Angels, White Sox Avoid Sweeps; Phillies Reach NL Championship (Bloomberg)Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- The Los Angeles Angels and Chicago White Sox won to avoid playoff sweeps, while the Philadelphia Phillies eliminated Milwaukee to reach the National League Championship Series for the first time since 1993.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:46:17 GMT)
Hundreds of fans celebrate Shock's championship (Detroit Free Press)Braving the chill, several hundred people stopped by Campus Martius Park shortly after noon today to celebrate the Shock's third WNBA championship in the last six years.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:53:56 GMT)
Whitecaps advance to USL First Division championship with win over Impact (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) BURNABY, B.C. - The Vancouver Whitecaps advanced to their second USL First Division Championship Game in the last three years after beating the Montreal Impact 2-0 in the second leg and 2-1 on aggregate. Jeff Clarke and Eduardo Sebrango tallied for Vancouver in the 37th and 41st minutes respectively.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:38:00 GMT)