The N.L. West has three contend-ers fighting for two playoff berths. The Giants are on the outsidelooking in, but because Friday’s lossto the Dodgers began a stretch of nine consecutive games againstLos Angeles and Colorado, SanFrancisco can control its own fate. Three factors in the race:
INJURIES:
The Rockies (SS Troy Tulowitzki, 3BIan Stewart, RP Huston Street, SPsUbaldo Jimenez, Aaron Cook, JoseContreras) and Dodgers (SPs RandyWolf and Clayton Kershaw, 3BCasey Blake) are hurting.
Advantage:
Giants, if TimLincecum returns early next week.
SCHEDULE:
Los Angeles gets Colorado and SanFrancisco at home, and has 13 gamesremaining against last-place teams.
Advantage:
Dodgers
NEWCOMERS:
Jim Thome’s trade to the Dodgersmade headlines, but Jason Giambihas been a hitting hero since joining Colorado.
Advantage:
Rockies
Bottom line:
San Franciscowill miss the cut. And don’t besurprised if Colorado relegates L.A.to the wild card.
— Stan McNeal
N.L. West couldbe Rocky Top
New heightsfor Air Jordan
Packs ’em infor Hall of Fame induction
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Move over, Lou
Jeter gets hit No. 2,722 topass Gehrig as Yankees’all-time leader
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American League
Toronto 6, Detroit 4Tampa Bay at Boston, ppd., rainKansas City 2, Cleveland 1, 12 inningsSeattle at Texas, ppd., rainOakland 12, Minnesota 5L.A. Angels 7, Chicago White Sox 1Baltimore 10, N.Y. Yankees 4
National League
Chicago Cubs 6, Cincinnati 4Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Mets 2Washington 5, Florida 3Atlanta 1, St. Louis 0Houston 9, Pittsburgh 1Milwaukee 6, Arizona 3L.A. Dodgers 10, San Francisco 3Colorado 4, San Diego 1
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It’s Moving Week incollege football, the timewhen coaches say teamsmake their mostimprovement of theseason.The big question:Who moves up and whomoves down?“If we get this winunder our belt,” saysMichigan tailback CarlosBrown, “we can get somemomentum rolling.”They’re not alone.Three intriguing non-conference games todaycan change the course of the season. Here’s whatis riding on today forthose six teams:
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Tier drop
Losses today could knocktop programs down a rung
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No. 18 Notre Dame at Michigan
3:30 p.m., ABC
Irish:
The ND confidence is built ontwo wins against overmatched WACteams (Hawaii in 2008, Nevada lastweek). Michigan isn’t elite again just yet, but winning in a tough environmentwill continue ND’s positive momentum.
Wolverines:
With a win, Michiganwill be one win from matching the totalof three from a disastrous 2008, and beating a rival will further distance RichRodriguez’s program from an awkwardand controversial transition period.
No. 3 USC at No. 8 Ohio State
8 p.m., ESPN
Trojans:
Freshman QB MattBarkley gets his first road experiencein a rowdy environment. Win here,and that looming brutal road sched-ule (Cal, Notre Dame, Oregon) doesn’tlook so daunting.
Buckeyes:
Maybe it’s not so muchwhat a win means but what a loss willdo for Ohio State and the Big Ten. The beleaguered duo badly needs a bigwin in a big game to heal theirreputations.
UCLA at Tennessee
4 p.m., ESPN
Bruins:
UCLA has improvedphysically, adding speed and athleti-cism under coach Rick Neuheisel.The transformation has to take thenext step by winning big games onthe road.
Vols:
Playtime is over for new-lookTennessee—and more important, forQB Jonathan Crompton, who mustprove he can play efficiently againstan active defense before next week’sgame at Florida.
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Michigan QB Tate ForcierUSC RB Joe McKnightTennessee QB Jonathan Crompton
Colorado 4, San Diego 1
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Yorvit Torrealba’s three-run, ninth-inning double lifted the Rockies andkept them two back of L.A. Page 6
NFL
The mighty Quinn?
Eric Manginiis apparentlyputtinghis team inthe mostly-untested handsof Brady Quinn.A look at threesigns pointing to Quinn being theBrowns’ starting QB.
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Brady Quinn
Going camping
Training camps open thisweekend,and aPenguinsrepeat isamongthe issuesCraigCustanceaddresses.
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A quick look at the best sports on TV
— all times Eastern
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No. 3 USCat No. 8 Ohio State
8 p.m., ESPN
The Buckeyes are winless in their lastfive games against teams ranked in the topfive, but they have a real shot at endingthat streak tonight. Trojans freshman QBMatt Barkley hasn’t played a road game yet,and it doesn’t get much tougher than theHorseshoe. Meanwhile, a great perfor-mance by OSU QB Terrelle Pryor could vaulthim into the Heisman picture. A lot on theline for both schools as they chase nationaltitle glory.
NASCAR
Chevy Rock & Roll 400
7:30 p.m., ABC
Following tonight’s race, we’ll finallyknow whether Brian Vickers and Kyle Buschqualified for the Chase for the NASCARSprint Cup, and who was left out, if that’sthe case. Busch is a real threat to win,having won here before and led hundredsof laps at the track, while Vickers is certainlya threat to finish in the top 10 for the simplereason he has not finished worse than 12thsince late June. A DNF for any driver not yetlocked in could open the door for eithercompetitor.
GOLF
BMW Championship
3 p.m., NBC
Tiger Woods has a handful of courseswhere he simply dominates, and Cog Hillis one of those. A four-time winner at thesuburban Chicago course, Woods is tiedfor the lead with Mark Wilson heading intothird-round play. Their pairing will be aninteresting one for history buffs—Woodsbeat Wilson in the U.S. Junior Amateur in1992. Padraig Harrington continues to lurk near Tiger, as he’s just one shot back with atrio of others.
— Compiled by Roger Kuznia
AUTO RACING
8 a.m.SPEED—
Formula One,qualifying for ItalianGrand Prix, at Monza,Italy
11 a.m.SPEED—
NASCAR, Truck Series, polequalifying for Copart200, at Madison, Ill.
2:30 p.m.SPEED—
NASCAR, Truck Series, Copart200, at Madison, Ill.
7:30 p.m.ABC—
NASCAR, SprintCup, Chevy Rock & Roll400, at Richmond, Va.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
NoonESPN—
Fresno St. atWisconsin
ESPN2—
Cent.Michigan at MichiganSt.
FSN—
Iowa at Iowa St.
3:30 p.m.ABC—
Notre Dame atMichigan
ESPN2—
BYU at Tulane
FSN—
Houston atOklahoma St.
VERSUS—
Texas atWyoming
4 p.m.ESPN—
UCLA at Tennessee
7 p.m.ESPN2—
SouthCarolina at Georgia
8 p.m.ESPN—
Southern Calat Ohio St.
10:15 p.m.FSN—
Purdue atOregon
CYCLING
1 a.m.VERSUS—
Tour of Missouri, sixth stage,Chillicothe to St.Joseph, Mo. (delayedtape)
GOLF
8:30 a.m.TGC—
European PGA Tour, Mercedes-BenzChampionship, thirdround, at Cologne,Germany
1 p.m.TGC—
LPGA,NW ArkansasChampionship, secondround, at Rogers, Ark.
3 p.m.NBC—
PGA Tour, BMWChampionship, thirdround, at Lemont, Ill.
4 p.m.TGC—
USGA, WalkerCup, first round, atMerion, Pa.
6:30 p.m.TGC—
Nationwide Tour, UtahChampionship, thirdround, at Sandy, Utah(same-day tape)
MAJOR LEAGUEBASEBALL
4 p.m.FOX—
Regionalcoverage, N.Y. Mets atPhiladelphia, ChicagoWhite Sox at L.A.Angels, or Atlanta atSt. Louis
RODEO
9 p.m.VERSUS—
PBR,CopenhagenInvitational, at Reno,Nev.
SOCCER
9:55 a.m.ESPN2—
PremierLeague, Liverpool vs.Burnley, at Liverpool,England
TENNIS
NoonCBS—
U.S. Open,men’s semifinals, atNew York
8 p.m.CBS—
U.S. Open,women’s champion-ship match, at NewYork
OFF THE FIELD
Fabio Capello
is wagging a finger at theglamorous wives and girlfriends of English soccer players.Wary of the distractions accompa-nying soccer players’ celebrity life-styles, England’s coach will allow theso-called WAGS to visit the squadonly on the days after games at nextyear’s World Cup.Capello is set to take a tougherstance than his predecessors, seekingto avoid a repeat of what defender
RioFerdinand
called “a circus” during the2006 tournament in Germany.“I hope we will be there for a verylong period but the players will haveone day with their family, with thegirls and with their friends,” Capellosaid. “It will be one day a week, aftereach game, and that is enough. That’sit. We are there to play football, notfor a holiday.”
Several of the players conceded thatthe presence of the likes of
Victoria
Beck-ham
and Girls Aloud singer
Cheryl Cole
,who is married to defender
Ashley Cole
,and the subsequent media attentionhad distracted the players at the WorldCup.
Cowboys’ band debuts
This weekend’s Dallas-Tampa Baymatchup will feature a little morehead-banging than most NFL games.The heavy metal band Free Reign,which includes three Cowboys offen-sive linemen, will debut its new song
Rise Up
during Sunday’s FOX telecastof the game in Tampa Bay.The band is made up of
Marc Colombo
on guitar and vocals,
Cory Procter
ondrums,
Leonard Davis
on bass and non-football player
Justin Chapman
on guitar.
Speech was … bad
New York Post
columnist
Peter Vecsey
gave the worst Basketball Hall of Fame speech of all time, according to
Jeff Pearlman
atjeffpearlman.com.Pearlman said Vecsey lookedunprepared and rattled off names of players he thought should be in theHall of Fame and used inappropriatelanguage, among other things. It wasso bad that NBA commissioner
DavidStern
shook his head throughout whilechecking his Blackberry and
Michael Jordan
—who is being inducted—walked out and didn’t return, Pearl-man said.“I almost felt sorry for Peter Vec-sey,” Pearlman wrote.
Quick hits
Heat guard and Chicago native
Dwyane Wade
was expected to present a$25,000 check to the William Leon-ard Public Library District on Thurs-day in Illinois. The library, facingfinancial problems, had been threat-ening to close if it couldn’t find themoney to operate, the
Southtown Star
reported.
England coach: Girls gotta go, guys
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Singer Cheryl Cole of Girls Aloud is marriedto England defender Ashley Cole.
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Great finishes
Ten years ago, author Howard G. Peretz pub-lished
The 100 Greatest Sports Finishes of All Time
,but without ranking those finishes. Now, Peretzhas designed a proprietary rating system thatranks the finishes and updates the list with greatfinishes since the book originally was published.Here are the updated Top 5, as determinedby the rating system that takes into accountwhether the result was determined on the lastplay, whether it was a “magical moment,” theoutcome’s importance, the environment sur-rounding the event and whether it was an upsetor involved a comeback:
1. Hoops robbery: 1972
Olympic basketball: USSR 51, USA 50
2. Miracle on Ice: 1980
Olympic hockey: USA 4, USSR 3
3. Miracle of Coogan’s Bluff: 1951
N.L. playoff: Giants 5, Dodgers 4
4. The Perfect Game: 1985
NCAA Tournament: Villanova 66, Georgetown 64
5. The Tuck Rule: 2002
AFC playoffs: Patriots 16, Raiders 13
And because it’s a college football Saturday,here are Peretz’s 10 greatest college footballfinishes of all time:
1. Jim McMahon lets fly: 1980
Holiday Bowl: BYU 46, SMU 45
2. And the Band Played On: 1982
Pac-10: Cal 25, Stanford 20
3. Win One for the Gipper: 1905
Non-conference: Notre Dame 12, Army 6
4. Please Take a Knee: 1999
Non-conference: UNLV 27, Baylor 24
5. The Kick: 1985
Iron Bowl: Alabama 25, Auburn 23
6. Harvard “Beats” Yale: 1968
Ivy League football: Harvard 29, Yale 29
7. The Fifth-Down Game: 1990
Big Eight: Colorado 33, Missouri 31
8. When a Tie Wasn’t Enough: 1984
Orange Bowl: Miami 31, Nebraska 30
9. Montana Ignites Irish: 1979
Cotton Bowl: Notre Dame 35, Houston 34
10. Fifth-Down Reversal: 1940
Ivy League: Dartmouth 3, Cornell 0Source:
The 100 Greatest Sports Finishes of All Time
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Born:
July 17, 1978, in Murray, Utah
Status:
Single
Alma mater:
Utah State
What’s on TV:
Lost
,
Survivor
,
Arrested Development
,
Flight of the Conchords
What’s in my iPod:
Ray LaMontagne, The Sounds, JimmyEat World
What I drive:
Charcoal Prius
Favorite flick:
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
What I’m reading:
The Screwtape Letters
, by C.S. Lewis
Superstition:
Wearing the same socks under team socksfor every game
Worst habit:
Constantly hitting the snooze button
First job:
Cleaning horse stalls and feeding horses when Iwas 12 years old
Talent I’d most like to have:
To be musically gifted
Favorite meal:
Mexican food
Favorite athlete to watch in another sport:
LeBron James
Favorite city to visit:
Barcelona
Favorite team as a kid:
Miami Dolphins
Favorite value in others:
Happiness
Favorite physical attribute about myself:
Elbows
And least …
Upper thighs
My greatest love:
Family
My hero:
Jesus Christ
My bucket list:
Go to every continent
My motto:
Don’t burn bridges.
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