the mad sports man

cheers on dvd picked up my copy of season 9 of cheers yesterday and already watched the first two episodes of it. got it at london drugs at the mall for 30 dollars. it came out after almost 2 years after season eight came out so naturally im happy. it even has the special 200th episode on it. hopefully nobody as to wait another two years for season 10.

game 7 pressure cooker night philadelphia beat washington 3-2 in overtime to win the first game 7 of the night. philadelphia will face montreal in one east semi while the n.y. rangers faces pittsburgh in the other. they're about to drop the puck in san jose where the sharks faces the flames in the other game 7. update at the end of the game. update: san jose 5 calgary 3. san jose wins series 4-3. san jose will play dallas in one west semi and detroit will play colorado in the other

habs take out bruins, caps force game 7 montreal just knocked out the bruins 5-0 and win game 7. they are moving on. meanwhile alexander ovechkin scores two goals in the 3rd period to help washington beat philadelphia 4-2 in gams six and force a 7th game tomorrow at home against philly. its now starting to get fun

wings clip preds and two other games detroit just beat nashville 3-0 to move on to west semis with a 4-2 series win. san jose @ calgary starts at 6 and anaheim @ dallas at 7. update 1: calgary 2 san jose 0. series tied at 3. game 7 tuesday update 2: dallas 4 anaheim 1. dallas wins series 4 games to 2

avalanche bury wild, bruins take habs to game 7 the colorado avalanche just eliminated the minnesota wild with a 2-1 win and a 4-2 series win. it was a fairly close series. earlier boston beat montreal 5-4 to force a 7th game monday night. and washington beat philly 3-2 so make the series 3-2 for philly. games tomorrow: detroit at nashville game 6, san jose at calgary game 6 and anaheim at dallas game 6. detroit, san jose and dallas can advance tomorrow.

rangers take out devils and a potential star-ry night with a 5-3 win, the rangers eliminated the new jersey devils out of the playoff with a 4 games to 1 win in the series. the nashville predators and detroit red wings are going into overtime tied at one and the series tied at two. the dallas stars can advance with a win tonight over the anaheim ducks. game starts at 8:30. updates later. update 1: detroit 2 nashville 1 ot. johan franzen wins it 1:48 into ot detroit leads series 3 games to 2 update 2: anaheim 5 dallas 2 anaheim stays alive. dallas leads series 3 games to 2

penguins move on while sens go golfing game just ended. the pittsburgh penguins have knocked out the ottawa senators in a four game sweep with a 3-1 win in game four tonight. meanwhile the rangers are one game from moving on by beating the devils 5-3 tonight. tomorrow the montreal canadiens can move on with a win over the bruins in game 5 at home. stay tuned.

subway fresh fit 500 can you believe this one? it came down to fuel mineage and jimmie johnson wins by over 8 seconds after everyone else behind him pitted. i think he still had enough to do a burn out. frist win this season for him

road to stanley cup begins the playoffs begin tonight in four locations - calgary @ san jose, ny rangers @ new jersey, ottawa @ pittsburgh and colorado @ minnesota. other first round series include detroit vs nashville, anaheim vs dallas, montreal vs boston and washington vs philadelphia. time for thos stanley cup rituals. will anaheim repeat? or will we have a new champion? stay tuned.

kansas jayhawks national champions the kansas jayhawks are the 2008 ncaa champions by beating the memphis tigers 75-68 in overtime. great game. kudos to them. that ends march madness there - even though its april

the final four now final two it will be memphis vs kansas on monday night for the ncaa championship. tonight, memphis beat ucla 78-63 and kansas beat 84-66 to get to monday.

a red green musing i'm sitting here watching a season 9 episode of red green and i thought 'i need m&ms.' i still remember the early season episodes and eating a bag of m&m's on almost every episode. mmmmmm m&m's.

battle of alberta live the flames beat the oilers 3-2 and sadly knocked the oilers out of the playoffs. i got to go to the game. sat in the corner in the oilers attack twice zone and a good view of the rink.