Brett Favre and the New York Jets really saw the benefits of the 38 year old’s career high six touchdown passes on Sunday as they flattened the Arizona Cardinals 56-35. Cardinals QB Kurt Warner had a hard time hanging onto the ball as the Cardinals turned the ball over seven times.
In Dallas the Washington Redskins surprised many with a 26-24 victory over Tony Romo, Terrell Owens and the Dallas Cowboys who watched in shock as Redskins receiver Santana Moss completed his third consecutive 100+ yard game.
Aaron Rogers left a Green Bay versus Tampa Bay match up with what looked like a shoulder injury but would eventually return, but it didnt seem to matter, since the Buccaneers held on for the 30-21 victory.
The Detroit Lions finally fired team president and GM Matt Millen on Wednesday, unseating one of the most criticized executives in Detroit sports history. “I have relieved Matt Millen of his duties effective immediately,” Lions owner William Clay Ford said in a statement Wednesday afternoon.
The Lions are winless, and 1-10 dating to last season. The latest loss at San Francisco dropped the Lions to 8-60 as visitors with Millen in charge. Since he took over the franchise, starting with the 1964 season, the Lions have won only one playoff game.
The New York Yankees will miss the postseason for the first time since starting their run in 1995. Mike Mussina pitched five shutout innings to earn his 19th win, Jason Giambi homered and the Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 on Tuesday night. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to keep the Yankee’s postseason hopes alive as the Red Sox beat the Indians 5-4 just before the Yankees win. The Boston win clinched the AL wild-card and eliminated the Yankees from postseason contention.
New York shortstop Derek Jeter didn’t start because of an injured left hand, but he came on as a defensive replacement in the ninth inning. This will be the first time that the Yankees missed the playoffs in 13 years, truly a remarkable run, which included four World Series titles. Is it the end of an era?
The winning streak of the New England Patriots was ended with a brutal domination by the lowly Miami Dolphins. Ronnie Brown scored a team-record four touchdowns rushing and threw for another — with four of the scores coming on direct snaps to the running back — as Miami destroyed New England 38-13 Sunday. The loss ended the Patriots’ NFL mark of 21 straight regular season wins that began after a 21-0 loss to the Dolphins on Dec. 10, 2006, in which Tom Brady, who’s now out for the season with a knee injury, was sacked four times.
It also ended New England’s chance for a second straight unbeaten regular season.
The Dolphins, who lost their first 13 games last year and finished 1-15, won for just the second time in 22 games. It was the first victory for Miami’s new coach Tony Sparano, and it was an incredible win. The Pats didn’t have Tom Brady to lead them as he’s done 28 times in the fourth quarter. They had to count on Matt Cassel and an offense missing running back Laurence Maroney to a shoulder injury, which was simple not enough. many Patriots fans were booing their team and some left early.
Lance Armstrong will end his retirement and compete in the 2009 Tour de France, according to a recent report. The 36-year-old seven-time Tour de France champion will compete in five road races with the Astana team in 2009,a nd will also compete in the Tour of California, Paris-Nice, the Tour de Georgia and the Dauphine-Libere.
Carlos Zambrano pitched the first no-hitter for the Chicago Cubs in 36 years, making an awesome comeback from a recent battle with rotator cuff soreness to shut down the Houston Astros 5-0 Sunday night. Zambrano stopped a Houston team that had not played since Thursday. Hurricane Ike forced baseball to move two games from Texas to Miller Park, home of the Brewers, and the Astros flew hours before they took the field.
Zambrano, known for his intense spaz-outs on the mound, kept himself under control until striking out Darin Erstad to finish off his first start since Sept. 2. The right-hander fell to his knees and pointed to the sky with his hands after getting Erstad to swing and miss. Zambrano (14-5) was instantly surrounded on the mound by his teammates.
New England Patriots star quarterback Tom Brady is likely going to miss the rest of the 2008 season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. While New England coach Bill Belichick said in his postgame press conference that he had no update on the status of Brady’s injury, two sources indicated it involved quite serious damage to the knee.
Brady was injured as he stepped up in the pocket to make a throw to wideout Randy Moss. Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard, who was on the ground, lunged forward and struck Brady’s leg, which buckled as he released the ball. Brady was assisted off the field and was later led down stairs by team officials to undergo tests.
Fourth-year quarterback Matt Cassel, who had thrown just 39 passes in his career before Sunday, replaced Brady and completed 13 of 18 passes for 152 yards and a touchdown.
The Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver has officially (and legally) changed his name to Chad Javon Ocho Cinco in Broward County, Fla.,this week.
“It’s something I don’t think anyone has ever done before,” he told the team’s Web site. “Have I ever had a reason for why I do what I do? I’m having fun.”
Two years ago, Johnson gave himself the nickname , which is a reference in Spanish to his No. 85,and put it on the back of his uniform before a game. Quarterback Carson Palmer ripped it off before the kickoff. After the season, coach Marvin Lewis, who is annoyed by Johnson’s attention-seeking stunts, referred to the wide receiver as “Ocho Psycho.”
Bengals spokesman Jack Brennan said the Bengals had no comment on the matter.
Oscar De La Hoya announced Thursday that he will meet on Dec. 6.
De La Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs), who has repeatedly said the December fight would be the last bout of his storied career in which he’s won world titles in six weight divisions, has been in talks with Pacquiao (47-3-2, 35 KOs) for weeks. Negotiations had gotten slowed down when both sides could not come to an agreement on how to split the revenue, which is expected to exceed more well over $100 million.
