Tuesday, September 27, 2011

News Round-Up: 9/26

Ozzie Guillen to accept managerial job with Florida Marlins: According to ESPN, Chicago White Sox manager, Ozzie Guillen, walked away from his job to accept a job in South Beach. The Florida Marlins will be happy to receive Guillen and his eccentric personality. The contract is yet to be determined and more details will surely be available in the next couple days.

Tampa Bay Rays tie Red Sox for Wild Card: The Red Sox were shoe-ins for the playoffs, right? Well not if you have one of the worst collapses in the month of September like the Sox are having. They lost again to the Baltimore Orioles and the Rays defeated the Yankees. Now both the Rays and Sox are tied with two games remaining and if both teams end tied, the Rays have the edge due to a better head-to-head record against Boston.

Braves drop another game, lead over Cardinals is one: The Atlanta Braves lost 4-2 to the Philadelphia Phillies but hold on to the wild card lead by one game because of a St. Louis loss as well. If the Braves can get victories in the next two games against the Phillies, they will have held on to their lead and barely squeaked into the playoffs.

Cowboys edge past Redskins by 2 thanks to six field goals: America's team defeated the Washington Redskins by the score of 18-16. Kicker Dan Bailey booted six field goals for the Cowboys  including a go-ahead 40-yarder with 1:42 left to seal the deal. Quarterback Tony Romo played even though he had a broken rib. Romo was 22-36 for 255 yards and threw an interception.

Tennessee's Kenny Britt out for season with torn ACL and MCL: Kenny Britt was carted off the field in Sunday's win over the Denver Broncos and was even see limping into the locker room."He was off to a great start this year as we all know, and he's a special player," head coach Mike Munchak said. "He's got a lot of work ahead of him. But he's young. We know that he'll be back next year."

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