NFL: The Seattle Seahawks defeated a tough Houston Texans squad on the road 23-20 in overtime to up their record to 4-0 for the first time in franchise history. Also without a loss through four games are the New England Patriots, Denver Broncos, the surprising Kansas City Chiefs, and the New Orleans Saints. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Steelers are all 0-4 and playing dreadful football thus far early in the season...My Notable Performance of the Week: San Diego Chargers QB Philip Rivers - 401 yards passing and 3 TDs in a big 30-21 victory over the Dallas Cowboys at home....Former Pittsburgh Steelers All-Pro defensive great and four-time Super Bowl champion L.C. Greenwood passed away at the age of 67 from natural causes....The struggling Buccaneers released starting quarterback Josh Freeman in a surprising move by the coaching staff. Freeman threw for 4,065 yards and 27 TDs in all 16 games for Tampa Bay in 2K12, but struggled mightily out the gate this season due to personal issues.
MLB (Playoffs): As of Friday 10/4, the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals are tied 1-1 in their best-of-five National League Division Series, as well as the matchup between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Atlanta Braves. In the American League bracket, both the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers have 1-0 series leads over the Tampa Bay Rays and the Oakland A's respectively....Despite the club finishing 74-88 in 2K13, the New York Mets re-signed manager Terry Collins to a two-year extension....Former All-Star catcher Mike Piazza was inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame - the 27th player in franchise history to achieve honor. Piazza played eight seasons in New York, hit 220 home runs and helped led the team to their last World Series appearance in 2000, where they lost to the New York Yankees in five games.....Miami Marlins young righty Henderson Alvarez pitched a no-hitter on final day of the regular season at home against the playoff-bound Detroit Tigers....Manager firings - Dale Sveum, Chicago Cubs; Dusty Baker, Cincinnati Reds.
College Football: Associated Press Top Ten - 1. Alabama 2. Oregon 3. Clemson 4. Ohio State 5. Stanford 6. Georgia 7. Louisville 8. Florida State 9. Texas A&M 10. LSU....The USC Trojans pulled the plug on Lane Kiffin's head coaching job after an underperforming 3-2 start. Assistant Ed Orgeron will take over on the sidelines for the remainder of the season.
NBA: Training camp began for all teams....Head coaches Erik Spoelstra and Mike Woodson were each rewarded with contract extensions to remain with the Miami Heat and the New York Knicks respectively.
WNBA (Playoffs): The defending champion Indiana Fever were eliminated by the Atlanta Dream in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Dream will make their third league championship appearance in the past four seasons, and will face the Minnesota Lynx, who swept the Los Angeles Sparks in two games in the West bracket to advance to the WNBA Finals for the third consecutive year. The WNBA Finals begins on Sunday 10/6.
NHL: The 2K13 regular season kicked off with the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks winning their first game of the new campaign 6-4 over the Washington Capitals.
Auto Racing (NASCAR): Jimmie Johnson won the AAA 400 at Dover (Delaware) International Speedway - his record-eighth career victory on the track.
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