The San Francisco Giants beat the Texas Rangers tonight, 3-1 in Game 5 to win the World Series. This win is the first championship for the Giants since moving to the left coast from Brooklyn to the Bay City in 1958. Brian Wilson's strikeout ended the game and was followed by a dog pile on the pitcher's mound of celebrating players.
Brett Favre started his 292nd consecutive NFL game at quarterback today against the New England Patriots. Unlike the previous 291 starts before, he was playing this one with fractured bones in his heel and foot. To most athletes, a fractured bone is cause for time off, a bit of rest and rehab and then a return to the field, court or diamond. But that's not the case for Favre.
After a super hyped off-season filled with trades and free agent signings, the NBA begins its 2010-2011 season tonight. The first day of the season features a few high-profile games, sure to get fans pumped for the long season ahead.
Tonight in Arlington, the Texas Rangers punched their ticket to the World Series by defeating the defending champs, New York Yankees in Game 6 of the ALCS. This tremendous win marks the first time in the franchise's 50 year history that the Rangers have been crowned champions of the American League.
The second round of the MLB playoffs started tonight with the American League Championship Series. Last year's ALCS champs the New York Yankees took the field against this season's AL West winners Texas Rangers in Arlington. Things started out promising for the Rangers and it looked like they were rolling to an easy win in the first game of the best of seven series but the Yankees proved too much scoring five runs in the 8th inning to take a 1-0 lead in the series with tonight's 6-5 victory.
Arguably one of the best works of American literature may be next up for a big screen remake. Director Baz Luhrmann has hinted his next project may be an adaptation of "The Great Gatsby". Though Luhrmann claims a final decision hasn't been made, a script has already been prepared. The director/screenwriter estimated he will decide within four to six weeks whether or not Gatsby will get the green light.
Today marks the first day of the MLB Playoffs and to say it got off to a good start is an understatement. In the second game of today's triple header, the Philadelphia Phillies faced the Cincinnati Reds. Roy Halladay, playing in the first playoff appearance of his career, got the start for the Phillies and he made the most of his debut. Taking the mound against one of the National League's most productive offenses would be a daunting task to most pitchers, let alone a playoff first-timer. Halladay had no such problems.
