The Milwaukee Brewers earned the National League wild card
spot after beating the Chicago Cubs, 3-1.
The Mets lost to
Florida, 4-2, in the final regular-season game scheduled at
Shea Stadium.
Check it:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/29/sports/baseball/29mets.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
Michigan celebrated its 500th game at the Big House with the first big win of the Rich Rodriguez-era.
The Wolverines rallied from a 19-point halftime deficit, and when Wisconsins Allan Evridge misfired on a 2-point conversion pass with 13 seconds left, Michigan had sealed a 27-25 victory over the ninth-ranked Badgers on Saturday...
Read the full story here:
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=282710130
New Washington Redskins coach Jim Zorn was looking for something to help him build up a healthy dose of hate for the Dallas Cowboys.
Turns out, he kinds of likes playing his teams archival. Jason Campbell threw two touchdown passes and Clinton Portis ran for 141 yards, leading the Redskins to a 26-24 victory Sunday.
From:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/recap;_ylt=ArAYkLR85HIA1uBedfSvMVY5nYcB?gid=20080928006
At issue is not whether the Cubs will remain at the beloved, 94-year-old ballpark, but how much it will cost to preserve and enhance Wrigley.
The full story is here:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-sun-cubs-wrigley-fieldsep28,0,4490212.story
Ive never been a great fan of comparing eras while were in the midst of a season, but it took an e-mail from a British connoisseur of American football, Simon Veness, to give me some serious thoughts about the standard of quarterbacking these days.
He called it the near barrel-scraping state. I always hear extreme views such as these...
Get the low-down here:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/dr_z/09/26/qbs/index.html
