Weekly Updates – Week of September 10th, 2018

Weekly Updates – Week of September 10th, 2018

Football: NFL Openers results.

Golf: BMW Championship.

Tennis: US Open drama

Olympic Sports: Thomas signs contract. Johnson mini stroke.

Football

• NFL season openers did not disappoint
  • Aaron Rodgers went out of the Green Bay Packers game in the second quarter with an injury after being sacked but came back in the fourth to rally his team to a W. Packers were down 20-0 when Rodgers returned and they won 24-23.
  • Steelers vs Browns game ends in a TIE after multiple missed kicks. Yes you read that correctly, a TIE.
  • Dez Bryant, former Cowboys WR, targeted his old team in many tweets during the game. Bryant is a free agent and is in talks with other teams.
  • Eagles, last year’s Super Bowl Champs, won the NFL season opener 18-12 on Thursday.
• College Football:
  

  Losses in the Top 25
  Visitor	Home	Day	Time (CT)	TV	Score
  15. Michigan St	Arizona St	Sat 9/8	9:45 PM	ESPN	13-16
  17. USC	10. Stanford	Sat 9/8	7:30 PM	FOX	3-17
  3. Georgia	24. South Carolina	Sat 9/8	2:30 PM	CBS	41-17
  Kentucky	25. Florida	Sat 9/8	6:30 PM	SEC	27-16

Golf

• The BMW Championship has been delayed due to weather so the fourth round was played today. Then the players have a week off before the top 30 players will compete in the TOUR Championship on 9/20.
  • Justin Rose played Keegan Bradley in a playoff. Bradley came out on top with a winning score of -20.
  • Although Justin Rose lost in the playoff, he becomes #1 in the world rankings over Dustin Johnson.

Tennis

• US Open finals were played on Saturday (women’s final) and Sunday (men’s final).
  • ICYMI: Serena Williams did not win. She lost big time in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 to Naomi Osaka, who idolized Williams. Maybe not after this match. Find out more about happened in the next post.
    • The bad part about all of this is that no one will remember who won after all this.
  • Novak Djokovic won against Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3. This makes Djokovic’s 14th GS win, matching Pete Sampras at 3rd all time.

Olympic Sports

• Geraint Thomas, Tour de France champion, signs a new 3 year contract with Team Sky
• Michael Johnson, 4x gold medalist, suffered a mini stroke (aka TIA) last week. He is home with family and recovering. Johnson was the first to win gold in the 200m-400m double. His 17 year 400m WR was broken at the 2016 Rio Olympics by Wayde ven Niekerk.

Sports to watch this week:

• BMW Championship (Golf): Final Round on Monday Golf Channel starting at 9am
• College Football:
  

  Week 3
  Top Games of the Week
  Visitor	Home	Day	Time (CT)	TV
  12. LSU	7. Auburn	Sat 9/15	2:30 PM	CBS
  17. Boise St	24. Oklahoma St	Sat 9/15	2:30 PM	ESPN
  3. Ohio St	15. TCU	Sat 9/15	7:00 PM	ABC
  22. USC	Texas	Sat 9/15	7:00 PM	FOX

• NFL:
  • Thursday: Ravens at Bengals @ 7:20pm on NFL
  •  Sunday:
    • 9 games are on at noon on CBS and Fox
    • Cardinals at Rams -or- Lions at 49ers @ 3:05pm on Fox
    • Raiders at Broncos -or- Patriots at Jaguars @ 3:25pm on CBS
      • Depending on your geographical location
    • Giants at Cowboys @ 7:20pm on NBC
  • Monday:
    • Seahawks at Bears @ 7:15pm on ESPN
• MLB:
  • Wednesday 9/12
    • Brewers at Cubs @ 7pm on ESPN
  • Saturday 9/15
    • Dodgers at Cardinals @ 12:05pm on Fox
    • Tigers at Indians @ 2:10pm on Fox
    • Twins at Royals @ 6:15pm on FS1
  • Sunday 9/16
    • Dodgers at Cardinals @ 7pm on ESPN