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.