Saturday, December 29, 2007
FLYERS NEWS
The miracle has happened, the Flyers have actually won two in a row. Can you believe it? okay so maybe that's a little dramatic, but I mean it took them long enough didn't it. Anyway Joffrey Lupul was the star again with a goal and 2 assists to power the Orange and Black to victory. Lupul opened the scoring on a penalty shot midway through the 1st period. Then late in the period Vinny Lecavalier tied it at 1. Mike Knuble made it 2-1 late in the 2nd period. Early in the 3rd period, Kimmo Timonen and Scott Hartnell each scored to make it 4-1 Flyers. Midway through the period, former Flyer Vaclav Prospal cut the lead to 4-2. From there Marty Biron and his 31 saves out of 33 shots faced closed out the 4-2 Flyers victory. So the Flyers improve to 17-14-4 overall and move back up into 4th in the Atlantic division.
SIXERS NEWS
The Sixers made their first big roster move under new GM Ed Stefanski, trading 3 point ace Kyle Korver to the Utah Jazz for guard Gordan Giricek and a 1st round pick. The pick is a conditional and can't be used until 2009 where it would be a late first round pick anyway and thus not necessarily that much of an asset. Giricek is a solid bt not great player, kind of like Korver, except he doesn't shoot 40% from beyond the arc. So the Sixers likely won't be hitting anymore three pointers anytime soon. If nothing else, the move does free up some cap room for Sixers, something they've been looking to do for a while. So while this move doesn't exactly help them now, it will help to improve the Sixers in the future, which is apparently all they are concerned with at this point.
Friday, December 28, 2007
SIXERS NEWS
The Sixers began a long road trip today with a visit to Sacramento to face the shorthanded Kings, with Mike Bibby and Kevin Martin on injured reserve. The Sixers took advantage of their absence and notched their second win in a row. Offensively, four Sixers scored in double figures (Andre Iguodala, Andre Miller, Samuel Dalembert, Kyle Korver) with Samuel Dalembert's 19 leading the way. Defensively, it was another bannner for Samuel Dalembert with 11 rebounds and 4 blocks,as the Sixers out rebounded Sacramento 38-32. As for the game, it was tight for a while, then the Sixers pulled a way for the win. Through one quarter, the Sixers led 26-25. At the half, the Sixers led by 4, 50-46. Through three quarters the game was tied at 63. Then in the 4th quarter Sixers went on a 19-4 run and pulled away for a 12 point, 92-80 triumph. So the Sixers improve to 13-16 overall and move back into a tie for 3rd place in the Atlantic division with the Nets.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
FLYERS NEWS
Well, it had to end some time and it finally did tonight. Yes that's right after six agonizing games the Flyers finally snapped their 6 game losing streak with a victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Joffrey Lupul scored 2 goals and Marty Biron saved 34 of the 35 shots he faced to fuel the win. Late in the first period Jeff Carter made it 1-0 Flyers. Late in the 2nd period Lupul made it 2-0 with his first goal. Then Mats Sundin produced the Maple Leaf's only goal of the night to cut the lead to 2-1 heading into the 3rd period. There Danny Briere and Lupul scored a couple early goals to put away the 4-1 victory, as Biron held the Leafs out of the net the rest of the way. So the Flyers improve to 16-14-4 overall but remain in last place in the Atlantic division, as their divisional opponents all won while they were idle. Let's face it sometimes a 6 game losing streak can do things like drop you into last place. The Orange and Black will just have to put together a 6 game winning streak now if they want to get back into contention in their strong division before it's too late.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
SIXERS NEWS
The Sixers returned to action against Shaq, DWade and the rest of the Miami Heat. The Heat have struggled thus far this season and they did so again tonight. Offensively, 4 Sixers scored in double figures(Andre Iguodala, Andre Miller, Kyle Korver, Louis Williams) with Iggy's 28 leading the way. Defensively, it was a team effort as they amassed 40 rebounds and 9 blocks to the Heat's 38 rebounds and 3 blocks, as well as limiting Miami to just 1 for 13 shooting from beyond the are which proved to be the difference. As for the game the Sixers jumped out to a big lead early and held on late for a relatively easy win. Through one quarter the Sixers led by 8 with the score 25-17. By the half, the Sixers lead was up to 17 and the route appeared to be on. Then in the 3rd quarter the Heat rallied and closed to within 10, with the score 74-64 heading into 4th quarter. They would not get any closer as the Sixers stopped the bleeding and hung on to win 95-86. So the Sixers improve to 12-16 overall, but remain in 4th place in the Atlantic division.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Monday, December 24, 2007
PHILLIES NEWS
The Phils continued their off season yesterday by signing outfielder So Taguchi to a one year deal. Taguchi hit .290 last year for the St. Louis Cardinals and .406 as a pinch hitter to lead all pinch hitters. Taguchi has been one of the best defensive outfielders in baseball for a number of years now, so that's probably what we'll he be for the Phils, a late defensive replacement, most likely for the defensively inept Pat Burrell, basically what Shane Victorino did last season. Thus, once again all the Phils have added to their roster with this signing is depth. I guess they don't believe in upgrades.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
EAGLES NEWS
The Mac Attack is back. For the second week in a row Donovan Mcnabb showcased the full set of skills that made him an elite Pro-Bowl QB up until 2 years ago when the Eagles lost the Super Bowl. It seems pretty clear now that he's finally full recovered from the knee injury that sidelined him last season. Kevin Kolb better get comfortable on the bench for a while. All told Mcnabb accounted for 300 of the Eagles 435 total yards(263 yards and 3 TDs passing, 37 yards rushing on 6 carries). He was not alone though, as Brian Westbrook rushed 17 times for 100 yards(surpassing the Eagles single season mark for total yards, previously Wilbert Montgomery's 2006) and Kevin Curtis and Reggie Brown, each caught 6 passes for a combined 151 yards and 2 TDs,(Curtis for 78 yards and 1 TD, Brown for 73 yards and 1 TD). As for the Eagles defense it allowed the Saints to rack up over 300 yards of offense, but as always it kept New Orleans out of the endzone when it mattered most. In fact with 8:52 to go in the 1st half the Saints scored their 2nd TD of the game, and from there on they would not score another. Four times the Saints were stopped deep in Eagles territory in 2nd half. Three of those four times, the Saints settled for field goals, but other time was yet another Eagles goal line stand that resulted in a turn over on downs. As for the game it was a thriller for a while, but once the Eagles got control they never relinquished it. Early in the 1st quarter Mcnabb fumbled the ball after a long run from scrimmage and Curtis recovered it in the end zone for a 7-0 Eagles lead. Two Aaron Stecker TD runs later and the Saints led 14-7. Then late in the quarter Correll Buckhalter ran it in from 20 yards out to tie it at 14, and Brown caught a 31 yard TD pass from Mcnabb for a 21-14 Eagles lead. In the 2nd quarter the two teams traded field goals for a 24-17 Eagles lead at the half. Late in the 3rd quarter following the aforementioned goal line stand, the Eagles marched the near length of the field, and Mcnabb fired a 9 yard TD pass to Greg Lewis for a 31-17 Eagles lead. In the 4th quarter Martin Grammatica hit a pair of field goals to cut the lead to 31-23, but with a little under 3 minutes to play yet another long Eagles drive, capped off by a 7 yard TD pass from Mcnabb to Curtis, followed by an interception by the rookie Linebacker Stewart Bradley, finally put it away for the Eagles as they won 38-23. So the Eagles improve to 7-8 overall, but unfortunately, it is too little too late, for this season, but it does give hope for next season.
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