The Swede football team is hoping to get back on the winning track tonight. The Lady Swede volleyball team remains red-hot. And the Swede softball season comes to a disappointing conclusion. Hear all about it in this week’s Gothenburg Swede sports update!
Decisive game 5 today for Orioles-Yanks and Nats-Cards
NEW YORK (AP) — New York and Washington will be the centers of the Major League Baseball world later today as the final two spots in the League Championship Series will be sorted out.
This afternoon the Yankees will host Baltimore in a decisive Game 5 of the ALDS with the winner moving on and the loser heading home. Baltimore forced the issue last night with a 2-1, 13-inning win on J.J. Hardy’s RBI double.
The pitching showdown will pit Yankees ace CC Sabathia against Jason Hammel. Sabathia has been lights out for New York in the post-season, with a 6-1 mark including an 8 2-3 innings, winning effort in Game 1. Hammel had a solid outing in that, pitching into the sixth in his first start in nearly a month.
The two teams have faced each other 22 times this season and post-season, with each winning 11.
The winner goes on to face Detroit in the ALCS starting tomorrow.
Washington will continue to revel in its first post-season baseball in 79 years when the Nationals and Cardinals meet in a winner-take-all Game 5 tonight. The Nationals forced the showdown with a dramatic 2-1 win yesterday thanks to Jason Werth’s walk-off homer to lead off the ninth.
Washington sends ace Gio Gonzalez to the mound in an effort to rebound from his Game 1 effort. The 21-game winner posted a career high seven walks, but the Nats still managed to win. St. Louis sends Adam Wainwright to the hill. He posted 14 wins during the regular season.
The winner goes on to meet San Francisco in the NLCS.
Bounty suspensions appealed.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — All four players punished in the NFL’s bounty investigation have filed appeals with the league. People familiar with the situation say the players have asked Commissioner Roger Goodell to remove himself as arbitrator because they do not believe he can be impartial.
One of the people also says New Orleans linebacker Jonathan Vilma expects to play at Tampa Bay on Oct. 21 while his appeal is pending. The people spoke to The Associated Press Friday on condition of anonymity because the appeals were filed as private documents with the league
Vilma is suspended for the season, while Saints defensive end Will Smith is suspended four games, free agent defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove seven games and Cleveland linebacker Scott Fujita one game.
Lions DE in accident
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Police in suburban Detroit are investigating after a motorist says he was sideswiped by Lions defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh.
Dearborn police Sgt. Ed Fries tells the Detroit Free Press the Thursday morning collision was a “minor fender bender” with no injuries. A person who answered the telephone Friday at the department declined comment.
New deal for Huggins
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia is working on a new contract for men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins. Athletic director Oliver Luck says a reworked deal should be completed in the next few months.
In 2008, Huggins signed a contract that pays him at least $20 million in guaranteed income through 2019.
The Mountaineers have gone to the NCAA tournament in each of Huggins’ five seasons at his alma mater. He has a 120-56 record there. West Virginia went 19-14 last season and lost to Gonzaga in the second round of the tournament.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore at N-Y Yankees 4:07 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis at Washington 7:37 p.m.
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PRESEASON
Detroit at Toronto 6:00 p.m.
Minnesota at Indiana 6:00 p.m.
Cleveland at Chicago 7:00 p.m.
New Orleans at Houston 7:00 p.m.
Denver at San Antonio 7:30 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Utah 8:00 p.m.
Portland at Phoenix 9:00 p.m.
The Nebraska Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of an Omaha man convicted of first-degree murder in a 2010 shooting at a south Omaha auto shop.
Robert Nave was sentenced to life in prison for the death of 36-year-old Cesar Sanchez, as well as an additional 75 years for conspiracy and weapons convictions.
Nave appealed, arguing among other things that the prosecutor improperly removed a prospective juror from the jury pool because of the juror’s race, and that police failed to properly advise him of his Miranda rights.
On Friday, the state’s high court rejected Nave’s arguments, saying the striking of the juror was not based on race and that police made clear in their Miranda warnings that Nave was entitled to an appointed lawyer before he was questioned.
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Authorities have released the name of a 66-year-old man who died in a fire at his rural home in south-central Nebraska.
The office of Harlan County Attorney Bryan McQuay identified the victim as Edward Holste.
Firefighters were sent to battle a blaze at Holste’s home outside Oxford a little before 7 a.m. on Monday.
Authorities believe Holste died of smoke inhalation. The fire cause is being investigated, but authorities don’t believe it was a result of a crime.
Nelly’s tour bus was stopped by law enforcement Thursday night at a border patrol checkpoint in Sierra Blanca.
According to TMZ, authorities found 36 baggies of heroin and more than 10 pounds of marijuana in a duffel bag described as the size of a large pillow. Also the search revealed a .45 caliber pistol.
Nelly must throw some pretty great parties.
Around seven people total were on the tour bus, Nelly is currently on tour and will be in the Dubai, United Arab Emirates next week performing with 50 Cent, Duffy and a few other performers.
Decisive game 5 today for Orioles-Yanks and Nats-Cards
NEW YORK (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees are going the distance to see who plays Detroit in the AL Championship Series.
J.J. Hardy’s RBI double in the 13th inning drove in the go-ahead run in the Orioles’ 2-1 win over the Yankees. That scored rookie Manny Machado, who opened the inning with a double. Nate McLouth’s leadoff homer in the fifth was the other Baltimore run.
Jim Johnson, the major league leader in saves with 51 in the regular season who coughed up a game-tying ninth-inning home run the night before to Game 3 Yankee hero Raul Ibanez, erased some demons with a 1-2-3 bottom of the 13th.
The Orioles and Yankees have split 22 games this year.
The sets up the decisive Game 5 Friday afternoon in the Bronx. Yankee ace CC Sabathia is Joe Girardi’s choice. The Orioles are going with Jason Hammel.
NEW YORK (AP) —The Yankees held a moment of silence before the game in honor of Yankee manager Joe Girardi’s father, Jerry, who died Saturday in Illinois at 81.
For five days, Girardi did not disclose his dad’s death to his players, preferring not to talk about it and not wanting to distract his team. Jerry Girardi will be buried in Tampico, Ill., next Monday — an off day in the AL championship series.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Detroit Tigers are going to the AL Championship Series against the Orioles-Yankees Game 5 winner. It’s the third time in seven seasons the Tigers have reached the ALCS.
Justin Verlander hurled a four-hit shutout and the Tigers beat Oakland 6-0 to win the decisive fifth game in that AL Division Series. Verlander struck out 11 in posting his seventh complete game this season. He struck out the first two batters he faced, got the Oakland crowd out of the game early and put it in cruise control. Verlander also won the opener of this series. He set a record with 22 strikeouts in the division series.
It’s the Tigers’ first complete game in the postseason since Jack Morris in the 1984 World Series.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jayson Werth fought off pitch after pitch. Then finally on the 13th pitch thrown by reliever Lance Lynn, Werth delivered the most important hit in the seven-year history of the Washington Nationals.
Werth lined a fastball over the left-field wall in the bottom of the ninth to give the Nats a dramatic 2-1 victory over St. Louis to extend their season for at least one more day. Earlier, Adam LaRoche hit his second homer of the postseason.
Washington starter Ross Detwiler and St. Louis right-hander Kyle Lohse hooked up in an old fashioned pitchers’ duel in the nation’s capital. After Detwiler’s six strong innings, the Nats bullpen was superb. In three innings, relievers Jordan Zimmermann, Tyler Clippard and winner Drew Storen struck out eight out of nine outs.
The Nationals and Cardinals will decide this NL Division Series Friday night in Washington. The Nationals go with their 21-game winner Gio (JEE’-oh) Gonzalez against Adam Wainwright for the defending World Series champion Cardinals.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Buster Posey had a grand slam as San Francisco completed its startling comeback by holding off the Cincinnati Reds 6-4 in the decisive Game 5 of the NL division series. After dropping the first two games at home, the Giants bounced back with three straight wins at Cincinnati to move into the NL championship series.
The Giants are the first NL team to rally from a 2-0 deficit in the division series, which began in 1995
Ahead 6-0, San Francisco saw the Reds rally throughout the late innings. Cincinnati scored once in the ninth before Sergio Romo struck out Scott Rolen with two runners on base to end it.
The Giants await the Washington-St. Louis victor.
Upset in Music City
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rob Bironas kicked his fourth field goal, a 40-yarder as time expired, and the Tennessee Titans beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 26-23 on Thursday night to snap a two-game skid.
Matt Hasselbeck threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Kenny Britt with 4:19 left to tie it at 23 as the 2-4 Titans snapped a three-game losing streak against the Steelers.
Pittsburgh is 2-3 after losing its third straight road game this season and for the fifth time in six games dating to last season despite Ben Roethlisberger throwing for 363 yards and becoming the Steelers’ career passing leader.
Chiefs QB out with concussion
UNDATED (AP) — Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel has been ruled out for Sunday’s game at Tampa Bay with a concussion. The club has announced that Brady Quinn will start an NFL game for the first time since the 2009 season. Cassell was hurt in the fourth quarter of a 9-6 loss to Baltimore last Sunday.
In other NFL news:
— Nose tackle Kenrick Ellis of the Jets will be sidelined four to six weeks with a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee. He was injured in the Jets 23-17 loss to Houston on Monday night.
Biffle on the pole in Charlotte
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Greg Biffle won the pole for Saturday night’s race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the first NASCAR Cup race without an Earnhardt in 33 years.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. will sit out the next two races after sustaining his second concussion this year during a 25-car car pileup Sunday at Talladega. Regan Smith, who’ll drive Earnhardt’s No. 88 Chevrolet, qualified 26th.
By sitting out the next two races, Little E most certainly will finish last in the 12-driver Chase race.
NASCAR driver AJ Allmendinger will race this weekend for the first time since his July drug suspension.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 2 N-Y Yankees 1, 13 Innings
Detroit 6 Oakland 0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
San Francisco 6 Cincinnati 4
Washington 2 St. Louis 1
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Tennessee 26 Pittsburgh 23
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PRESEASON
Miami 94 L-A Clippers 80
New York 108 Washington 101
Philadelphia 102 Orlando 95
New Orleans 90 Charlotte 87
An increasingly bitter California congressional race between two House members of the same party turned physical when one aggressively seized the shoulder of his opponent during a debate, yanked him toward his chest and shouted, “You want to get into this?”
The confrontation Thursday between Democratic Reps. Brad Sherman and Howard Berman came amid a nasty campaign for a Los Angeles-area seat.
The veteran lawmakers are running against each other because of California’s new primary system, which sends the top two finishers to the general election regardless of party affiliation.
The lunge by the 57-year-old Sherman appeared to startle Berman, who is 71 and smaller in stature, while the audience hooted and shouted.
Berman’s campaign released a video of the confrontation at Pierce College in the San Fernando Valley.
A 27-year-old southeast Nebraska man has been accused of beating a woman nearly every day for four months.
Lincoln police spokeswoman Katie Flood says Matthew Oday, of Firth, was arrested Wednesday morning in Lincoln.
Officers had been looking for him since Friday, after an incident at a Lincoln grocery store. Flood says Oday had left the store, but officers spoke with a woman who had been with him. Flood says the woman had bruises on her body, her wrists and ankles were swollen, and patches of her hair were missing.
Flood says the injuries were “consistent with almost daily abuse over the last four months.”
A Lancaster County jailer said Oday remained in custody on Friday, pending $50,000 bail. Online court records don’t list the name of his attorney.
Vice President Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan have squabbled over the economy, taxes, Medicare and foreign policy in their one and only debate.
The 90-minute face-off was fast-moving and feisty from the start and marked by sharp disagreements and interruptions.
After Ryan attacked the administration’s foreign policy as being weak, the vice president called the assessment “a bunch of malarkey.” About the interruptions, Ryan said Biden was “under a lot of duress to make up for lost ground.” That was reference to last week’s presidential debate in which even President Barack Obama concedes he had “a bad night.”
Unlike that debate, Biden brought up the video in which Romney had said 47 percent of Americans pay no federal income tax, view themselves as victims and do not take responsibility for their own lives.
The event was held at Kentucky’s Centre College and moderated by ABC’s Martha Raddatz.
