It's Sunday. Here's what's happening....
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Today is September 26th, the 268th day of 2010. There are 97 days left in the year.
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The Tampa Bay Juniors' SEJHL and MJHL teams are both in action this weekend in Atlanta against the Knights. There were no details reported on either game.
The Juniors' SEJHL team plays Atlanta this morning at 8:00am EDT, and the MJHL Juniors play today at 11:30am EDT. You can watch the games on fasthockey.com.
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Today is the start of National Adult Immunization Awareness Week.
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Rangers waive Wayne Redden.
Andreychuk excited to get foundation involved.
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National Chimney Safety Week starts today.
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Fundraising campaign underway to renovate, preserve site of 1980 'Miracle on Ice.'
Read all about it here.
U.S. National Under-17 Team Earns 7-4 Win over Traverse City North Stars in Exhibition Game
Johnson and Kerdiles Each Score Twice for Team USA
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Ben Johnson (Calumet, Mich.) and Nicolas Kerdiles (Irvine, Calif.) each scored twice and Miles Koules (Los Angeles, Calif.) notched a goal and an assist, as the U.S. National Under-17 Team earned a 7-4 victory over the Traverse City North Stars in exhibition play here Friday night at the Ann Arbor Ice Cube.
Traverse City opened the scoring, but Team USA tied the game just three minutes later, when Thomas Di Pauli (Woodridge, Ill.) notched a power-play goal quickly after a faceoff win in the offensive zone. Ryan Hartman (West Dundee, Ill.) and Jacob Trouba (Rochester, Mich.) collected assists on the play.
The North Stars gained the lead, 2-1, but the U.S. responded with another power-play goal. After Koules's shot from the front of the net was blocked away, Johnson knocked in the rebound to tie the score, 2-2.
Kerdiles then scored five minutes into the second period and Johnson notched his second goal of the game to give Team USA a 4-2 lead heading into the final frame.
Traverse City opened the third period with a goal, but Frankie Vatrano (East Longmeadow, Mass.) responded with a quick score to help the U.S. regains its two-goal advantage. When Traverse City answered with a goal of its own, Kerdiles scored his second goal of the night just 31 seconds later to give the U.S. a 6-4 lead.
Koules added a tally for Team USA with less than three minutes left in the third period to make the final score, 7-4.
The U.S. National Under-17 Team will face the Traverse City North Stars again Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. EST, at the Ann Arbor Ice Cube.
NOTES: Team USA went 3-for-8 on the power play, while Traverse City was 0-for-4 with the man advantage ... Tonight marks Head Coach Danton Cole's first win at the NTDP, as this is his first season with the program ... Ben Johnson, a recent addition to the Under-17 Team roster, scored his first goal as a member of the NTDP and finished the night with two goals ... Twelve members of Team USA recorded at least one point in tonight's game. Five players had multiple point games, including Connor Carrick (Orland Park, Ill./0-2), Johnson (2-0), Seth Jones (Plano, Texas/0-2), Nicolas Kerdiles (2-0) and Miles Koules (1-1) ... All proceeds from tonight's game went to the Wounded Warrior Project, which was founded in 2003 to raise awareness of the needs of wounded service members and to enlist the public’s aid in providing unique programs and services to help meet those needs. Find out more at WoundedWarriorProject.org.
GAME SUMMARY
Scoring By Period
USA 2 - 2 - 3 - 7
TC 2 - 0 - 2 - 4
First Period – Scoring: 1, TC, Schmidt (unassisted), 1:43; 2, USA, Di Pauli (Hartman, Trouba), 4:51, (pp); 3, TC, Burden (Zaremba), 6:56; 4, USA, Johnson (Koules, Jones), 11:27, (pp). Penalties: TC, Behm (slashing), 4:44; USA, Grzelcyk (tripping), 8:20; TC, Campbell (interference), 10:53; TC, Rivard (slashing), 13:34; USA, Skjei (high-sticking), 17:21.
Second Period – Scoring: 5, USA, Kerdiles (Skjei, Shore), 5:33; 6, USA, Johnson (unassisted), 8:07. Penalties: TC, Leibinger (hooking), 2:17; USA, Osterberg (slashing), 3:18; USA, Kerdiles (delaying-the-game), 6:17; TC, White (delaying-the-game), 6:17; USA, Samuelsson (face-mask), 9:55; TC, Szmatula (slashing), 11:28; USA, Hartman (unsportsmanlike conduct), 15:04; TC, Opie (slashing major), 15:04; TC, Loyer (serving major), 15:04; USA, Vatrano (cross-checking), 18:34; TC, Leibinger (cross-checking), 18:34.
Third Period – Scoring: 7, TC, White (Schmidt), 0:43; 8, USA, Vatrano (Carrick), 4:31, (pp); 9, TC, Schmidt (unassisted), 8:25; 10, USA, Kerdiles (Carrick), 8:56; 11, USA, Koules (Jones, Mermis), 17:35. Penalties: TC, Ainsworth (hooking), 3:48; TC, Schmidt (roughing), 19:18.
Shots by Period 1 2 3 Total
USA 7 18 11 36
TC 10 6 6 22
Goaltenders (SH/SV) 1 2 3 Total
USA, Rutledge, 60:00 10-8 6-6 6-4 22-18
TC, Emery, 60:00 7-5 18-16 11-8 36-29
Power Play: TC 0-4; USA 3-8
Penalties: TC 11-36; USA 7-14
Offiacials: Referee - Jordan Solomon; Linesmen - Justin Petterle, Jim Scarpace
Attendance: 229
U.S. National Under-18 Team Defeats Sioux City Musketeers, 4-3, at 2010 USHL Fall Classic
Russo Scores Game-Winner Late in Third Period
SIOUX CITY, Iowa - Robbie Russo (Westmont, Ill.) scored the game-winning goal with one minute left in the game, as the U.S. National Under-18 Team defeated the Sioux City Musketeers, 4-3, at the 2010 USHL Fall Classic, held at the Tyson Events Center.
Adam Reid (Chino Hills, Calif.) opened the scoring for Team USA midway through the first period with a shorthanded tally. Joe Fiala (Verona, Wis.) sent a pass up to Reid, who fired a shot on net that beat Sioux City goaltender Matt Skoff.
Just over two minutes later, Rocco Grimaldi (Rossmoor, Calif.) scored a power-play goal to give the U.S. a 2-0 lead. Reid Boucher (Grand Ledge, Mich.) and J.T. Miller (East Palestine, Ohio) collected assists on the play.
Sioux City scored late in the second period, but Cole Bardreau (Fairport, N.Y.) notched a goal with less than 30 seconds left in the period to help Team USA regain its two-goal advantage. The Musketeers then responded with a goal at the 9:34 mark of the final frame to reduce the U.S. lead to 3-2.
When Sioux City sent an extra attacker on the ice in the closing minutes of the third period, Russo gained control of the puck, skated into the offensive zone and scored an empty-net goal for the eventual game-winner. Sioux City scored with 16 seconds left in regulation, but Team USA held on for the 4-2 victory.
U.S. goaltender John Gibson (Pittsburgh, Pa.) made 39 saves in the win, while Skoff stopped 23 shots in the loss.
The U.S. National Under-18 Team next faces the Waterloo Black Hawks Saturday at 11 a.m. EST, in its final game of the USHL Fall Classic.
NOTES: Team USA went 1-for-4 on the power play, while Sioux City was 2-for-6 with the man advantage ... Rocco Grimaldi has scored at least one goal in all three games this season ... Live scoring and statistics for tomorrow's game against the Waterloo Black Hawks can be found at poinstreak.com.
GAME SUMMARY
Scoring By Period
USA 2 - 1 - 1 - 4
SC 0 - 1 - 2 - 3
First Period – Scoring: 1, USA, Reid (Fiala), 9:18, (sh); 2, USA, Grimaldi (Boucher, Miller), 11:37, (pp). Penalties: USA, Pietila (interference), 8:50; SC, Schmaltz (high-sticking), 10:18; SC, Suter (fighting major), 11:01; USA, Haggerty (fighting major), 11:01.
Second Period – Scoring: 3, SC, Gaede (McCormick, Schmaltz), 15:24, (pp); 4, USA, Bardreau (Boucher), 19:32. Penalties: SC, Suter (holding), 3:14; SC, McCormick (interference), 7:01; USA, Reid (cross checking), 7:54; USA, Biggs (high-sticking), 13:27; USA, Kaib (holding), 14:55; SC, Herbert (interference), 14:58; USA, Paliotta (holding), 16:23; SC, McCormick (roughing), 20:00; USA, Everson (roughing), 20:00.
Third Period – Scoring: 5, SC, Herbert (McCormick), 9:36, (pp); 6, USA, Russo (unassisted), 18:57, (en); 7, SC, Schmaltz (Paape), 19:44. Penalties: SC, Nelson (checking-from-behind), 2:47; USA, Bardreau (high-sticking), 7:30; USA, Killian (slashing), 9:20.
Shots by Period 1 2 3 Total
USA 10 6 11 27
SC 17 11 14 42
Goaltenders (SH/SV) 1 2 3 Total
USA, Gibson, 60:00 17-17 11-10 14-12 42-39
SC, Skoff, 58:40 10-8 6-5 10-10 26-23
Power Play: SC 2-6; USA 1-4
Penalties: SC 7-17; USA 9-21
Offiacials: Referee - Christopher Pitoscia; Linesmen - Ryan Daisy, Tom Albindia
Attendance: 1,408
U.S. National Under-18 Team Tops Waterloo Black Hawks, 5-4, in its Final Game of the 2010 USHL Fall Classic
Grimaldi Scores Twice; Pietila Nets Game-Winner in Third
SIOUX CITY, Iowa - Rocco Grimaldi (Los Angeles, Calif.) scored twice and Travis Boyd (Hopkins, Minn.) and Adam Reid (Chino Hills, Calif.) each recorded a goal and an assist, as the U.S. National Under-18 Team defeated the Waterloo Black hawks, 5-4, here today at the IBP Ice Center, in its final game of the 2010 USHL Fall Classic.
After Waterloo scored less than a minute into the game, Team USA answered with two consecutive goals to take a 2-1 lead heading into the second frame. Boyd opened the scoring for the U.S. with a goal at the 14:50 mark of the first period. Less than two minutes later, Boyd sent a pass to Reid, who fired a shot past Waterloo goaltender Eamon McAdam for a power-play goal.
Grimladi scored just 28 seconds into the second period to increase Team USA's lead to 3-1. J.T. Miller (East Palestine, Ohio) and Reid Boucher (Grand Ledge, Mich.) collected assists on the play. After the Black Hawks reduced the score to 3-2, Grimaldi tallied his second goal of the game 1:28 later to help the U.S. regain its two-goal advantage.
Waterloo responded with two early third-period goals to tie the game, but Blake Pietila (Brighton, Mich.) scored midway through the final frame to give Team USA a 5-4 edge. Reid passed the puck to Pietila, who beat goaltender Jay Williams for the eventual game-winning goal.
Goaltender Matt McNeely (Burnsville, Minn.) made 33 saves for the U.S. in the win, while McAdam and Williams stopped 34 shots for Waterloo in the loss.
The U.S. National Under-18 Team next travels to Colorado to face the University of Denver, on October 2, at Magness Arena; and Colorado College, on October 3, at the World Arena in Colorado Springs.
NOTES: Team USA went 1-for-2 on the power play, while Waterloo was 1-for-4 with the man advantage ... Rocco Grimaldi has scored at least one goal in all four games this season. He currently leads the Under-18 Team in overall scoring with six goals.
GAME SUMMARY
Scoring By Period
USA 2 - 2 - 1 - 5
WAT 1 - 1 - 2 - 4
First Period – Scoring: 1, WAT, Edson (Montagna, Hansen), 0:41; 2, USA, Boyd (unassisted), 14:50; 3, USA, Reid (Boyd), 16:35, (pp). Penalties: USA, Kaib (fighting major), 7:31; WAT, Guptill (fighting major), 7:31; USA, Paliotta (holding), 12:20; WAT, Thompson (holding), 16:16; USA, Biggs (fighting major), 19:37; USA, Biggs (fighting game misconduct), 19:37; WAT, Thompson (fighting major), 19:37.
Second Period – Scoring: 4, USA, Grimaldi (Miller, Boucher), 0:28; 5, WAT, Guptill (Hill, Palmquist), 6:43, (pp); 6, USA, Grimaldi (unassisted), 8:11. Penalties: USA, Reid (elbowing), 6:12; USA, Miller (tripping), 13:29.
Third Period – Scoring: 7, WAT, Montagna (Edson), 1:14; 8, WAT, Prochno (Coleman, Thompson), 6:43, (sh); 9, USA, Pietila (Reid, Bardreau), 11:22. Penalties: WAT, Owens (checking-from-behind), 5:40; USA, Everson (high-sticking), 9:12; WAT, Guptill (slashing), 20:00.
Shots by Period 1 2 3 Total
USA 17 8 14 39
WAT 14 12 11 37
Goaltenders (SH/SV) 1 2 3 Total
USA, McNeely, 60:00 14-13 12-11 11-9 37-33
WAT, McAdam, 29:27 17-15 4-2 -- 21-17
WAT, Williams, 30:13 -- 4-4 14-13 18-17
Power Play: WAT 1-4; USA 1-2
Penalties: WAT 5-16; USA 7-28
Offiacials: Referee - Christopher Pitoscia; Linesmen - Trevor Shively, Zach Thornton
Attendance: 123
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Today is the start of National Keep Kids Creative Week.
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Bruins hopeful Bartkowski gets up to speed.
Tommy O'Regan: A guy you should know.
Fall Classic Game Recaps:
USNTDP tops Waterloo in final Classic game.
Gamblers end classic play with win over Phantoms.
Expansion battle goes to Muskegon.
Stampede freeze the Ice.
First Day summaries.
Fall Classic scores for September 25th:
USNTDP 5, Waterloo 4
Sioux Falls 3, Indiana 2
Green Bay 5, Youngstown 4
Muskegon 8, Lincoln 3
Omaha 4, Sioux City 3 (Shootout)
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Today is Gold Star Mother's Day.
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The resilience of the Tampa Bay Lightning sparked a late charge and ended the team’s preseason road trip on a positive note.
Tampa Bay, down 4-2 with nearly half a period to play, scored twice to knot the game at four and send the contest to a shootout, capping its four-game preseason road trip with five points out of a possible eight after falling, 5-4, to Calgary on Saturday night.
Read the rest here.
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Today is Johnny Appleseed Day.
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The Saskatchewan Roughriders started slow again Saturday night, but came on strong and grabbed a 32-25 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Saturday night in front of 23,108 fans at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton.
The Cats had the ball first and took just two plays to go 50 yards, getting a 41 yard catch and run from Dave Stalla, then a 9 yard Kevin Glenn to Matt Carter pass play for the major score. Sandro Deangelis kicked the extra point and with 1:18 gone, Hamilton had a 7-0 lead.
The Ti-Cats scored on their next possession, keyed by a 41 yard DeAndra Cobb run. Quinton Porter scored from a yard out and, with the convert from Deangelis, led 14-0 with 6:33 left in the first.
Deangelis then booted the ball into the endzone on a missed field goal for the single on their next possession, giving Hamilton a 15-0 lead with 2:17 still to play in the first quarter.
Saskatchewan finally got on the board early in the second, when Wes Cates finished off a 9 play, 75 yard drive by barreling in from 1 yard away. The convert from Congi was good, and with 12:19 to go 'til halftime, the Riders had cut their deficit to 8, at 15-7.
Saskatchewan climbed within a point seven minutes later, when Durant found Rob Bagg for a 70 yard touchdown strike. Congi converted and 5:07 remaining in the first half, the Riders were within a point, at 15-14.
With 2:18 left in the half, Deangelis connected on a 32 yard field goal giving Hamilton an 18-14 lead.
Then, in the closing moments of the first half, Durant hooked up with Weston Dressler for a 43 yard major score. The play withstood a Tider-Cats challenge, then Congi would add the convert with 1 second to go, putting Saskatchewan on top at the half, 21-18.
Hamilton regained the lead in the third. Glenn tossed a 10 yard touchdown pass to Marquay McDaniel and, with the convert from Deangelis, the Ti-Cats were back on top 25-21 with 7:20 still on the third quarter time clock.
The Roughriders then took over. Eddie Johnson kicked a 51 yard punt single with 4:35 left to cut the deficit to 25-22, and Congi would make good on a 35 yard field goal with 24 seconds to go in the third, tying the game 25-25.
The decisive score came with just under 8 minutes left in regulation time. Bagg's second touchdown catch of the night, a 19 yard scoring toss from Durant, accompanied by the Congi convert with 7:19 to play, put Saskatchewan up by 7. James Patrick then intercepted a pass near the goal line on the games' final play, giving the Riders their 32-25 win.
For Saskatchewan, Darian Durant was 23-of-31 passing for 418 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception, Rob Bagg had 5 receptions for 119 yards and 2 touchdowns, Weston Dressler caught 7 balls for 139 yards and 1 touchdown, Wes Cates had 13 carries for 71 yards and 1 touchdown, Luca Congi kicked 1 field goal and 4 converts and Eddie Johnson added a punt single for the Riders. Kevin Glenn led Hamilton with 26-of-35 passing for 336 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception, Marquay McDaniel and Matt Carter had 1 receiving touchdown each, Quinton Porter added a rushing touchdown and Sandro Deangelis booted 1 field goal, 3 converts and 1 single.
Saskatchewan, now 8-4 on the year, are at Toronto on Saturday, October 2nd against the Argonauts. Kickoff is set for 3:00pm EDT. The Tiger-Cats, now 6-6, play at Edmonton on Sunday, October 3rd, at 4:30pm EDT.
Visit the teams' official website at riderville.com.
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Today is National Good Neighbor Day.
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Here's the Week 3 NFL Schedule:
Sunday, September 26th --
1:00 p.m Pittsburgh Steelers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1:00 p.m. New York Giants at Tennessee Titans
1:00 p.m. Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings
1:00 p.m. Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints
1:00 p.m. Cincinnati Bengals at Carolina Panthers
1:00 p.m. Buffalo Bills at New England Patriots
1:00 p.m. Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Ravens
1:00 p.m. San Francisco 49ers at Kansas City Chiefs
1:00 p.m. Dallas Cowboys at Houston Texans
4:05 p.m. Philadelphia Eagles at Jacksonville Jaguars
4:05 p.m. Washington Redskins at St. Louis Rams
4:15 p.m. Indianapolis Colts at Denver Broncos
4:15 p.m. Oakland Raiders at Arizona Cardinals
4:15 p.m. San Diego Chargers at Seattle Seahawks
8:20 p.m. New York Jets at Miami Dolphins
Monday, September 27th --
8:30 p.m. Green Bay Packers at Chicago Bears
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This is Hunting and Fishing Day.
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BOISE – There was no back-down from Oregon State on the blue turf at Bronco Stadium Saturday night.
There was no colossal upset, either.
The 24th-ranked Beavers battled and had their chances but couldn’t put a complete package together, falling 37-24 to third-ranked Boise State.
Read all about it right here.
Here's the 2010 Oregon State Beavers' football schedule.
And here's the 2010 football roster.
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This is Shamu the Whale Day. (Notive I didn't add a picture of me lying on the beach. Didn't want to confuse anyone.)
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Lions kick it up a notch, stymie Stamps in upset.
Fight against cancer personal for Stamps' Lysack.
Visit the league's official website at cfl.ca.
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Today is Walk Like a Zombie Day. (Way more fun than Talk Like a Pirate Day last Sunday.)
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ST. PETERSBURG -- After jumping out to a quick lead they never relinquished, the Rays left little suspense in a 9-1 win over the Mariners on Saturday night. But there should be more than enough to go around Sunday.
Read the rest here.
Notes: James Shields (13-13, 4.96) starts today's series finale against the Mariners' Luke Franch (4-6, 4.23)....Shields needs 7 2/3 innings to reach 200 for the fourth consecutive year, and he is the only pitcher in Rays history with multiple 200-inning seasons. The right-hander would become one of seven pitchers with 200-plus innings in each of the past four years, joining Justin Verlander, CC Sabathia, Dan Haren, Roy Halladay, Matt Cain and Bronson Arroyo. "There's satisfaction just for the lone fact that I've stayed healthy all year, knock on wood," Shields said. "I've got two more starts left, but that's my main goal. That's been my No. 1 goal all year -- to stay healthy. I've had a bad year as far as my ERA goes. I have 13 wins right now, and if I can get these last two, that'll be 15. That'll be great. It'll beat my career high. But I'm not really focused in on that. The 200 innings, I'd like to do that every year."....The Rays have won seven of their first eight games in 2010 against the Mariners and have won the past four in a row.
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The first Kennedy-Nixon dabate was on this date in 1960.
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In the American League East, Tampa Bay leads the Yankees(who lead the Wild Card) by 1 1/2 games, Boston is 7 behind(5 1/2 behind in Wild Card), Toronto(Eliminated) is 14 behind and Baltimore(Eliminated) is 32 back.
In the American League Central, Minnesota(Clinched division) is 10 ahead of the White Sox(Eliminated), Detroit(Eliminated) is behind by 13, while Cleveland(Eliminated) sits 28 1/2 in arrears and Kansas City(Eliminated) is 29 behind.
In the American League West, Texas(Clinched Division) leads Oakland by 9, the Angels(Eliminated) are 11 behind and Seattle(Eliminated) trails by 28.
In the National League East, Philadelphia leads Atlanta(Tied in the Wild Card race) by 6 games, Florida(Eliminated) is15 1/2 out, the Mets(Eliminated) are 17 1/2 back and Washington(Eliminated) is 27 behind.
In the National League Central, Cincinnati leads St. Louis by 6 1/2 games, Houston(Eliminated) is 12 back, Milwaukee(Eliminated) is 13 1/2 behind, the Cubs(Eliminated) trail by 15 1/2 and Pittsburgh(Eliminated) is 31 1/2 out.
In the National League West, San Diego is 1/2 game ahead of San Francisco (The Giants are tied for the Wild Card lead), Colorado is 4 behind(3 1/2 out in the Wild Card), the Dodgers(Eliminated) are 12 1/2 behind and Arizona(Eliminated) trails by 24 1/2.
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Congress elects agents to negotiate treaty with France on this date in 1776.
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The Giants must keep scrapping because they fell to second place in the National League West on Saturday night with a 10-9, 10-inning loss to the Colorado Rockies. San Francisco dropped a half-game behind the San Diego Padres in the division race and settled into a tie with Atlanta atop the NL Wild Card standings.
Read the rest here.
Notes: Matt Cain (12-12, 3.00) starts this afternoon for the Giants against Colorado's Jorge De la Rosa (8-5, 4.22)....Center fielder Andres Torres returned to the Giants' lineup on Saturday, 13 days after undergoing an appendectomy. He was again a sparkplug atop the Giants' lineup, as he went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored. "It's good to have him back. It's a credit to the shape he's in," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. Torres was feeling "uncomfortable" in the area of his surgery, and was removed as a precaution after five innings. Bochy said he will be evaluated again on Sunday....The Giants went 6-4 without Torres in their lineup, but they also were held to two or fewer runs six times over that span....Sunday marks the final meeting between the Rockies and Giants this season. The Rockies lead the season series, 9-8, entering the series finale....The Giants went 6-4 without Torres in their lineup, but they also were held to two or fewer runs six times over that span.
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The Brady Bunch TV show premiered on this date in 1969.
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Today in Elvis History:
1954 - Elvis Presley appeared live on "Grand Ole Opry" and performed "Blue Moon of Kentucky."
1954 - The first Elvis Presley convention took place in Memphis, TN.
1977 - Elvis Presley's single "Way Down" hit #18 in the U.S.
1977 - Elvis Presley's album "The Sun Years" hit #31 in the U.K.
1998 - Elvis Presley was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
2002 - The tribute album "Elvis - 30 #1 Hits" was released. It was the first Elvis Presley album to debut at the top of the U.S. charts. The album also set a record by debuting at #1 in 17 territories.
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Hey there four eyes!
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Today in Beatles History:
1984 - Paul McCartney released "No More Lonely Nights."
2002 - Yoko Ono began testifying against Frederic Seaman in a federal trial she had filed in 1999. Seaman was accused to violating confidentiality agreements and profiting by stealing mementos and selling them to collectors after the death of John Lennon.
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Sandra Day O'Connor takes her seat on the Supreme Court on this date in 1981.
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Today in Sports History:
1934 - Babe Ruth played his last game as a New York Yankee player.
1937 - The NHL Board of Governors introduced legislation that discouraged "icing" during the League's semi-annual meeting. The new rules would cause a face-off in the defending zone if a team shot the puck all the way down the ice without scoring a goal.
1938 - Don Budge became the first tennis player to win all four of the major titles when he won the U.S. Tennis Open. He had already won the Australian Open, the French Open and the British Open.
1940 - Jimmie Foxx hit his 500th career home run.
1938 - Don Budge became the first tennis player to win all four of the major titles when he won the U.S. Tennis Open. He had already won the Australian Open, the French Open and the British Open.
1957 - The Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field.
1989 - O.J. Simpson was a guest on the 15th Anniversary Special of "Saturday Night Live."
2006 - The Detroit Tigers clinched their first playoff berth since 1987.
2006 - Atlanta was eliminated from the playoffs for the first time in 14 years.
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Coming up:
Tonight --
SEJHL Hockey: Tampa Bay Juniors at Atlanta Knights 8:00am EDT
MJHL Hockey: Tampa Bay Juniors at Atlanta Knights 11:00pm EDT
NFL Football: Pittsburgh Steelers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1:00pm EDT
Nascar Sprint Cup Series: AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway, Dover, Deleware 3:00pm EDT
Baseball: Seattle Mariners at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1:40pm EDT
Baseball: San Francisco Giants at Colorado Rockies 3:10pm EDT
Monday --
Baseball: Baltimore Orioles at Tampa Bay Rays 7:10pm EDT
Tuesday --
Baseball: Baltimore Orioles at Tampa Bay Rays 7:10pm EDT
Baseball: Arizona Diamondbacks at San Francisco Giants 10:15pm EDT
Wednesday --
Baseball: Baltimore Orioles at Tampa Bay Rays 7:10pm EDT
Baseball: Arizona Diamondbacks at San Francisco Giants 10:15pm EDT
Thursday --
Baseball: Arizona Diamondbacks at San Francisco Giants 3:45pm EDT
Baseball: Tampa Bay Rays at Kansas City Royals 8:10pm EDT
Friday --
NHL Preseason Hockey: Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers 7:30pm EDT
Baseball: Tampa Bay Rays at Kansas City Royals 8:10pm EDT
Baseball: San Diego Padres at San Francisco Giants 10:15pm EDT
Saturday --
CFL Football: Saskatchewan Roughriders at Toronto Argonauts 3:00pm
Nascar Nationwide Series: Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas 3:00pm EDT
College Football: Arizona State Sun Devils at Oregon State Beavers 6:30pm EDT
MJHL Hockey: Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Junior Blades 5:15pm EDT
NHL Preseason Hockey: Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers 7:30pm EDT
Baseball: Tampa Bay Rays at Kansas City Royals 8:10pm EDT
Baseball: San Diego Padres at San Francisco Giants 9:05pm EDT
Sunday --
MJHL Hockey: Tampa Bay Juniors at Junior Blades TBA
Nascar Sprint Cup Series: Price Chopper 400 Presented by Kraft Foods at Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas 3:00pm EDT
Baseball: Tampa Bay Rays at Kansas City Royals 2:10pm EDT (Final game of regular season)
Baseball: San Diego Padres at San Francisco Giants 4:05pm EDT (Final game of regular season)
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That's it for today. Thanks for stopping by, have a great Sunday, see you again tomorrow.