October 29

Local

Tribute to Gale Diedrich: There will be a memorial tribute to former Center for the Homeless guest Gale Diedrich at the regular 6 p.m. Monday night meeting in the CFH Community Room October 29.
Gale was found dead Monday afternoon, October 22, in a wooded area east of the Mishawaka Super 8 Motel on Lincolnway East.

Herald Sports

MLB World Series

Red Sox 4, Rockies 3: Series MVP Mike Lowell doubled, homered, and scored twice as Boston won its eighth straight World Series game.
The BoSox also swept the Cardinals in 2004.
Closer Jonathon Papelbon notched his third save of the series. Papelbon pitched 10 scoreless in the Fall classic.
Bobby Kielty provided what proved to be the winning run with a pinch-hit homer in the eighth.
Colorado closed to within a run on a two-run homer by Garrett Atkins in the eighth.

NFL

Colts 31, Panthers 7: Peyton Manning broke Johnny Unitas’ team record for career scoring passes.
Manning’s second TD throw, a 59-yarder to Reggie Wayne in the third quarter, was his 288th.
The Colts improve their record to 7-0.
Lions 16, Bears 7: Brian Griese threw four interceptions, three of them in the end zone, as Chicago fell to 3-5 for the season.
Other NFL scores: New Orleans 31, San Francisco 10; New England 52, Washington 7; Jacksonville 24, Tampa Bay 23; San Diego 35, Houston 10; Buffalo 13, New York Jets 3; Pittsburgh 24, Cincinnati 13; Philadelphia 23, Minnesota 16; Cleveland 27, St. Louis 20; Tennessee 13, Oakland 9; New York Jets 13, Miami 10; Green Bay at Denver, Monday (8:30 p.m., ESPN).

NCAA Football

Weekend scores: (2) Boston College 14, (8) Virginia Tech 10 (Thursday, October 25); (1) Ohio St. 37, Penn St. 17; (6) West Virginia 31, (25) Rutgers 3; (5) (5) Oregon 24, (9) USC 17; (20) Georgia 42, (9) Florida 30; (7) Arizona St. 31, California 20; Purdue 35, Northwestern 17; Wisconsin 33, Indiana 3; (19) Michigan 34, Minnesota 10; Iowa 34, Michigan St. 37; Illinois 28, Ball St. 17; Missouri St. 63, Indiana St. 7; Maine 20, Northeastern 14.
BCS Standings: 1. Ohio St. (9-0); 2. Boston College (8-0); 3. LSU; 4. Arizona St (8-0).; 5. Oregon; 6. Oklahoma; 7. West Virginia; 8. Kansas (8-0); 9. Missouri; 10. Georgia; 11. Virginia Tech; 12. Michigan; 13. Connecticut; 14. Hawaii (8-0); 15. Texas; 16. Auburn; 17. Alabama; 18. South Florida; 19. USC; 20. Florida; 21. Wisconsin; 22. Boise St.; 23. Virginia; 24. Wake Forest; 25. Clemson.


NASCAR

Pep Boys 500 at Atlanta: Winner Jimmy Johnson closed to within nine points of the Nextel Cup lead. Jeff Gordon held on to the top spot with a seventh-place finish.
Nextel Cup Standings (Three races to go): 1. Jeff Gordon, 2. Jimmie Johnson (-9), 3. Clint Bowyer (-111), 4. Carl Edwards (-261), 5. Tony Stewart (-322), 6. Kyle Busch (-325), 7. Kevin Harvick (-392), 8. Jeff Burton (-400), 9. Kurt Busch (-419), 10. Denny Hamlin (-424), 11. Matt Kenseth (-448), 12. Martin Truex, Jr. (-513).