might head to the land of the King -- not LBJ's Cleveland, but Elvis' Memphis.Jason Williams has come out of retirement to sign with the title-contending Magic.

WNBA-Sparks beat Sky 75-63 for 6th straight victory. Storm shoot their way past Mystics.
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncw/scoreboard

NHL-The NHL is offering about $140 million to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes in U.S. Bankruptcy Court and would avoid a sticky issue still facing the case by accepting the existing lease to play in Glendale.

PGA-Despite its flaws, the creators of the FedEx Cup playoffs can hang their hats on at least one thing: The world's best players are competing this week in the New York City area, which wasn't the case in years past.

Soccer-MLS-For the fourth week in a row, Columbus, Houston and Chicago find themselves first, second and third, respectively, in the Free Kicks Power Rankings.

Tennis-It's no surprise the top-ranked players in the world get the top seeds for the U.S. Open -- Roger Federer and Dinara Safina. The draw for this year's final grand slam event is Thursday. Will Roger Federer and Serena Williams win their third Slam titles of the year at the U.S. Open?