Saturday, November 10, 2007
FLYERS NEWS
Finally back at the Wachovia center, after aa grueling 8 game road trip, the Flyers let out their frustrations on the Pittsburgh Penguins and got their 10th win of the season. Marty Biron saved 29 of the 31 shots he faced, and Kimmo Timonen, Joffrey Lupul, Daniel Briere, Mike Knuble, and Scott Hartnell each scored on night. The Flyers lead early 2-0 as Timmonen(his 1st as a Flyer) and Knuble each scored a power play goal in the 1st period. Lupul upped the lead to 3-0 with a shorthanded goal early in the 2nd period. Pittsburgh rallied as Evgeni Malkin, and Sergei Gonchar each score power play goals late in the 2nd period. Briere upped the Flyers lead to 4-2, with a goal early in the 3rd period. Finally Scott Hartnell put it away for good, with yet another power play goal, this one an empty netter, and Flyers won 5-2. So the Flyers improve to 10-6 and stay in first place in the Atlantic Division.
PHILLIES NEWS
The Phils continued their active off-season today by re-signing reliever J.C Romero to a 3 year, $12 million deal. Romero joins Tom "Flash" Gordon and newly acquired Brad Lidge in the back of Phils revamped bullpen.
EAGLES NEWS
After a humiliating loss to Dallas last week the Eagles must get a win this week as they head to Washington to face the Redskins. If they lose again they'll be in a hole to deep to dig out of.
Friday, November 09, 2007
SIXERS NEWS
In rematch of their season opener the Sixers once again forged a furious second half comeback against the Toronto Raptors, but again they came up tantalizingly short. Offensively four Sixers scored in double figures. Andre Iguodala led the way with 26 points, followed by Louis Williams off the bench with 21, Andre Miller with 14, and Kyle Korver off the bench with 10 points. Defensively the Sixers didn't do so well, as they were out rebounded for about the first time this season, and allowed the Raptors to shoot 45% from the field and 50% from three point range. The Raptors pushed ahead early in the 1st quarter and by the half they led by 7, with the score at 47-40. The Sixers began their rally in the 3rd quarter cutting the lead to 3, with the score at 71-68. In the 4th quarter the Sixers rally continued, as a 4 point play by Louis Williams cut the Raptor lead to 1, 101-100, with 21.8 seconds to play. After clutch free throws from Chris Bosh, Williams had a chance to complete a 3 point play and knot it up at 103, but he missed his free throw attempt, and after Toronto sunk two more three throws, Iguodala was fouled missed his first three throw, and hit the 2nd one even though he was attempting to intentionally miss it, and that was it for the Sixers as they fell 105-103. So the Sixers drop to 2-3 overall as their up and down season continues.
PHILLIES NEWS
The Phillies racked up some more hardware today, as Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley were honored with silver slugger awards for their excellence at the plate, for their position. Once again it is nice to see some players get what they deserve.
Thursday, November 08, 2007
FLYERS NEWS
The Flyers finally ended their road trip tonight, fittingly in New Jersey against the Devils. Marty Biron has had great season thus far, but that wasn't the case tonight. If the Devils had a chance to get the puck by him tonight, they did, scoring 4 times with their first 15 shots, 3 of which in the 1st period alone. It got so bad that Antero Niittymaki replaced him in the 2nd period and oddly enough Niittymaki saved all 24 shots he faced the rest of the way, but it was to no avail as the Flyers scored only once on the night and had just 14 shots on goal. The Flyers actually led early 1-0, on a power play goal by Mike Knuble midway through the 1st period. From there it was all New Jersey. Brian Gionta scored to tie it at 1 2 minutes later. Then Dainius Zubrus, yes the former Flyer, scored twice in the next 5 minutes to put New Jersey up 3-1 after the 1st period. The Devils added a 4th goal early in the 2nd period and that was about all she wrote. From there, Niittymaki and Martin Brodeur shut it down the rest of the way and New Jersey got the win 4-1. So the Flyers drop to 9-6 overall, but that's still enough to keep them in first place in the Atlantic Division, barely. All I can say is thank god it's over and there's no place like home.
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
SIXERS NEWS
The Sixers up and down season continued tonight If you remember, they were down in their last game falling to the Nets, so tonight, you guessed it, they were back up again in a big way against the Charlotte Bobcats. Willie Green poured in 14 points, Andre Iguodala scored a game high 19 points and off the bench Rodney Carney chipped in with 11 points, rookie Jason Smith added 10, and heck even top rookie Thaddeus Young scored 6 points in just 11 minutes. Defensively, Samuel Dalembert ruled the boards again with a game high 13 rebounds, and as a team the Sixers were relentless forcing the Bobcats into 26 turnovers, leading to easy Sixer's points. The Sixers got off to a fast start and led by 9(23-14 at the end of the 1st period). By the half the Sixers had upped their lead t0 17, 49-32. By the end of the 3rd quarter the Sixers had pushed their lead to 22, 70-48 and it was all but over. In the 4th quarter, backups began entering the game, but the Sixers kept playing hard and when all was said and done, they had won by a whopping 31 points, with the final score being 94-63. Obviously the Sixers can't expect to win like this in every game, but it's nice too see it every once in a while, even if the Sixers committed 20 turnovers of their own in the process. So the Sixers even their record at 2-2 and for now at least there's still hope for them this season.
FLYERS NEWS
In 8 games against the Penguins last season, the Flyers went 0-8 and were blown out nearly every time. Tonight, as they continued their 7 game road trip the Flyers gained a measure of revenge against Pittsburgh. Marty Biron had a spectacular night saving 26 of the 27 shots he faced. Meanwhile Mike Richards, Jeff Carter, and Joffrey Lupul each scored for the Flyers as they won nearly as easily as they had lost all last season. Lupul and Carter scored in the 1st period to give the Flyers an early 2-0 lead. Late in the period Ryan Malone scored to help Pittsburgh to cut the lead to 2-1. In the 2nd period Richards added a power play goal for a 3-1 Flyers lead, and Biron blanked Pittsburgh the rest of the way for a 3-1 Flyers win. So the Flyers improve to 9-5 overall, to move back into 1st place in the Atlantic division over the idle New York Islanders. Let's hope they can keep it that way.
PHILLIES NEWS
The Phillies made their first big offseason move today, acquiring utility infielder Eric Bruntlett and closer Brad Lidge from the Astros for Micheal Bourn, Geoff Geary, and minor league 3rd baseman Mike Costanzo. Bruntlett is a good fielder, but only an average hitter. So like Abraham Nunez was last season, he'll be a key defensive replacement late in games, but don't expect him to pinch hit to often. Lidge, was the NL's best closer, in 2005. Then he had a horrible world series, twice allowing the White Sox to score the winning runs, in a laughable 4 game sweep for Chicago. Until this past season he appeared to be mentally fractured by that world series experience, and even lost his closer job to setup man Dan Wheeler. Then midway through the 2007 season, something clicked within him and he suddenly found his groove racking up 19 saves in the final months of the season, while holding opponents to a .218 batting average, and striking out 11.8 batters per 9 innings. At last, he finally appeared at least partially like his old self, during this time and should once again be a premier closer for the Phils this season. Also, since they now have Lidge, Brett Myers will likely return to the Phils starting rotation, which should be interesting.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
PHILLIES NEWS
Today Jimmy Rollins and Aaron Rowand were both awarded gold gloves for their continued spectacular exploits in the field throughout this past season. This is the first time since 1982, that the Philles have had more than one player honored with a gold glove in the same season. So although they falterd in the playoffs it's a small solace to know the Phils will at least get some hardware out of this season.
Monday, November 05, 2007
FLYERS NEWS
The Flyers continued their tough road trip tonight in New York against the Rangers. Despite 43 saves by Marty Biron, the Rangers scored twice and Henrick Lundquist blanked the Flyers with 30 saves. Jaromir Jagr put the Rangers up early with a power play goal late in the 1st period. From there, the Flyers picked it up significantly , but try as they might, they couldn't get one past Lundquist. It stayed 1-0 until there were 3 minutes to play in the 3rd period. There, Brendan Shanahan added another Rangers power play goal and it was 2-0 Rangers. The Flyers kept playing hard, but Lundquist was too much on this night and NY held on to win 2-0. So the Flyers drop to 8-5 overall, but remain in 1st place, in the Atlantic Division, while the Rangers move up to 3rd place. Still, the Flyers are going to have to get out of this funk they're in, if they want to stay in first.
Sunday, November 04, 2007
EAGLES NEWS
It was not a fun sunday night for the Eagles. Up to this point in the season the Eagles defense had been having a solid year, consistently holding teams under 20 points and under 300 yards. Tonight, however, they were picked apart by the Cowboys, to the tune of 434 yards and 38 points, including 7 catches for 174 yards and a TD by Terrell Owens, and 324 yards and 3 TDs by Tony Romo. The Eagles offense meanwhile, was able to move the ball down field well with 316 yards of their own, but once again they were unable to put up a lot of points, and turned the ball over 3 times, which proved to be the difference, as the Cowboys turned those gifts in 14 points. Donovan Mcnabb set the tone for the night, on the first play of the game, as he was sacked and fumbled the ball away. Dallas recovered and turned it into 7-0 lead on a 2 yard run by Julius Jones. Mcnabb kept his composure though and on the Eagles next possession, after a long drive, Brian Westbrook took it in from 3 yards out for a 7-7 tie. Romo struck back late in the 1st quarter with a 1 TD pass to Tony Curtis for a 14-7 lead. Then late in the 2nd quarter the Cowboys were seemingly on their way to a 21-7 lead, when Romo was intercepted by Lito Sheppard on the 10 yard line. Unfortunately, 3 plays later Ken Hamlin intercepted it back from Mcnabb on a desperate 3rd and long toss. From there, Dallas drove down to the goal line and Marion Barber ran it in from 5 yards out for a 21-7 halftime lead for the Cowboys. Early in the 3rd quarter Romo fired a 45 yard TD pass to T.O for a 28-7 lead. The Eagles could only answer with a David Akers field goal to cut the lead to 28-10. Late in the quarter Romo fired a 20 yard TD pass to Jason Witten for a 35 - 10 lead and that was about all she wrote for the Eagles. Dallas tacked on a field goal early in the 4th quarter for a 38 - 10 lead and then Eagles finally started getting aggressive but it was too little too late. Mcnabb hit Hank Baskett for a 10 yard TD pass with just under 6 minutes to play to cut the lead to 38-17. After forcing a three and out, the Eagles got the ball back with 3:30 to play, and Mcnabb drove the Eagles into Dallas territory, but with 1:30 to play he was intercepted again and Dallas ran out the clock for a 38-17 win. So the Eagles drop to 3-5 and now must win next week against the Redskins or their season is all but over.
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