Chris Harris was released by the Chicago Bears on Thursday after the veteran safety asked for a trade earlier this month, ending his second run with the team.
Coach Lovie Smith said the move had been building over several weeks of subpar play.
Harris was beaten for a touchdown pass and dropped a potential interception Sunday against Tampa Bay. He had asked for a trade two weeks ago and was inactive against the Minnesota Vikings on Oct. 16, but then started Sunday in London against the Buccaneers.
Rookie Chris Conte started Sunday at free safety against Tampa Bay and made the first interception of his career. Second-year player Major Wright is the starter at strong safety. Harris has played both spots.
Harris was in his second stint with the Bears after being traded back from Carolina last year for linebacker Jamar Williams. After tying for the team lead in interceptions with five last year, he started the opener against Atlanta but sat out the next three games because of a pulled hamstring.
The Bears filled Harris' spot by signing former St. Louis Rams linebacker Jabara Williams off waivers.
Former teammates expressed surprise at Harris' departure. Defensive back D.J. Moore thought asking for a trade probably didn't help Harris' situation.
Lawmakers say they oppose use of public money for a new Vikings stadium
A cadre of Minnesota legislators opposed to putting public money into a deal for a new Vikings stadium said they'd let the team flee the state rather than let themselves be strong-armed into cutting a deal at any price.
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, meanwhile, laid out two funding options and three possible sites in a bid to keep the team from bolting from the city to the suburbs — or beyond. His plan relies on new sales and lodging taxes or proceeds from a potential downtown casino.
All of it comes as Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton's self-imposed deadline for crafting a stadium plan approaches. He hopes to call lawmakers into special session before Thanksgiving to vote on hundreds of millions of dollars in public subsidies.
The Vikings have four games remaining on their Metrodome lease, and have made it clear that they won't re-up without assurances that a new stadium will be built. Team owner Zygi Wilf has stopped short of threatening to leave the state, but other cities craving an NFL franchise are paying attention.
"We don't want them to leave, but if they're going to leave I guess that is going to happen," said Sen. David Hann, a Republican who led a news conference by a bipartisan group of lawmakers fighting efforts to expand gambling to help pay for a new stadium. The lawmakers said their opposition extends to using all forms of taxpayer money.
NFL to scan incoming fans with metal detectors
Security personnel at NFL games will begin using hand-held metal detectors as part of the screening process before fans enter the stadiums. Beginning Nov. 20, the detectors will be used at stadium gates because "we are always striving for ways to improve our security procedures at all of our stadiums," an NFL spokesman said.
Fitzpatrick says contract extension may be in works
Buffalo Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick confirmed that negotiations on a contract extension have become serious over the last two weeks and said he'd like to have a deal completed soon. "It would be something that I'd like to get done, and we'll see how it progresses here in the next few weeks," he said.
Fitzpatrick declined to provide details because he doesn't want talks to serve as a distraction to the 4-2 team.
In his seventh NFL season, the Harvard graduate is in the final year of a three-year contract. He has a 13-15 record over two-plus seasons with the Bills, and is credited with sparking an offense that ranks in the top 10 in numerous categories this season
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Many Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr fight Bob Arum says maybe…
Arum said to ESPNLosAngeles “What Floyd Mayweather Jr hates is Manny’s right hand. Mayweather has no chin and Manny will knock him out. Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr is a three or four round fight, period.”
Here’s my take on this: Floyd Mayweather Jr isn’t the least afraid of Pacquiao’s right hand because he doesn’t hit as hard as the last guy that Floyd Mayweather Jr beat WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz. Why would Mayweather be afraid to fight someone smaller, weaker and older than Ortiz?
No, Floyd Mayweather Jr isn’t afraid of fighting Pacquiao. But what he does want is for Pacquiao to agree to staying in the U.S to be available for Mayweather’s Olympic style random drug tests for the entire training camp and not having Manny Pacquiao be unavailable for the testing by spending half the training camp time in the Philippines. This is something that could be easily taken care of Pacquiao would simply say yes to staying in the U.S, but thus far it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen.
Arum has a negative view on the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight ever happening, saying “That fight will never, ever happen.”
I think it’s up to Arum. If he wanted to make the Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao fight happen he could very, very quickly. Arum has got the ability to convince Pacquiao of practically I believe. If Arum pushed Pacquiao to stay in the U.S so that he could be tested for performance enhancing drugs, I think Manny Pacquiao would agree in a second. But it’s up to Arum. I personally think he doesn’t want Manny Pacquiao to fight Mayweather because the Manny Pacquiao gravy train could come to a screeching halt after Floyd Mayweather Jr humiliates Pacquiao in an embarrassingly one-sided loss.
A lopsided loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr would likely badly hurt Pacquiao in future PPV bouts, and I think Arum doesn’t want this. It’s easier to match Pacquiao up with old guys like 40-year-old Shane Mosley, 38-year-old Juan Manuel Marquez, as well as his Top Rank stable fighters Antonio Margarito, Miguel Cotto, Joshua Clottey, and Timothy Bradley where there’s not much danger. At the same time, Arum, trainer Freddie Roach and Manny Pacquiao can throw out Mayweather’s name every once in a while and say he doesn’t want to fight. That way boxing fans will put the blame on Floyd Mayweather Jr instead of looking at Manny Pacquiao and his management as the reason the fight hasn’t been made.
NBA sides return, hope to build on progress
The NBA owners and players have ended negotiations for the day, meeting for 7.5 hours in an attempt to end the lockout.
Small groups from both sides returned to a hotel Thursday less than 12 hours after finishing a 15-hour meeting that went until past 3 a.m.
Commissioner David Stern said he expected to continue discussing the system Thursday.
Though the first two weeks of the season have been canceled because of the lockout, union executive director Billy Hunter said he believed 82 games were still possible with a deal by Sunday or Monday.
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PBA D-League: Cebuana Lhuiller opens up with a win over Cobra
MANILA, Philippines—Last season’s finalist Cebuana Lhuiller debuted in the PBA D-League Aspirants cup with a 58-74 victory over Cobra Energy Wednesday at the Trinity Gym.
Far Eastern University standout Terrence Romeo led the Gems with 14 points and four assists while the rest of the team took turns in the offensive end.
Head coach Luigi Trillo, though, was far from satisfied with his team’s overall performance.
“Nagkakanya-kanya. When we took the lead, they started committing unforced turnovers,” said Trillo, who said some of the team members only joined practice recently.
“We’re still adjusting to each other. They need to trust and give the ball to each other more. Hopefully we could get better,” Trillo added.
The Gems, who lost to NLEX in the finals of the Foundation Cup, asserted their superiority all game and led by as big as 15 points in the third quarter.
The Energy tried to storm back in the payoff period but could only come as close as six points, 39-45, on a basket by Lord Casajeros.
John Noble finished with 10 points and four assists for Cobra.
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5:30 p.m.- Alaska vs. Meralco
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THE LISTLESS Alaska Aces face a dangerous opponent in their quest to finally end their misery as they play the Meralco Bolts in today’s first game of the 37th PBA Philippine Cup at the Araneta Coliseum.
In the main game, the defending champions Talk ’N Text Tropang Texters and the Petron Blaze Boosters play against each other in a rematch of last conference’s championship showdown.
Alaska is one of the two teams that have yet to win in the tournament, sporting a 0-4 (win-loss) card. The lowly Shopinas.com Clickers are the other winless squad with a 0-5 slate.
Alaska has yet to win under new head coach Joel Banal and is fresh from their worst defeat in franchise history after they got mangled by the league-leading Rain or Shine Elasto Painters, 84-120, last Sunday.
The pressure to stop their slide is mouting for the Aces and they are hoping that their off-season success against the Bolts will give them the needed boost going into today’s game.
The Aces defeated the Bolts, 67-61, last Sept. 24 during the Cebu City Mayor`s Cup Invitational Games and also logged an 82-80 win against the same team in a tune-up game last Sept. 17.
The Bolts are looking for a good follow-up of their impressive 80-70 trashing of the erstwhile unbeaten Petron Blaze Boosters. That was Meralco’s third win in five games.
Petron tries to rebound from that loss against the Texters, who are looking some sort of revenge.
The Texters lost to the Blazers in the Governor’s Cup Finals that denied them what could have been a rare grand slam accomplishment.
Both teams sport 3-1 records, joing the Barako Bull Energy at second place behind the 4-1 Rain or Shine.
Talk ‘N Text is fresh from a gripping 96-94 win over the B-Meg Llamados. /EDITORIAL ASSISTANT CALVIN D. CORDOVA
Araneta Coliseum
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THE LISTLESS Alaska Aces face a dangerous opponent in their quest to finally end their misery as they play the Meralco Bolts in today’s first game of the 37th PBA Philippine Cup at the Araneta Coliseum.
In the main game, the defending champions Talk ’N Text Tropang Texters and the Petron Blaze Boosters play against each other in a rematch of last conference’s championship showdown.
Alaska is one of the two teams that have yet to win in the tournament, sporting a 0-4 (win-loss) card. The lowly Shopinas.com Clickers are the other winless squad with a 0-5 slate.
Alaska has yet to win under new head coach Joel Banal and is fresh from their worst defeat in franchise history after they got mangled by the league-leading Rain or Shine Elasto Painters, 84-120, last Sunday.
The pressure to stop their slide is mouting for the Aces and they are hoping that their off-season success against the Bolts will give them the needed boost going into today’s game.
The Aces defeated the Bolts, 67-61, last Sept. 24 during the Cebu City Mayor`s Cup Invitational Games and also logged an 82-80 win against the same team in a tune-up game last Sept. 17.
The Bolts are looking for a good follow-up of their impressive 80-70 trashing of the erstwhile unbeaten Petron Blaze Boosters. That was Meralco’s third win in five games.
Petron tries to rebound from that loss against the Texters, who are looking some sort of revenge.
The Texters lost to the Blazers in the Governor’s Cup Finals that denied them what could have been a rare grand slam accomplishment.
Both teams sport 3-1 records, joing the Barako Bull Energy at second place behind the 4-1 Rain or Shine.
Talk ‘N Text is fresh from a gripping 96-94 win over the B-Meg Llamados. /EDITORIAL ASSISTANT CALVIN D. CORDOVA
Fiba Asia U16: PH Youth bows to Korea, ends world berth bid
Vietnam—A familiar basketball nemesis dealt the Philippines another heartbreak.
The Energen Pilipinas Under-16 team’s bid for a historic world berth came to an end as South Korea handed the young Nationals its first loss, 67-58, in the Fiba Asia U16 semifinals Thursday night at the Khanh Hoa Sports Center here.
In a run fueled by Henry Asilum, the Philippines came within a basket twice, the last at 58-60, after trailing by as many as 13 points, 44-57 in the second half.
But Korea held the Philippines scoreless in the final six minutes as the young Nationals also started missing even at close range.
Asilum and Jay Alejandro paced the Philippines with 12 points each.
The loss relegated the Philippines to a bronze-medal battle against Japan on Friday afternoon.
Hoon Heo torched the Philippines with a game-high 22 points, while Nakhyeon Kim and Gookchan Kim had 16 points apiece.
Heo, son of the legendary Hur Jae, drilled seven points in a 12-2 tear that gave Korea its first double-digit advantage, 37-27, after a deadlock at 25 late in the first half.
The hot-shooting Koreans continued to sizzle in the third period, extending the lead to as many as 13 points, 57-44.
Defending champion China, the only unbeaten team in seven games, and South Korea will dispute the crown Friday in a rematch of the 2009 edition’s championship.
Both finalists will represent Asia in the 2012 Fiba U17 World Championship from July 17 to 26 in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Boasting a pair of seven-footers, China downed Japan, 82-43, in the other semifinal match last night.
A win by the young Nationals could have been historic as no other Philippine basketball team in any division has reached the World Championship for over 30 years.
Manila’s hosting of the 1978 Fiba Worlds was the last time a Philippine team reached this lofty stage, where American coach Ron Jacobs steered the country to an eighth-place finish.
An all-amateur National squad (National Consolidated Cement) also qualified in the Worlds after topping the 1985 Asian Championship in Kuala Lumpur, but the team disbanded due to the 1986 People Power.
The boys’ loss added to the many heartbreaks that South Korea dealt the Philippines in past international campaigns.
Just last month, Korea pulled off an incredible come-from-behind win over Smart Gilas Pilipinas, 70-68, in the battle for the bronze in the Fiba Asia Men’s Championship in Wuhan, China.
The Philippines also had a meltdown in the 2002 Asian Games where Olsen Racela—now the youth team’s coach–bungled two crucial free throws before Lee Sang-min buried a triple at the buzzer that spoiled the country’s bid to advance to the gold-medal match against China.
The seeming jinx continued in the 2009 Fiba Asia in Tianjin, China where the Nationals blew the lead and lost seventh place to the Koreans.
Last year, Smart Gilas also absorbed a Korean setback in the quarterfinals of the Guangzhou Asian Games.
“I reminded the players that I’ve played Korea in the past, I’ve seen them play our recent teams and we know we cant relax,” Racela said the night before his team’s crucial match.
“This Korean team is no different from the others. Their three-point shot is a big factor, that’s what we have to contain.”
Before the Korean loss, the young Nationals were on a a six-game roll, the last an 82-69 stunner over West Asian champion Iraq in the quarterfinals.
An upset over Japan (83-72) also capped the team’s 5-0 sweep of the first two rounds.
The Philippines, the reigning champion in the Southeast Asian Basketball Association (Seaba), routed Indonesia (93-30) and Vietnam (111-25) in the preliminaries, before cruising past Qatar (107-28) and Saudi Arabia (100-42) in the second round.
The scores:
SOUTH KOREA 67–Heo 22, Kim N. 16, Kim G. 16, Kim M. 7, Lee 2, Yun 2, Park 2, Koh 0, Shin 0,
PHILIPPINES 58—Asilum 12, Alejandro 12, Javelosa 7, Diputado 6, Ramos 6, Rivero 6, Cani 5, Lao 4, Heading 0.
Quarters: 19-21, 37-29, 58-50, 67-58
The Energen Pilipinas Under-16 team’s bid for a historic world berth came to an end as South Korea handed the young Nationals its first loss, 67-58, in the Fiba Asia U16 semifinals Thursday night at the Khanh Hoa Sports Center here.
In a run fueled by Henry Asilum, the Philippines came within a basket twice, the last at 58-60, after trailing by as many as 13 points, 44-57 in the second half.
But Korea held the Philippines scoreless in the final six minutes as the young Nationals also started missing even at close range.
Asilum and Jay Alejandro paced the Philippines with 12 points each.
The loss relegated the Philippines to a bronze-medal battle against Japan on Friday afternoon.
Hoon Heo torched the Philippines with a game-high 22 points, while Nakhyeon Kim and Gookchan Kim had 16 points apiece.
Heo, son of the legendary Hur Jae, drilled seven points in a 12-2 tear that gave Korea its first double-digit advantage, 37-27, after a deadlock at 25 late in the first half.
The hot-shooting Koreans continued to sizzle in the third period, extending the lead to as many as 13 points, 57-44.
Defending champion China, the only unbeaten team in seven games, and South Korea will dispute the crown Friday in a rematch of the 2009 edition’s championship.
Both finalists will represent Asia in the 2012 Fiba U17 World Championship from July 17 to 26 in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Boasting a pair of seven-footers, China downed Japan, 82-43, in the other semifinal match last night.
A win by the young Nationals could have been historic as no other Philippine basketball team in any division has reached the World Championship for over 30 years.
Manila’s hosting of the 1978 Fiba Worlds was the last time a Philippine team reached this lofty stage, where American coach Ron Jacobs steered the country to an eighth-place finish.
An all-amateur National squad (National Consolidated Cement) also qualified in the Worlds after topping the 1985 Asian Championship in Kuala Lumpur, but the team disbanded due to the 1986 People Power.
The boys’ loss added to the many heartbreaks that South Korea dealt the Philippines in past international campaigns.
Just last month, Korea pulled off an incredible come-from-behind win over Smart Gilas Pilipinas, 70-68, in the battle for the bronze in the Fiba Asia Men’s Championship in Wuhan, China.
The Philippines also had a meltdown in the 2002 Asian Games where Olsen Racela—now the youth team’s coach–bungled two crucial free throws before Lee Sang-min buried a triple at the buzzer that spoiled the country’s bid to advance to the gold-medal match against China.
The seeming jinx continued in the 2009 Fiba Asia in Tianjin, China where the Nationals blew the lead and lost seventh place to the Koreans.
Last year, Smart Gilas also absorbed a Korean setback in the quarterfinals of the Guangzhou Asian Games.
“I reminded the players that I’ve played Korea in the past, I’ve seen them play our recent teams and we know we cant relax,” Racela said the night before his team’s crucial match.
“This Korean team is no different from the others. Their three-point shot is a big factor, that’s what we have to contain.”
Before the Korean loss, the young Nationals were on a a six-game roll, the last an 82-69 stunner over West Asian champion Iraq in the quarterfinals.
An upset over Japan (83-72) also capped the team’s 5-0 sweep of the first two rounds.
The Philippines, the reigning champion in the Southeast Asian Basketball Association (Seaba), routed Indonesia (93-30) and Vietnam (111-25) in the preliminaries, before cruising past Qatar (107-28) and Saudi Arabia (100-42) in the second round.
The scores:
SOUTH KOREA 67–Heo 22, Kim N. 16, Kim G. 16, Kim M. 7, Lee 2, Yun 2, Park 2, Koh 0, Shin 0,
PHILIPPINES 58—Asilum 12, Alejandro 12, Javelosa 7, Diputado 6, Ramos 6, Rivero 6, Cani 5, Lao 4, Heading 0.
Quarters: 19-21, 37-29, 58-50, 67-58
Recruitment spells difference, says Lim
MANILA, Philippines — Deep into the post-game chat with Frankie Lim of San Beda, a scribe asked him about his outlook for Season 88th of the NCAA but the multititled mentor politely declined.
“Let us savor this moment first,” said a beaming Lim, eliciting laughter from those around him, moments after the Red Lions roared their way to a record-tying 16th NCAA cage title at the expense of the hard-fighting San Sebastian Stags.
Lim said the climb to the summit was fraught with difficulties, stressing that he never expected his team to just have two losses going into the finals.
The injury suffered by Sudan Daniel just before the tournament startled Lim but instead of lamenting the void left by the 6-8 center, Lim used it as a rallying point for his players to find ways to make up for his absence.
“I told them ‘wala na si Su (Daniels) so you guys have to deliver,’” said Lim, noting that he realized that San Beda would go all the way to the top after they beat the Stags in the battle for the top spot in the Final Four.
“That win was very important because it proved that we can win against them.”
The Stags were like a bunch of marauders in the elimination round as they feasted on just about any team that was thrown against them.
Even though SSC’s image of invincibility was shattered by Letran, it remained a dangerous foe even for a cohesive unit like San Beda owing to their explosive nature.
Lim said everything boils down to teamwork, a trait that he wants retained when the Lions attempt to win their fifth title in six years.
A few major players won’t be around to beef up the Lions next year as David Marcelo, adjudged the MVP Finals, Jess Villahermosa and Garvo Lanete will finally go elsewhere to ply their trade.
But Lim is confident he will have the same brand of intensity and cohesiveness with the arrival of players from San Beda’s farm team.
Asked about the players he will be recruiting to shore up his squad, Lim said it’s no secret who will take the places of those not coming back, hinting that the opposition will get the chance to size them up even before the kickoff of Season 88.
Lim said the San Beda recruitment program is key to their success the past few years.
“Let us savor this moment first,” said a beaming Lim, eliciting laughter from those around him, moments after the Red Lions roared their way to a record-tying 16th NCAA cage title at the expense of the hard-fighting San Sebastian Stags.
Lim said the climb to the summit was fraught with difficulties, stressing that he never expected his team to just have two losses going into the finals.
The injury suffered by Sudan Daniel just before the tournament startled Lim but instead of lamenting the void left by the 6-8 center, Lim used it as a rallying point for his players to find ways to make up for his absence.
“I told them ‘wala na si Su (Daniels) so you guys have to deliver,’” said Lim, noting that he realized that San Beda would go all the way to the top after they beat the Stags in the battle for the top spot in the Final Four.
“That win was very important because it proved that we can win against them.”
The Stags were like a bunch of marauders in the elimination round as they feasted on just about any team that was thrown against them.
Even though SSC’s image of invincibility was shattered by Letran, it remained a dangerous foe even for a cohesive unit like San Beda owing to their explosive nature.
Lim said everything boils down to teamwork, a trait that he wants retained when the Lions attempt to win their fifth title in six years.
A few major players won’t be around to beef up the Lions next year as David Marcelo, adjudged the MVP Finals, Jess Villahermosa and Garvo Lanete will finally go elsewhere to ply their trade.
But Lim is confident he will have the same brand of intensity and cohesiveness with the arrival of players from San Beda’s farm team.
Asked about the players he will be recruiting to shore up his squad, Lim said it’s no secret who will take the places of those not coming back, hinting that the opposition will get the chance to size them up even before the kickoff of Season 88.
Lim said the San Beda recruitment program is key to their success the past few years.
Beckham-led Galaxy to play vs Azkals
Big football names like David Beckham and Landon Donovan, along with the rest of football club Los Angeles Galaxy are coming to Manila this December.
The Galaxy, after wrapping up their Major League Soccer campaign, will go head-to-head with the Philippine national football squad in an international friendly on Dec. 3. at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.
President of LA Galaxy’s business operations Thomas Payne assured that the full line up, including Irish striker Robbie Keane, will be present to put on a show.
“We understand what this is about. We understand that we have popular players. And they will be on the Tour,” said Payne.
“It comes in a really good time for us. Barring any kind of injury, the whole team is here. They know when they sign on, but they’re going to go on a post season tour,” added Payne, who arrived in the Philippines just this morning just to take a tour of the city.
National team manager Dan Palami, though, believes that the Galaxy will feel the full brunt of the Akzals attack in the pitch.
“The Azkals will play as if we have to win the game,” said Palami in a press conference Tuesday at the Makati Shangrila.
Palami said that he has sent out invitations to the players based abroad, and among those who have responded are Fil-Icelandic Ray Jonsson, Fil-British goal keeper Neil Etheridge, and Fil-Dutch Dennis Cagara and Fil-Danish Jerry Lucena.
“Some of the players we have in Europe have played against high profile players, so they’re used to this,” added Palami.
It has been a year since the Azkals’ unprecedented run in the AFF Suzuki ywhich resurrected football in the country—and the event is only a fitting way to end the a fruitful year.
“To end the year with the big bang—we thought that win over Nepal was enough. But this is an early Christmas bonus. It will be good for the Azkals and the Philippine football in general,” shared Palami.
Philippine Football Federation president Mariano “Nonong” Araneta agreed saying this an early Christmas gift for the Philippine football fans. /inquirer with reports from Mars G. Alison
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The Galaxy, after wrapping up their Major League Soccer campaign, will go head-to-head with the Philippine national football squad in an international friendly on Dec. 3. at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.
President of LA Galaxy’s business operations Thomas Payne assured that the full line up, including Irish striker Robbie Keane, will be present to put on a show.
“We understand what this is about. We understand that we have popular players. And they will be on the Tour,” said Payne.
“It comes in a really good time for us. Barring any kind of injury, the whole team is here. They know when they sign on, but they’re going to go on a post season tour,” added Payne, who arrived in the Philippines just this morning just to take a tour of the city.
National team manager Dan Palami, though, believes that the Galaxy will feel the full brunt of the Akzals attack in the pitch.
“The Azkals will play as if we have to win the game,” said Palami in a press conference Tuesday at the Makati Shangrila.
Palami said that he has sent out invitations to the players based abroad, and among those who have responded are Fil-Icelandic Ray Jonsson, Fil-British goal keeper Neil Etheridge, and Fil-Dutch Dennis Cagara and Fil-Danish Jerry Lucena.
“Some of the players we have in Europe have played against high profile players, so they’re used to this,” added Palami.
It has been a year since the Azkals’ unprecedented run in the AFF Suzuki ywhich resurrected football in the country—and the event is only a fitting way to end the a fruitful year.
“To end the year with the big bang—we thought that win over Nepal was enough. But this is an early Christmas bonus. It will be good for the Azkals and the Philippine football in general,” shared Palami.
Philippine Football Federation president Mariano “Nonong” Araneta agreed saying this an early Christmas gift for the Philippine football fans. /inquirer with reports from Mars G. Alison
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With Texas on verge of title, Game 6 tied 2-2
(10-27) 18:25 PDT ST. LOUIS (AP) --
Run-scoring hits by Josh Hamilton and Ian Kinsler offset Lance Berkman's two-run homer, leaving the Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals tied 2-2 after three innings Thursday night as Texas tried to win its first World Series title.
With Texas ahead 3-2 in the Series, the Rangers knocked out Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia after just three innings, his shortest outing since June 2010. Fernando Salas relieved to start the fourth.
Texas got far better swings against Garcia than it did in Game 2, when he allowed three hits in six shutout innings. This time, he gave up five hits and two walks, throwing 59 pitches.
Seven of the first 13 Texas batters reached base, but the Rangers hit into two double plays and were just 2 for 7 with runners in scoring position.
Hamilton hit an RBI single in the first, Berkman put St. Louis ahead in the bottom half against Colby Lewis. Kinsler then retied the score when he doubled in a run in the second.
Lewis allowed two hits and one walk, throwing 42 pitches.
Just 24 of the 61 previous teams with 3-2 leads won Game 6, but 41 of those 61 teams went on to win the title. Eighteen teams trailing 3-2 in the best-of-seven format bounced back for championships, including 12 that swept the last two games at home.
In an effort to provide more production behind Albert Pujols, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa moved Berkman to cleanup and dropped slumping Matt Holliday down to fifth.
Rangers manager Ron Washington moved hot-hitting Mike Napoli up one spot to seventh and had Craig Gentry hitting eighth, as he did in Game 2.
Four Cardinals Hall of Famers, wearing cardinal red sports jackets, stood at home plate before the game. Red Schoendienst, Lou Brock, Bob Gibson and Ozzie Smith. And then the greatest Cardinals player, 90-year-old Stan Musial, was driven from the right-field corner to the plate in a golf cart. Wearing a red sweater and Cardinals warmup jacket, he greeted his fellow Hall of Famers and watched 2006 Series MVP David Eckstein throw out the ceremonial first pitch.
Texas went ahead 10 pitches in. After starting with a called strike, Garcia walked Kinsler on four straight pitches, and Elvis Andrus' hit-and-run single put runners at the corners. Hamilton pulled the next pitch into right field for a single and his third RBI of the Series.
Garcia recovered to strike out Michael Young and Adrian Beltre, then got Nelson Cruz to hit into an inning-ending forceout on his 23rd pitch.
Lewis quickly gave back the lead. Skip Schumaker, moved up from eighth in the batting order to second, singled with one out in the bottom half. Pujols flied out on the next pitch. Berkman also swung at the first pitch, sending an 89 mph offering over the center-field wall. The home run lifted Berkman's batting average to .421 (8 for 19) in this year's Series and .406 (13 for 32) in his career.
Napoli, the Series leader with nine RBIs, walked leading off the second and Gentry singled him to second. Lewis bunted directly at third baseman David Freese, who started a rare 5-6-4 double play. Shortstop Rafael Furcal took the throw at third for the force, then threw to second baseman Nick Punto covering first.
Kinsler followed with a ground-rule double that hopped over the left-field fence, tying the score 2-all. La Russa then had Mitchell Boggs start warming up after Garcia had thrown just 42 pitches to 10 batters,
Andrus hit an inning-ending lineout to right that Berkman slightly misjudged and caught with a jump.
Schumaker and Pujols flied out just in front of the warning track in the third. Other than his 5-for-6, three-homer, six-RBI performance in Game 3, Pujols is 0 for 14.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/10/27/sports/s182541D61.DTL#ixzz1c2OqZqXn
Run-scoring hits by Josh Hamilton and Ian Kinsler offset Lance Berkman's two-run homer, leaving the Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals tied 2-2 after three innings Thursday night as Texas tried to win its first World Series title.
With Texas ahead 3-2 in the Series, the Rangers knocked out Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia after just three innings, his shortest outing since June 2010. Fernando Salas relieved to start the fourth.
Texas got far better swings against Garcia than it did in Game 2, when he allowed three hits in six shutout innings. This time, he gave up five hits and two walks, throwing 59 pitches.
Seven of the first 13 Texas batters reached base, but the Rangers hit into two double plays and were just 2 for 7 with runners in scoring position.
Hamilton hit an RBI single in the first, Berkman put St. Louis ahead in the bottom half against Colby Lewis. Kinsler then retied the score when he doubled in a run in the second.
Lewis allowed two hits and one walk, throwing 42 pitches.
Just 24 of the 61 previous teams with 3-2 leads won Game 6, but 41 of those 61 teams went on to win the title. Eighteen teams trailing 3-2 in the best-of-seven format bounced back for championships, including 12 that swept the last two games at home.
In an effort to provide more production behind Albert Pujols, Cardinals manager Tony La Russa moved Berkman to cleanup and dropped slumping Matt Holliday down to fifth.
Rangers manager Ron Washington moved hot-hitting Mike Napoli up one spot to seventh and had Craig Gentry hitting eighth, as he did in Game 2.
Four Cardinals Hall of Famers, wearing cardinal red sports jackets, stood at home plate before the game. Red Schoendienst, Lou Brock, Bob Gibson and Ozzie Smith. And then the greatest Cardinals player, 90-year-old Stan Musial, was driven from the right-field corner to the plate in a golf cart. Wearing a red sweater and Cardinals warmup jacket, he greeted his fellow Hall of Famers and watched 2006 Series MVP David Eckstein throw out the ceremonial first pitch.
Texas went ahead 10 pitches in. After starting with a called strike, Garcia walked Kinsler on four straight pitches, and Elvis Andrus' hit-and-run single put runners at the corners. Hamilton pulled the next pitch into right field for a single and his third RBI of the Series.
Garcia recovered to strike out Michael Young and Adrian Beltre, then got Nelson Cruz to hit into an inning-ending forceout on his 23rd pitch.
Lewis quickly gave back the lead. Skip Schumaker, moved up from eighth in the batting order to second, singled with one out in the bottom half. Pujols flied out on the next pitch. Berkman also swung at the first pitch, sending an 89 mph offering over the center-field wall. The home run lifted Berkman's batting average to .421 (8 for 19) in this year's Series and .406 (13 for 32) in his career.
Napoli, the Series leader with nine RBIs, walked leading off the second and Gentry singled him to second. Lewis bunted directly at third baseman David Freese, who started a rare 5-6-4 double play. Shortstop Rafael Furcal took the throw at third for the force, then threw to second baseman Nick Punto covering first.
Kinsler followed with a ground-rule double that hopped over the left-field fence, tying the score 2-all. La Russa then had Mitchell Boggs start warming up after Garcia had thrown just 42 pitches to 10 batters,
Andrus hit an inning-ending lineout to right that Berkman slightly misjudged and caught with a jump.
Schumaker and Pujols flied out just in front of the warning track in the third. Other than his 5-for-6, three-homer, six-RBI performance in Game 3, Pujols is 0 for 14.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/10/27/sports/s182541D61.DTL#ixzz1c2OqZqXn
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