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anaheim wins again and san antonio moves on the ducks are up two games with a 1-0 win over ottawa. game 3 is saturday in ottawa. meanwhile the spurs are in teh nba finals beating the utah jazz in five games. they will face wither detroit or cleveland. that series is tied at two with game five tomorrow.
cracker cats last night went to another cats game and this one was a slugfest. edmonton won 16-9 over the joliet jackhammers and both teams had four errors. there were fireworks after the game to commemorate 100 years of baseball in edmonton. the first game was may 29 1907 with the edmonton legislators leading the calgary chinooks 8-7 when the game was called due to darkness in the 9th inning. so a free history lesson
stanley cup game one anaheilm wins 3-2. they outplayed ottawa in the third and scored two goals to give them the win. game two wednesday
coca cola 600 can you believe the finish? fuel mileage came into play and casey mears wins it AND runs out of gas AFTER the finish. jj yeley finished 2nd, kyle petty third. tony stewart 6th, jimmie johnson 10th, matt kenseth 12, and jeff gordon finished 41st after a lap 62 crash. he still keeps his lead, now 122pts over johnson. cant remember if i left anything out. anyways next race in dover next week.
indianapolis 500 dario franchitti has just won the indianapolis 500 after it started pouring. there was a rain delay earlier on lap 113. they resumed and the rain ended on lap 166. got his jug of milk and a likeness of hif face will go on the borg-warner trophy. now off to charloote and the coca cola 600.
cracker-cats home opener went to the cats home opener last night. they lost to the gary southshore railcats 5-4. wasnt a bad game considering there were 5 errors (3 for gary and 2 for edmonton). oh yeah and 4 broken bats. it got a little windy too which made things chilly in a hurry. next game tonight, and im planning to go to tuesdays game against the joliet jackhammers. more on that later
a much needed week off yay. that time of year where i get my week off. began today. time to relax and do nothing. im gonna enjoy it while i can. it'll be gone in a hurry.
ducks clip wings, go to finals anaheim is in the finals with a 4-3 win over detroit and will face the ottawa senators in the finals starting monday night. ahhhhh the beginning of the end of the playoff beard then.
ottawa senators in the show the ottawa senators, with a 3-2 win in overtime, have advanced to the stanley cup finals. whey will await the winner of the detroit/anaheim series. that series is tied at two games. game five there is tomorrow afternoon. now back to the all star race. update: Kevin Harvick wins nascar nextel all star challenge AND wins a cool million bucks
cavaliers cut nets out the cavaliers will face the pistons in the eastern finals with a 88-72 win over the new jersey nets. the series with detroit, i believe, start on the 23rd. update: san antonio knocked out phoenix with a 114-106 win and will face the utah jazz in the western final
nba catch up the utah jazz got into the western conference final two nights ago with a 4 games to 1 series win over the golden state warriors. they will play wither the phoenix suns or san antonio spurs. the spurs can wrap up their series tomorrow. detroit is leading chicago near late in the 4th quarter and if they win the go to the eastern conference final and would play wither cleveland or new jersey. the last three series mentioned are 3-2 lead in games. update: detroit 95 chicago 85 detroit wins series 4-2. chicago battled and made this a series when they went down 3-0 in series
survivor fiji earl cole became sole survivor of survivor: fiji. he got ALL 9 VOTES. first time in survivor history. i think him and yau-man played the smartest. too bad yau-man didnt make final 3. as earl said, yau-man would have won if he was there. so there you have it
dodge avenger 500 jeff gordon won this one this afternoon. jimmie johnson finished 3rd. hendrick cars are 5 for 5 in the car of tomorrow races. its been all hendrick all season. its been unbelievable. next up the all star race on saturday
rainy in darlington second week in a row rain postponed a saturday night race. the dodge avenger 500 will be run tomorrow weather permitting.
detroit in conference final with a 2-0 win in san jose, the red wings are in the conference finals against the anaheim ducks starting friday, while the senators and sabres start thursday. now we'll see whe the best teams really are.
sunday musings - a lot of them jimmie johnson won the crown royal presents the jim stewart 400 (i guess fans competed to put trheir name in the race) by beating out kyle busch. he is now the new second place driver after jeff burton finished dead last. pts leader is still leading. and dale earnhardt jr is now in the top 12 with a 13th place finish. the buffalo sabres are in the conference finals with a 5-4 win over the rangers and will face the ottawa senators. that'll be a good series. more musings at a later time.
an interesting saturday the race supposed to be for tonight in richmond was postponed to rain. it will be run tomorrow. in new jersey, the senators beat the devils 3-2 and will go to the conference finals against either buffalo or the rangers. while the pistons start round two by killing the bulls 95-69 to go one game up, and the rockets/jazz game is in progress. winner goes to play golden state. update: utah wins game 7 and series 4-3 with a 103-99 win. they start at home against golden state
sabres win and nets move on the buffalo sabres win game five 2-1 in overtime to go up 3-2 in ther series over the n.y. rangers. quite a great game tonight. game 6 is sunday afternoon in new york. meanwhile, the new jersey nets beat the toronto raptors 98-97 to win their series 4-2 and will face the cleveland cavaliers in the second round. close games all around i say
a california day the anaheim ducks knocked out the vancouver canucks with a 2-1 win in 2ot to win the series in five games. they will face either san jose or detroit. they play game five saturday afternoon. meanwhile the golden state warriors knocked out the top seed dallas mavericks 4 games to 2 with a 111-86 win. thew will play either utah or houston. that seris will play game 7 saturday after utah tied the series with houston earlier tonight. the raptors and the nets play game 6 tomorrow with the nets up 3-2 in games.
spurs take out nuggets while sens one win away the san antonio spurs move to the second round with a 93-78 win over the denver nuggets and win the series 4-1. meanwhile the ottawa senators are one win away from the eastern conference final with a 3-2 win over new jersey. that series is 3 games to 1 for ottawa. right now, the sharks lead the red wings 1-0 after one period. the sharks are up 2 games to 1 in that series. update: wings win 3-2 in overtime to even the series at two while the phoenix suns knocked out the lakers in five games with a 119-110 score in game five
baseball frame of mind the cracker cats start their season this month. their first home game is friday may 25th and their season opener is thursday may 17 in fargo-moorhead against the redhawks. the complete schedule and other things is at www.crackercats.ca . hope you enjoy. they need fans to the ballpark this summer.