Between frosty breaths on the mound, Brad Lidge warmed to the challenge. Philadelphia's beleaguered closer stranded runners at first and second base on a bitterly cold night when he got Troy Tulowitzki to fly out to shallow left field Sunday, preserving the Phillies' 6-5 win over the Colorado Rockies in Game 3 of their NL playoff series.

  OH boy here we go again! YES, someone who poses NAKED can still believe in GOD. NO, it doesn't mean she's whoring herself for attention or money ...I'm all for woman's rights, my dad is a feminist, but geeez they make much ado about nothing, sometimes.

  On a day that was all about Broncos history, this might ring a bell: A 98-yard, fourth-quarter drive to save the game and get a city thinking Super Bowl.

  Bobby Abreu and the Angels were all smiles as they rallied past the Boston Red Sox.

  The second-seeded Serbian broke Cilic's serve in the sixth game and again in the eighth to take the first set following a 90-minute rain delay.

  The Rams fall to Towson at home.

  This weekend was a birthday weekend and I turned 32 years old. October 10. What's cool is that next year, it will be 10/10/10. Pure numerical and universal alignment.

  The Baltimore Orioles are a bad baseball organization, and a bad baseball team. A new day was supposed to arrive two years ago when Andy McPhail came to town in 2007. McPhail was the architect of the 1987 and 1991 Minnesota Twins World Champions but, so far he has failed to help rebuild the Orioles. Given that the play in the AL east with the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, and Tampa Bay Rays life is a little tough on them, but beyond Nick Markakis this is a roster pretty devoid of Major League talent.

  Two big questions face this team for the coming NBA season. Have the finally found, the right Head Coach, and who will take over the point from departed guard Andre Miller? While this team has made the playoffs in each of the last two seasons, losing Miller isa huge blow. This team will have to turn over the point to a few players that don't have all that much experience running an offense. While they are a pretty good team, they face an uphill battle to get back to the playoffs in 2010.

  Unemployed in August, Vicente Padilla kept the Los Angeles Dodgers going in October.

  Dario Franchitti's return to IndyCar racing couldn't have gone better. He's the IRL champion once again.

  Tyrod Taylor, Ryan Williams and No. 5 Virginia Tech's swarming defense made sure the Hokies' regular season losing streak against Boston College ended.

  This is an Aug. 28, 2009, file photo showing South African athlete Caster Semenya during her celebration at the Ga-Masehlong village in Moletjie, South Africa.

  Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez stood together as Yankee Stadium roared. Teixeira had the chills.