October 2007 in Sports - 4 October 2007 (Thursday)

4 October 2007 (Thursday)

• Athletics (track and field): Track star Marion Jones of United States/Belize has acknowledged using the anabolic steroid THG as she prepared for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she won five medals, three gold and two bronze. Having previously sternly denied the use of any performance-enhancing drugs, Jones might now lose her Sydney medals. (Washington Post)

• American football:
  • NCAA Division I FBS AP Top 25:
    • (11) South Carolina 38, (8) Kentucky 23

• Basketball:
  • UAAP men's basketball Finals at Quezon City, Philippines.
    • La Salle 64–63 East, La Salle leads series, 1–0
      • La Salle deals UE their first loss of the season as they lead 1–0 in the best-of-3 finals.

• Ice hockey:
  • National Hockey League season openers:
    • New York Rangers 5, Florida Panthers 2
    • Tampa Bay Lightning 3, New Jersey Devils 1
    • Nashville Predators 4, Colorado Avalanche 0
    • Minnesota Wild 1, Chicago Blackhawks 0
    • Philadelphia Flyers 3, Calgary Flames 2
    • Edmonton Oilers 3, San Jose Sharks 2, SO
    • Phoenix Coyotes 3, St. Louis Blues 2,

• Baseball: 2007 MLB Postseason
  • 2007 American League Division Series
    • Cleveland Indians 12, New York Yankees 3 Indians lead series 1–0
      • Yankees starter Chien-Ming Wang gave up 8 earned runs on 9 hits in 4⅔ innings, including home runs by Asdrúbal Cabrera and Víctor Martínez. Kenny Lofton went 3-for-4 for the Indians, driving in 4 runs.
  • 2007 National League Division Series
    • Colorado Rockies 10, Philadelphia Phillies 5 Rockies lead series, 2–0.
      • After taking a 3–2 lead in the 2nd, the Phillies are done in by a fourth-inning grand slam from Kaz Matsui. Matsui finishes a single short of hitting for the cycle.
    • Arizona Diamondbacks 8, Chicago Cubs 4, Diamondbacks lead series, 2–0
      • Chris Young hits a three-run homer and scores twice, and Justin Upton scores twice on a hit and two walks, powering the D-backs offense. Doug Davis strikes out eight in 5⅔ innings of work.
  • Before their game, the players of the Colorado Rockies voted to give a full playoff share to the family of Tulsa Drillers first base coach Mike Coolbaugh, who died in July after being struck in the neck by a line drive foul ball.

• Cricket:
  • English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007–08
    • England 234/8 (50 ov.) beat Sri Lanka 169 (44.3 ov.) by 65 runs