the mad sports man

55th running of the daytona 500 jimmie johnson has just won his second career daytona 500 in what was a great race.  jimmie started 9th in this race.  his first 500 win was in 2006, where he also started 9th.  and won a championship that year as well.  congrats to jimmie, crew chief chad knaus and the crew for the win.

long weekend break its the family day  weekend here.   first family day weekend was in 1989, thanks to then premier don getty.   some families will be out having fun like skating at hawrelak park.  its always good to have a monday off.  it will feel weird to have a monday off but im looking forward to it.  enjoy.

one year to go........ ...... to the 2014 winter olympics in sochi, russia.  they have had some test events there already - i.e. skiing.  the final qualifications for hockey is underway.  three spots on the mens side and two spots on the womens side are up for grabs.  looking forward to the games.  cbc will have coverage of those games in canada.

baltimore ravens super bowl champions. the ravens survived a san francisco comeback and won super bowl 47 34-31.  it was looking like a blowout at halftime, then as the third quarter started jacoby jones ran a record tying 108 yard kickoff return for a touchdown to make it 28-6.  then the most bizarre thing happened - half the superdome lights went out, causing a 35 minute delay.  that benefitted the 49ers as they scored 17 points in jsut over four minutes after the delay.  by the end of it, the ravens win it  quite the second half.  congrats to the ravens.