The National Football League gets back on the sporting schedule on Sunday
night, as the Indianapolis Colts meet the Washington Redskins in the annual
Hall of Fame Game as football betting
takes center stage.
However, Indy will be missing a future Hall of Famer
in the game at Fawcett Stadium, as starting QB Peyton Manning won’t be in
uniform. Also skipping the game for the Colts will be WR
Marvin Harrison, who isn’t quite ready to test out his knees. New ‘Skins head
coach Jim Zorn and his West Coast offense will make their debuts in this contest.
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On the diamond the Cubs and Brewers will both send stud pitchers to the
mound on Sunday. Carlos Zambrano (12-4, 2.80 ERA) will get the ball for
in their home game against Ian Snell (4-8, 6.04 ERA) and
Ben Sheets (10-4, 3.14 ERA) will be the starter for the Brewers against
and Jorge Campillo (5-4, 2.76 ERA).
Other NL games on Sunday: Colorado at Florida, Cincinnati at Washington, the
Mets at Houston, San Francisco at San Diego, Arizona at the Dodgers, and
Philadelphia at St. Louis (with Brett Myers (4-9, 5.46 ERA) battling with Todd Wellemeyer (8-4, 4.13 ERA)).
Over in the American League Daisuke Matsuzaka (11-2, 3.04 ERA) will be
looking for his 12th win of the year when the Red Sox host Dallas
Braden (2-1, 4.39 ERA) and the Athletics. The Yankees will finish out their
series against the Angels and ace John Lackey (9-2, 2.93 ERA), while the Rays
will once again host the Tigers in
Rounding out Sunday’s Junior Circuit slate are the White Sox at
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Francisco Liriano is now back from the minor leagues,
and he’ll get the start on Sunday afternoon.
In the Sprint Cup Series, Jimmie Johnson will be looking to make it two wins
in a row on Sunday when he takes to the track at Pocono Raceway for this year’s
Johnson took the checkered flag in the troubled Allstate 400 at the
Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway last weekend, keeping his tires from
exploding just long enough to grab the victory. That was Johnson’s second win
of this Sprint Cup season.
Kurt Busch won the
500 last year, while Kasey Kahne
visited victory lane in the Pocono 500 on this track back in June. Jeff Gordon
took the checkered flag in the Pocono 500 last year, and he has four career Cup
victories on the
Meanwhile, overseas, Lewis Hamilton is back on top of the drivers
championship as the Formula One series hits the track in
for the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday.
straight victory last time out, beating Nelsinho
Piquet across the finish line to take the checkered flag in the German Grand
Prix. The win pushed
points ahead of Felipe Massa in the current F1 driver
standings.
Prix in 2007, holding off Kimi Raikkonen
and Nick Heidfeld for the victory. Fernando Alonso,
Robert Kubica, Ralf Schumacher, Nico
Rosberg, and Heikki Kovalainen rounded out the Top 8 finishers in
last year.