Good morning and welcome to Noontime Sports on October 29, 2010! It is friday, which means that the weekend is here. Have a great weekend, as well as Happy Halloween too!

Headlines:

* The San Francisco Giants are two games away from winning their first World Series in the Bay Area.

* Former San Francisco Giant, Barry Bonds, wants to be the hitting coaching.

* Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic is now producing music for young children.

* Apparently Albert Haynesworth is simply happy to not be starting for the Washington Redskins.

* Yet again, the NFL will have a few teams that won’t be able to have their home games broadcasted locally. The Detroit Lions and San Diego Chargers are blacked out this weekend.

* The Duke Blue Devils are ranked first overall in the AP poll for college basketball.

* Take a look at Peter King‘s NFL week 8 picks and see if he chose your team to win this weekend.

* Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress seems likely to hold Brett Favre out for Sunday’s game against the New England Patriots.

Games to Watch this Weekend:

* Philadelphia at Pittsburgh (NHL) (Friday) – 7:00pm eastern

* Orlando at Miami (NBA) (Friday) – 8:00pm eastern

* L.A. Lakers at Phoenix (NBA) (Friday) – 10:30pm eastern

* #5 Michigan State at #18 Iowa (NCAA FB) (Saturday) – 3:30pm eastern

* #6 Missouri at #14 Nebraska (NCAA FB) (Saturday) – 3:30pm eastern

* Texas at San Francisco (MLB – World Series) (Saturday) – 6:57pm eastern

* #2 Oregon at USC (NCAA FB) (Saturday) – 8:00pm eastern

* Denver at Houston (NBA) (Saturday) – 8:30pm eastern

* Green Bay at New York Jets (NFL) (Sunday) – 1:00pm eastern

* Minnesota at New England (NFL) (Sunday) – 4:15pm eastern

* Texas at San Francisco (MLB – World Series) – 7:57pm eastern

* Pittsburgh at New Orleans (NFL) (Sunday) – 8:20pm eastern

Video of the Day:

Enjoy this interesting CBS talk show regarding Brett Favre and his text messages.