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Week Three just closed late Monday night with a dominating performance by the Dallas Cowboys who got their first win in the billion-dollar Cowboys Stadium over the Carolina Panthers 21-7.
This means when we all wake up on Tuesday to turn on ESPN, Jerry Jones will not have fired head coach Wade Phillips and offensive coordinator Jason Garrett in the heat of rage from losing two consecutive national TV games ...
New York Giants Defense Dominates, Shuts Out Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24-0
Posted: 27th September 2009 by Doug Rush in NFL
The Giants came into Sunday's game a very banged up team on defense.
Justin Tuck wasn't starting because of a shoulder injury and Kenny Phillips was recently placed on injured reserve with a serious knee injury.
The Giants didn't feel sorry for themselves, they just continued to play the same type of smash-mouth football they only know how to.
The Giants took the ball from the opening kickoff and drove 80 yards on ...
Yankees vs. Red Sox: New York Sweep Seals 2009 A.L. East Crown
Posted: 27th September 2009 by Doug Rush in MLB
The magic number was down to one.
One game for the Yankees to clinch the American League East division against the Red Sox.
The game was moved up to originally start at 1 p.m. because of Yom Kippur, but with a rain delay, the game started a little after 2 p.m., so the football fans watching the Giants, Jets, and Patriots at 1 p.m. had an extra hour before doing major channel ...
CC Sabathia One-Hits Red Sox, Reduces Yankee Magic Number to One
Posted: 26th September 2009 by Doug Rush in MLB
The Yankees gave CC Sabathia seven years and $161 million in the winter because they wanted his big-game ability in order to beat the Red Sox in games that counted.
On Saturday, they got exactly what they paid for with another dominating performance from their ace.
Sabathia allowed one hit over seven innings. The one lone hit was by Mike Lowell. CC gave up no runs, walked two and struck out eight ...
Yankees-Red Sox: Joba Chamberlain Ends Slump and Guides a 9-5 Victory
Posted: 26th September 2009 by Doug Rush in MLB
The last time Joba Chamberlain won a game in 2009 was back on Aug. 6 against the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium.
On Friday night, Chamberlain was stepping on the mound not only looking to guide the Yankees to a late September victory against that same Red Sox team he last won against, but Joba was stepping on the mound looking to keep himself in the rotation for the playoffs.
After nine ...
Yankees-Angels: A.J. Burnett Dominates in Road Series Win
Posted: 24th September 2009 by Doug Rush in MLB
The last time the Yankees won a series against the Angels in Angels Stadium was back in May of 2004.
A.J. Burnett was a member of the Florida Marlins at that time.
With the series tied at one a piece and the Yankees fighting for home field advantage in the playoffs, Burnett took the ball and was ready to deliver his second straight quality performance.
If Wednesday was any indication of what the ...
Week Two in the NFL was wild and crazy.
It was filled with a ton of upsets, and a lot of people's rankings changed with key losses.
For instance, the top two teams in the NFL after Week One were the Steelers and the Patriots. They both took hard losses to the Bears and Jets and were knocked off their top spots.
Because of the weird week, I had quite a few losses ...
Yankees-Angels: Alex Rodriguez Comes up Big in Clinching a Playoff Spot
Posted: 23rd September 2009 by Doug Rush in MLB
The Yankees have been struggling of late.
They just lost two of three to the Seattle Mariners and lost their first game to the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 on Monday night.
The Yankees needed to win just one game to clinch a playoff spot, or they could get some help if the Texas Rangers lost to the Oakland A's, then the Yankees could clinch a spot that way.
The Rangers ended up losing ...
With Week Two closing up with a dramatic finish to the Monday night game that saw the Colts squeak out a 27-23 win over the Dolphins, some teams have already pulled out to an early advantage, some are still in the middle of the pack trying to establish an identity, while some teams are waving an early white flag of surrender.
This week saw a lot of upsets that may have ...
Giants Upset Cowboys 33-31 on Tynes’ Game-Winning Field Goal
Posted: 21st September 2009 by Doug Rush in NFL
The Sunday Night Football game between the Giants and Cowboys had the buildup of a playoff game.
The Cowboys were opening up their brand-new, billion-dollar Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas and opened up on NBC playing their division rivals.
In the end, the game was a great one from start to finish and had a classic ending that many will be talking about for a while.
The Giants took their opening drive and ...