the mad sports man

springy weather and end of march cant believe tomorrow is april already. final four continues saturday and ends monday. where has march gone. baseball preseason started, as well as march madness started. then there was the confused weather. march started out like a lamb and it looks like its out like a lamb as well. it started out nice, then winter paid a visit, then spring returned. and its supposed to go to 11c. it was 9c today. the snow is almost gone. yay.

major undertaking complete the olympic posters, emblems, torches and mascots are down. took me most of the evening and part of the afternoon to complete the task. thats one last headache that i don't have to worry about for the move at the april. (can't believe the day after tomorrow is april 1 already). one month to me moving. i cant wait.

the final four set the final four is now set. illinois and louisville will play one semi final (as mentioned yesterday), while north carolina will play michigan state. north carolina beat wisconsin 88-82 while michigan state beat kentucky 94-88 in overtime. i missed both games today. curses i had to work today. anyways the semi final games are saturday.

2 "final four" teams in illinois and louisville face each other in one of two games next saturday in st.louis. illinois came back from 15 points down to beat arizona in overtime 90-89. louisville made their way into the final four by beating west virginia 93-85 in overtime. so its louisville vs illinois (i think i said that already). tomorrow its north carolina vs wisconsin & michigan st. vs kentucky in the other two regional finals. the winners face each other next saturday in st.louis. the championship game is april 4 in st.louis.

an un-bee-lieveable sight youve heard of rain postponing a baseball game. but how about bees? yeah. a exhibition game between the colorado rockies and the arizona diamodbacks got called after 6 innings due to the bees that decided not to leave. arizona won 3-1. anyways, a "buzz"are sight.

mega pack job boy, do i ever have a lot of stuff packed. i might as well say it now. i am movig to another part of edmonton at the end of april. with the amount of stuff i have, it could take until the end of april to pack it all. good thing for head starts. and lots of boxes. i'll be happy when it's all over. cheaper rent where i'm moving to. it will be cheaper since i'm moving in with a friend of mine and i into the basement of my friends co-worker. him and i will be splitting $600. yay. it will all be good.

major snow boy did we get slammed with snow today. by now - im guessing - we got 10cm today and more to come overnight with flurries. supposed to clear tomorrow. its supposed to be SPRING?! at the rate were going, it'll be spring in may. at least the farmers are getting moisture.

golden corral 500 carl edwards won todays golden corral 500 in atlanta, just beating out jimmie johnson. nascar has easter off. next race is april 3rd in bristol and the food city 500.

upset night on night 2 two upsets tonight on what turned out to be two great finishes. the first one, #13 vermont beat #4 syracuse 60-57 in o.t. in the "austin bracket." while in the "syracuse bracket," #14 bucknell beat #3 kansas 64-63. all round two matchups on www.cbssportsline.com .

night one of march madness night one of the ncaa tournament is don and only two upsets. #11 uab beat #6 lsu 82-68 and # 12 wisconsim-milwaukee beat #5 alabama 80-73. both in the chicago regional bracket. for all the results go to www.cbssports.com .

march madness and movie night march madness starts thursday. well it kinda started tonight with a play-in game. thats when the winner gets into the ncaa basketball tournament. oakland beat alabama a&m 79-69. the real fun begins thursday. needless to say i'll be parked in front of the t.v. i wonder if katie follow the tournament. i went to a movie with a couple of friends from work last night. the movie we saw was "the pacifier" with vin diesel. for a guy who does lots of action movies, he did pretty good in this comedy.well worth it. (good thing yesterday was payday). two of us were off at 3 and 4 while the third was off. we went to dinner then the theatre to watch the movie then went home. it was fun. i need to do that more often.

uaw daimler chrysler 400 jimmie johnson won todays race in las vegas and even led the most laps. the home town busch brothers finished 2nd (kyle) and 3rd (kurt). next race is the golden corral 500 one week from today in atlanta.

springy weather great weather here. snow's almost gone - at least till this weekend. supposed to snow this weekend and a high of -1 on sunday. yeah its supposed to cool off too. i guess old man winter isn't dead yet. can't wait till its over. until then, gotta suck it up and live with it. oooo by the way, march madness starts a week from tomorrow. yipee.

me and leslie from what her email said today and from our conversation on friday, leslie MIGHT be coming in april. i am so looking forward to it. from what she said in her email today its looking okay. i hope it happens. we'd have so much fun. she's planning a 2 week vacation. i'm so excited. i just hope it happens. she'll let me know soon when exactly she'll be coming up. it'll be fun.

cracker cats have website - finally our northern league team finally got its website up. its www.crackercats.ca . still cant wait till may 27. yeah the firs ever home game. for the rest of the northern league teams, check out www.northernleague.com . plenty of info. i got three more words to say - LETS PLAY BALL!

march already? yep. man february went by fast. and it feels like spring again. its nice out, ive had some pop, and now i'm hyper. can't wait till baseball. katie should know. so should darren.