Monday Night Football: Chicago-34 Dallas-18 Daily Sports Update

On Monday Night Football, the Chicago Bears dominated the Dallas Cowboys 34-18. Cowboy quarterback Tony Romo was intercepted 5 times with 2 of those returned for Bear touchdowns by Charles Tillman and Lance Briggs. Bears quarterback Jay Cutler was 18 of 24 for 275 yards and 2 touchdowns.

In other NFL news, Indianapolis Head Coach Chuck Pagano has been diagnosed with a treatable form of leukemia. Pagano is expected to be hospitaized 6 to 8 weeks and in all likelihood will miss the rest of the season. Offensive Coordinator Bruce Arians was named interim Head Coach. Pagano played for the Wyoming Cowboys from 1980-1984.

The Wyoming Cowboys will open up Mountain West Conference play at Nevada this Saturday night. The Pokes are coming off a bye week and posted their first win of the season, a 40-37 overtime win at Idaho. The Cowboys are 1-3 and Nevada is 4-1. Kickoff is at 5:00pm Saturday on AM 1030 KTWO.

The Prep Game of the Week this Friday night has the Kelly Walsh Trojans traveling to Cheyenne to play the South Bison. Kickoff is at 7:00pm with the pregame show at 6:45 on AM 1400 ESPN. Meanwhile Natrona will host Evanston at 7:00pm Friday at Cheney Alumni Field at NC Stadium.

In baseball, the playoff spots are filling up with two games remaining in the regular season. In the American League, Detroit with a win last night clinched the Central Division. New York and Baltimore will both make the playoffs with the Yankees leading the O's by one game in the East Division. One team will be the divisional champion and the other a wildcard team. Oakland clinched the other wildcard spot with a win last night. Texas is in as the Western Division Champions.

In the National League, Washington clinches the East Division, Atlanta will be one of the wildcard teams with St. Louis holding a 2 game lead over Los Angeles for the other wildcard spot. Cincinnati is the Central Division Champions and San Francisco the West Division Champions.

The Colorado Rockies scored 4 runs in the top of the 13th inning to beat Arizona Monday night 7-5.

Here's Tuesday's Daily Sports Update with Frank Gambino.