2008 Woodie Awards
Good Week/Bad Week
National sports in a nutshell
By the Vermont Cynic sports staff
Issue date: 4/8/08 Section: Sports
Bad Week for Cubs Pitching
After pitching six and two-thirds scoreless innings on Opening Day, Chicago's ace Carlos Zambrano left the mound with cramping in his right forearm.
Following that scare, perennially-injured Kerry Wood gave up three earned runs in his first appearance as closer, a bumpy start to a season which is supposed to be a new beginning for Wood.
Good Week for Alex Ovechkin
Sidney who? While Ovechkin may not receive as much mainstream attention as his fellow sophomore Crosby, he has stayed healthy this season, and his 63 goals tie the season mark for left wingers.
Last season's rookie of the year is a strong MVP contender, and even more impressively, he has led the Washington Capitals from being the worst team in the NHL in November to being tied for first in the Southeast division.
Bad Week for Naps
Swimming sensation Michael Phelps decided not to compete in the 400-meter freestyle at the Columbus Grand Prix after falling asleep during the meet. Hoping to challenge Mark Spitz's seven gold medals at a single Olympics in the upcoming Beijing games, Phelps' rigorous training schedule finally caught up with him and limiting his Grand Prix performance.
Phelps recorded the second best time of four minutes and 21.89 seconds in the preliminary heat.
Bad Week for Bracket Favorites
Brackets were permanently busted on Saturday night when the two biggest favorites of the tournament, UNC and UCLA, were both beaten hard by monsters of the Midwest Kansas and Memphis.
So much for an East vs. West championship showdown.
Two words for Tyler Hansborough: what happened?!
Bad Week for A-Rod's
Alex Rodriguez struck out four times in eight plate appearances in two games versus Toronto, and then his Yankees got blown out 13-4 by the Tampa Bay Rays. Then Alexa Rodriguez, the thirteen-year-old female version of A-Rod, got attacked by a red-tailed hawk in Fenway when she was on a school fieldtrip touring the stadium.
Good Week for the Los Angeles Lakers
The Lakers have won three straight, clinched a playoff berth and reinserted their new star center, Pau Gasol, back into the line-up after missing nine games due to injury.
Kobe Bryant is playing lights out, averaging 31 points a game in the month of March.
After pitching six and two-thirds scoreless innings on Opening Day, Chicago's ace Carlos Zambrano left the mound with cramping in his right forearm.
Following that scare, perennially-injured Kerry Wood gave up three earned runs in his first appearance as closer, a bumpy start to a season which is supposed to be a new beginning for Wood.
Good Week for Alex Ovechkin
Sidney who? While Ovechkin may not receive as much mainstream attention as his fellow sophomore Crosby, he has stayed healthy this season, and his 63 goals tie the season mark for left wingers.
Last season's rookie of the year is a strong MVP contender, and even more impressively, he has led the Washington Capitals from being the worst team in the NHL in November to being tied for first in the Southeast division.
Bad Week for Naps
Swimming sensation Michael Phelps decided not to compete in the 400-meter freestyle at the Columbus Grand Prix after falling asleep during the meet. Hoping to challenge Mark Spitz's seven gold medals at a single Olympics in the upcoming Beijing games, Phelps' rigorous training schedule finally caught up with him and limiting his Grand Prix performance.
Phelps recorded the second best time of four minutes and 21.89 seconds in the preliminary heat.
Bad Week for Bracket Favorites
Brackets were permanently busted on Saturday night when the two biggest favorites of the tournament, UNC and UCLA, were both beaten hard by monsters of the Midwest Kansas and Memphis.
So much for an East vs. West championship showdown.
Two words for Tyler Hansborough: what happened?!
Bad Week for A-Rod's
Alex Rodriguez struck out four times in eight plate appearances in two games versus Toronto, and then his Yankees got blown out 13-4 by the Tampa Bay Rays. Then Alexa Rodriguez, the thirteen-year-old female version of A-Rod, got attacked by a red-tailed hawk in Fenway when she was on a school fieldtrip touring the stadium.
Good Week for the Los Angeles Lakers
The Lakers have won three straight, clinched a playoff berth and reinserted their new star center, Pau Gasol, back into the line-up after missing nine games due to injury.
Kobe Bryant is playing lights out, averaging 31 points a game in the month of March.
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Sav
posted 4/08/08 @ 3:25 AM EST
You guys do know that Wood posted three saves the rest of the week and that Zambrano has an ERA of 1.08 after 2 starts.
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