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Weekend Sports PreviewGolf's Ryder Cup takes center stage this weekend, with baseball's pennant races, the Chase for the Nextel Cup, and lots of gridiron action also worth your sporting attention. The United States will be looking to take the Ryder Cup away from Team Europe in Ireland this weekend, with the event teeing off on Friday with four foursome matches and four fourball matches. That schedule repeats on Saturday, with singles matches taking place on Sunday. Team Europe won the 2004 Ryder Cup by a score of 18.5 - 9.5 at Oakland Hills, and Vegas oddsmakers have them as a slight favorite this time as well. Back across the Atlantic, baseball's pennant races continue over the next few days. The New York Yankees will cruise into the postseason as the AL East champs, and they take on the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on the road this weekend. The Oakland Athletics play an important home set against the Los Angeles Angels - a strong result by the A's would knock their rival out of the AL West playoff picture once and for all. And in the AL Central the Tigers, Twins, and White Sox continue to jockey for position, with the Tigers in Kansas City, the Twins in Baltimore, and the fading ChiSox getting visited by Seattle.

Over in the National League, the New York Mets and the St. Louis Cardinals are sitting pretty in their respective divisions; they take on Houston and Washington, respectively, this weekend. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres are still battling for the NL West title, with the Padres hosting Pittsburgh and the Dodgers hosting Arizona. Wild-Card contender Philadelphia plays a home series versus Florida. Fresh off a Monday night victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Jacksonville Jaguars will get another big test this weekend when they play a road game against Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts (-7). The Steelers (-2.5), meanwhile, will find themselves playing another tough opponent when the Cincinnati Bengals come to town. The Carolina Panthers (-3) and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will each be trying to pick up their first win when they meet in Florida on Sunday, while the Chicago Bears (-3) will be trying to go to 3-0 by topping the undefeated Vikings in Minnesota. Also on tap for Sunday afternoon are Tennessee at Miami (-11), the New York Jets at Buffalo (-5.5), Washington (-4) at Houston, Green Bay at Detroit (-6.5), Baltimore (-6.5) at Cleveland, St. Louis at Arizona (-4.5), the New York Giants at Seattle (-3.5), and Philadelphia (-6) at San Francisco. The Broncos battle the Patriots (-6.5) in New England Sunday night. In college action, the top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes are matched up against the No. 24 Penn State Nittany Lions on Saturday, with the Buckeyes hovering around 16.5-point favorites at home. No. 2 Auburn, on the other hand, is expected to blast unranked Buffalo on Saturday, with the tough Tigers currently pegged as huge 42-point favorites. In other Top 10 action it's Wisconsin at No. 6 Michigan (-14), No. 8 Louisville (-14) at Kansas State, Colorado at No. 9 Georgia (-27), Iowa State at No. 7 Texas (-25), No. 4 West Virginia (-21) at East Carolina, Kentucky at No. 5 Florida (-23.5), No. 3 Southern Cal (-21) at Arizona, and Tulane at No. 10 LSU (-36). As well, No. 12 Notre Dame (-3.5) plays at Michigan State, while No. 22 Arizona State takes on No. 21 California (-7.5). Week 15 of the Canadian Football League schedule kicks off on Friday night with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at the Edmonton Eskimos (-12). On Saturday the Calgary Stampeders (-6.5) get a visit from the Toronto Argonauts, while Sunday features Winnipeg at Montreal (-7) and British Columbia at Saskatchewan (pick'em) to finish off the weekend. And finally, the Chase for the Nextel Cup continues this weekend with Sunday's Dover 400. Kevin Harvick raced out to an early Chase lead with last weekend's victory in the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire. Matt Kenseth won at Dover International Speedway earlier in the year in the Neighborhood Excellence 400; he's now third in the standings.
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