George Mitchell will likely issue his report by the end of 2007. (AP via Yahoo!) The Baltimore Orioles fire pitching coach Leo Mazzone, who in two seasons in Baltimore was unable to duplicate his enormous success from 1990 to 2005 in the same role with the Atlanta Braves. (AP via Yahoo!) Cricket South African cricket team in Pakistan in 2007–08 2nd Test- 357 & 305/4 (dec) drew 206 & 316/4 <div id="11_October_2007"> </div id> 11 October 2007 (Thursday) American football NCAA Division I FBS AP Top 25: Wake Forest 24, (21) Florida State 21 Baseball: 2007 MLB Postseason 2007 National League Championship Series Colorado Rockies 5, Arizona Diamondbacks 1. The Rockies draw first blood in the NLCS in a game interrupted when Diamondbacks fans threw water bottles and other debris on the field to protest an interference call. Rockies lead series 1–0. Non-postseason news: Longtime Atlanta Braves general manager John Schuerholz steps aside in favor of his right-hand man, Frank Wren. Schuerholz will remain team president. Mixed martial arts: UFC star Randy Couture announces his resignation from the promotion. This comes shortly after Fedor Emelianenko announces he will fight for the Russian M-1 Mixfight promotion. (Sherdog.com via ESPN.com) Cricket Australian cricket team in India in 2007–08 149/1 (25.5 ov.) beat 148 (39.4 ov.) by 9 wickets <div id="10_October_2007"> </div id> 10 October 2007 (Wednesday) Golf: After nearly three decades on USA Network, American cable television rights to the opening two rounds of The Masters are transferred to ESPN in an announcement made at Augusta National Golf Club. <div id="9_October_2007"> </div id> 9 October 2007 (Tuesday) National Football League: An arbitrator rules that Michael Vick must repay the Atlanta Falcons nearly US$20 million in signing bonuses paid by the team since 2004. The players union will appeal to the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, which has had jurisdiction over all disputes between the league and union since a 1987 antitrust suit filed by the union. (AP via ESPN.com) <div id="8_October_2007"> </div id> 8 October 2007 (Monday) Athletics: Marion Jones chooses not to wait for the International Olympic Committee to strip her of her five medals from the 2000 Summer Olympics, returning them to officials from the United States Olympic Committee, who will forward them to the IOC. She also accepts a two-year competition ban, and agrees to forfeit all her results since September 1, 2000. (AP via