WNBA Playoffs Preview, Olympics w/ Sonya Richards-Ross & NL MLB Scores: 9/27, Vol. 236, 2nd Edition

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The 2012 WNBA Playoffs
              tips off tonight!

The National League in Major League Baseball had eight games were on the diamond last night as the LA Dodgers outmuscled the San Diego Padres 8-2 as Matt Kemp was ballin’ with 4 hit and the same amount of RBI’s, the Washington Nationals crushed the Philadelphia Phillies 8-4 with Ian Desmond’s 25^th homer, the Miami Marlins were SHUT OUT 3-0 by the Atlanta Braves as Martin Prado homered, the Milwaukee Brewers manhandled the Cincinnati Reds 8-1 as Ryan Braun blasted his 41^st homerun, the Pittsburgh Pirates were SHUT OUT and literally spanked by the New York Mets 6-0 as David Wright broke the Met’s record for hits with 1,420, while the defending champs St. Louis Cardinals were SHUT OUT by the Houston Astros 2-0 as Bud Norris strikes out 7, the Chicago Cubs was SHUT OUT and literally spanked by the Colorado Rockies 6-0 and the Arizona Diamondbacks were SHUT OUT and simply befuddled by the San Francisco Giants 6-0.

Get you popcorn ready as the playoffs begin tonight for the Women of the WNBA! Here is your rundown on which teams made the cut to contend for the championship as the Connecticut Sun won the Eastern Conference followed by the Indiana Fever, the Atlanta Dream, and the New York Liberty.   For the Western Conference, the Minnesota Lynx clinched the West, while the LA Sparks, San Antonio Silver Stars and the Seattle Storm round out the West.  Tonight’s game in the Eastern Conference Semi-Final will pit the New York Liberty against the Connecticut Sun and in the West, the San Antonio Silver Stars will face off against the LA Sparks.  With the playoffs beginning tonight, the Phoenix Mercury on last night won the WNBA draft lottery as they earned the #1 pick next year in April and the rights to take Baylor star Brittney Griner.

For your Olympics Sporting News, the World Anti-Doping Agency has widened its prohibition on blood manipulation and lifted a ban on beta-blockers for five non-Olympic sports, former track great Edwin Moses has been voted chair of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency's board of directors, Alberto Contador won the revived Milano-Torino road race on Wednesday, his second title since returning from a doping ban and finally, four-time Olympic gold medalist runner Sanya Richards-Ross is recovering from toe surgery on Tuesday to alleviate pain in her right big toe.

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