the mad sports man

end of july already? shit. damn. where did july go? can't believe its over already. lets see...... got to go to a car race, watch more car races on tv, baseball and football. thats all i can remember. oh yeah and darren coming home. and london being chosen to host the 2012 summer olympics. seems like a lot happened. my sister's b-day this past wednesday. golly. yeah and im threatening to dye my hair black. people, youve been warned.

a long one in toronto quite a long one between the angels and the blue jays tonight. the jays won 2-1 in 18 innings - a franchise record for extra innings played. both teams scored a run in the 9th, then nothing until the 18th. good thing for toronto is the have a 3 game set at home against texas starting tomorrow. bad thing for the angels - they have to go to new york and play the yankees for three. a long night tonight.

nhl schedule is out the first night of the 2005-06 season is wed. oct. 5 and includes all 30 teams (yep 15 games). check out the schedule on www.nhl.com .

birthday reminder okay, i was just reminded my birthday is tuesday when darren suggested a dinner get together on tuesday. its cool. i'm thinking greek. he did say i get to pick. im still thinking greek. still time between now and tuesday.

happy birthday to my sister yeah, today's my sisters birthday. i think i should phone her up and wish her a happy birthday later. hmmm now where did i put that number.......?

is it almost august? gaa! yeah, july is nearly done. 5 days left and next thing we all know its august. klondike days and the world masters games are happening simultaneously which is cool. lots of people here from other countries like australia, south africa and russia. both events going to the end of july. oh the insanity lol.

pennsylvania 500 kurt busch had the car today. led the most laps and won with a green-white-checker finish. rusty wallas was 2nd and mark martin was 3rd. jimmie johnson finished 13th and still held the points. tony stewart is the new 2nd place driver, just 66 back. greg biffle is 3rd, 77 pts back. next race august 7 at indianapolis.

quite the game in winnipeg this mustve been a heck of a game in winnipeg. and i missed it. winnipeg won their first game of the year 51-46. this ended up as the 12th highes scoring game in cfl history. from what i heard (i caught the end of it) montreal made a valiant comeback, but fell short. mustve been fun.

owners ratify the owners have ratified the cba agreement. there will be a 2005-06 season. looking forward to taking some hockey. see you in the fall.

players ratify deal the nhlpa ratified the deal that was made last wednesday (see july 13 post). the owners will vote for ratification tomorrow. so were almost getting a 2005-06 season. stay tuned.

klondike days klondike days start tomorrow. woo! i wonder if i should go tomorrow. i definitely want to go. cant wait. $8 to get in. dont know if i want to play any games or anything. had mini donuts for the first time last year and i got hooked. want some this year. mmmmmm donuts. gonna be fun - maybe.

new england 300 tony stewart led 232 of 300 laps on his way to his 3rd win in four races. the guy is on a roll. throw in a 5th last week and a 3rd on june 19, hes made up alot of ground in the points. he sits 3rd, 85 points jimmie johnson, who finished 13th. greg biffle finished 5th and is 77 behind johnson. gonna make for a fun run to the end of the season. next race is next sunday in pocono.

w.e.m. grand prix of edmonton sebastian bordais won the wem grand prix of edmonton this afternoon. had a pretty decent run today. paul tracy finished 3rd in this race considering a bit of a brake problem. prior to this race, there was the toyota atlantic race. katherine legge won this one after a great pass in turn 12, helped by charles zwolsman getting hung up by a couple of slower cars heading into turns 11 and 12. by the way, my arms are a little on the red side. otherwise, it was a great day.

rafael palmeiro rafael palmeiro has just gotten his 3000th hit tonite in seattle. he is one of four players who has gotten 3000 hits and 500 home runs, joining hank aaron, willie mays and eddie murray. congrats to rafael.

game on the nhl and nhlpa have reached an agreement in principle. both sides will have to vote on the deal next week. once it ratified, there will be hockey this coming season. lets get this show on the road.

the 76th mlb all star game the american league just won its 8th straight all star game 7-5. the national league started making noise late, but not enough. the american leauge, with the win, will have home field advantage for the world series. miguel tejada was named all star mvp.

usg sheetrock 400 dale earnhardt jr has just won the usg sheetrock 400. hopefully some momentum to get into the race for the chase. jimmie johnson still leads the points, now by 108. he finished 3rd. next race in new england on the 17th, while the champ car world series is here in edmonton on the same day. later

the host of the 2012 summer olympics is...... .....london, england. beat out paris by four votes. it took four rounds of voting. anyways the votes was 54-50. pretty close. last time london hosted the olympics was 1948. congratulations to london. i was kinda hoping they would win. *gets up and applauds london.*

independance day happy independance day today. 4th of july in the states. hopefully its been a great one. wish i was there visiting. cheers.

pepsi 400 tony stewart has just won the pepsi 400. he led almost 150 laps tonight. the start was delayed 2 and a half hours thanks to the rain, and the slow drying of the track. made for a long night. jimmie johnson finished 6th and greg biffle finished 36th. so jimmie johnson retakes the points lead by 73 pts. next race in chicago on the 10.

happy canada day today is canada day. yay. lots of people walking around the city with canada flags and canada tatoos (temporary anyways) and fireworks tonite at 11pm, weather permitting. noticing dark clouds and i think we may get slammed with a nasty storm. i get home from work and decided to mow the lawn before the potential storm. all is good.