RANGERS EVEN UP SERIES

The Texas Rangers got 2 runs in the top of the 9th inning last night in St. Louis last night to come away with 2-1 win over the Cardinals and even up the series at 1 game a piece with game 3 set for tomorrow in Texas.  The Nascar Sprint Cup Series will be at the always exciting Talladega Superspeedway this weekend which is like to be a pivotal race in the race for the Sprint Cup.  The Colonial Heights Colonials football team will be on the road at Dinwiddie tonight to face the Generals, I don't think I am going to make the trip tonight.  It is a very cool 46 degrees here in Colonial Heights this morning on its way to 63 with the low dropping into the 30's tonight, my body hasn't go use to this cold weather yet.  I sure am glad that it is Friday.  MICKEY

"Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is."  Maxim Gorky

Internet Problems

I am having Internet problems here at house so there will be nothing else today. Mickey

WORLD SERIES STARTS TONIGHT, CAPS UNDEFEATED

The 2011 World Series starts tonight in St. Louis when the Texas Rangers face the St. Louis Cardinals in game 1 of the World Series, the way the Cardinals have been playing I would have to say that the are the favorite to win this years World Series.  The Washington Capitals are off to there best starts in franchise history after last nights 3-0 win over the Florida Panthers, the Caps are now 5-0 and will go for win # 6 at Philadelphia tomorrow night.  Well it is raining pretty steady here in the Heights this morning and there is a pretty good chance of t-storms this afternoon and it is going to be about 10 degrees cooler today than it was yesterday.  MICKEY

SOME RAIN ON THE WAY

Well it looks like some rain is on the way tonight and tomorrow here in the Heights.  The amount of rain that we get depends on how close a coastal low is to the coast.  A couple of local weatherman say we may get a couple inches of rain while another one says we wont get much at all, I guess we will just have to wait and see. Also some much cooler temps will be on the way as well with highs in the low 60's after tomorrow and lows in the lower 40's, BRRR.  Not much else happening around here so I guess I am going to go to work.  MICKEY

If your life is ever going to get better, you’ll have to take risks. There is simply no way you can grow without taking chances. -David Viscott

PACKERS NOW 6-0, REDSKINS LOSE

The Green Bay Packers improved to 6-0 yesterday with a 24-3 win over the Rams ans are now the only undefeated team in the NFL after the 49er's beat the Lions.  The Packers played well in the 1st half but didn't play well at all in the 2nd half, next week the Packers travel to Minnesota.  The Redskins fell to the Eagles 20-13, the Skins just had to many turnovers to overcome to win the game.  The Cardinals beat the Brewers last night 12-6 to win the NLCS and will now face the Texas Rangers in the World Series starting on Wednesday.  It was a very tragic end to the IRL season at Las Vegas yesterday afternoon when Dan Wheldon was killed in a violent 15 car crash, Dan Wheldon was 33 years old.  MICKEY

JULIANNE TAKE OVER THE TOP SPOT

Julianne has taken over the top spot by herself by going 17-7 this week breaking a four way ties at the top of the standings, me & Guy also joined here this week going 17-7 as well.  Julianne has a 1 game lead over The Chief and 2 game lead over Chiz with Guy just 3 games back.  The top 12 players are within 8 games of the lead and there is a log jam between 13-18 with just 1 game separating the group and then there is the rest of the field.  Rick had the toughest week going 9-15 and is now tied with Keith & George.  Also Julianne now has 3 wins in the tiebreaker with Mickey and Guy with 2 wins.  There are some more tough games this weeks but I think there are some easy ones as well.  MICKEY

WEEK 8 GAMES

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AT ARKANSAS STATE

RUTGERS AT LOUISVILLE

WEST VIRGINIA AT SYRACUSE

CINCINNATI AT SOUTH FLORIDA

OKLAHOMA STATE AT MISSOURI

NORTH CAROLINA AT CLEMSON

WAKE FOREST AT DUKE

BOSTON COLLEGE AT VIRGINIA TECH

LOUISIANA TECH AT UTAH STATE

MARYLAND AT FLORIDA STATE

AUBURN AT LSU

TEMPLE AT BOWLING GREEN

N.C. STATE AT VIRGINIA

GEORGIA TECH AT MIAMI

EAST CAROLINA AT NAVY

MEMPHIS AT TULANE

UTAH AT CALIFORNIA

TULSA AT RICE

USC AT NOTRE DAME

WASHINGTON AT STANFORD

WISCONSIN AT MICHIGAN STATE

SMU AT SOUTHERN MISS

COLORADO STATE AT UTEP

MAINE AT RICHMOND

STANDINGS AFTER WEEK 7

1. JULIANNE 107-51---

2. THE CHIEF 106-52 -1

3. CHIZ 105-53 -2

4. GUY 104-54 -3

5. BOBBY 103-55 -4

6. MURPH 102-56 -5

7. MICKEY 102-56 -5

8. JOHN 101-57 -6

9. DUSTY 101-57 -6

10. SCOTT 101-57 -6

11. TOM 99-59 -8

12. JONATHAN 99-59 -8

13. ANDREW 97-61 -10

14. BIFF 97-61 -10

15. ERIK 97-61 -10

16. GLEN 96-62 -11

17. JOY 96-62 -11

18. LEE 96-62 -11

19. RICK 90-68 -17

20. KEITH 90-68 -17

21. GEORGE 90-68 -17

22. AMANDA 87-71 -20

23. PHILLIPS 84-74 -23

TIE BREAKER STANDINGS

JULIANNE 3

MICKEY 2

GUY 2

THE CHIEF 1

ERIK 1

CHIZ 1

JOHN 1

TOM 1

BIFF 1

JONATHAN 1

VIRGINIA STINGS GEORGIA TECH, TEXAS HEADING TO THE WORLD SERIES

The Virginia Cavaliers upset the #12 ranked Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets yesterday 24-21 yesterday and with the win improved to 4-2 on the season.  Virginia jumped out to a quick 14-0 lead only to have Georgia Tech come back an tie the game at 14-14 before UVA scored the next 10 points and held on for a 24-21 win.  I thought the Cavaliers defense played extremely well yesterday and the offense pretty much ran it down Georgia Tech's throat most of the game.  The Cavs will be back at home next Saturday against the N.C. State Wolfpack.  The East Carolina Pirates also picked up a win yesterday knocking off a very bad Memphis team 35-17, the Pirates will be at Navy next week.  In the NFL today the Green Bay Packers will be looking to go 6-0 with a victory over the Rams while the Redskins look to stat in 1st place in the NFL East when the Philadelphia Eagles visit the Nations Capital.  The Texas Rangers won the ALCS series last night with a 15-5 win over the Detroit Tigers and with the win on to the World Series.  The NLCS resumes tonight in Milwaukee with the Cardinals leading the series 3-2, I think the Cards will win tonight.  Matt Kenseth won last nights race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway holding off Kyle Busch for the win.  Carl Edwards now leads the race for the championship by 5 points over Kevin Harvick with Kenseth just 7 points back.  MICKEY

GEORGIA TECH AT VIRGINIA

The Virginia Cavaliers will be back at home this afternoon the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets come to town with there high powered triple option offense.  The Cavaliers will have to play much better than the have all year to beat Georgia Tech that is for sure.  I am not going to today's game but I will be watching it on television and i might try to get to UVA next week.  The East Carolina Pirates will try to get back on track on the road at Memphis, also it appears that the Pirates did not get invited to join the Big East.  Also it appears Conference USA and the Mountain West Conference will merge into 1 conference for football and there still trying figure out what to do for the other sports, they may stat as 1 or go back to 2 conferences for other sports.  It was a tough night for the Colonials last night on Homecoming as Hopewell beat Colonial Heights 61-13.  Down at the beach Manteo beat Perquimans 55-8 while First Flight lost Bertie 47-22.  In the NLCS the Cardinals beat the Brewers 7-1 to take a 3-2 series lead heading back to to Milwaukee, the ALCS resumes tonight Texas with Rangers leading the series 3-2.  Carl Edwards won last nights Nationwide Series race last night at Charlotte holding off Kyle Busch for the win, the Sprint Cup Series will be back in action tonight at Charlotte.  Mickey

IT'S HOMECOMING TONIGHT IN THE HEIGHTS

The Colonial Heights Colonials football team will be back in action tonight against the Hopewell Blue Devils and it is Homecoming tonight in the Heights.  It looks like the rain will have moved out of the area by game time and the temps will be in the 60's at the start of the game in the upper 50's by the end of the game.  The Detroit Tigers stayed alive in the ALCS last night beating the Rangers 7-5, the Rangers still lead the series 3-2 as the series heads back to Texas.  In the NLCS the Brewers evened up the series a 2 games a piece heading into tonight's game with the Cards in St. Louis, the Brewers won 4-2 last night.  Tony Stewart captured the pole last night for Saturday nights race at Charlotte, Matt Kenseth will join him on the front row.  My allergies are continuing to bother me and now right ear is a bit clogged up again and that's not good at all, the last time it was clogged it stayed that way for about 3 months.  MICKEY

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
Ayn Rand 

TEXAS TAKES A 3-1 SERIES LEAD, CARDS A 2-1 LEAD

The Texas Rangers had to go into extra innings again last night but came away with a 7-3 win and now lead the ALCS 3-1 with game 5 scheduled for tonight in Detroit.  Th St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 last night to take a 2-1 series lead and with game 4 tonight in St. Louis.  Well I went to bed a bit early last night to try to catch up some sleep but I don't think that helped at all, I think I had the worst night sleep that I have had in about 2 months, I just kept waking up about every other hour.  Several people read the blog daily expressed concern about why there was no blog entry yesterday, well I have to say that I just was to busy putting in everybody entry for this weeks games.  Also for for you information tomorrow night is Homecoming here in Colonial Heights, so if you are in town come on out and watch the Colonials face Hopewell.  MICKEY

«As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.» — John F. Kennedy

LIONS NOW 5-0, CARDS EVEN UP SERIES

The Detroit Lions are now 5-0 after beating the Chicago Bears last night 24-13 at Ford Field, with the win the Lions are now tied with Packers with the nest record in the NFL and they are both in the same division.  The Cardinals evened up the NLCS at 1 game a piece last night crushing the Brewers 12-3, in the ALCS the Rangers took a 2-0 series lead after beating the Tigers 7-3.  Also yesterday the NBA cancelled it's first 2 weeks of the season because the owners and players could not reach an agreement, with the tough economic times everybody is facing I don't think its time to have a lockout/strike because it is only going to hurt themselves.  It looks like we are going to get some rain late this afternoon into tonight and it could be heavy at times.  The picks appear to be very slow coming in this week.  MICKEY

«It is better to fill your head with useless knowledge than no knowledge at all.» — Jim Hinckley

GREEN BAY NOW 5-0

The Green Bay Packers fell behind 14-0 last night to the Atlanta Falcons before rallying for a 25-14 win over the Falcons.  The Falcons scored on there 1st two drives of the game but didn't score anymore, the Packers will return home next week to face the Rams.  The Milwaukee Brewers won game 1 of the NLCS yesterday 9-6, the ACLS was rained out and will resume today.  Jimmie Johnson won yesterdays Nascar race at Kansas holding off Kasey Kahne for the win and with the win moved a little closer to the top of the chase standings and I have to sat I wouldn't bet against him.  Also today is Me Ma Eveyln's birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY ME MA EVELYN.  MICKEY

«Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first.» — Pearl Bailey

RANK	+/-	DRIVER	POINTS	BEHIND	STARTS	POLES	WINS	TOP 5	TOP 10
1	+1	Carl Edwards	2161	Leader	30	2	1	15	21
2	-1	Kevin Harvick	2160	-1	30	0	4	8	16
3	+2	Jimmie Johnson	2157	-4	30	0	2	13	20
4	+2	Brad Keselowski	2150	-11	30	1	3	9	13
5	+2	Matt Kenseth	2149	-12	30	2	2	9	17
6	-2	Kurt Busch	2145	-16	30	3	2	8	16
7	-4	Tony Stewart	2142	-19	30	0	2	5	13
8	--	Kyle Busch	2141	-20	30	1	4	13	17

THERE IS A 4 WAY TIE AT THE TOP

Well after 6 weeks of the contest there are now 4 people tied at the top of the standings.  The Chief, Bobby, Chiz and Julianne are all tied at the top and if it was at the end of the year Julianne would have won the contest by leading the tiebreaker standings which is determined by the number of weeks you have won in the contest.  Julianne and Jonathan both went 20-4 this past week while George had the toughest week going 14-10.  The top 11 people in the contest are withing 5 games of the top and 1-19 are within 10 games of the top.  I have tried to pick some tougher games this week but with some teams off this week I am sure there are a couple of easy games thrown in.  Well here are the updated standings and next weeks games.  MICKEY

WEEK 7 GAMES
SAN DIEGO STATE AT AIR FORCE
USC AT CALIFORNIA
KANSAS STATE AT TEXAS TECH
MICHIGAN AT MICHIGAN STATE
TOLEDO AT BOWLING GREEN
UTAH AT PITTSBURGH
BAYLOR AT TEXAS A&M
SOUTH CAROLINA AT MISSISSIPPI STATE
LOUISVILLE AT CINCINNATI
MIAMI AT NORTH CAROLINA
NAVY AT RUTGERS
RICE AT MARSHALL
IOWA STATE AT MISSOURI
SOUTH FLORIDA AT UCONN
GEORGIA TECH AT VIRGINIA
OHIO STATE AT ILLINOIS
CENTRAL FLORIDA AT SMU
VIRGINIA TECH AT WAKE FOREST
FLORIDA AT AUBURN
CLEMSON AT MARYLAND
GEORGIA AT VANDERBILT
STANFORD AT WASHINGTON STATE
UTAH STATE AT FRESNO STATE
TOWSON AT OLD DOMINION

STANDINGS AFTER WEEK 6

1. THE CHIEF 90-44---

2. BOBBY 90-44---

3. CHIZ 90-44---

4. JULIANNE 90-44---

5. JOHN 88-46 -2

6. GUY 87-47 -3

7. DUSTY 87-47 -3

8. MURPH 86-48 -4

9. TOM 85-49 -5

10. MICKEY 85-49 -5

11. SCOTT 85-49 -5

12. GLEN 84-50 -6

13. ANDREW 83-51 -7

14. JONATHAN 83-51 -7

15. BIFF 82-52 -8

16. JOY 81-53 -9

17. LEE 81-53 -9

18. ERIK 81-53 -9

19. RICK 81-53 -9

20. KEITH 78-56 -12

21. GEORGE 77-57 -13

22. AMANDA 76-58 -14

23. PHILLIPS 70-64 -20

TIE BREAKER STANDINGS

JULIANNE 2

THE CHIEF 1

ERIK 1

MICKEY 1

CHIZ 1

JOHN 1

GUY 1

TOM 1

BIFF 1

JONATHAN 1

PACKERS LOOK FOR ANOTHER WIN

The Green Bay will be looking to stay undefeated tonight when they travel down to Atlanta to face the Falcons tonight in the Georgia Dome.  I wish this game was an afternoon game because I din't know whether or not I will be able to stay up until the game ends.  The Redskins have the week off.  In college football action the Virginia Cavaliers were off yesterday but the other team I follow closely the East Carolina Pirates were beaten badly by the Houston Cougars 56-3 and the score really could have been worst.  The Pirates have started the season playing a very tough schedule and it seem to have taken its toll on the Pirates and I can that there fan-base is not very happy about it.  I will have the updated standings in the Mickey's College Football Pick-Em Contest later this morning but it appears it's getting even tighter at the top.  The Texas Rangers took game 1 of the ALCS Series beating the Tigers 3-2 last night, the will play game 2 tonight.  The NLCS starts this afternoon in Milwaukee.  Brad Keselowski won yesterdays Nationwide race at the Kansas Speedway, Carl Edwards finished 2nd.  Today's Sprint Cup race will be a make or brake race for some in the chase today.  MICKEY

«I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.» — Frank Lloyd Wright

CARDINALS AND BREWERS MOVE ON

The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Phillies last night 1-0 to win the series 3-2, this is a pretty big upset since most of the baseball talking heads had the Phillies winning the World Series this year.  The Cardinals will face the Brewers in the NL Championship Series.  The New York Rangers opened there season yesterday losing to the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 in OT, the Rangers will face Anaheim today.  Greg Biffle won the pole at Kansas Speedway yesterday edging out Carl Edwards for the top spot, the Nationwide Series will run there today.  In high school football action last night Matoaca beat Colonial Heights 48-14, down at the beach Edenton Holmes beat First Flight 53-6 and Manteo beat Northside Pinetown 60-6.  The Virginia Cavaliers football team has a much needed Saturday off this week, hopefully they are preparing for the triple option which Georgia Tech runs.  I have to say the the donuts this morning were not up to Dunkin Donut standards.  MICKEY

Life is not holding a good hand; Life is playing a poor hand well. -- Danish proverb

TIGERS JOIN RANGERS, NL DECIDED TONIGHT

The Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees last night 3-2 to advance to the AL Championship Series, the NL will decide who will play in there series tonight when the Diamondbacks visit the Brewers and the Cardinals visit the Phillies.  This weeks Nascar race is at the Kansas Speedway and it could become a furl mileage race on Sunday.  The Colonial Heights Colonials will be on the road tonight at Matoaca, I think I am going to make it over there tonight.  Well it's my favorite day of the week again it's Friday.  MICKEY

NHL SEASON STARTS TONIGHT

The National Hockey League will open it's 95th season tonight with three games and ovedr the next 2 days every team in the league will open there season.  My favorite team the New York Rangers will open up there season against the Los Angeles Kings tomorrow in Sweden.  In the MLB Playoffs last night the Diamondbacks and Cardinals both stayed alive forcing a game 5 tomorrow night, tonight the Yankees and Tigers will play game 5 with the winner moving on to face the Texas Rangers.  I know have another ailment after eating dinner last night, I burned the roof of my mouth on a pizza I had for dinner.  So now I have a sore left knee, a burned mouth and a bit of a cold also.  Also I am still waiting for 1 persons pick for this weeks games, I am hoping that he gets his picks in very soon.  MICKEY

RANGERS MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ROUND

The Texas Rangers became the 1st team to move to the 2nd round of the MLB Playoffs beat the Tampa Rays 4-3 and winning the series 3-1, the Rangers will face either the Yankees or Tigers in the next round.  The Yankees beat the Tigers last night 10-1 forcing a game 5 tomorrow night in New York.  In the NL the Diamondbacks stayed alive beating the Brewers 8-1, the Phils beat the Cards last night 3-2.  Tonight the Brewers and Phillies can win there series with a win tonight.  I am still waiting for about 9 peoples picks this week, hopefully everybody will get them in on time.  Besides my left knee hurting now I think I have caught a cold.  MICKEY

TIGERS & RANGERS WIN

The Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers are just 1 win away from moving on to the next round of the MLB Playoffs after the Tigers beat the Yankees 5-4 and the Rangers beat the Rays 4-3.  All 4 series will be in action today with the Brewers, Rangers, and Tigers having a chance to end there series and Cards and Phillies trying to get a leg up on each other.  Well it looks like it is going to get back into the low 70's today after being in the 50's and 60's the last 3 days but it does look like lows will be in the 40's each night and it looks like it will be dry through Saturday as well.  In case you missed the Progress-Index is now a morning paper 7 days a week which means less local news and the local news you do get will be a day or two behind.  Also I am a bit banged up this morning, my left knee is very sore.  MICKEY

PACKERS NOW 4-0, SKINS WIN

The Green Bay Packers improved to 4-0 yesterday beating the Denver Broncos 49-23, the Packers offense looked very good and defense played its best game of the season so far.  Next week the Packers will travel down to play the Falcons.  The Redskins jumped out to a 17-0 lead over the Rams but had to hold to beat the Rams 17-10, the Skins are off next week.  Besides the Packers there only one other team that this undefeated in the NFL and the also play in the NFL North and they are the Detroit Lions who came from behind yesterday to beat the Dallas Cowboys.  Kurt Busch won yesterdays Nascar race at Dover holding off Jimmie Johnson for the win, Carl Edwards and Kevin Harvick are now tied for the points lead.  In the MLB Playoffs the Brewers now lead the Diamondbacks 2-0 while the Tigers and the Yankees series is tied at 1-1, the Phillies vs Cardinals game was to late to make the deadline for Mickey's Place.  MICKEY

THE CHIEF HOLDS ON TO THE LEAD BUT HE HAS COMPANY

Well after 5 weeks of the contest The Chief continues to lead but he has company at the top as John is now tied with him after going 14-10 this week.  To say it's getting tighter at the top may be an understatement because Bobby & Chiz are just 1 game out of the lead and then Julianne is just 2 games back with 6th through 12th place within 5 games of the top spot.  The top 21 players are within 10 games of the lead which is pretty good 5 weeks into the contest but there is still plenty of time left in the contest.  Biff had the best week going 17-7 while Rick had the toughest week going 11-13.  The next few weeks should be interesting.  Please remember I need your picks in by 9pm on Wednesday night.  Here are the updated standings and next weeks games.  MICKEY

WEEK 6 GAMES
CALIFORNIA AT OREGON
BOISE STATE AT FRESNO STATE
LOUSVILLE AT NORTH CAROLINA
OKLAHOMA AT TEXAS
FLORIDA STATE AT WAKE FOREST
TEMPLE AT BALL STATE
ARMY AT MIAMI OHIO
BOWLING GREEN AT WESTERN MICHIGAN
AIR FORCE AT NOTRE DAME
FLORIDA AT LSU
PITTSBURGH AT RUTGERS
CENTRAL MICHIGAN AT N.C. STATE
IOWA AT PENN STATE
MIAMI AT VIRGINIA TECH
MISSOURI AT KANSAS STATE
SOUTHERN MISS AT NAVY
AUBURN AT ARKANSAS
MARSHALL AT CENTRAL FLORIDA
MICHIGAN AT NORTHWESTERN
GEORGIA AT TENNESSEE
TEXAS A&M AT TEXAS TECH
OHIO STATE AT NEBRASKA
WYOMING AT UTAH STATE
MAINE AT JAMES MADISON

STANDINGS AFTER WEEK 5

1. THE CHIEF 72-38---

2. JOHN 72-38 ---

3. BOBBY 71-39 -1

4. CHIZ 71-39 -1

5. JULIANNE 70-40 -2

6. GUY 69-41 -3

7. DUSTY 69-41 -3

8. TOM 69-41 -3

9. MURPH 68-42 -4

10. GLEN 68-42 -4

11. MICKEY 68-42 -4

12. SCOTT 67-43 -5

13. BIFF 65-45 -7

14. ANDREW 64-46 -8

15. JOY 64-46 -8

16. LEE 63-47 -9

17. ERIK 63-47 -9

18. JONATHAN 63-47 -9

19. GEORGE 63-47 -9

20. RICK 62-48 -10

21. KEITH 62-48 -10

22. AMANDA 60-50 -12

23. PHILLIPS 53-57 -19

TIE BREAKER STANDINGS

1. THE CHIEF 1

1. JULIANNE 1

1. ERIK 1

1. MICKEY 1

1. CHIZ 1

1. JOHN 1

1. GUY 1

1. TOM 1

1. BIFF 1

VIRGINIA WINS AN UGLY ONE, GREEN BAY LOOKS TO GO 4-0

I don't know what to say about yesterdays Virginia football game but it sure was hard to watch, it was an ugly game between two very bad teams.  If the Cavs weren't playing Idaho yesterday or maybe Tulane there is no way they would have won yesterday, its a good thing that they have 2 weeks to try to get ready to face Georgia Tech because if they played next week there is a pretty good chance they would lose by 50.  The special teams looked terrible yesterday especially the punt coverage and returns, they have to be in the bottom of the NCAA stats in those categories.  Also I cant't let the coaches off to easy after yesterdays game either, there were allot of very questionable play calls that left everybody in the stands scratching there heads that's for sure.  Heck even the fans in the stands were getting frustrated, we almost had a big brawl in the stands after one started yelling out that one of the coaches must be let go and another fan voiced his displeasure about his comments and they almost came to blows.  There were plenty of upsets in college football and it looks like things could be changing at the top of the standings Mickey's College Pick-Em Contest, I will release the updated standings later this morning.  In the MLB playoffs yesterday the Phillies, Brewers and Yankees won and now lead there series 1-0 respectively while the Rangers beat the Rays yesterday to even up there series at 1-1.  In the NFL today the Green Bay Packers will be looking to improve to 4-0 at home when they face the Denver Broncos, the Redskins will be on the road at St. Louis.  Martin Truex Jr. captured the pole at Dover for today's race edging Kyle Busch for the top spot, yesterday Carl Edwards dominated the Nationwide race for the win.  MICKEY

The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have. Vince Lombardi

HEADING TO UVA

Well I going to be heading back up to UVA today to bring the Cavaliers some good luck this afternoon when the play host to the Idaho Vandals.  I don't know for sure but I am guessing that this is the 1st time that the Vandals have every played a game in the state of Virginia.  It looks like the game time temperature is going to be in the upper 50's so its going to feel like football weather.  I am also hoping to have a better week in my football contest as well but I didn't get off to a good start Thursday night when Pittsburgh upset South Florida.  In high school football action last night Petersburg beat Colonial Heights 46-7, at the beach First Flight beat Pasquotank 29-25 and Manteo beat South Creek 53-8.  The Major League Baseball playoffs started yesterday with Tampa crushing Texas 9-0 to take a 1-0 series lead, in the AL playoffs series the Tigers vs Yankees game was suspended after 2 innings with the score ties at 1-1 and they will resume game tonight.  The NL playoffs will start today with Arizona at Milwaukee and St. Louis visiting Philadelphia.  It's time to start getting all you Halloween decorations out because today is October 1 and I have say Wal-Mart has allot of candy to sell between now and then.  MICKEY

~ Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals - Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want ~ Marsha Sinetar