STOCK WATCH: Fast-Glance Week in Review

July 9, 2007 | Dick's Stock Watch provides a fast-glance review of the past week in the world of sports, charting whose stock is up and whose is down.

STOCK UP
The Braves have been hot, winning seven of their last eight games to stay close to the Mets in the NL East.

• The Cubs are 15-4 in their last 19 games as Lou Piniella's club is in the playoff hunt.

• The Twins have won four straight.

• Dwight Freeney of the Colts got a six-year deal worth $72 million.

• Congratulations to Mark Kelly and Kelly McGuire, who wed in South Carolina over the weekend. Mark Kelly was a Make-A-Wish kid when we met in 1992 and he is a prime example of what cancer research can do.

STOCK DOWN
• The Oakland Athletics have dropped seven in a row.

• The Knicks are $45 million in the red over the luxury tax.

• Stephen Jackson and Ron Artest were suspended for the first seven games of the 2007-08 season due to problems with the law off the court.

• Dolphins wide receiver Chris Chambers was charged with a DWI in North Carolina.

• Barry Bonds has one hit in his last 24 at-bats.

Dick Vitale coached the Pistons and the University of Detroit before broadcasting ESPN's first college basketball game in December 1979. Send him a question for possible use on ESPNEWS.