The White Sox won this make-up game at
U.S. Cellular Field thanks to
Alexei Ramírez' sixth-inning grand slam, and now a playoff game will be played in Chicago on Tuesday against the
Minnesota Twins.
After a scoreless first quarter, the Jets explode for 34 unanswered second-quarter points and cruise from there.
Brett Favre throws for a career-high six touchdowns; although
Kurt Warner throws for 472 yards for the Cardinals, he is also intercepted three times.
...along with the coaching change pending with
Lane Kiffin in Oakland after the Raiders' fall to the Lightning Bolts thanks to 25 fourth quarter San Diego points.
With the gap between both the White Sox and the Twins remaining at ½ game in favor of the Twins, the White Sox now will play a make-up game against the
Detroit Tigers on Monday at
U.S. Cellular Field. Should the Sox win, they will host the Twins in a one-game playoff game on Tuesday.
The swan song for
Shea Stadium after 45 seasons is ruined by the Marlins at the Mets fail to make the postseason for the second straight season on the final day of the season.
Camilo Villegas wins his second straight
FedEx Cup playoff event on the first hole of a playoff with
Sergio García.
Vijay Singh completes the four rounds that he needed to secure the 2008 FedEx Cup.
Bulldog head coach
Mark Richt's call for a "blackout"
"Between the Hedges" was over early thanks to 31 unanswered Crimson Tide points in the first half. Alabama jumps to #2 with this win.
In the 500th game at
"The Big House", the Wolverines erase a 19–0 halftime deficit.
Counting the Thursday night loss by top-ranked
Southern California, three of the top four teams in the poll and four of the Top Ten teams lost, which will cause a shakeup in the new poll.
Johan Santana, pitching in a regular-season game on three days' rest for the first time in his career, keeps the Mets alive in the playoff race with a three-hit complete-game shutout, however...
Jamie Moyer hurls six innings of one-run, six-hit ball, and
Jayson Werth hits a leadoff fifth-inning homer as the Phils win the
Eastern Division for the second straight year on a dramatic game ending bases-loaded double play, relegating the Mets to a Wild Card chase where...
The Rays' loss assures the
Los Angeles Angels the best record in the American League, and with it home advantage throughout the entire postseason, including the
World Series.
Nonetheless, the Yankees' win hands the
AL East title to the Rays in their 11th season, completing the "worst-to-first" scenario, and also locking in the
AL Division Series matchups, with the Angels playing the Red Sox and the Rays playing the Twins or White Sox, with the Angels and Rays holding home field advantage for a possible fifth game. The Angels opted to open their series October 1 as they had the better record.
The Mets come back from 3 runs down in the seventh inning, capped off by a walk-off RBI single from
Carlos Beltrán. They close to within 1 game of the idle
Philadelphia Phillies in the NL East.
The national championship race is blown wide-open as the Trojans are ambushed
in Corvallis for the second straight time and third in their last four visits. This is the first #1 scalp for the Beavers since the 1967 "Giant Killers" team beat a USC team featuring
O. J. Simpson.
...but the Mets can't take advantage, leaving a runner on third base in each inning from the 5th through the 9th before the Cubs break it open in the 10th. Meanwhile...
...
CC Sabathia, pitching on three days' rest for the Brewers, strikes out 11 in 7 innings. The Mets and Brewers are now tied for the wild card, and the Phils remain 1½ games ahead of the Mets with a magic number of 3.
The Rays' first doubleheader sweep in their history, capped off by a six-run eighth inning in Game 2, reduces their
magic number for the AL East title to 2.
The Chargers collect their first win of the season, with
Philip Rivers throwing for three
touchdowns,
LaDainian Tomlinson running for two more, and the defense sacking
Brett Favre four times and intercepting him twice, returning one for a touchdown.
The Cubs clinch home-field advantage throughout the NL playoffs and deal the Mets' hopes of winning the NL East a serious blow. The Mets' lead in the NL wild card race over the idle
Milwaukee Brewers drops to 1 game.
The Bills score 17 points in the final 8 minutes, capped off by a
field goal from
Rian Lindell as time expires. After the game, it was reported (as it turned out, a week prematurely) that Raiders owner
Al Davis would fire head coach
Lane Kiffin as early as Monday.
Brian Griese throws for 407 yards and leads the Bucs back from a 10-point deficit in the final 4 minutes of regulation against his former team, with
Matt Bryant's field goal securing the win in overtime.
The Dolphins end the Pats' NFL-record regular-season winning streak at 21 games.
Ronnie Brown scores four rushing touchdowns and throws for a fifth TD.
The Titans go to 3–0 for the first time since 1999, thanks to two rushing TDs from
LenDale White, three interceptions from their defense, and the Texans' red-zone futility (only 12 points from six trips inside the Titans' 14-yard line).
The Broncos jump to a 21–3 lead, and manage to hold on after a furious Saints comeback.
Drew Brees throws for 421 yards and
Reggie Bush scores two TDs, but the Saints are done in after a late field goal attempt by
Martín Gramática sails wide.
In a 50-second span in the third quarter, the Ravens return one
Derek Anderson interception for a TD and turn a second Anderson pick into a touchdown to blow open a tight game.
The Cowboys, behind 142 yards on the ground from
Marion Barber and a 60-yard TD run from
Felix Jones, win at
Lambeau Field for the first time in their history.
An RBI single from
Rich Aurilia gives the Giants the run they need to temporarily stall the Dodgers' drive for the NL West crown. The Dodgers'
magic number remains at 5.
The Cubs clinch their second-straight NL Central title. This is the first time that the Cubs have advanced to the postseason in consecutive years since
1908.
On the same day that Saints legend
Paul Sculthorpe announces his retirement from rugby league, they run in seven tries to book their place in the Super League Grand Final in two weeks' time at
Old Trafford.
In the last MNF game at
Texas Stadium, drawing the largest viewing audience in United States
cable TV history, a memorable game was played featuring seven lead changes, the most points scored in the history of the
Cowboys–Eagles rivalry, numerous big plays, and a major mistake by the Eagles'
DeSean Jackson, who loses a touchdown when he prematurely tosses the ball behind him before crossing the goal line.
After a blown call keeps the Broncos alive,
Jay Cutler hits
Eddie Royal for a TD with 29 seconds left. Coach
Mike Shanahan goes for
two, and Cutler connects with Royal for the winning points.
Brandon Marshall catches a team-record 18 passes for Denver.
Sebastian Vettel gives the
Toro Rosso team their first-ever Grand Prix win, and at 21 years, 73 days old becomes the youngest-ever winner of a Formula 1 race.
Due to damage suffered to
Reliant Stadium the
NFL contest between the
Baltimore Ravens and the
Houston Texans was postponed to November 9, which was to have been the scheduled bye week for the Ravens. In addition, the October 26 Texans' home contest would now be against the
Cincinnati Bengals, which was moved from said November 9 date in lieu of the Texans' own bye week.
Toro Rosso driver
Sebastian Vettel qualifies on the pole, becoming the youngest driver in F1 history to do so at age 21 years, 72 days. Championship leader
Lewis Hamilton qualifies 15th, and reigning world champion
Kimi Räikkönen also fails to get into session 3 by qualifying 14th.
The All Blacks come back from a 17–7 deficit early in the second half to win the Tri Nations crown. The win also ensures that the All Blacks will retain the
Bledisloe Cup.
Tom Brady leaves the game with a knee injury in the first quarter, and the Patriots barely hold on without him. The Patriots later confirm that Brady will be out for the season.
"Da Bears" spoil the opening of the Colts' new
Lucas Oil Stadium, holding the Colts to 53 yards rushing while rookie running back
Matt Forte runs for 123.
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Felipe Massa (2)
Nick Heidfeld (3)
Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton was demoted from 1st to 3rd place after receiving a 25-second penalty for an incident in the last few laps of the race.
Castroneves, who started at the back of the grid in 28th and final position, edges out Dixon at the checkered flag by 0.0033 seconds, the second-closest finish in series history. No driver in
IRL or its predecessors had won from so far back since 1946. Dixon's second-place finish is enough to secure the season title.
Camilo Villegas becomes the 10th golfer this season to score his first career PGA Tour win, easing past
Dudley Hart by two shots.
Vijay Singh essentially clinches the
FedEx Cup crown; he needs only to finish all four rounds at
The Tour Championship in three weeks to secure the season title.
New Redskins head coach
Jim Zorn sticks with a conservative offense after falling behind 16–0 and eventually runs out of time.
Plaxico Burress catches 10 passes for 133 yards, while
Brandon Jacobs adds 116 yards on the ground for the Giants.
The NFL announces it will allow the
Pro Bowl receiver formerly known as Chad Johnson to use his new legal name,
Chad Ocho Cinco, on his uniform. (
Associated Press)
It is announced that the
Abu Dhabi United Group, an investment vehicle of the
Abu Dhabi royal family, have agreed to buy
Manchester City F.C. from former Thai Prime Minister
Thaksin Shinawatra for approximately
£200 million, and have made an unlimited amount of money available to make City one of the leading teams in the Premiership.
Manchester City then agree a deal with
Tottenham Hotspur to sign Bulgarian striker
Dimitar Berbatov for a fee of over £30 million. Berbatov, however, had always made it plain that he wished to sign for
Manchester United in order to play in the
Champions League, and he did so at the end of the day for a record fee of £30.75 million.
City then succeeded in signing
Robinho from
Real Madrid for a new record
€42 million (£32.5 million) — as recently as Sunday it was expected that Robinho would sign for
Chelsea, but relations between Madrid and the London club cooled markedly.
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