new years eve. wow can you believe its almost 2007? lets see.... there were the olympics, jimmie johnson wins daytona 500 AND the nascar championship, b.c. lions wins grey cup, pittsburgh steelers win super bowl 40, then misses the playoffs. any everything else in betwee. right now im watching green bay at chicago. the nfl playoffs begin next weekend. we got dallas @seattle, n.y.giants @ philadelphia, kansas city @ indianapolis and n.y. jets @ new england in the wild card matchups with san diego, baltimore, chicago and new orleans getting byes. its getting close to 2007 in the eastern time zone, so see you in 2007.
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50 in 39 games 25 years ago tonight wayne gretzky scored 5 goals against the philadelphia flyers and broke an nhl record shared by maurice richard and mike bossy. the fifth goal was into the empty net, which made it 50 in 39. the old record was 50 in 50 (by richard and bossy). gretzky scored 92 in the 1981-82 season. those records i doubt will be broken.
world jr. hockey watching canada and the usa and its 3-2 for canada in the second. yesterday canada beat sweden 2-0. belarus pulled a shocker yesterday beating finland 4-3 while germany pulled another shocker beating the us 2-1 in overtime. i like this tournament. watching some nhl hopefulls at their best. update: canada 6 usa 3. while germany beat slovakia 4-2.
christmas time everywhere its almost christmas here. me and dayana are spending it together, even though shes living in brazil. we met on avril lavignes website in the crossbonez part (where crossbonez members put up posts). we passed messages and before we knew it, were in love. its been good. shes a wonderful person to be with and i love her. shes even teaching me portuguese. dayana eu amo voce mel abehla querida.
end of november okay, what happened to november? it was nice, then the snow and cold came. i dont know how much snow we got this month, but it feels like a lot. b.c won the grey cup, jimmie johnson won the nextel championship, and i finished watching cincinnati beat baltimore 13-7. now im watching survivor: cook islands. i dont know but i think jonathan is getting on everyones nerves. maybe he's the next to go. who knows. the finale is dec 17. what december will bring, who knows.
checker auto parts 500 kevin harvick won a close one beating out jimmie johnson. denny hamlin, jeff gordon and carl edwards round out the top five. five chasers have a shot at winning the title with one race left in homestead. jimmie johnson leads matt kenseth by 63 pts. hamlin and harvick trail by 90 and dale earnhardt jr trails by 115 pts. the ford 400 in homestead one week from today.
friday night comedy just finished watching royal canadian air farce. now i'm watching rick mercer report. i enjoy both episodes. i like rick mercer's satirical comedy this week's episode had him visiting prime minister steven harper (had a bedtime story read to him) and visited cold lake alberta and rode on a c58. wild.
its halloweeeeeeeen..... ...which means end of october (mmmmmmmmm candy). lets see, the end of the cfl regular season, the cardinals winning the world series, got to see gordon lightfoot in concert (cool concert. enjoyed it immensely), the start of hockey season, and got some snow. even cooled off too. for novemober, it's the road to the grey cup (we will have a new champion since the eskimos missed the playoffs for the first time since 1971), the last three races of the nascar season. last years champion - tony stewart - missed the cut for the 10 race chase. the beginning of the nba season starts tonight. so november will be fun.
bass pro shops 500 tony stewart drove the pants off and won. he had the car tonight. jimmie johnson finished 2nd. dale earnhardt jr beat out matt kenseth for 3rd. matt kenseth leads jimmie johnson by 26 points. the last three races jimmie johnson made up 130 points on the leader. next race in texas next sunday.
world series game 5 the st. louis cardinals are world series champions with a 4-2 win. adam wainwright gets the save and the final out with the strikeout. jeff weaver pitched 8 great innings. tony larussa became the second manager to win a world series in both leagues (won in 1989 with oakland. sparky anderson was the first - 1975 with cincinati and 1984 with detroit). the first world series for st. louis since 1982 and their 10th in franchise history. david eckstein was named world series mvp and got an new corvette z06.
world series game 4 the st. louis cardinals won 5-4 to go up three games to one in the series. detroit had a 3-0 lead, but st.louis chipped away and went ahead in the 7th. detroit tied it in the top of 8th, and david ecksteind drove in the winner in the bottom half of the 8th. game 5 tomorrow in st. louis - weather permitting.
game 4 world series and beijing mascot name change game four in st. louis was postponed to rain. it will be played tomorrow night, weather permitting. meanwhile the beijing mascots isn't named friendlies. they are named fuwa (literal, pinyin translation of friendlies. the name change happenend oct. 16.
subway 500 jimmie johnson won the subway 500. denny hamlin gave him a run, but finished 2nd. jeff burton had an engine failure and finished 42nd. matt kenseth finished 11th. kevin harvick was 9th. matt kenseth now leads the points by 36 points over kevin harvick. jimmie johnson moves to 3rd, while jeff burton falls to 5th. next race in atlanta.
world series game one anthony reyes pitched an outstanding game going 8+ giving up two runs and four hits in a st.louis 7-2 win over detriot. reyes went through a stretch where he didn't allow a runner in 17 straight batters. quite a piching performance. tomorrow it's jeff weaver for st. louis and kenny rogers for detroit.
nlcs game seven st. louis wins game seven with a 3-1 win. yadier molina hit a 2 run home run that decided it. earlier in the game endy chaves of the mets literally robbed scott rolen of a home run with a great leaping catch at the fence. he had athe presence to fire the ball back in to double off jim edmonds who was halfway to third thinking it was gone. anyways, its the cardinals and the tigers starting saturday. these teams have met in 1934 and 1968. st. louis won in '34 and detroit won in '68. gonna be a great series.
bank of america 500 kasey kahne won his 6th race of the year tonight. him and 2nd place jimmie johnson had the cars to beat tonight. dale earnhardt jr finished 4th. jeff gordon had an engine let go. he finished 24th. matt kenseth finished 14th with various issues. denny hamlin had a crash on the first lap and finished 29th. jeff burton finished 3rd and added to his points lead to 50 pts over matt kenseth. jefff gordon is 10th. jimmie johnson is 7th and dale jr is 5th. nest race in martinsville on the 22nd.
detroit one win away the tigers are one win away from the world series with a 3-0 win over oakland. kenny rogers (not the gambler) pitched 7 2/3 of shut out ball. st.louis @ n.y. mets start in half an hour. update: the mets were up 3-0 and 6-4 and still lost 9-6 to the cardinals. st. louis played gritty and hung in there the whole game. so taguchi hit the key home run that put st. louis up for good in the 9th inning. game 3 tomorrow in st. louis with series tied at one.
a.l.c.s. game 0ne detroit won the opener last night 5-1. the tigers were patient with the piches of barry zito, running the count on him. tonight the a's and tigers play game two whilt the cardinals and mets start the n.l.c.s. both start after 6pm tonight. update: cardinals @ mets ppd due to rain. series will start tomorrow with game 2 friday. update 2: detroit 8 oakland 5. oakland had the bases loaded in the bottom of 9th, but frank thomas popped out to end it. game 3 is friday
uaw ford 500 a controversial end to this. brian vickers wins after he touched jimmie johnson (intentional or not), which spun johnson into dale earnhardt jr on the last lap. earnhardt jr finished 23 and johnson finished 24th. jeff burton had a tire problem and finished 27th. jeff gordon got involved in an earlier wreck and finished 36th. matt kenseth finished 4th and closed in on jeff burton. kenseth trails by 6 pts. next race is saturday night in charlotte.
saturday night excitement got hockey night in canada going. watching montreal at toronto at the moment, with edmonton at calgary at 8pm. over in baseball, the tigers just knocked out the yankees with an 8-3 win and will face the oakland athletics in the a.l.c.s. the padres earlier beat the cardinals 3-1 and trail in the series 2-1. the mets and dodgers start shortly. update 1: montreal 3 toronto 2 in a shootout. man i love the shootout. the battle of alberta is now on. oilers lead 1-0. update 2: ny mets 9 los angeles 5. the mets move on to the n.l.c.s. they will play either san diego or st louis. game four there is tomorrow. update 3: calgary 2 edmonton 1. quite the game. a fun first saturday night in hockey.
more post season ball the yankees and tigers are currently playing. the tigers are up 3-0 in the 3rd inning. earlier today the oakland a's eliminated minnesota in three games with an 8-3 win. update on the tigers/yankees game later. update: tigers 6 ny yankees 0 kenny rogers of the tigers pitched 7 2/3 of excellent baseball. tigers up 2-1 with game four in detroit tomorrow
quite the thursday night boy was it ever. the oilers raised their 2005-06 western conference banner tonight AND beat the flames 3-1. the tigers tied their series with the yankees with a win, while the mets and the cardinals both went up 2 games to none over the dodgers and padres with wins. and i went to a gordon lightfoot concert, which was very good. i enjoyed it immensely. theres thursday night.
nhl season begins tonight the 90th nhl season begins tonight with 3 games (buffalo @ carolina, ottawa @ toronto and dallas @ colorado) carolina raises their stanley cup banner tonight. the oilers start at home tomorrow in the much anticipated opener. rexall place will be jumping and the oilers will raise their western conference championship banner tomorrow. an exciting time for sure.
postseason baseball the playoffs began yesterday with the oakland a's beating the minnesota twins 3-2, the yankees beating the detroit tigers 8-4 and st louis beating san diego 5-1. right now im watching the twins and a's in game 2 of that series. the mets and dodgers start their series a 2pm and the yankees and tigers play game two tonight. update: oakland 5 minnesota 2 (oakland leads series 2-0). ny mets 6 los angeles 5 (mets lead series 1-0) ny yankees vs detroit ppd due to rain. game 2 will be tomorrow morning
banquet 400 tony stewart hung on to this one. won as he ran out of gas. kasey kahne ran out of gas. jimmie johnson got caught for speeding leaving pit lane on his last pit stop. 2nd place casey mears ran out of gas getting to the finish. jeff gordon had a fuel pump problem and finished 39th. jeff burton still leads - its now 69 points. jeff gordon sits 6th. denny hamlin is 2nd in the points. quite a finish to this one. next up - talladega.
the search is on do you have an imagination? do you have a few wonderful ideas? do you think you have an idea for a mascot(s)? then go to www.vancouver2010.com/mascots and send some ideas or suggestions for the vancouver 2010 winter olympics mascot. entries will be accepted until november 1. an announcement will be made in 2007. hopefully something canadian (sorry the beaver has been used - montreal 1976).
mbna pointsrace 400 jeff burton snapped a 175 race winless streak with a much needed win here. jeff gordon finished third. matt kenseth ran out of gas and finished 10th. kevin harvick finished 32nd. denny hamlin finished 9th. jeff burton now leads by 6 over jeff gordon, and 18 over kenseth and hamlin. harvick slid to 5th. next race in kansas. by the way, this race wasnt aired here cause of stupid golf. (since when did the rydere cup take priorities over nascar)
sad day for global (formally itv) i found this out watching global edmonton noon news. everybody's favorite itv weatherman bill matheson passed away last night. i didnt get the full details. he was 80. peolpe that worked with him always seen hip happy and laughing, and always recited poetry and quoted shakespeare. had some great weather quotes, like "keep your eye on the idaho high" "the dreaded of all meteorogical phenominan - the siberian high" "the mother low" or "gather ye rosebuds while ye may." he made weather fun to watch.
sylvania 300 kevin harvick won. talk about momentum - he is on it. he is the new points leader. denny hamlin move to 2nd with a fourth place finish. tony stewart finished 2nd. he commented on how timid he was racing the chase contenders and him being out of the chase. he did good. jimmie johnson and kyle busch both had bad races. they got involved in seperate incidents. kyle finished 38th and jimmie finished 39th. jeff gordon finished 3rd in the race and moved himself up to 4th in the points, while matt kenseth finished 10th and sits third in the points. next race in dover.
sunday night fooball watching the n.y. giants and the indianapolis colts. battle of the mannings. peyton with indy and eli with the giants. indy is up 6-0. last game for today with 12 games this afternoon plus the thursday night game with pittsburgh winning that one. tomorrow has two monday night games - minnesota @ washington and san diego @ oakland. tommorow also being the 5 year anniversary of 9/11.
chevy rock and roll 400 kevin harvick passed kyle busch to win the chevy rock and roll 400. tony stewart had a bad car, jeff gordon had brake issues, denny hamlin was down a cylinder, and dale earnhard jr had brake issues. as a result tony stewart is out. the top 10 goes as: 1. matt kenseth 2. jimmie johnson 3. kevin harvick, 4. kyle busch 5. denny hamlin. 6. dale earnhardt jr 7. mark martin 8. jeff burton 9. jeff gordon and 10. kasey kahne. the fun begins a week tomorrow in new hampshire and the sylvania 300.
prairie pickin' in person. just got back from cjsr and got to hang out with rob and doug as they did prairie pickin'. i even got to introduce a song which was cool. the show was fantastic. i almost got lost looking for the sub building. i got pointed in the right direction which helped. anyways a great night. prairie pickin' is on cjsr from 7-8pm thursday nights or you can tune in at www.cjsr.com and listen online anywhere in the world.
sony hd 500 kasey kahne just won this one tonight. dale earnhart jr finished 2nd and moved to 6th in the points. jeff gordon finished 5th in th race and 4th in the points. matt kenseth is the new points leader with a 7th place finishand jimmie johnson finishing 11th. nobody clinched a spot tonight. kahne is now 30 pts out of 10th. next race - the final race before the chase, richmond. gonna get exciting.
labor day long weekend final long weekend of the summer. usually means the traditional labour day games in the c.f.l. b.c. beat montreal 48-13 earlier. winnipeg is in saskatchewan on sunday, and on monday its the battle of alberta in calgary, while toronto is in hamilton. gotta love labour day and the c.f.l.
end of august. wow good greif. august went like a bat out of hell. well, not really. it did fly though. i now own survivor palau on dvd. picked it up on tuesday. lots of car racing, and matt kenseth is on a roll. lots of baseball, the 25th edition of the fringe, my birthday (wow 32) and catching up on listening to prairie pickin. i believe the last episode of the month is tonight. preseason nfl football ends tonight and tomorrow. cant forget the labour day weekend games coming up. gotta love it. anyways thats all for now. WOOOOOOOW. a smoking rendition of prairie pickin' theme done live by jerusalem ridge at the cjsr studio. likely a couple of more songs live by them. my ears are still smoking.
sharpie 500 this race just ended. mat kenseth has won the sharpie 500 and clinched a spot in the 10 race chase. jimmie johnson finished 10th and also clinched a spot in the chase. if my math is right johnsons lead is now 7 pts. tony stewart finished 22nd and kurt busch finished 37. kurt won make the chase with this finish. jeff gordon finished 5th. next race is in california a week from tomorrow. sidenote: 48 points seperate 4th through 10th. kasey kahne, greg biffle and carl edwards have a mathematic chance of getting to 10th. kahne has more of a realistic shot, being 90 points out, while biffle and edwards are more than 200 out. race in california starts at 5 edmonton time (7pm et, 4 pm pt)
mlb game of the night im watching arizona at san francisco right now. giants lead 1-0 going to the bottom of the 6th on a solo homer by barry bonds. thats his 725 career homer. earlier oakland beat toronto 12-10 after trailing 8-0 after two innings. added to that a little confrontation between jays manager john gibbons and jays pitcher ted lilly. it happened after lilly got pulled in the top of the 3rd giving up 7 oakland runs, him and gibbons argued into the dugout and going into the team clubhouse. gibbons came out with a bloody nose. there will be more to that tomorrow. update: giants 5 diamondbacks 0. noah wylie pitched a two hit shutout. arizona commited 3 errors in the game leading to 4 of 5 giants runs,
gfs marketplace 400 i hope someone watched this, cause it was never listed to be on air here (wierd eh). im going by what i read. matt kenseth won his third race. tony stewart finished 3rd, jimmie johnson was 13th, kyle AND kurt busch were involved in accidents after blowing a tire. jeff burton had an engine problem. major shake in the points. johnson still leads, kensethe is 58 back, tony moved up to 5th, jeff burton lost 5 spots. and is denny hamlin having a great year or what. i'll tell you, hes impressed me. three races to the chase, and 50 points seperate 6th to 10th. yikes. and it will be shaken up more saturday night. and i cant wait for this one already. saturday night in bristol.
amd at the glen kevin harvick won his first road course race here. tony stewart finished 2nd, jamie mcmurray third, robby gordon 4th and carl edward was fifth. this was a great race to watch. passes all over the place. few drivers got knowcked around a bit. jimmie johnson finished 17, matt kenseth finished 21. so jimmie kept his lead. tony stewart moved up to 7th in the points. next race in michigan. four races to the 10 race cut-off. gonna be fun.
2 years to beijing the two years to go to the beijing olympics was yesterday. and now i am the owner of the mascots. i have yet to decide where to put them. this was my late birthday present from darren and brought home by his sister darcia. (thanks darren and darcia). a pic of where i put them will come later.
allstate 400 at the brickyard jimmie johnson has won the allstate 400 and became the second driver to win the daytona 500 and the allstate 400 in the same yeat. the first - dale jarrett in 1996. tony stewart finished 8th, matt kenseth finished second and jeff gordon finished 16, despite having early problems and getting all his laps back. jimmie had a tire problem, restarted 38 and still won. a great race. next race in watkins glen a week from today.
chase utley's hit streak chase utley had a hit in 35 straight games - until tonight. went hitless against the mets. the longest streak is 56 that was set in 1941 by joe dimaggio. utley had the second longest streak in phillies history behind jimmie rollins. he had 36 to end last season and two games to start this year (38 overall). i love baseball history. i find it intriguing.
end of july! aaaaaak! geez, july went by fast. had the champ car world series here. capital ex (formely klondike days) ended saturday. major league heat wave. its cooled off though. august brings the fringe, heritage days this coming weekend and the big valley jamboree. good grief, lots of festivals. i may go to the fringe. i havent decided. gonna be a great august.
football night in canada im watching calgary at saskatchewan at the moment. no score yet. earlier b.c. beat toronto 28-8. the lions had three interceptions in the game. geroy simon had 3 td's. damon allen returned after a thumb injury and didnt have a great night. it happens. anyways, update on the calgary/saskatchewan game later.
friday night and all is...... .....so far its okay. listening to greek music. had picked up two greek cds and a flatt and scruggs cd. flatt and scruggs is lester flatt and earl scruggs - the best bluegrass duo ever, unless someone else has one. anyways since my bluegrass resurrection a couple of weeks ago, i've been in a bluegrass mood. plus i like greek music. that was started after the athens hosted the summer olympics in 2004. (ahhh the memories). anyways thats my friday night.
bluegrass and other stuff had my hard drive cleaned. since im sitting here listening to bluegrass, ive been adding my favorites that i had. ive been going at the catch-up for over an hour. besides it's supposed to cool off and rain this weekend. we need it here, its been too warm and i don't like it too warm. i forgot to mention that justin wilson won the race this past sunday. last years winner - sebastian bourdais - finished 2nd. katherine legge (my favorite driver) finished 15th, if i remember right with a gear box problem. anyways there you have it. later.
pennsylvania 500 denny hamlin won in pocono. he must like pocono cause he won both races in pocono from the pole. he got himself to 8th in the points. tony stewart got penalized for rough driving, got himself back on the lead lap and finished 7th. got himself into 10th in the points. jeff gordon finished 3rd and is in the points race. hes now 9th. jimmie johnson finished 6th and still leads - now 97 pts up on matt kenseth. dale jr got rear ended by dave blaney and finished last and is 11th for the points race. hamlin had the car in todays race. im not sure anybody could catch him today. anyways, next race in indianapolis in two weeks.
what a weekend lined up wow has edmonton gotten fun or what. capital ex (formely klondike days) began yesterday and runs to the 29th. the west edmonton mall grand prix of edmonton is this weekend with qualifying today and tomorrow and the big race sunday. included in that is the atlantic race and a cascar event. pulus its going to be a scorcher of a weekend with teperatures getting close to 30c. lots of fun already.
lenox industrial tools 300 kyle busch won after a late crash brought out the green-white-checkers. fuel mileage came into play here as well. jimmie johnson finished 9th, matt kenseth finished 14th and tony stewart got involved in a crash and finished 38th. stewart is 11th in the points, johnson leads by 68 over kenseth and kyle busch is now 5th in the points. with richmond looming, points are huge. next race is next week in pocono.
a bluegrass state of mind got prairie pickin' on tonight and a familiar tune - at least to myself and darren - just finished playing. a bluegrass state of mind done by lonesome and then some when they were still together. rob baker, anna somerville, terry knudsen and david (i forget his last name. darren help me there). anyways a grand time and a good fix of bluegrass you can get on cjsr 88.5 fm thursday nights from 7-8pm.
usg sheetrock 400 jeff gordon won this one amid some controversy when he and matt kenseth touched and kenseth spun. kenseth feels it was intentional. what nascar will do here will be interesting. jimmie johnson finished 6th and kept his points lead while kenseth finished 22nd in the race. tony stewart ran out of gas at the final restart and finished 32nd and is now 7th in points. jeff gordon got himself back into the top 10 in the points with the win. next race - next sunday and the new england 300.
world cup third place game germany beat portugal 3-1 to finish 3rd in the world cup. i think germany will be happy with the result. 3rd may not be the same as winning it all, but its better than nothing. the big game is tomorrow as france and italy will play for the world cup trophy and bragging right until 2010 when south africa hosts the tournament. it ought to be a good one tomorrow.
ahhhhhh, the sweet sound of bluegrass i FINALLY listened to prarie pickin' on cjsr tonight. its been way too long between listening to shows. doug ritchie went solo tonight. he even played a rocking live edition of the theme of the beverly hillbillies. needless to say listening to the show felt good. now to keep up on listening every week. happy bluegrass.
world cup 2006 cant believe the soccer tournament (football the rest of the world) is almost done and i havent mentioned it - till tonight. the semi final matchups are germany vs italy tomorrow and portugal vs france on wenesday. brazil, argentina and england got knocked out in the quarter finals and they had a great chance to win it as well. anyways the championship game is sunday and the third place game is saturday.
pepsi 400 what a finish to this race. with 9 laps to go and boris said leading after the green flag comes out, out of nowhere comes tony stewart from 10th to 2nd. he eventually passes boris with 3 to go and defends his pepsi 400 from one year ago. he is now fifth in the points. jimmie johnson got involved with bobby labonte (okay so johnson got loose with three cars around him). he finished 32nd and saw his lead shrink to 13 points over matt kenseth after kenseth finished 6th. boris said ended up 4th. if i remember right, at this time last year tony stewart got hot and won the championship starting at the pepsi 400. he could do it again this year. quite the fun race.
dodge/save mart 350 jeff gordon ended a slump going back to martinsvill last october with a win in sonoma today. the win gets him into the top ten in points (he's now 8th) and he, earlier this weekend, proposed to his girlfriend. points leader finished 10th and actually added his lead with matt kenseths 17th place finish to 101. kasey kahne is 3rd - 313 pts back. tony stewart is 7th, 422 back with a 28th place finish. hmmm cant richmond come soon enough lol. oh yeah, there were TWO red flags for cleanup after a couple of multi car crashes. next race is saturday night in daytona and the pepsi 400.
olympic short list for 2014 tomorrow, the announcement for the short list for the 2014 winter games. 7 cities - almaty, kazakhstan, borjomi, georgia; jaca, spain; pyeongchang, south korea; salzburg, austria; sochi, russia and sofia bulgaria vie for the short list. once its announced the cities will go on to work on planning to be host city for the 2014 winter olympics. the announcement for that will be july 7, 2007.
3m performance 400 kasey kahne won the rain shortened race. he had debris put a hole in his radiator on lap 37 and fought his way back into the race. the race was stopped at lap 129 with heavy rain pouring. jimmie johnson finished 6th, matt kenseth finished 13 and points champ tony stewart finished 40ht after a crash. johnson leads kenseth by 74 pts while stewart falls to 6th in the points. kasey kahne meanwhile is up to 3rd with his impressive run lately. sonoma next week.
pocono 500 denny hamlin won AFTER having a tire blow out earlier in the race. whats amazing is that he didnt hit anything or tear up the car. tony stewart finished 3rd. remarkable for him with the shoulder injury. plus pocono helped him that the track is mostly straightaways. jimmie johnson finished 10th, but his lead is now down to 48, with matt kenseth finishing 5th. and a scary crash for jeff gordon with 11 to go. hit the safer barrier hard enough to scatter debris from the wall AND his car to throw out the red flag for 13 minutes. anyways theres pocono for ya. michigan next week.
roli the goalie out dwayne roloson is out with a sprained right knee. he will be out the rest of the series. roloson said its a 3rd degree sprain of the mcl after meeting up wit ha doctor friend at duke. its a shame, i had him winning the conn smythe trophy as playoff mvp. he got them this far. we'll see how ty conklin and jussi markannen do the rest of the way.
stanley cup game 1 carolina won game one 5-4. rod brind'amour got the game winner after ty conklin and jason smith got mixed up with the puck and brind'amour got the puck and put it in the open net. quite the exciting game though. game 2 is wednesday. update: dwayne roloson may miss the rest of the series with an undetermined injury after marc-andre bergeron knocked andrew ladd into roloson.
neighbourhood excellence 400 matt kenseth won after passing jamie mcmurray with 3 to go. jimmie johnson finished sixth after spending most of the race a lap down after starting 42nd. tony stewart started the race (ricky rudd qualified the car), wend 38 laps when the caution came out and ricky rudd took over the car. he ended up 25th. jimmie johnson still holds the lead in the points.
there's nothing finer than starting in carolina the hurricanes are in the stanley cup finals with a 4-2 win over the buffalo sabres and will face the edmonton oilers starting monday night in raleigh, n.c. carolina and edmonton will mark the first time two world hockey association will play in the stanley cup. the hurricanes were known as the hartford whalers in the w.h.a and when they joined the nhl. the whalers moved to carolina in 1997.
wow, the end of may already cant believe its the end of may already. trucking through the n.h.l and n.b.a. playoffs. buffalo and carolina play game 7 tomorrow and the winner plays edmonton for the stanley cup starting monday. had the indy 500 & coca cola 600 plus other nascar races. loads of baseball and c.f.l training camps began. back to work tomorrow. boy was the week off needed. anyways, a may gone and a june on deck.
coca cola 600 kasey kahne won the coca cola 600 while jimmie johnson finished 2nd. tony stewart crashed hard on lap 34 and wound up 42nd injuring himself in the process. i think it was a shoulderblade fracture. he hurt it last night in the busch race after he hit the wall hard, and the crash today made it worse. he came out of his car grimacing in pain. anyways he is 4th in thpoints while johnson still leads over matt kenseth, mark martin and stewart. thats it for racing. at least for today.
stanley cup finals here we come the oilers are in the finals after beating the mighty duck of anaheim 2-1. they survived a five on three late in the game to secure the spot. dwayne roloson stood on his head the entire game. who we will play is up in the air as the buffalo/carolina series is tied a two games a peice. and whyte avenue is already packed with oilers fans. lets hope the oilers win it.
the coolest thing ever that nade national news this happened during the singing of the national anthems. paul loriaul (edmonton's anthem singer) began singing the canadian anthem and then stopped. the rest of the way was 17,000 voices singing the rest of the anthem. even the day after, i still get chills hearing it. maybe it will happen tomorrow night.
nascar nextel all star race jimmie johnson just won it and picked up a cool million. considering he got busted for speeding onto pit road and almost went a lap down he did alright. there was even the big wreck involving kasey kahne, mark martin, greg biffle, jeremy mayfield, kyle busch and tony stewart to name a few. stewart was rear ended a bit in that one, and later on he and matt kenseth got into a wreck that put both out. so a crappy night for tony (for which im still irritated with). cant fault him i guess. anyways the coca cola 600 a week from tomorrow.
cracker-cats home opener got home from the home opener a little while ago. the crackercats won tonight 4-2 over the fargo-moorhead redhawks. it was also the season opener as well. the highlight was when the sprinklers came on during the game. they mustve been on a timer still. a couple minute "rain" delay. anyways theres the home opener at telus field.
carolina advances, oilers vs sharks game 5 the carolina hurricanes beat the new jersey devils 4-1 and win the series 4-1 (interesting). they will play the buffalo sabres in the eastern conference final. meanwhile edmonton is at san jose currently playing. oilers lead 1-0 late in the first. update later. update: oilers 6 sharks 3. oilers are coming home with a three games to two lead. game six is wednesday night.
dodge charger 500 greg biffle hung on to win this one by two car lengths ofer jeff gordon. biffle had to deal with lap traffic and gordon coming behind him. jimmie johnson finished 4th and added to his point lead to 93 pts over tony stewart. matt kenseth finished 3rd in the race and is 3rd in the points, one point behind stewart. next race - the nextel all star race in charlotte one week from tonight. looking forward to that one and the coca cola 600 on the 28th.
some game in edmonton last night this was quite the game. the oilers played alot better, other than a couple mental lapses resulting in san jose's two goals. the oilers won 2-1 in 3ot. shawn horcoff scored 2:28 into the third overtime period. the goal was scored at 12:39 this morning. the oilers now trail the sharks 2 games to one. buffalo and anaheim can wrap up their series tonight with wins. buffalo is at home to ottawa, while anaheim is at colorado. updates later. update 1: ottawa 2 buffalo 1. game 5 saturday. update 2: anaheim 4 colorado 1. anaheim is in the conference final
crown royal 400 dale earnhardt jr won his first race since chicago last year in a pretty good race. he took the lead with less than 50 laps to go and hung on to win. denny hamlin finished 2nd, kevin harvick, greg biffle, kyle busch and tony stewart round out the top 6. jimmie johnson finished 12 and kept his point lead. stewart took over the second spot after matt kenseth had one of his brakes break and ruptured his oilpan. he finished 37th. mark martin, harvick, and earnhardt jr round out the top 6 in points. next race is the dodge charger 400 in darlington a week from tonight.
quite a start a high scoring game to open the conference semis. buffalo beat ottawa 7-6 in overtime. late in the third, buffalo ties the game at five, then ottawa scores, then buffalo ties it again with 11 seconds left in the third to go to o.t., to which buffalo scores to win. gotta love those kind of games.
eastern conference game 6 carolina knocked montreal out of the playoffs with a 2-1 overtime win in montreal. meanwhile buffalo knocked out philadelphia with a 7-1 win. that sets up the eastern conference semi final matchup. it will be ottawa vs buffalo and carolina vs new jersey. game 7 between calgary and anaheim is tomorrow.
oilers vs red wings game 6 the oilers have knocked off the red wings four games to two with a 4-3 win. they went into the third period down 2-0, then fernando pisani scores two goals to tie it, then detroit goes up 3-2, then ales hemsky scores two goals, the second one with 66 seconds left, to put the oilers up 4-3. who they will face in the second round will be decided after the calgary/anaheim series is over. they start shortly. so woohoo. time for a walk to settle down.
sunday's happenings colorado knocked out dallas in overtime (stars are done), san jose knocked out nashville with a 2-1 win (both series was 4 games to 1), buffalo beat philadelphia and carolina beat montreal to go up 3-2 in their series. the lakers are one win from going to the second round with a 99-98 win in overtime over the phoenix suns. sacramento won 102-84 over san antonio to even that series at two. chicago beat miami and washington beat cleveland to even their series. here's one reason to hate rain - when it postpones a car race. the aarons 499 got rained out and will be run tommorow at noon eastern time. by the way, calgary beat anaheim 3-2 last night to go up 3-2 in the series.
oilers vs detroit game 5 the oilers beat detroit this afternoon 3-2 got go up 3 games to 2 in the series. game 6 is monday night in edmonton. new jersey beat new york 4-2 and finished a four game sweep over the rangers. ottawa is leading tampa bay 2-0 after the first period. and ottawa win and that series is over. calgary and anaheim starts at 8pm in calgary for game 5 there. update 1: ottawa 3 tampa bay 2. ottawa wins series 4 games to 1
game 4 detroit beat edmonton 4-2 to ties this series a two. earlier ottawa beat tampa bay 5-2 to go up 3-1 in the series. calgary and anaheim is tied at two late in the 3rd and going to overtime as i write. san jose leads nashville 4-2 in the second period in san jose. thats whats happening. tomorrow, new jersey can knock out the n.y. rangers with a win, montreal and carolina, buffalo and philadelphia play and colorado can knock out dallas with a win. thats the sked for tomorrow. later update 1: anaheim 3 calgary 2 (ot) series tied at two update 2: san jose 5 nashville 4. san jose leads series 3-1
oilers win in double overtime this was a great one. edmonton goes into the third period up 3-1. detroit scores two goals in 18 seconds to tie it. oilers win it 4-3after manny legace couldnt quite keep the puck in his glove, which the puck ends up in front and then into the net. i forget who scored. rexall place was jumping tonight, and it will be jumping thursday night for game 4. the oilers lead the series 2-1.
subway fresh 500 quite a finish here. kevin harvick passes greg biffle with 10 laps to go. meanwhile tony stewart, mark martin and matt kenseth are battle for third. couple of laps to go, biffle runs out of gas. then martin runs out of gas. kevin harvick ran away with the race, and tony stewart edges out matt kenseth for second. matt kenseth leads the points by 9. next race is april 30 in talladega.
some first night so far definitely. detroit beat edmonton 3-2 in double overtime, nashville beat san jose 4-3 and ottawa beat tampa bay 4-1. all lead their series 1-0. calgary is leading anaheim 1-0 in the 2nd period. its game one in this series. an update in calgary later. update: calgary 2 anaheim 1 (ot) . darren mccarty scored the overtime winner
busy weekend coming up big time busy. the nhl playoffs start tomorrow with four games (edmonton @ detroit, anaheim @ calgary, san jose @ nashville and tampa bay @ ottawa), four more games saturday, the nba playoffs starting saturday, car race saturday night, more nba on sunday, and a full truck load of baseball. i might watch the sunday night game in baseball. oh yeah, its time to grow that famous (ir is it infamous) nhl playoff beard. and yes im clean shaven - but it wont last. game on.
eastern conference madness total madness. ottawa beat the rangers 5-1, carolina lost to buffalo 4-0, new jersey came back from 3-0 down to beat montreal 4-3, philadelphia beat the islanders 4-1 and tampa bay lost to washington 4-1. all those results tonight produced these round one matchups: #1 ottawa vs #8 tampa bay, #2 carolina vs #7 montreal, #3 new jersey vs # 6 n.y. rangers and #4 buffalo vs #5 philadelphia. buffalo had their spot locked up a couple or three days ago. playoffs start friday night.
wetern conference picture clear the western conference match-ups are figured out. they are: #1 detroit vs. #8 edmonton, #2 dallas vs #7 colorado, #3 calgary vs #6 anaheim and #4 nashville vs #5 san jose. these matchups were decided with colorado losing to edmonton 4-2 tonight. tomorrow, the eastern matchups will be decided.
oilers could make playoffs TONIGHT yep, if the oilers beat anaheim and vancouver loses to san jose in regulation (a loss in overtime or shootout would give vancouver a point), the oilers would be in. i can smell the playoffs. mmmmm playoffs. update: the oilers beat the ducks 2-1 and san jose beat vancouver 5-3. the oilers are in AND at the same time got colorado into the playoffs. now i really smell the playoffs
a great cbc film i finished watching a two part series on cbc. canada/russia '72 was the name of the movie. it was almost like watching the 8 game series. it was exactly like what happened in 1972. considering i was born two years later, i can watch the highlites. gotta get the dvd series. canada won the eight game series with four wins, three losses and a tie. paul henderson scored the game winner the last three games of the series. quite the series.
where have i been? ive been out of it lately. my other half and i had a bit of an arguement on wednesday. we've got it resolved now, which is good. anyways, i am now watching calgary at vancouver. its 2-0 for vancouver in the second period. i didnt see the toronto/philly game at all. i so desperately needed a nap then. toronto won by the way 4-2. anyways thats where ive been.
direcTV 500 and opening night in baseball tony stewart held off a late charge from jeff gordon, jimmie johnson, dale earnhardt jr and kyle busch to win the direcTV 500 in martinsville. quite the exciting finish. in the end tony had the car. he led most of the race. the win moves tony to 8th in the points. jimmie johnson leads mark martin by 59 points, while matt kenseth crashed and fell to 3rd in the points. kasey kahne and kurt busch round up the top five. meanwhile in chicago, the white sox opened their season with a 10-4 win over the cleveland indians which involved a LENGTHY rain delay. the game ended a few minutes ago. time to go get some shut eye now.
first saturday of april hockey time. watching buffalo @ toronto. toronto leads 5-0 after one period. later its calgary @ edmonton in the second game of the cbc hockey night in canada double header. the final four tourney resumes with george mason playing florida (currently playing), while lsu plays ucla later. the winners play in the final on monday night. an interesting tidbit in regards to the battle of alberta. the last time edmonton and calgary met in the playoffs was 1991. both teams have never been in the playoffs the same year since. crazy eh? something to mull on. update 1: toronto 7 buffalo 0 final. and florida ended george mason's cinderella run with a 73-58 win. its halftime between lsu and ucla. update 2: ucla beat lsu 59-45 and will face florida in the final on monday night.
end of march another march gone. loads of hockey. (watching calgary and colorado). spring training baseball, while japan won the world baseball classic. the ncaa tournament started. the final there is monday. nascar racing (boy was bristol fun or what). and the major snowstorm that came. snow is melting. the buried bush (okay two bushes) are out. still puddles laying around. april brings the start of baseball season (starts sunday), more car racing, the end of the nhl season and the start of the nhl playoffs and the end of the ncaa tourney. entertainment o' plenty.
food city 500 wild finish at bristol. im mean crazy. kurt bush bumps matt kenseth out of the way and won a pretty wild one. kevin harvick finished 2nd and kenseth was third. after busch went by, kenseth and jeff gordon was battling for position, gordon goes by and kenseth puts the bumper to him. gordon finished 21st. gordon and martin truex jr were battling side by side, and tony stewart was behind it. stewart didnt want to do it, but he knocked truex out of the way. tony didnt want to be part of a brewing accident. jimmie johnson would like to have this one back after a lap one tire issue and a penalty on pit road for his crew jumping out a little early. anyways, matt kenseth now leads the points by 8 points over kasey kahne and over jimmie johnson by 19. tony is now 9th in the points, 181 pts back. next race is in martinsville, next week. hopefully by then, my head will stop spinning from all the madness in bristol. time for some shut eye.
the rest of the final four it will be george mason vs florida in the other final four matchup on saturday. george mason beat conneticut 86-84 in overtime. florida knocked off villanova 75-62. all #1 seeds are gone. did i mention there will be a new champion with north carolina getting knocked out already? i did now.
the rest of the elite eight conneticut beat washington 98-92 in overtime. they got a 3 with 1.8 seconds left in the 2nd half to get to overtime. villanova also went to overtime before taking out boston college 60-59. so these #1 seeds survive. the other two games had george mason beat wichita state 63-55 and florida beating 57-53 over georgetown. so the rest of the elite eight matchups: #1 conneticut vs #11 george mason in washington dc, and #1 villanova vs #3 florida in minneapolis. these matchups are on sunday. tomorrow its #4 lsu vs #2 texas in atlanta and #1 memphis vs #2 ucla in oakland. gonna be fun now.
lsu upsets duke yep, #4 lsu beat #1 duke 62-54 in the atlanta regional semis, while #1 memphis beat #13 bradley 80-64 in the oakland bracket. gonzaga vs ucla and west virginia vs texas are both in the 2nd half. an update later. update 1: okay, west virginia gets a 3 pointer with 5 seconds left to tie the game. then texas heads up court and scores a buzzer beater 3 pointer to win it for texas. final score 74-71 for texas and will meet lsu in the atlanta regional final. update 2: at one point, ucla was down by 17 points. they came back and won it late in the 2nd half. they beat gonzaga 73-71 and will face memphis in the oakland regional final. should be an exciting day tomorrow with four more games.
golden corral 500 kasey kahne won the rain delayed race and moved to second in the championship points behind jimmie johnson by 50 pts. jimmie finished 6th. tony stewart finished 5th and moved up to 12th in the points. mark martin finished second, dale earnhardt jr finished 3rd and jeff gordon finished 4th.
major ass snowstorm edmonton area got a huge dump of snow. the snowfall warning started yesterday. the snowstarted coming down late last night and is still snowing. most of alberta got snow. 10-15 cm was forecast and another 5 cm for tonight. i think we got more than 15cm already. havent got the numbers on today. oh yeah, if you look at the bush in an earlier entry from this month, imagine it buried. cause it is now under snow. update: 10 inches, or 25cm worth of snow today. still snowing a bit. at least the plows are out now. now wheres that shovel......
to all press your luck fans i found this out today. peter tomarken, the host of big bucks and loads of whammies - press your luck, was killed in a plane crash yesterday outside of san diego (if i remember reading that right). he was a great host and made press your luck fun. im sure him and rod roddy are reminiscing out there somewhere. "these three players are after hiiiiiiiiiiiiigh stakes, but they'll have to avoid the whammies, as they play the most exciting game of their lives. from television studios in hollywood, it's time to PRESS YOUR LUCK. and heres the star of press your luck - peter tomarken." opening comment said by rod roddy. peter will be missed
battle with the flu ive had the flu the last few days. couldnt even watch the car race yesterday. thats how bad it got. all's i know is jimmie johnson won yesterday in another green-white checkered finish passing matt kenseth. thats what i read in the sun today. im feeling somewhat better. still a ways to go. in the meantime back to watching colorado at calgary. update: calgary 4 colorado 3. final
trading deadline yesterday the oilers got goalie dwayne roloson from minnesota for a first round draft pick in 2006 and a conditional 3rd round pick. today they got sergei samsonov from boston for marty reasoner, yan stastny and a 2006 draft pick. i'll have to see if calgary made any deals. this past saturday darryl sutter was asked and he wasn't interested in making a deal. anyways, later update: calgary did make two small trades. they got jamie lundmark from phoenix for a 4th rd. pick and traded jason wiemer to new jersey for a fourth rd draft pick
hockey night in canada returns first h.n.i.c doubleheader since th eolympic break ended. right now its ottawa @ toronto, while its san jose @ calgary at 8. loads of hockey tonight. stay tuned. update: ottawa 4 toronto 2. san jose and calgary is next update 2: calgary 2 san jose 0. thats it for another saturday.
end of february. wow yikes. end of february and were finally getting snow. winter is here. lets see..... olympics came and gone, n.h.l season resumed tonight, nascar season began, survivor and the beginning of the apprentice. march brings the ncaa tournament, more car racing, spring training baseball and the playoff drive in hockey. gonna be a good march.
deal or no deal thats what im watching at the moment. hosted by howie mandel. its the show where a contestant picks a briefcase (numbered 1 - 26) which he or she thinks has a million bucks. bit by bit they select a briefcase number which may or may not have the million. the banker makes an "offer" which goes up or down depending on what was the value in the briefcase. you talk about pressure? definitely.
auto club 500 matt kenseth hung on to win this one with another green-white-checker finish. jimmie johnson finished 2nd. tony stewart and greg biffle both blew an engine. biffle had led the most laps and stewart had a top 5 car. jimmie johnson has the points lead. next race is in 2 weeks in las vegas.
the olympics come to a close the games are officially done. the flame is out. canada finished the olympics 3rd overall with 24 medals. the ceremonies included the olympic flag handover from the mayor of torino to the mayor of vancouver. vancouver hosts in 2010. next summer games in beijing 2008. thats it with the olympics. now to other things.
okay how bout two silvers. i just discovered these two. both in short track speed skating. francois louis-tremblay won his silver in the mens 500m event, while the mens relay team won the 5000m event. that makes 24 medals - 7g, 10s, and 7 b. wow. canadas olympic commitee predicted 25. hell, im satisfied.
gold & bronze speed skaters yep, two medals, this time in the womens 5000m speed skating event. clara hughes won the gold and cindy klassen won the bronze. wow, 5 medals for klassen. i'll bet anybody klassen carries the canadian flag at the closing ceremonies. thats now 22 medals. 7g, 8s, and 7b. wow.
bronzed curling rink shannon kleibrinks curling team beat norways team 11-5 and have taken the bronze medal. we now have 19 medals (5g, 8s, 6b). we have a medal in tomorrows mens curling final. brad gushues rink will have either a gold or silver, depending on the result against finland. so we have 20 after tomorrow. stay tuned.
its over in mens hockey canada lost to russia in hockey 2-0. russia just thouroughly outplayed them. russia plays finland. sweden plays the czech rep/slovakia winner. while in curling brad gushues rink will play for gold on friday and shannon kleibrinks rink will play for bronze on thursday. update: czech rep. 3 slovakia 1. the czechs will play sweden in the semis.
how bout another medal yep, another silver today. womens 3000m short track relay. these relays are fun to watch. exciting and pulls you to the edge of your seat. thats 18 total medals (5 g, 8s, 5 b). this is now the most medals canada has ever won at the winter olympics. and theres 4 days left after today.
gold and silver lining cindy klassen won gold and kristia groves won silver in womens 1500m speed skating. klassen became the first canadian woman to win four medals in the same olympics. the gold goes with the 2 silvers and a bronze she won this year. canada now has 17 medals (5 gold, 7 silvers and 5 bronze).
canada vs czech rep. boy did canada get away with one. they won 3-2, but the got outplayed badly in the 3rd period. they win thanks to martin brodeur. the czech rep. got 33 shots to canadas 16. canada gets 3 goals on 8 shots (two of them soft ones), then 8 shots the last two periods. so canada goes to the quarter finals tomorrow against russia. the other three matchups: finland vs united states, switzerland vs sweden and czech republic vs slovakia. quarter finals tomorrow.
THE GOLD STAYS HERE! THE GOLD STAYS HERE! our canadian womens hockey team has successfully defended its olympic title with a 4-1 win over sweden in the gold medal game. the swedes played well. they definetely earned this one. the u.s. beat finland 4-0 in the bronze medal game. this gold came one day short of exactly four years after canada won their first one. so yay for canada.
two more medals, daytona 500 and mens hockey canada picked up two more medals today. cindy klassen picked up a silver in long track speed skating, while pierre leuders & lascelles brown picked up a silver in two men bobsled. canada now has 13 medals (2 gold, 6 silvers and 5 bronze). jimmie johnson won his first daytona 500 in a crazy race - at least what i read - and a green-white-checkerd finished. (i must have a few words with my vcr. it never did record the race. maybe i should turn the tv on next time). tony stewart got penalized TWICE for aggresive driving and still finshed 5th. next race is next week in california (and i did book that day off). canada lost to finland 2-0. didnt see the game. they picked a bad time to start sucking. time to get cracking or they wont get a medal.
two more medals yeah! a gold and a silver in the mens skeleton event. duff gibson got the gold and jeff pain got the silver. paul boehm finishes .26 out of a bronze. yikes. meanwhile sweden beat the u.s. in a shootout 3-2 in womens hockey semifinals and is in the gold medal game. who woulda thunk it. watching canada and finland in the other semi final game. update later. update: canada 6 finland 0. it will be canada and sweden for gold on monday, while the u.s. and finland play for bronze, also on monday. cant wait.
a plethera of medals canada picked up four -yes, four - medals. 2 silvers and 2 bronzes. the mens and womens speed skating pursuit teams picked up the silvers, jefrey buttle got bronze in figure skating and melissa hollandsworth-richards picked up the bronze in womens skeleton. quite the stash today. hockey update: canada beat germany 4-1. a surprise here: switzerland 3 czech rep. 1. that goes to show anyone can win at any given day.
quite the game slovakia just beat the russians 5-3. this was quite the fun game here. marian gaborik got the last two goals for slovakia on great shots. as i write this, latvia is leading the u.s. 3-2 late in the second period. so, loads of fun games already. update: latvia and the u.s. finished the game tied at 3.
silver lining on day 4 canada wins silver in the cross country team relay race. the team of beckie scott and sara renner almost beat the swedes. so canada has one of each - a gold, silver and bronze. hopefully lots more to come. canada is playing sweden in womens hockey (yes another one taped). canada is up 5-1 late in the second. update: canada 8 sweden 1. it will be canada vs finland and united states vs sweden in the semis. same semi final matchups as in 2002. figure that one out
winter olympics day 3 watching some highlights from the day. medals to be handed out for pairs figure skating. some serious wipeouts in the training runs for alpine skiing which, for one canadian, tor her a.c.l. in her knee (cant remember which one). another one almost took an american out. the way she landed, it looked like she tore her knee up. from what i heard it wasnt as bad as it looked. during the luge runs, there was some close calls. watched some curling earlier today. more hockey tomorrow (okay there was some hockey today too). tomorrow has canada vs sweden in womens hockey, speed skating, luge, curling. losts happening. updates on www.cbc.ca/olympics .
cindy klassen bronzed yep, cindy klassen won bronze in womens 3000m speedskating. so far a gold and a bronze. watching canada and russia in womens hockey (taped it this morning). stay tuned. update: canada 12 russia 0. canada clinched a semi-final berth in pool a while the u.s. did the same in pool b.
first golds on day one michael greis of germany won the first gold of the olympics in the 20km biathlon, while jennifer heil of spruce grove won canada's first medal when she won the freestyle skiing moguls event. watching canada and italy in womens hockey (i taped it at 12:30 here so dont tell me who won). so far its 5-o canada after one period. update: okay, so canada won 16-0. figured this was coming. canada plays russia tomorrow.
olympic games officially under way the flame has been lit (i watched the encore from this morning). boy was that ever the coolest wat to light the cauldron or what. 80 nations participating. peter gabriel did a great rendition of john lennons imagine. lucianno pavarotti performed after the flame was lit. got goose bumps listening to him. 16 days of olympic games await.
countdown to torino 62 hours to the beginning of the opening ceremonies of the torino winter olympics. cant wait. it all begins friday morning here at 11am. 16 days of fun and loads of sports like hockey (duh), curling, luge, skeleton, bobsled, figure skating and speed skating. must pull out a blank tape to tape the opening, even though cbc is showing an encore presentation at 7. gonna get good.
super bowl 40 the pittsburgh steelers are super bowl champions. pretty close game. the steelers win 21-10. bill cowher's first super bowl win as head coach, while its the steelers 5th super bowl win as a franchise, joining the san francisco 49ers and dallas cowboys as five time champions. hines ward was named super bowl mvp. jerome bettis also announced his retirement. so thats it for super bowl 40.
saturday night hockey once again final hockey night in canada saturday before the olympics. toronto beat new jersey 4-2 in the first game. toronto went up 3-0 in the first period. new jersey got their two goals in a span of 35 seconds in the 3rd before toronto scored an empty net goal late in the 3rd. first period just ended in edmonton with the oilers leading vancouver 1-0. stay tuned. update: edmonton 3 vancouver 1. one game televised on hnic next week. the rangers visit toronto to play the maple leafs at 6pm et, 4pm mt.
macgyver i now own the first three seasons ov macgyver. to which i realized columbia house does not have season 4, yet hmv does. so next payday i must get season 4 of macgyver. it'll be awhile before i finish watching all the seasons, with survivor, the olympics and car racing season coming. works for me though.
survivor: exile island wow.the beginning of survivor is tomorrow island. gonna be a doozy. got older men vs younger men. older women vs younger women. yep four tribes of four. plus one member has to get sent to exile island alone for the night in which if they find an immunity idol, theyre safe. cant wait for it. it all begins tomorrow night.
end of january? whaaat? cant believe its the end of january already. let's see, the world rang in the new year, nfl playoffs began, canada won gold at the world jrs, and the chinese new year. in february, we got super bowl 40, the torino winter olympics, and the daytona 500 to begin the nascar season to name a few. gonna be an exciting february.
challenger anniversary today was the 20th anniversary of the challenger explosion. 7 astronauts lost their lives. one of which - christa mcauliffe - was a school teacher. if i remember right, she was to give a lesson in space, which would have been cool. 73 seconds after they blasted off, it was over. i remember coming home from school and seeing the news. still sad.
election night by the looks of the numbers (and some polls are still adding up the numbers and slow in reporting), the conservatives, under stephen harper, will form the new government. its a minority government. majority is 155, and the conservatives sit at 122. i think canadians sent a message to the liberals for their wrong-doings. the interesting number for them - the have 105 seats. final numbers will be known later tonight or tomorrow morning. so a change in governmenrt for sure.
super bowl bound its the pittsburgh steelers and the seattle seahawks in super bowl 40 in detroit in two weeks. pittsburgh beat denver 34-17 this afternoon in the afc. meanwhile, the nfc game just ended. seattle beat carolina 34-14. got home from work to watch the 4th quarter of this one. so, im so looking forward to watch super bowl 40. seattle is making its franchise first appearance to the super bowl, while pittsburgh is making its first appearance since 1995 AND became the first #6 seeded team to get to the super bowl. cant wait, cant wait, cant wait.
hockey night in canada ottawa beat toronto 7-0 in the first game. last 3 meetings ottawa outscored toronto 23-2. right now vancouver is leading montreal 6-1 in the second period. vancouver scored all their goals in the first period. record for most goals in one period is 9. so, a couple of beatings for sure. update: vancouver 6 montreal 2.
canada cup 1976 finally started watching the 1976 canada cup (30 years in septemeber). canada is up 3-1 on the u.s. in the 2nd period. has five of the six canada games on four discs plus the two games in the finals (canada won the best of three two games to none over czechoslovakia). the first game wasnt shown, but canada had beaten finland 11-2. next game to watch is agaist sweden. lots of fun.
nfl divisional playoffs seattle beat washington this afternoon 20-10 and got their first playoff win in 22 years. seattle beat the los angeles raiders to get to the afc championship game in 1984 wiht dave kreig as quarterback and steve largent as one of the top receivers. right now new england is at denver. the conference championship games are next sunday. i smell super bowl forty. update: denver just beat new england 27-13. they will play either pittsburgh or indianapolis. oh yeah, we will have new super bowl champions
flyers vs central red army anniversary thirty years ago tonight was the anniversary of central red army visiting philadelphia. january 11, 1976 the flyers beat central red army. i don't remember the score (i did see the highlights), but there was one play that stands out. ed van impe's elbow on one of the russian players, which caused the red army team to leave the ice. from which you can hear bob cole say "they're going home." it was found out the team wasn't paid, so they had to finished the game. i remember seeing the tape which had comments from players who was involved. so thats that.
wild card sunday two games today. carolina beat new york 23-0 this afternoon. pittsburgh beat cincinnati 33-17. this game just ended half hour ago. next weekend its pittsburgh @ indianapolis and new england @ denver in the afc divisional games. in the nfc, its washington @ seattle and carolina @ chicago. someone's going to the conference finals. who will it be?
wild card saturday two nfl playoff games today. new england just beat jacksonville 28-3 in the afc game. earlier, washington beat tampa bay 17-10. washington goes to seattle for the divisonal game. new england will play either indianapolis or denver, pending the pittsburgh/cincinnati game. tomorrow its pittsburgh @ cincinnati and carolina at nygiants.
its hockey day in canada canada's yearly ritual on cbc. this year stephenville, newfoundland is the host city for this event. coaches corner is being shot there.the day started at 10 am in stephenville. at noon, montreal hosted ottawa and beat them 4-1. first intermission in edmonton where toronto leads edmonton 2-0. calgary visits vancouver at 8pm. best time of the hockey season. update: toronto 3 edmonton 2. michael tellqvist absolutely stood on his head tonight. edmonton outshot toronto 39-19. tellqvist is likely getting first star in the game. update 2: vancouver 4 calgary 3 in overtime. vancouver scored all their goals on the powerplay. the tying goal was with the vancouver goalie on the bench for an extra player AND two calgary players in the penalty box. so another saturday night done.
semi final #2 russia just defeated the u.s. 5-1. it will be canada vs russia for gold thursday night while the u.s. will play finland for bronze. if the end of the third is any factor, the gold medal game may get chippy. the checks from both teams looked borderline from dirty. im guessing it will be a physical game on thursday. so there you have it. loads of excitement tonight.
can you believe this one? just finished watching penn state and florida state in the orange bowl. penn state won 26-23. in triple overtime. both teams go into overtime tied at 16. first overtime, florida state goes for a field goal. wide right. penn states turn. they go for a field goal. wide left. 2nd ot. penn state gets the ball and scores a touchdown. theyre up 23-16. florida states turn. they tie it with a touchdown of their own. tie game 23-23. 3rd ot. florida state starts it. they try a field goal. missed. penn state gets the ball. they try a field goal to win it. kevin kelly of penn state gets it. a boost of confidence for him as he had missed 3 field goals in the game, including the one in the first ot. they played four and a half hours. so quite the game here in the orange bowl.
world jr. hockey qarter final finland beat sweden 1-0 in overtime and will face canada in one of the semi final games. the united states and the czech republic is currently playing the other quarter final. the winner plays russia in the other semi final. both semis are tommorow. update: u.s. 2 czech rep 1. canada vs finland at 5pm, and u.s. vs russia at 9pm. winners go for gold, losers go for bronze.
loads of football quite a day. lots of football today. pittsburgh, washington, carolina and tampa bay made the playoffs with tampa bay winning the nfc south. st.louis at dallas start at 6:30 in the last game of the regular season. playoffs begin next weekend. in the afc, its pittsburgh @ cincinnati and jacksonville @ new england with indianapolis and denver getting the byes. in the nfc, its washington @ tampa bay and carolina @ n.y.giants with seattle and chicago getting the byes. let the fun begin. update: st.louis 20 dallas 10. let the playoffs begin.