the mad sports man

the 2010 olympic posters appropriately time before canada day, the posters for the vancouver 2010 paralympic and olympic games. as seen, put side by side they form the maple leaf. cool eh.

rookie wins in louden - with a little rainy help yep, in his 20th nascar start, 19 year old rookie joey logano wins a rain shortened lenox industrial tools 301. his crew chief, greg zippadeli saw the rain coming and had logano stay out during a caution, and it worked. congrats to logano.

toyota save mart 350 kasey kahne held off tony stewart, marcos ambrose and jimmie johnson to win his first of the year. this one went to the green white checkered finish. great finish. next race is in louden new hampshire and the lenox industrial tools 301.

los angeles lakers nba champions the l.a. lakers are the 2009 nba champions with a 99-86 win in game five and wining the series four games to one. coach phil jackson wins his 10th championship (6 with chicago and 4 with the lakers) passing red auerbach for most championships as a coach. his 10 championships have been in the last 19 years. remarkable. kobe bryant got the bill russel trophy for playoff mvp.

pittsburgh penguins champs the pittsburgh penguins win the cup with a 2-1 win in game seven. maxime talbot scored both goals and evgeni malkin won the conn smythe trophy as playoff mvp. congrats to the pittsburgh penguins.

nba finals game four the l.a. lakers are one win from their 15th nba championship with a 99-91 win in overtime. orlando had a 12 point lead at halftime. the lakers had a great third quarter and it was even the rest of the way and into overtime where the lakers finished it off. the lakers lead the series three games to one. game five is sunday in orlando.

nba finals game three the orlando magic are back in the series with a 108-104 win over the lakers. two close games in a row. the lakers lead the series two games to one. game four is thursday in orlando.

stanley cup game 6 pittsburgh just won game six 2-1 to force a game seven on friday night. pittsburgh owned detroit in the first half of the game and it was even afterwards. goalies were outstanding. so frieday night ends the hockey season.

nba finals game 2 the lakers are up two games to none with a 101-96 in overtime over the magic. closer game this time. game three is tuesday in orlando.

pocono 500 tony stewart wins is first points race as a car owner and he won it with fuel strategy (something he has nevr cared for how ironic). jimmie johnson ran out of fuel on the front stretch and still crossed the finish line 7th. stewart increases his point lead to 71 over jeff gordon. atta bot tony

stanley cup game 5 the red wings just won game 5 5-0 over the penguins. three power play goals and pittsburgh lost their composure. chris osgood gets the shut out. detroit leads series three games to two. game six is tuesday in pittsburgh.

stanley cup game four plus nba finals underway pittsburgh just beat detroit 4-2 to even the stanley cup finals at two. pittsburgh got three goals in a span of five minutes to put them ahead. game five is saturday night in detroit. meanwhile the nba finals have finally begun and the lakers are ahead of the magic by 18 points with six minutes left in the third quarter. update later. update: lakers 100 magic 75. lakers up one game to none

we have a series now just like last year, detroit went to pittsburgh up two games. and just like last year, pittsburgh won game three. pittsburgh won 4-2 on evgeni malkins two goals and marc andre fleury stood on his head to preserve the win. detroit still leads the series two games to one. game four is thursday night in pittsburgh.