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Bulls' Mettle Will Be Tested At Cincinnati

After the Bulls' Big East title hopes all but burst with Saturday's 24-20 loss at Louisville, University of South Florida coach Jim Leavitt said he'll find out a lot about his team at Cincinnati on Thursday. ...more

October 27, 2008

Tribune Prep Football Top 10

TRIBUNE TOP 10

Pos. School	Record	Points	Up Next
1. Armwood	8-0	50	at Freedom (2-5)
Hawks can wrap up seventh consecutive playoff berth with win this week.
2. Chamberlain	8-0	44	at Plant (6-1)
Chiefs earned 5A-District 6 title with victory over Alonso and King's loss to Sickles.
3. Plant	6-1	41	vs. Chamberlain (8-0)
Panthers locked up fourth consecutive playoff berth with win Friday.
4. Tampa Bay Tech	6-1	32	vs. Middleton (2-5)
Titans need this one to keep playoff hopes alive.
5. Wharton	6-2	26	at Riverview (1-6)
Playoff-bound Wildcats surpassed last season's win total with victory Friday.
6. Tampa Catholic	5-2	25	at Lennard (4-4)
Crusaders can lock up fourth consecutive postseason berth with win this week.
7. Alonso	6-2	20	at Jefferson (4-3)
Ravens are 0-3 all-time against the Dragons.
8. Newsome	6-2	18	at East Bay (3-4)
Wolves can earn first postseason berth in program history with win this week.
9. Hillsborough	5-3	13	at Gaither (4-4)
Terriers haven't lost three consecutive regular-season games this decade.
10. Jefferson	4-3	3	vs. Alonso (6-2)
Dragons get a good look at potent passing attack before facing Plant.

Also receiving votes: Bloomingdale (5-2) 2, Gaither (4-4) 1. ...more

October 26, 2008

Playoffs on the Horizon

MIDDLE SCHOOL FOOTBALL All six local programs are seeded and begin play Tuesday on crowning the next (unofficial) county champion on Nov. 4. ...more

October 25, 2008

Phillies World Series Roster

PHILLIES WORLD SERIES ROSTER

No. Name	Pos.	B-T	Ht.	Wt.	Age
56 Joe Blanton	SP	R-R	6-3	255	27
Reliever came over from A's in July and has a 6.05 career ERA against Rays
4 Eric Bruntlett	IF-OF	R-R	6-0	190	30
Reserve started 28 games at shortstop early in the year for injured Rollins
5 Pat Burrell	OF	R-R	6-4	235	32
"Pat the Bat" has averaged 31 homers and 99 walks over past four years
55 Clay Condrey	RP	R-R	6-3	215	32
One of several situational relievers in a bullpen that led the NL in relief ERA
27 Chris Coste	C	R-R	6-4	240	28
The backup catcher for this series, he appeared in 98 games and hit .263
19 Greg Dobbs	IF	L-R	6-1	205	30
Set a Phillies single-season record and led majors with 22 pinch hits
37 Chad Durbin	RP	R-R	6-2	200	30
Led NL relievers with 82.2 innings; 2-0 with a 3.38 ERA this postseason
47 Scott Eyre	RP	L-L	6-1	220	36
Acquired in August from Cubs; pitched 1.1 scoreless innings in NLCS
7 Pedro Feliz	3B	R-R	6-1	210	33
Starts against lefties; hit .249 with 14 homers in first season with Phils
35 Cole Hamels	SP	L-L	6-3	190	24
Ace lefty was NLCS MVP and could start three times if series goes seven
43 J.A. Happ	RP	L-L	6-6	200	26
Spent most of year in at Triple-A and was Phils' top minor-league pitcher
6 Ryan Howard	1B	L-L	6-4	255	28
In 2007, he became the fastest player to reach 100 homers (325 games)
10 Geoff Jenkins	OF	L-R	6-1	215	34
Made 74 regular-season starts in right but has played little this postseason
54 Brad Lidge	RP	R-R	6-5	210	31
Phillies were 59-15 in regular-season games in which their closer appeared
63 Ryan Madson	RP	L-R	6-6	200	28
Set-up man has pitched well in playoffs, allowing one run in nine innings
50 Jamie Moyer	SP	L-L	6-0	185	45
Former longtime Seattle Mariner is 8-4 with a 2.85 ERA against Rays
39 Brett Myers	SP	R-R	6-4	240	28
Had a losing record in regular season (10-13), but is 2-0 this postseason
11 Jimmy Rollins	SS	S-R	5-8	175	29
Switch-hitter hasn't been able to match numbers from 2007 MVP season
16 J.C. Romero	RP	S-L	5-11	205	32
Ex-Twins, Red Sox pitcher has not given up a run in spot work in playoffs
51 Carlos Ruiz	C	R-R	5-10	200	29
Hit only .219 in regular season, but batted .313 (5-for-16) in the NLCS
12 Matt Stairs	OF	L-R	5-9	210	40
Longtime AL player hit a huge pinch-hit HR in Game 4 of the NLCS
99 So Taguchi	OF	R-R	5-10	170	39
Reserve is only player on either team with a hit in any World Series
26 Chase Utley	2B	L-R	6-1	200	29
Three-time All-Star has rare power for a 2B and hit 33 HRs this year
8 Shane Victorino	OF	S-R	5-9	180	27
"Flyin' Hawaiian" starts in CF and has a fan in Rays' manager Joe Maddon
28 Jayson Werth	OF	R-R	6-5	225	29
He won right-fielder's job batting .273 with 24 HRs in the regular season

PHILLIES WORLD SERIES ROSTER ...more

October 21, 2008

Relief In Philly: It's Rays, Not Sox

The Rays won 97 regular-season games to top the toughest division in baseball, then ousted another division winner in their first playoff series before taking out the defending World Series champions in the ALCS. ...more

October 21, 2008

Sending A Message To Vrbata

Five games into the season and one of Tampa Bay's free agent summer boons has been a bust. ...more

October 19, 2008

New Lineup Doesn't Help

Red Sox manager Terry Francona downplayed benching slumping leadoff man and CF Jacoby Ellsbury for Game 4 on Tuesday night. ...more

October 15, 2008

Running Toward History

Star Of The Game: Carl Crawford When the postseason began, Crawford almost had to talk his way back into the lineup after missing nearly two months to injury. He insisted he was ready. He insisted he was all the way back. Believe it. Crawford was 5-for-5 - a triple, two doubles and two singles - on Tuesday night in the Rays' 13-4 victory against the Boston Red Sox in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series. He also had two stolen bases, scored three runs and had two RBIs. ...more

October 15, 2008

Rays Haven't Needed Bay - At Least So Far

Had the Rays been bolder before the trade deadline, they might be penciling in Jason Bay as their right fielder in the opening game of the ALCS tonight. ...more

October 10, 2008