Weekend Sports Preview
Sports fans have a lot of good stuff to look forward to this weekend. First, in the world of preseaspn football, the Jets face Detroit tonight in a preseason matchup. Unfortunately, reports are that Chad Pennington will not play. This may give pause to some fans, but I for one do want to see how Jay Fiedler does with the first team. Our crosstown cousins, the Giants face Cleveland on Saturday night while a Terrell Owen-less Philly plays Pittsburgh in Monday night's battle for Pennsylvania (no preview available).

In baseball action, starting tonight, the Mets have a three game series against a struggling LA Dodgers squad. Not that the Mets don't have struggles of their own, but the when they play the Dodgers it's usually pretty good. Base10 thinks it's important for them to take two so that the stay at .500 on this road trip. Click here for a preview of tonight's matchup--a dreaded 10:30 game. Our uptown cousins, the Yankees are in the midst of a four game series against the Texas Rangers. The Yanks so far lead the series 1-0. Click here for a preview of tonight's game.

NASCAR fans will see Nextel Cup action at Watkins Glen on Sunday as well. Click here for a preview. Busch Series racing is also at the Glen on Saturday in the Zippo 200. IRL fans have the Indy 300 on Sunday as well (no preview available).

Golf fans have what is shaping up to be a really interesting PGA Championship. With Tiger Woods fading, Phil Mickelson is looking to win big. We'll see, there's still a lot of golf to play.

Tennis fans also have something to watch. The men face off in the Rogers Cup this weekend, while the Women have the JP Morgan-Chase Open. As the story notes, Base10's favorite female tennis player Maria Sharapova overcame an upset bid and played through a strained pectoral muscle. Poor Maria! Good luck in the quarterfinals.

Finally, even horseracing fans have some good stuff this weekend. At Saratoga on Saturday is the Sword Dancer Invitational and the Alfred Vanderbilt Handicap. That should keep you going until the Travers!

Base10 has plans for Saturday, but might very well head to the beach on Sunday thanks to the afternoon start for the Mets game. Enjoy!
- posted by Base10 @ 12:05 PM