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…the Pittsburgh Steelers are taking it on the chin when facing the NFC East, they’ve played poorly against the Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Giants, tonight they try the Washington Redskins…the stats from yesterdays Falcons - Raiders mismatch are gruesome. Atlanta out gained Oakland 453 to 77, and had 30 first downs compared to an unappetizing 3…the Tampa Bay Buccaneers came back from a 21 point deficit to edge the Kansas City Chiefs 30-27. It was the biggest rally in Bucs team history. Jeff Garcia was 31 of 43 for 339 yards…disappointment of the season has to be the Jacksonville Jaguars. Their loss to Cincinnati came in a game they desperately needed to win. They meet the Detroit Lions next week so we’ll get an indication if they’ve come completely unglued…the Miami Dolphins played eight men in the box against the Denver Broncos yesterday. The inability of Jay Cutler to carve up the DB’s speaks volumes about a team that has lost four of its past five…the St Louis Rams played the Arizona Cardinals minus a vital component; a healthy running back. Every back on their roster was suffering from injuries, forcing an ailing Steven Jackson to kind of hobble around the backfield…Chicago Blackhawk star in waiting Jonathan Toews has gone eleven games without scoring a goal. Now rumours suggest the Hawks are entering the Mats Sundin sweepstakes…Terry Sawchuks record of 103 shutouts was long considered an “untouchable” sports record. With Martin Brodeur in striking range the NHL holds its collective breath as the severity of the New Jersey netminder’s injury is determined…aren’t the Leafs starting to see an awful lot of back up goalies? A weekend with the Rangers and the Canes brought a Valiquette and a Leighton, not a Lundquist and a Ward…word has the Dallas Stars locker-room a nightmare as players continue to chafe against the addition of pest Shane Avery…a NASCAR fan, winner of a contest, was able to draw an envelope containing the name of one driver in yesterdays Dickie 500. If the driver won, the fan would get a cool million bucks. The fan drew Jeff Gordon. Gordon finished second…Paula Radcliffe has only been beaten twice at the marathon distance. Unfortunately for the British runner, winner of yesterdays New York City Marathon, both losses occurred at the Olympics. Radcliffe is also remembered for taking a crap on the side of the road en route to winning the 2007 London Marathon…just cannot take the Saturday November 8^th clash between Joe Calzaghe and Roy Jones seriously. Calzaghe’s last two victims, Bernard Hopkins and Mikkel Kessler, have both come back with huge wins. The last fighter Roy Jones beat fought like a Soprano - opera singer, not gangster… Australia’s biggest race, the Melbourne Cup, is contested at 10pm EST tonight. Aidan O’Brien has Irish St Ledger champion Septimus keyed for a peak effort…Irish bookmaker Paddy Power has already paid out to punters who wagered on Barack Obama to win the U S Presidency…