the mad sports man

game 4 is over. tampa bay won 1-0. game 5 is thursday in tampa, and game 6 is saturday in calgary. hmmm i smell a seven game series here. getting closer to ditching my playoff beard. until thursday (or sooner) more to come.

what a day. the indianapolis 500 ended up a rain shortened race. buddy rice won it when the race was shortened to 175 laps (i think that many) to rain. the race was delayed twice for over 4 hours. at least the coca cola 600 went accordingly. jimmie johnson won that race. not quite 1100 miles of racing. boy am i wiped.

calgary won game 3 3-0. after a sluggish first period (7 shots total), calgary played their game and shut down tampa bay after getting the first goal. i cant wait till sunday. the indianapolis 500 and the coca cola 600. 1100 miles of racing. robby gordon is going to drive both races. hes done it before. good thing theres a couple hour gap between the indy 500 and the coca cola 600. hopefully he will do well. lokking forward to a racing day. more later

a total reversal from game 1 happened last night. tampa bay won 4-1. they played better last night than game 1. they broke the game open with 3 goals in over 3 minutes in the third period. game 3 tomorrow night in calgary. boy, will the flames fans be pumped or what. this seires will be fun.

game 1 of the stanley cup finals was last night and calgary won 4-1. yeehaa! game 2 is tomorrow in tampa bay. it'll be a good one. today starts my week off from work and already ive started cleaning out the cluttered storage room thats next to my room - well kinda started. ive been removing any cardboard boxes out and there has been quite a few. there's a lot of furniture and other stuff thats gotta go. im looking forward to it being empty so i can have my own nerf ball "hockey rink." thet is another blog for another time though.more to come later.

what a night tonite! the nascar all-star race was run earlier. matt kenseth won the race and the million bucks. lost in all the car racing (the nextel open and the challenge) was game 7 between tampa bay and philadelphia in which tampa bay won 2-1. calgary and tampa play game one tuesday. come may 30, its the indianapolis 500 and the coca cola 600. oh boy 1100 miles of racing!

the calgary flames are in the stanley cup finals. almost makes me want to go to calgary on my holiday and join the party. geez i hope they win it. they will be playing either tampa bay or philly. it all starts tuesday. once the finals are over, off comes my playoff beard. its gonna be fun.

has it been 20 yeats? may 19, 1984, the edmonton oilers win their first stanley cup. the memories for sure. i'll never forget that night. tonite, the flames can advance to the stanley cup with a win. can be a great night

randy johnson of the arizona diamondbacks pitched a perfect game tonite. 27 batters up and 27 batters out. arizona beat atlanta 2-0. he became the 17th pitcher to pitch a perfect game. a rare feat indeed. great job, randy.

went to a trappers game tonight. we lost to albuquerque 4-1. oh well. it was a great night for baseball though.got to play "move of the night" sponsored by ted lelacheurs western moving and storage. my friend and i got "moved" from right field bleachers to behind home plate. even got to hang out in the lounge. saw some of the calgary vs san jose game. calgary won 3-0. one more win and they are in the stanley cup finals for the first time since 1989. go flames.

saturday night short track racing from richmond, va. great racing so far. next saturday night - yes another saturday night race - nascar will be in charlotte nc for the nextel cup all star race. im looking forward to may 30. the indianapolis 500 an the coca cola 600. 1100 miles of racing. good thing i booked my holiday around then. gonna be a good day.

thursday night hockey playoff action. tampa bay had already beat philly 4-1. calgary and san jose just started in calgary. the flames fans are just jacked. a calgary win and the series is 3-0 for them. tampa bay is up 2-1 in their series. meanwhile, the lakers are beating the spurs 65-63 with 7:07 to go in the 4th quarter. the only downer - i missed prairie pickin. not happy there. oh well. maybe next week. maybe.

some freakish weather happening lately. not necessarily here. southern sakatchewan and manitoba got slammed with a bunch of snow. figures. the "freak may snowstorm" had to happen sometime and somewhere. meanwhile this past sunday, amber brkich was the sole survivor. she won survivor all-stars by beating rob mariano, or boston rob, 4 votes to 3. ravin and i started this survivor with 4 picks. by the merge he had one left - amber. i had 3 left. one of which was rob. i told him at this point the games not over yet, anythings possible. sure enough, he won our little bet. probably lunch or something. well decide something on our weekly sunday survivor meeting. geez cant wait till survivor 9 in the fall.

its friday and its payday. woohoo! good thing. its a while you were out party - at least it turned out that way. cant complain. pop, pizza and hot wings. mmmmmmmm. just need one more person. the only problem - i havent talked to her in a while. well talk one of these days. at least i hope.

no hockey till saturday. even then i cant watch it. its on in the afternoon while im working, and im not too happy about it. 3 saturdays in a row without hockey isnt good. i smell conspiracy. saturday night hockey is a canadian institution thats being messed with. at least the calgary flames are still in the playoffs. they are in the conference finals. its them vs san jose. in the east its philly and tampa bay. until then its basketball and baseball. hmmm payday friday! time to plot. just dont give me ideas.

geez. may 1st already. where did april go? i dont know. sure went through like a blur. may could get interesting. hmmmm playoff hockey, baseball, playoff basketball, football training camps. perhaps a freak may snowstorm. hey, its happened before, and it could happen again.we could use some rain too. farmers need it bad. we shall see though.