Sunday, October 11, 2009

Scores and Sports Today 10/11/2009

MLB - Padilla helps Dodgers sweep Cards. Game 3 ppd., Phils go to Happ over Pedro. Moyer recovering from blood infection. Injured Twins 3B Tolbert off ALDS roster. BoSox back home for must-win vs. Angels. Twins turn to ex-Yankee Pavano in Game 3. Cards ousted after being first to clinch. Playoffs see blown calls, missed balls.

NFL - Eli practices, shows no signs of injury. Sanders travels with Colts, could play. Jets' Cotchery questionable vs. Dolphins. Steelers' Polamalu not expected to play. Mora expects Hasselbeck to start Sunday. Moreno ready to start as Buckhalter sits. Crabtree getting comfortable with 49ers. Titans DT Brown fined $10K for 2 hits. QB Joe Flacco and the Ravens try to bounce back against the division-rival Bengals.

NCAA FootBall - Tebow starts, Florida defeats LSU 13-3. No. 3 Alabama stifles No. 20 Ole Miss. Stanzi, No. 12 Iowa hold off Michigan. Bradford throws for 389 yards in return. Texas rolls, looks ahead to Oklahoma. Georgia Tech runs past reeling FSU 49-44. No. 10 TCU overcomes weather,Air Force. Arkansas hands Auburn first loss, 44-23.

CFL - Buck Pierce in bloody battle orchestrates a late win as the Lions down the Roughriders.Jovon Johnson returned a missed field goal 118 yards as the Bombers beat the Eskimos. The Edmonton Eskimos bring in six new players to offset a slew of injuries.

NBA - Warriors suspend Jackson for 2 games. Warriors beat Suns in outdoor exhibition. Kings' Garcia out 4 months after surgery. Shaq, LeBron take to road, top Bobcats. Mavs F Howard could miss start of season. Daye, Delfino suspended 1 game for melee. Heat's Wade, O'Neal sit with injuries. Fishman, 1 of Bucks' first owners, dies.

WNBA - The core of the dynamic Phoenix Mercury is a trio as talented as any in the game. Diana Taurasi, Cappie Pondexter and Penny Taylor—who led the team to its 2007 title—did it again in 2009, when the Mercury held off a late rally by the tenacious Indiana Fever for a 94-86 victory in the deciding Game 5 Friday night.

NHL - Ducks' Selanne scores 2 and SO winner. Bruins rally in 3rd, top Islanders in SOB. Blackhawks win in 9th round of shootout. Pens get 3 PP goals, keep Leafs winless. Grier, Miller push Sabres past Preds 1-0. Malone has hat trick in Lightning's win. Nabokov makes 38 saves as Sharks rally. Holmstrom leads Red Wings over Capitals. Red Wings nip Capitals. Quick, Kings stifle Blues. Sabres shut out Preds. Jackets stump Coyotes.

NASCAR - Out of nowhere, Juan Pablo Montoya has emerged as a title contender. But is NASCAR Nation ready for a foreign-born champ? If the race back in February at Auto Club Speedway is an indicator, then the Chase standings won’t experience much of a shakeup following Sunday’s Pepsi 500. Ten of the 12 Chase qualifiers finished in the top 12 in February’s Auto Club 500. What this intimates is that no one is going to gain major points, but you can lose big ground if you have a malfunction.

GOLF - At the Presidents Cup in San Francisco, Tiger Woods is finally matched with the perfect partner: Steve Stricker. Woods, Stricker 4-0 at Presidents Cup. Ross McGowan fired a 12-under par 60 to seize a seemingly insurmountable seven-stroke advantage in Madrid Masters.

SOCCER - US clinches spot in World Cup with winUS, Mexico, Italy, Germany reach World Cup.Costa Rica wins easy to put itself in position to qualify for the 2010 World Cup. Costa Rica moved into third—and the last automatic qualifying place—with 15 points. Costa Rica can secure its third straight trip to the finals to be played in South Africa with a win against the already-qualified United States on Wednesday.

TENNIS - Cilic routs Nadal, reaches China final. Agassi reaches Champions Series final. Tsonga defeats Youzhny to win Japan Open. Serena: Fed Cup status hinges on fitness. Henin targets comeback in Brisbane, 2010. Barcelona to host Davis Cup final.

HORSE RACING - Zenyatta improves to 13-0, Mine That Bird losses. Court Vision wins Shadwell Turf Mile. Homeboykris, Devil May Care pull upsets at Belmont Park. Owner says Rachel Alexandra is done for 2009.


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