the mad sports man

end of november already. cant believe it's the end of november. still trying to figure out where it went. let's see what happened. 1. jimmie johnson wins third straight nascar championship. 2. calgary stampeders wins the 96th edition of the grey cup. 3. it snowed twice and disappeared twice. although its supposed to cool off and snow in the next couple of days. on to december we go.

96th grey cup in montreal the calgary stampeters just beat the montreal allouettes 22-14 in the 96th edition of the grey cup. the calgary defense was huge in the second half holding montreal to one point. calgary's touchdown late in the first half i think was the turning poing. sandro deangelis was named most valuable canadian and henry burris was named most valueable player. so theres another cfl season.

jimmie johnson 3 in a row champion with a 15th place finish, jimmie johnson has won his third championship in a row and chad knaus became the first crew chief ti win 3 in a row. last driver to win thre straight championships was cale yarborough in 1976-77-78

cfl division final saturday it will be the montreal alouettes and the calgary stampeders for the grey cup. the alouetes beat the eskimos 36-26 in the east final. in the west the stampeders beat the lions 22-18 to go to the grey cup. so the 96th grey cup will be nov.23 in montreal. a "home game" for the als. im guessing it will be sold out

jimmie johnson wins in phoenix, closer to history ji mmie johnson won his 7th race in phoenix by beating out kurt busch by a couple of car lengths. the win plus carl edwards finishing fourth moves johnson 141 points ahead of edwards. with the finale in homestead on sunday, johnson needs to finish 36th or better to win the championship. if he does he will be the first driver since cale yarborough in the late '70s to win three championships in a row.

cfl division semi final saturday the edmonton eskimos, who finished 4th in the west and got the crossover spot (by virtue of having more points than the third and 4th place team in the east), beat the winnipeg blue bombers 29-21 in the east semi final. they play the montreal allouettes in the east final next saturday. meanwhile in regina, the b.c. lions beat the saskatchewan roughriders 33-12 and will go to calgary to play the stampeders in the west final, also next saturday. can you believe it? last years grey cup finalists are out. with the riders out, there will be new grey cup champs.

barack obama the 44th united states president barack obama has become the first african american to become president of the united states. with cnn projections pegging him winning 297 electoral votes (270 needed) and beating john mccain convincingly, even with the popular votes close. he will be sworn in on january 20th 2009.

carl edwards wins in texas carl edward won his 8th race of the year and it took fuel mileage for the umpteenth time. jimmie johnson finished 15th and his points lead is now 106. this chase is nowhere year over. there two races left - phoenix and homestead. it will be a great finish

welcome to november november is what i call championship month because of 1. the nascar championship and 2. the grey cup. the run starts this weekend with the last weekend of the cfl regular season and the final three races to determine a championship. gonna be a great finishe in both ways