Friday, October 28, 2011

KWBG Sports for October 28th


     ST. LOUIS (AP) -The St. Louis Cardinals, twice down to their
final strike, rallied to beat Texas 10-9 in 11 innings to force a
Game 7 tonight to decide the World Series. David Freese (freez),
who forced extra innings with a two-run triple in the bottom of the
ninth, delivered a walkoff home run in the 11th to touch off a wild
home plate celebration in St. Louis.
   
     NEW YORK (AP) - The NBA owners and players have ended seven and
a-half hours of negotiations in an attempt to end the 119-day
lockout. Though the first two weeks of the season have been
canceled because of the lockout, union executive director Billy
Hunter and Commissioner David Stern said some progress was made and
that talks will continue today.
   
     HOUSTON (AP) - Houston's Case Keenum threw nine touchdown passes
to set the Football Bowl Subdivision record for career TD tosses as
the 18th-ranked Cougars overcame a slow start in a 73-34 win over
Rice. Keenum has 139 career touchdown passes.
   
     PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Andrew Ladd scored the game-winner with 1:06
left to give the Winnipeg Jets a wild 9-8 victory over the
Philadelphia Flyers. Fifteen players scored in the NHL's
highest-scoring game of the season and the Jets' first road win
since the franchise moved from Atlanta to Winnipeg.
   
     SHANGHAI (AP) - U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy has shot a
3-under 69 to increase his lead to two strokes after the second
round of the Shanghai Masters. The 22-year-old star from Northern
Ireland finished at 11-under 133. Thirty players are vying for a $2
million first prize, the richest in golf.