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.
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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.