Last night scores

Here are last night scores:

MLB: Yankees-8 Tigers-6

NBA: Heat-106 Hawks-91; Hawks lead series (3-2)

          Nuggets-107 Hornets-86; Nuggets win series (4-1)

NHL: no games

Here are tonight's game:

NBA: Celtics/Bulls, Magic/76ers, Blazers/Rockets

NHL: Blackhawks/Canucks

MLB: Yankees/Angels

Till later,

Rusty Butler

A light schedule

Tonight's lineup is very light since there are no NHL games until tomorrow when the conference semifinals start up. The Heat and Hawks are playing right now in the NBA with the Hornets and Nuggets playing late. Also, the Yankees are playing the Tigers tonight.

There was something on the show PTI on ESPN today that kinda stuck to me. It seems that NASCAR will not do anything to fix the problems at the Talladega track after 2 big crashes and one crash that sent 10 fans to the hospital after a car flew up into the fence. What has to happen so no one, drivers or fans, gets killed at these races? These superspeedways and the restrictor plates make it where everyone is bunched together and one wrong move and there goes half the race cars in the race. But when cars goes flying up into the stands because of bumpdrafting, it is a whole new matter. Hopefully some sense will come into the heads of NASCAR officials and do something about it.

Till later,

Rusty Butler

Late scores

Just a quick note about last night late scores:

NBA: Mavericks-106 Spurs-93; Mavericks win series (4-1)

          Blazers-88 Rockets-77; Rockets lead series (3-2)

Be back later

Rusty Butler

Tonight's scores

Here are some early scores from tonight's schedule:

NHL: Game 7- Capitals-2 Rangers-1; Capitals win series (4-3)

           Game-7- Hurricanes-4 Devils-3; Hurricanes win series (4-3)

NBA: Celtics-106 Bulls-104 F/OT; Celtics lead series (3-2)

          Magic-91 76ers-78; Magic lead series (3-2)

          Mavericks/Spurs and Rockets/Trailblazers update tomorrow 

MLB: Yankees-11 Tigers-0

See ya tomorrow,

Rusty Butler

Tonight's games

Here is tonight's line up:

NBA: Bulls/Celtics, 76ers/ Magic, Mavericks/Spurs, Rockets/Blazers

NHL: Rangers/Capitals, Hurricanes/Devils

MLB: Yankees/Tigers

Later,

Rusty Butler

Monday sports night

There were many series both in the NHL and the NBA that were settled last night. Let's start with the NHL. The Blackhawks took it to the Flames 4-1  and took the series (4-2). It was a blowout all the way. Also the 8 seeded Ducks finally took out the 1 seeded Sharks 4-1 and embarrassed them in the first round (4-2). The Sharks were outplayed the whole series and being the 1 seed, they did not play up to expectations of all of their fans.

In the NBA, the Jazz finally bowed out to the Lakers 107-96. They were down by 22 at one point in the game and valiantly scratched back into it, but to no avail, could not come back the whole way. They lose the series (4-1) and now head to the off season to figure out how to win on the road. In other NBA games, the Nuggets took a commanding (3-1) lead by absolutely taking out the Hornets 121-63. And that is no misprint. The Hawks beat the Heat 81-71 to tie the series at 2 games a piece.

Finally in MLB news, the Yankees lose again for the fourth straight game 4-2 , but this time it was to the Detroit Tigers. They need help and they need it fast.

I will be back later,

Rusty Butler

Games on tonight

Here are tonight's games lineup:

NBA: Hawks/Heat, Nuggets/Hornets, Jazz/Lakers.

NHL: Blackhawks/Flames, Sharks/Ducks

MLB: Yankees/Tigers

See ya later,

Rusty Butler

The weekend

Hi everyone,

I am back to catch you up on the news of the weekend. In MLB news, the Red Sox swept the Yankees with a couple of exciting games and one game included a home steal by Jacoby Ellsbury of the Red Sox. The Yankees were outscored 25-16 over the 3 games.

In NHL news, the Rangers/Capitals and the Devils/Canes series have been extended to 7 games on Sunday,while the Penguins finished off the Flyers in 6 games with a come from behind win of 5-3 on Saturday to win the series (4-2). Also on Saturday, the Flames/Blackhawks series is at (3-2) as is the Ducks/Sharks series.

As far as the NBA playoffs go, the Jazz got blown out 108-94 on Saturday by the Lakers and know the Lakers are up(3-1) in their series. The Cavaliers became the first team to eliminate the Pistons in a four straight sweep. Meanwhile, both the Magic/76ers series and the Celtics/Bulls series are nodded up 2 games a piece. And finally, the Rockets pulled ahead of the 

of the Blazers(3-1) in a couple of close games decided by a total of 4 points in two games.

Now the NFL Draft is done for the year. Matthew Stafford did go #1 as they got a last minute deal done to draft him. Only 1 Florida State player went the entire draft and that was Everette Brown at the 43 position in the 2nd round. They were some BYU and UofU players that did go, so that was exciting to see some local talent go in the draft.

I will be back later to update you on today's games.

Till later,

Rusty Butler

Be back Monday!

Hi everyone,

It's gonna be a busy weekend and I am not gonna be getting to everything, so I am going to take the weekend and soak it all in, then give you all the details for the NFL Draft to the playoffs.

Till Monday,

Rusty Butler  

Late night scores

To update you for last night, the Jazz finally won one with 2.2 seconds left go to in the game and the final was Jazz-88 Lakers-86. The Jazz showed heart, determination,and the willing to do the dirty work to get the victory. 

In NHL action, the Ducks took it to the #1 seed Sharks again 4-0, now leading the series (3-1). The Sharks showed all season that they were the team to beat, but are floundering in the first round of the playoffs again.

Oh, by the way, the Matthew Stafford sure pick at #1 is not looking so sure as negotiations are still going on with his staff and there is a backup plan in place if this deal does not pan out.

I will be back later to talk about tonight's games.

Later,

Rusty Butler 

Tonight's scores

Here is a look at tonight's scores:

NBA: Celtics-107 Bulls-86; Boston leads (2-1)

          Mavericks-88 Spurs-67; Dallas leads (2-1)

Jazz/Lakers update tomorrow

NHL: Red Wings-6 Bluejackets-5; Detroit wins series (4-0)

           Flyers-3 Penguins-0; Penguins leads (3-2)

           Devils-1 Hurricanes-0; New Jersey leads (3-2)

Sharks/Ducks update tomorrow

I hope to have more analysis for you tomorrow than I did today.

Later,

Rusty Butler

Games on tonight

Here is how tonight's lineup goes:

MLB- no game tonight for Yankees

NBA: Lakers/Jazz; Celtics/Bulls; Spurs/Mavericks

NHL: Red Wings/ Bluejackets; Flyers/ Penguins; Hurricanes/Devils; Sharks/Ducks

Also, in breaking news, Tony Gonzalez was traded to the Falcons of the NFL from the Chiefs for a future pick in 2010.

Later,

Rusty Butler

Late scores

Last night's late scores:

NBA: Nuggets-108 Hornets-93; (Nuggets lead 2-0)

NHL: Flames-6 Blackhawks-4; (series tied 2-2)

Will be back later with analysis from last night.

Later,

Rusty Butler

Hello, scores

Here are some scores for tonight:

MLB: Yankees-9 A's-7 after 14 grueling innings on Cabrera's 2 run HR

NBA: Magic-96 76ers-87; series tied (1-1)

           Heat-108 Hawks-93; series tied (1-1)

           Hornets/Nuggets update tomorrow

NHL: Bruins-4 Canadiens-1; Bruins series sweep (4-0)

           Rangers-2 Capitals-1; Rangers lead (3-1)  

           Blackhawks/Flames update tomorrow

More tomorrow,

Rusty Butler

Down night

Once again the Jazz come up short in an important game that was needed to give them some much needed momentum coming home for Game 3. I sure hope that home court will give them the nasty boost they need to take it to the Lakers. Also, the Jazz need to play some defense so the game is not a shootout every time. When your opponent shoots 60% for the whole night, that is a sure sign that defense is nowhere to be seen. Maybe the next game will so the true Jazz colors and gives us a victory.

Meanwhile, tonight's full slate of games have me busy as usual. The Yankees and A's were tied 7-7 in the bottom of the 11th. More home runs are flying out of that park today, it is just getting silly how easy it is to hit a home run there. In NBA action, let's find out if the Heat and Dwayne Wade can step it up a notch and pull out a win. While in NHL action, the Bruins could wrap up the series tonight against the Canadiens.

I will be back later to keep you updated.

Later

Rusty Butler

Late scores

Here are the late scores for last night:

NBA-Trailblazers- 107 Rockets 103; series tied (1-1)

Lakers-119 Jazz-109; Lakers up (2-0)

NHL-Sharks-4 Ducks-3; Anaheim leads (2-1)

In OT, Canucks-3 Blues-2; Vancouver sweeps (4-0)

I will be back later for tonight's games.

Rusty Butler

Tonight's scores

Here are the early scores for tonight:

NBA

Cavs-94 Pistons-82; with Lebron's 29 pts. the Cavs hold off a late rally by the Pistons subs. to win the game and go up on the series(2-0)

The Lakers/Jazz and the Blazers/Rockets will be updated tomorrow

NHL

Hurricanes-4 Devils-3; Canes score with .2 seconds left in the 3rd period to tie the series(2-2)

Penguins-3 Flyers-1; Penguins go up(3-1) in the series

Red Wings-4 Bluejackets-1; Red Wings improve to(3-1) in the series

Canucks/Blues are in overtime while Sharks/Ducks are tied at 1st intermission; both updated tomorrow

In MLB action, Yankees beat A'S 5-3.

Later

Rusty Butler

Games for tonight

Here are a list of games on tonight:

NBA:

Jazz-Lakers; Pistons-Cavs; Rockets-Trailblazers

NHL:

Red Wings-Bluejackets; Penguins-Flyers; Devils-Hurricanes; Canucks-Blues; Sharks-Ducks

MLB:

A's-Yankees

I might not get to all the scores tonight but what I do not get to,I will update in the morning.

Later

Rusty Butler

Late scores

Final scores for the evening:

NBA

Spurs-105 Mavericks-84(series tied 1-1); behind Parker's 38 points, the Spurs were unstoppable tonight.

NHL

Flames-4 Blackhawks-2 (Blackhawks 2-1); this was one heck of a game at the end cause everyone got chippy with each other and made an otherwise boring game into a classic.

See ya tomorrow,

Rusty Butler

Scores

Here are the early scores for tonight:

NBA 

Celtics-118 Bulls-115; (series tied 1-1)

NHL

Capitals-4 Rangers-0 (Rangers 2-1); seems like no one can win at home on this one.

Bruins-4 Canadiens-2 (Bruins 3-0)

Be back later with more scores.

Rusty Butler

Rusty's day of fun

Yesterday was such a good day for me. There was plenty of basketball and hockey and baseball on that it made my head go wild. There were plenty of blowouts to go around and some of them were surprising to me. I expected the Jazz to make more of a game for the Lakers and Philly's hockey game with Pittsburgh caught me way off guard seeing  how the Penguins really took it to the Flyers in  Game 1&2. The real shocker was how the Magic lead the 76ers handily and then let come back and take one from them at home by 2 points. The rest of the games in the NBA were so far out of reach, it was just a joke. The NHL games were much closer and more exciting.

Now to talk a little about the NFL Draft. Will Matthew Stafford go number 1 to the Lions? They need just about everybody at every position, but I think it is a sure bet he will. I am hoping the Everette Brown of FSU will go in the first round. We need so me good news for the Seminoles.

Again I will be back later to catch you up on scores.

Later,

Rusty Butler

Follow up scores

Here are the scores form late last night:

NBA- Nuggets-113 Hornets-84 (Nuggets lead 1-0)

NHL- Ducks-3 Sharks-2 ; this is truly a choke show for San Jose (Ducks lead 2-0)

San Jose is the number 1 seed in the West and does not seem to have the legs in the playoffs to win, but I think they can come back with some play from the heart.

I will be back later with scores and analysis for tonight games.

Later

Rusty Butler

 

scores and more

Here are some final scores for today:

NBA Playoffs: 

Lakers-113 Jazz-100; can you say Lakers in 4 games? (Lakers lead 1-0)

76ers-100 Magic-98; a little bit of a shocker there. (76ers lead 1-0)

Hawks-90 Heat-64; where did the Heat go to all of a sudden? (Hawks lead 1-0)

Hornets vs Nuggets: will post score tomorrow

NHL Playoffs:

Flyers-6 Penguins-3 (Penguins lead 2-1)

Canucks-3 Blues-2 (Canucks lead 3-0)

Devils-3 Hurricanes-2 (Devils lead 2-1)

Ducks vs Sharks: will post score tomorrow

I am a little surprised by some of the day's events like the Jazz falling so easily, but maybe there will be a comeback in the works.

Till tomorrow,

Rusty Butler

 

What a day!!

Not a day goes by that I wonder how things could be different for me if I had not moved to Utah with my wife. If I were still back in Georgia, I could follow the Seminoles more closely, but I wouldn't be such a Jazz fan. Do not get me wrong, I love it here in Utah and I am glad that we made the move. I am watching the Jazz play the Lakers in the first round of the playoffs and they are getting their butts kicked by 20 points. I got a feeling it is going to be a long series for the Jazz.

I am also following the Pittsburgh/Philadelphia playoff hockey game, which Philly is winning 4-2, but Pittsburgh is leading the series 2-0. It has been such a fierce game with physical play and that is what I love to see. There are 2 more games on tonight, with Vancouver playing St Louis (Vancouver is up 2-0 in the series) and then Anaheim takes on San Jose in the late game (Anaheim is shocking up 1-0 in the series) and finally Carolina is taking on New Jersey(series is tied 1-1).

This morning I watched the Yankees play the Indians, and the Yankees were losing 3-0, so I turned it to something else cause it is so sad to see these guys with such potential play at such a bad state at this time. But to my surprise, they came back and won 7-3. They are 7-6 in the young season, but high hopes are always looming around them.

I will be back later to share some final scores with you and some analysis.

Bye for now,

Rusty Butler

Intro

Hello there friends,

The first thing I would like to post and talk about is introducing myself. I was born in Tallahassee, Fla. and raised in a small town just across the border called Cairo, Ga. So being a Seminoles fan just came naturally to me. I started watching sports since the age of 1 and it must have stuck with me cause I watch sports all year long. My favorite sports are college football and basketball. But the enjoyment does not end there. I watch NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB along with golf and NASCAR. In fact, right now I am watching an NHL playoff game with Montreal and Boston in Game 2 with Boston winning 5-1. I cheer my beloved 'Noles on in any sport they compete in and I actually attended there for my freshman year of college. 

I look forward to keeping you posted on scores and insight into the world of sports everyday and I will put some personal facts about me in there also. The plate is full this time of  year, especially with the NFL Draft coming up. I have a lot to say about that.

Till next time,

Rusty Butler