The Shock beat Washington on Sunday night, to pull one game ahead of the Mystics for the fourth playoff spot in the WNBA East. Each team has three games left, with Detroit's next being tomorrow night at Charlotte. More to come tomorrow night or Wednesday, as I get back here to post again.

The Tigers are back to within two games of .500 and are seven and a half games back in the wild card race...so maybe I spoke too soon when I said that it may be over for them. We will see what we will see.

Packers lost their second preseason game to Buffalo, but Brett Favre looked sharp in limited playing time. The Detroit Lions also lost, in particularly Lion-esque fashion. Up 13-7 in the waning minutes, Detroit allowed a touchdown to former U of Michigan star Braylon Edwards that put Cleveland ahead by one. The Lions got the ball back and with one second left tried the old "U of California-Berkeley maneuver" of lateraling the ball umpteen times and hoping someone breaks free. The ball eventually ended up in the hands of a Lions lineman who could not find the handle, a Cleveland player snatched the ball out of the air, and just like that one more touchdown was on the board for the Browns. A potential 13-7 Detroit win became a 21-13 Detroit loss in the last minutes.