its the end of february. bring on march the last day of the shortest month and a renewed excitement for spring. officialy three weeks from today if i remember right. time for the warm up and the melting of snow. oh yeah march also means baseball. that reminds me the edmonton cracker-cats are no longer. they are staying but they are getting a name change.there is a rename the team contest at www.baseballedmonton.com going. contest closes march 6th and the lucky winner will get to attend the may 21st opener in a luxury suite.
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hockey day in canada another saturday with all 6 canadian teams in action. this time campbellton new brunswick hosts this one. in the afternoon game, montreal beat ottawa 5-3. right now, toronto leads vancouver 2-1 going into the third period. at 8pm, its the battle of alberta with the flames visit the oilers. update: vancouver 3 toronto 2 (so) update 2: calgary 3 edmonton 2 (so) thats another hockey day in canada till next year
51st running of the daytona 500 matt kenseth has won the rain shortened daytona 500 after taking the lead and keeping it for seven laps. kyle busch had the dominating car leading 88 laps until he and ten other cars (including jimmie johnson. he finished 31st) got caught up in a wreck started by dale earnhard jr touching brian vickers car. so thats daytona. next week is california.
budweiser shootout kevin harvick won after a crazy end to a great race. this one went into overdrive and out of nowhere harvick moves to second, passes jamie mcmurray to take the lead and afterward a mass wreck ensued behind them. tony stewart avoided it to finish third. daytona 500 a week from tomorrow. great way to start wpeedweeks in daytona.
cracker cats news its official. the oilers bought the team from dan orlich. dont know the cost. i think now there is some optimism for the team now. orlich was not a goood owner. he never had the teams interest in mind, and it seemed no one wanted to work for him. hopefully now there will be some baseball minded people in the front office and out promoting the team. and hopefully more people at the ball park.
slack day tuesday after lazy monday im on the second of my two days off. watching mash from season 4. i have the last season of cheers here too. next tuesday i try to get season two of simon and simon. not too far the 2001 season of the red green show is released. gotta get my hands on that too. in due time of course.
pittsburgh steelers super bowl champions what a great finish to superbowl 43. down 20-7, arizona came back to go up 23-20. pittsburgh marched downfield and scored the game winning touchdown. final score pittsburgh 27 arizona 20. pittsburgh has become the first team to win 6 super bowls. santonio holmes was named game mvp. what a way to start february
a surprise and a favorite superbowl bound can you believe this? the arizona cardinal are making their first ever trip to the super bowl with a 32-25 win over the philadelphia eagles in the nfc. meanwhile in the afc the pittsburgh steelers are making their 7th appearance in the super bowl with a 23-14 win over the baltimore ravens. super bowl 43 is in two weeks
divisional sunday, onward to conference championships the pittsburghs steelers beat the san diego chargers 35-24 and will face the baltimore ravens next sunday in pittsburgh. meanwhile the philadelphia eagles knocked out the defending champs n.y.giants 23-11 and will go to arizona next sunday to face the cardinals.
divisional saturday the arizona cardinals are making their first ever trip to the nfc championship game by beating the carolina panthers 33-13. earlier today the baltimore ravens beat the tennessee titans in a close one, 13-10. so divisional saturdat was "for the birds." tomorrow its the philadelphia eagles @ the n.y. giants and the sandiego chargers @ the pittsburgh steelers.
canda wins gold x5 canada has just won its 5th straight gold medal with a 5-1 win over sweden in the gold medal game in ottawa. it was a good game all around. great job by the guys. earlier russia beat slovakia 5-2 to win bronze. so thats it for another year. next tournament is in saskatoon next year.
new years eve fireworks watching canada vs usa in the world jrs and this one has been a good one so far. its tied at four and its been a feisty one. later its the battle of alberta doubleheader with the oilers in calgary to play the flames and the hitmen here to play the oilkings. plus royal canadian air farce's final ever episode tonight. fun night already. update 1: canada 7 u.s. 4. canada goes to semi finals. u.s. goes to quarterfinals update 2: last chicken cannon target ever was the canadian party leaders and the canadian coalition attempt. update 3: calgary hitmen 4 edmonton oil kings 1. update 4: calgary flames 6 edmonton oilers 4. thats it for 2008. see ya in 2009