Tips I forgot! Texans’ rookie QB Deshaun Watson’s was still successful in that recent 41-38 loss to QB Russell Wilson, Watson passed for 402-yards and four TDs. The Houston Texans don’t think they will have to wait long for rookie Deshaun Watson to return from his knee injuries. Watson is a history maker. His 19 TD passes is the most ever by an NFL QB in the first seven games of his career. Check This! QB Deshaun Watson and the Houston Texans averaged 34.7 points per game.
Both the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors were hoping for better starts. The Clippers’ Blake Griffin declared on the eve of their October 30 meeting with Golden State: “They have weapons at almost every position. We got to put together a solid game for 48 minutes, You see them go down early a lot and then fight their way back in it. It’s a full 48 minutes thing.”
Here is another word from the Dodgers’ come through guy: “We never stopped believing in ourselves, that we can win a championship, so here we are.” Manager Dave Roberts blew it when he failed to start his ace Clayton Kershaw in Game 7? Shouldn’t Roberts have started Kershaw without his regular days of rest? Check This!
For the first six games of the 2017 World Series the Dodgers were part of an exciting and entertaining series.
Came Game 7 the Dodgers were an embrassment and a complete mess. The Houston Astros danced all over the Dodgers grave,
All the way back to deep down in the heart of Texas.
Rest in peace, Dodgers!
Now hear this!
The World Series Champion Houston 2013 Astros were the most profitable team in the history of baseball. Look the Astros are sitting on top of the baseball world today too.
And the beat continues!
The Rams’ QB Jared Goff had one of the best games of his career as he passed for a 6-2 record including 311-yards and 4 TDs. L.A. Rams’ QB Jared Goff set career marks in passing and rushing in leading the locals to a 51-17 victory and 311-yards and 4 TDs.
The Lakers aren’t interested in playing in Portland, Oregon soon. Reason: The Portland Trailblazers knocked off the Lakers, 113-110 Nov. 2. This was the 33rd time Portland had sent the Lakers home winless. Nevertheless the Lakers’ freshman duo-Lonzo Ball and Kyle Kuzma—didn’t make it easy as they did their things. Kuzma came inches from pulling the game out at the buzzer. And the beat continues!
Arizona’s Khalil Tate set a QB record by running for 327-yards vs. Colorado last month. Tate should be included in the same group as UCLA’s Josh Rosen and USC’s Sam Darnold. Khalil Tate has a quarterbacked who passed Arizona to four straight wins as the Wildcats rolled into the Coliseum with 1,583-yards to face Coach Rich Rodriguez who says he has a sleeper in Heisman Trophy candidate Khalili Tate. He’s that good! If you don’t believe me ask the USC Trojans! UCLA Coach Jim Mora says: “You have to defend him every single play. He makes you miss and when he gets in the open he is spectacular.” Congratulations to Tim Tassalone, good guy, and the Trojans’ award winning Sports Information Director. USC’s Chris Hawkins says Khalil Tate is “playing like Lamar Jackson.” And the beat continues! UCLA (4-2-3) and Utah (4-4, 1-4) meet Saturday in Salt Lake City. Arizona (6-2) and USC (7-2) tangle at the L.A, Coliseum Saturday.
Hold it? What’s happening in Cleveland? Are LeBron James and his Cavs joining Coach Hue Jackson’s Cleveland Browns as losers? The Cavs have lost their fourth straight as this is written. In their last outing the Indiana Pacers clipped the Cavs 124-107. LeBron James had 33 points and 11 assists in the loss. This was the Cavs’ fifth loss in six games. The Cleveland Cavs was struggling until LeBron James tickled the nets with 57 points vs. the Wizards.
Magic Johnson co-owner of the Dodgers and Lakers said: “My Showtime Lakers were down 3-2 against the Pistons in 1988. We returned to L.A. for games 6 &7 to become NBA Champions,” And the beat continues!
And it isn’t over, Yasiel Puig said, until it snows in L.A. In the Summer Time. It isn’t over. Unfortunately Puig, it came over Wednesday shortly after 9:30 p.m. and George Springer was named MVP. Kenley Jansen had given up runs in three of four games. But the Dodgers demolished and bulldozed Houston in a marathon like Game 6. However, the Dodgers are not be the 2017 World Series champions.
L.A. Clippers’ Coach Doc Rivers expects his team to win a whole lot of games because of court duo of his son, Austin Rivers and Patrick Beverley. Young Rivers says: “We’ve meshed very well.” That’s why the transition that you’ve seen has been very fluid. We work very well together.” Austin Rivers and Beverly want to let the Lakers rookie sensation Lonzo Ball et al know they know a thing or two about how to play in the back court.”
Robert Griffin III added “I don’t really feel like I was wanted. I was drafted to a team with a coach who didn’t want me with an organization that wasn’t sold on me. When you make that many trades and trade that many picks, you don’t do that for a guy that you’re not sold on.”
There is no reason to fret! Russell Westbrook, Paul George, Carmelo Anthony and rest of their group to get it together. This Thunder trio from Oklahoma City rating last year of 105.9 is a little more than this season’s 105. Don’t worry these guys are going to be alright.
Will gymnastic Olympic champion Simone Boles bounce back rapidly after her long layoff? She thinks so! There is another female star on the horizon in 17-year old from Silverthorne, Colorado. She’s Kehri Jones, Jones has won the world championship with Meyers Taylor on the Germany track where they captured a world Cup.
Check This! Seattle’s Russell Wilson wasn’t a slouch vs. the Texans’ Shaun Watson. Here is what QB Russell Wilson did. He passed for 452 yards and passed 4 TDs in one of the most exciting games of the season. Even rookie QB Deshaun Watson was impressed. And the beat continues!
Prediction: The Golden States’ Stephen Curry will be back with his 28-points average and unbelievable free throw average and has hopped back in the MVP talk. Yes, he’s back for a record banner season. Curry is making it to the free throw more than ever.
Coach James Franklin’s Penn State Nittany Lions came up as two close losers at Ohio State and Michigan State. This undoubtedly knocked Penn State out of the national championship race. Nevertheless, Penn State is still rated as the No. 7 in the standing. The season isn’t over yet for Coach James Franklin’s 7-2 Penn State Nittany Lions, If Penn State goes undefeated for the rest of the way and knocks off un-whipped Wisconsin, Franklin’s team could have a chance to break into the top four in the nation.
Why is Miles Bridges back to school at Michigan State? For a whole of reasons—including his religion, his friends, prayer meetings and his desire to make a 4.0 on the Dean’s list. But not for money or even wants to become a lottery pick, so his mother can quit her job as a receptionist and pay some bills. He has told his mother “No” because all of that can wait. How long? Not long! Joy and freedom will come in the morning!
USC thinks it has the Pac-12 title in sight.
The Rams have scored more points than anyone else in the NFL. The new look L.A. Rams went to the Big Apple and took a 51-17 bite out of the New York Giants! The Rams are now 6-2 on the season.
Alabama is still No. 1 in college football with a 24-10 vs., LSU. Jalen Hurts passed for a TD and ran for one and kept LSU in check with timely plays.
They are not clapping in Westwood today with a lowly 4-8 record; one bright spot for the Bruins is their 4.4 report card at the moment.
You don’t have to be big or tall to be a great in sports. South Carolina sports star. Little Morgan Williams, 5-3 and her wingspan is 5-11, came up with shot of a lifetime in memory of the three-year death of her stepfather Donnie Rory. She dedicated the game in his memory on March 26, an Elite game in Oklahoma City vs., UConn. The Huskies clinched their consecutive 112th win with Morgan Williams’ shot, a shot heard around the basketball world. Two days later Coach Dawn Staley directed her team to become the second lady of color to win the national crown. Virginia’s Carolyn Peck was the first female coach at Purdue in 1999. She also coached at UCLA.
USA TODAY Sports’ Nancy Armour should move up to the head of the class for campaigning to get unemployed QB Colin Kaepernick a job as a sub for New England QB Tom Brady. Amour says Bill Belichick, is the only one who can make this happen . She adds: “But Belichick carries more sway than just about anyone in New England. Five Super Bowl titles in 15 years will do that for you. If Belichick says Colin Kaepernick is good enough for him that will be good enough for Patriots fans.”
Check This! Here is a conversation about Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan: “In a commercial break on ESPN’s “The Jump,” Scottie Pippen started a debate with Tracy McGrady that wound up on TV.
Brandon Wimbush passed for a career-high of 280-yards and ran for a pair of TDs to help ND win its seventh straight game.
Ex-L.A, Clippers star Chris Paul is ready to return to action with the Houston Rockets. Paul may be a week or two before he is activated. While Chris Paul is off his two children are keeping the family busy. His son Lil’ Chris is playing in one soccer program and his 5-year old daughter Camryn is in another soccer program.
Is it costly to lose? At lease it was for ex-Washington Nationals Manager Dusty Baker after two straight 95-plus-win seasons. So if you want to keep your managerial job in MLB—don’t lose!
To continue to survive in the NFC South, QB Cam Newton had to live up to his nick named of Superman to move past the Atlanta Falcons, 20-17, Rookie Christian McCaffrey says; “He can pretty much do it all.” Newton said; “I’ve been playing like this for a long time.”
Teddy Bridgewater will have been activated by the time this edition hits the streets. He has an injured knee.
Tiger Woods is coming back from his back injuries the week after Thanksgiving to be part of the 18-man “Hero World Challenge Field,” which starts Nov. 30.
The Dallas Cowboys scored a 28-17 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs, the AFC leaders, the L.A. Rams, Philadelphia Eagles, and Dallas Cowboys looked like the best teams in the NFL at this writing.
Check This! QB Russell Wilson has moved his Seattle Seahawks into an exciting and entertaining first place in the NFC West.
For the record, Game 6 lasted 5 hours and 17 minutes. Yet, the young Dodgers didn’t win it all.
Game 7 did come and it was the first Game 7 in the 56-year history of Dodgers Stadium as Houston won it all 5-1 in Game 7.
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The Dodgers’ super closer Kenley Jansen was asked to get a six-out save for the third time going into Game 7. And he complied!
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The Dodgers had only six hits and left 10 runners on base.
Umpire Laz Diaz was seen in action throughout the World Series. He was stationed at second base. The Dodgers needed only 27 outs to claim the 2017 World Series title. The Dodgers, however, finished hurting with a “Heartbreak Hotel.” The Dodgers have hopes for a championship disintegrated in less than 30-minutes, after 29-years of waiting,
The New York Jets’ African-American head coach Toddy Bowles beat the Buffalo Bills’ Tyrod Taylor, a Black quarterback, 34-21.
The Dallas Cowboys has more lives than a black cat. A court freed Ezekiel Elliott so he could play last Sunday rather than sit out another game. Ezekiel declared at the time: “This is bigger than football. Them trying to make me something I’m not, an abuser. “ And the beat continues!
