Posted by Gold Coast B2B Staff on December 1st, 2009 | 1 comment
(AP) — The Indianapolis Colts spotted Houston an early 17-0 lead before a patented Peyton Manning fourth-quarter rally to stay one of the NFL’s two unbeaten teams after 12 weeks of the season.
Manning tossed three TDs and the Colts rallied for a 35-27 win, their 20th straight regular-season victory.
Indianapolis is 11-0, one win shy of the New England Patriots’ NFL-record 21-game run from 2006-08. The Colts can tie the record if they beat Tennessee at home next weekend.
The Colts are 15-1 lifetime against Houston, which fell to 5-6 and likely out of the playoff picture.
Manning threw two first-half interceptions, but had a pair of second-half TD passes, including a 4-yarder to Dallas Clark that gave the Colts a 21-20 lead with about nine minutes left. Clint Session stretched the lead to 28-20 when he returned an interception by Matt Schaub 26 yards for a touchdown seconds later. Schaub fumbled on Houston’s next possession and Chad Simpson’s touchdown run put the game out of reach.
The Colts are the first team to clinch a playoff berth, winning the AFC South title when Jacksonville lost to San Francisco.
The NFL’s other undefeated team is New Orleans, which hosts New England Monday night.
Posted by Gold Coast B2B Staff on November 7th, 2009 | 2 comments
Hundreds of thousands of New York Yankee fans cheered their baseball team on Friday at a parade through Lower Manhattan to celebrate its 27th World Series victory.
Ticker-tape and toilet paper, the traditional way to bestow honor in New York, was thrown from office windows as the players paraded on floats along Broadway’s Canyon of Heroes to City Hall, where Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave them the keys to the city and rapper Jay-Z sang his hit “Empire State of Mind.”
After a championship draught that seemed like an eternity for some fans — the Yankees last won a World Series title in 2000 — the team topped the defending world champion Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday to win the best-of-seven series four games to two.
“We really forgot how great it feels,” Yankees captain and shortstop Derek Jeter, who was on the 2000 club, told the crowd. “This year it’s for the fans.”
The World Series victory was an apt way for the Yanks, long known as the Bronx Bombers for their slugging, to christen their new $1.5 billion stadium in the New York borough of the Bronx.
The win gave fans a respite as the U.S. economy struggles to shake off the its worst recession in decades and unemployment reached a 26-1/2 year high in October of 10.2 percent.
“We get to come here and enjoy this and not worry about (the economy) for a little bit of time,” said Donna Grofsick, 44, from Hawthorne, New Jersey, holding a sign that read “Marry Me Derek, it’s OK with my husband.”
Some fans waited more than eight hours to catch a glimpse of their favorite players such as Alex Rodriguez and Series Most Valuable Player Hideki Matsui. Many were dressed head to toe in Yankees merchandise to signal their support.
“We got here at 2 in the morning,” said unemployed student Kevin Cecchini, 23, of Hillsborough, New Jersey. “It’s a great day, everyone has a smile on their faces. People are forgetting about their problems and enjoying the day.”
Jeannine Ready, 53, of Nanaimo arrived in New York on Thursday after a cruise, where she followed the Series on board ship. “This is big,” she said. “My husband has been a fan since he was five years old and he’s now 65.”
New York was also celebrating an economic windfall. A spokesman for Comptroller Bill Thompson estimated the three Series games played in the Bronx were worth an estimated $60 million to the city.
Most of that value, he said, came from about 9,000 out-of-town visitors who attended the games.
Bloomberg said that presenting the keys to New York to the Yankees was an honor. “It is our way of saying to some very special people no matter where you go in life this city will always welcome you back with open arms,” he said.
Posted by Gold Coast B2B Staff on October 27th, 2009 | 0 comments
The sport’s top spenders finally cashed in with their first pennant in six years Sunday night, beating the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 in Game 6 of the AL championship series behind the savvy pitching of that old October pro, Andy Pettitte.
Next up, New York hosts defending champion Philadelphia in the World Series opener Wednesday night. Cliff Lee is expected to face ALCS MVP CC Sabathia in an enticing pitching matchup between former Cleveland teammates – and the past two AL Cy Young Award winners.
“I couldn’t be more excited,” Rodriguez said. “I feel like a 10-year-old kid.”
Ridiculed in the past for his October flops, Rodriguez played a huge role in helping his team advance through the playoffs, batting .438 with five home runs and 12 RBIs. The slugger earned his first trip to the World Series during a 16-year career in which he’s accomplished almost everything else.
Pettitte set a postseason record for wins, Johnny Damon hit a two-run single and Mariano Rivera closed it out in familiar fashion with a six-out save as the Yankees won their 40th American League crown by vanquishing the Angels, a longtime nemesis.
Now, the Yankees go for their record 27th title – when manager Joe Girardi was hired two years ago, he took jersey No. 27 with that in mind.
“We’re just trying to enjoy this, man,” Derek Jeter said. “Hopefully, we can play one more great series.”
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