the mad sports man

end of june sweating like.... a hot end of june. not pleasant to work in. lots of water going down nice. ice packs help. some people took today off to take a four day break with canada day tomorrow. with the euro ending yesterday and the dog days of summer in baseball and the cfl season already underway, june came and went in a hurry. plus my vacation to start june. its been a good month and with july on the doorstep, hopefully its not as hot. the rexall grand prix, the mlb all star game at yankee stadium (the yankees start next year at new yankee stadium), more nascar, more cfl and tomorrow is free agent frenzy tomorrow. oh yeah, hells kitchen's last two episodes of season four is a two parter between petrozza and christine for the title of head chef of a new l.a. restaraunt. and im nearly done watching frasier (im in season nine there), the simpsons (im almost done season 8 and the first 10 seasons were released) and the muppet show (almost done season one, the first t...

euro 2008 final and rain shortened lenox tools 301 spain defeated germany 1-0 to win their first euro championship in 44 years. 1964 was a long time ago. congrats to them. meanwhile kurt busch (no not kyle, kurt) won the rain shortened lenox industrial tools 301. the rain came out at lap 284 and kurt won with a little luck by staying out while everyone else pitted. next race is saturday night in daytona.

euro 2008 semifinal #2 spain beat russia 3-0 in the other semi final and will face germany sunday in the championship game. spain scored all their goals in the 2nd half.

euro 2008 semifinal#1 germany just defeated turkey 3-2 on a goal by philipp lahm in the 90th minute. turkey gave germany a run for their money, yet germany barely hung on. russia plays spin tomorrow in the other semi final and the winner will play germany on sunday for the championship

toyota/save mart 350 kyle busch wins again. pretty mcuh owned the race. his first road course victory. there were 3 cautions in the last 15 laps after 3 cautions in the first 3/4ths of the race. next up is new hampshire.

nba finals game 6 it was an old fashion BEATING! the boston celtics are nba champions with an 131-92 ass kicking of the lakers. the celtics led by four after one and turned it on afterwards. on june 17th, the celtics win their 17th nba championships and their first since 1986. paul pierce was named playoff mvp

nba finals game 5 the lakers hung on to win tonight 103-98 to send the series back to boston for game 6 tuesday night. the celtics lead the series 3-2.

lifelock 400 dale earnhardt jr snaps a 76 winless streak by barely winning in michigan today. survived a green-white-checkered finish by crossing a finish line on gas fumes - literally. got help with a caution at the end. i think there was a ton of relief on his part.

nba finals game 4 can you believe this one? the lakers had a 18 point halftime lead - and LOST. the celtics win 97-91 in los angeles tonight. ive been noticing that halftime leads are not safe. anyways game 5 is in los angeles on sunday night and boston can win the championship then. they're up 3 games to 1.

nba finals game 3 the lakers won game three in a close one, 87-81. i think were bound for a good series. boston still leads 2 games to 1 in the series. game four is in los angeles on thursday.

nba finals game 2 the celtics hung on for a 108-102 win over the lakers. the celtics were up by 12 at halftime and by 17 partway into the 4th, but the lakers came back to make a game of it. boston now leads the series 2-0 with game 3 in los angeles on tuesday night.

pocono 500 kasey kahne won this afternoon. there was pit strategy and cautions got that had the crew chiefs thinking strategy. point leader kyle busch finished 43rd after crashing, then spinning near the end. interesting race.

beginning of euro 2008 euro 2008 began with the czech republic defeating switzerland 1-0 in the opening match of europe's best soccer nations. turkey and portugal is now currently playing with the score tied at nil-nil (0-0). greece is the defending champion, winning it in 2004. update: portugal 2 turkey 0. thats it for day one of euro 2008

nba finals game 1 the boston celtics beat the los angeles lakers 98-88 in game one of the nba finals. i think this will be a long series by how close the game was. would you believe this is the 11th time these two teams have met in the finals? the lakers won the last one in 1987. game 2 is sunday night in boston.

stanley cup game 6 the detroit red wings are stanley cup champions with a 3-2 win in game 6 and a 4-2 series win. waht a game and what a series. kudos to the penguins on a great series and congrats to detroit for winning their 4th cup in 11 years. henrik zetterburgh won the conn smythe trophy as playoff mvp

stanley cup game 5 the pittsburgh penguins have beaten the red wings at 9:57 pf the 3rd overtime to stave off elimination and extend the series to wednesday night. peter sykora scored a powerplay goal to win it. detroit still leads the series 3-2. game 6 wednesday night.

bust buy 400 kyle busch wins AGAIN! his fourth win of the year after a solid run. he admitted he had a third place car, but he still won. his first win at the "monster mile" and he gets the monster trophy (the trophy is a replica of the main one outside the track and can hold an actual car in it. yes its huge) with a die cast replica of his winning car.