the mad sports man

talladega nights: the ballad of ricky bobby thats the movie im watching at the moment. its okay so far. good way to get into that nascar season. the budweiser shootout is the 10th and the daytona 500 on the 18th. im excited for the season already.

the last 24 hours yesterday, i had my hard drive cleaned out from 3 viruses infected. also mark recchi scored his 500th goal in a 4-3 shootout win in dallas yesterday. today toronto beat montreal 4-1, while ottawa beat boston in the first two games of the cbc tripleheader. right now the oilers lead the kings 4-3 getting late in the 3rd period. update: oilers 4 kings 3. another saturday done

55th all star game the western conference beat the eastern conference 12-9 in dallas tonight. daniel briere had 5 pts in the game. first all-star game since 2004.

good friends sadly Dayana and i broke up. the positive thing is were still good friends. she had a rough weekend and i never heard from her or even knew she was on until tonight. when we started talking it wasnt the same as before. we both noticed it wasnt the same. we both decided to stay friends and build in that and hopefully havea better relationship down the road. im still hopeful of that.

conference championship sunday the chicago bears are in the super bowl with a 34-19 win over the new orleans saints in the nfc championship game. right now in the 2nd quarter, the new enland patriots lead the indianapolis colts 21-3 in the afc championship game. the winner faces chicago in miami. update: big comeback. the colts are in the superbowl with a 38-34 win. biggest comeback in playoff history. so it will be DA BEARS vs DA COLTS in super bowl XLI (41 if you cant read roman numerals) on feb. 4th

loving back to back days off no complaints about that. the rest is much needed too. after the busy christmas season, i think everyone there needs two days off. watching the rest of simom & simon season one. what to do later will be one of those spontaneous things. anyways, thats it.

the afl/nfl championship game anniversary 40 years ag today, the green bay packers beat the kansas city chiefs 35-10 in the first championship game what is now the super bowl. it was then known as the afl/nfl championship game because of the afl that was formed in 1960 and the nfl. the two leagues merged in 1970. the super bowl name came from lamar hunt, the founder of the nfl and the kansas city chiefs, who had seen his kids play with a super ball. the vince lombardi trophy was named after the packers legendary coach. super bowl XLI (41) will be february 4th in miami.

nfl divisional games a couple of close and exciting ones to finish the divisional games. chicago beat seattle 27-24 in overtime and will face new orleans on sunday in chicago. in the afc, new england will face indianapolis with a 24-21 win in san diego. the afc championship is sunday in indy.

hockey day in canada today is the 7th annual hockey day in canada on cbc, this time from nelson b.c. the first game of the triple header had ottawa beat montreal 8-3. right now has vancouver leading toronto 2-1 in the 3nd period and edmonton visits calgary at 8pm. meanwhile on the nfl front indianapolis beat baltimore 15-6 putting them in the afc championship game. philadelphia vs new orleans is close to kicking off. updates later. update 1: vancouver 6 toronto 1. after a slow first, it was all vancouver. plus four powerplay goals on top of that. as don cherry said, its hard to come back from that. update 2: new orleans 27 philadelphia 24. new orleans makes first trip to nfc championship in team history. update 3: calgary 3 edmonton 1. the last game of the night and the end of hockey day in canada tripleheader for another year.

wild weather wednesday had a major snowstorm, and still continues a bit. blowing snow reducing visibility. streets are bad. good thing for day off today. no use for travelling anyways. im watching match game. the 4 disc set of the best episodes of match game. hosted by gene rayburn with regular celebrity panelists brett somers, charles nelson reilly and richard dawson.

wild card weekend this afternoon the new england patriots beat the n.y. jets 36-17 and will face the san diego chargers in the divisional playoff. the philadelphia eagles, and this jsut happened, beat the new york giants 23-20 with a game winning field goal by david akers and will now go to new orleans to play the saints. yesterday the indianapolis colts beat the kansas city chiefs 23-8 and will go to baltimore to play the ravens. while the seattle seahawks beat the dallas cowboys 21-20 and will face the chicago bears in chicago.

THREE-PEAT! THREE-PEAT! THREE-PEAT! canada beat russia 4-2 to claim their third straight gold medal - all at the expense of the russians. great game today too. meanwhile the u.s beat sweden 2-1 for the bronze.

semi final wednesday canada just beat the united states in a shootout. they win it 5-4 in the shootout and 2-1 in the game. up next: the gold medal game against either russia or sweden. that game is coming up shortly.

oilers record 1000th win the oilers recorded the win with a 4-1 win over the florida panthers. they got it in the third fewest games (behind montreal and philadelphia) with 2115 games. a historic night

steve yzerman night steve yzerman had his #19 retired tonight in detroit. his number joins gordie howe's #9, ted lindsay's #7, terry sawchuck's #1, alex delvecchio's #10 and sid abel's #12. great scene .

a quiet new years day a quiet day needed. it was payday today to, so i picked up my paycheck and got one of my printer ink cartriges filled up. now im chatting with my lovely girlfriend.

HAPPY 2007 HAPPY NEW YEAR and to all a great year - i hope.