Monday morning recap:

NASCAR: I can’t help but be happy when Carl “Backflip” Edwards wins a race. He’s just so darned cute, even with his Elway head. Tony finished a slightly disappointing ninth, but most everyone else had a disappointing finish (except Mark Martin who finished third – yay!), so Tony broadens his points lead over Jimmie Johnson to 43. Rusty got caught up in the crash of another vehicle, effectively ending his chances for the title. And Kurt “Weasel” Busch’s chances also vaporized when he cut a rear tire sending him into the wall. Sniff. So sad.

NFL: The Raiders, even though it was looking a little shaky in the 2Q, held on to win over the Titans. Colts are on a bye week, but will face the Patriots in the Monday night game next week. Speaking of whom, the Patriots defeated the Bills by 5 points.

The Lions get the hee-haw award by losing to the Bears, when Garcia (who replaced U of O alum Joey Harrington as starter the week before last) threw an OT interception that the Bears ran back for a TD. The Panthers handed the Vikings another loss, injuring Culpepper (won't make much difference this season) in the process. So despite themselves, the Lions just jumped a few notches in certainty to win next week.

The Eagles got smooshed by the Broncos, but for a while it was a really interesting game. And if anyone is in need of another match up against the Saints, it's the Packers. With that much frustration, I'm surprised Favre's not on suicide watch.

MLB: The White Sox hosted a huge party and parade in Chicago this past week to celebrate their World Series sweep over the Astros. All I know is that I don’t have to pay attention to baseball until spring. I put on my own little parade at my desk today at work. (and there was much rejoicing... yaaaayyyy.)