the mad sports man

end of november already wow november flew by. with the grey cup and the nascar championship and a whole bunch of football, it made for a great month. i guess the christmas shopping begins in earnest tomorrow, although it really began this past friday after u.s. thanksgiving. december brings christmas, hockey, football, and the world jr hockey championships. cant forget new years eve as well.

98th grey cup in edmonton the montreal allouettes just beat the saskatchewan roughriders 21-18 in a close game. montreal scored 13 unanswered points and forced saskatchewan to punt 8 times in the second hal. the riders got a touchdown late with four minutes left to make it close. darian durant had a pass intercepted to seal the win for montreal. jamal richardson was named grey cup mvp. and thus ends championship weeks.

nascar championship and cfl division final with a 2nd place finish and denny hamlin finishing 14th, jimmie johnson has won his 5TH CHAMPIONSHIP IN A ROW!!!!!!! chad knaus deserves the credit for it as well meanwhile in calgary, the riders knocked off the stampeders 20-16 in the west final on a cold and icy and snowy mcmahon stadium in calgary. while in montreal, the allouettes massacred the argos 48-17 in the east final. so it will be a rematch from last year as the riders face the alouettes for the grey cup at commonwealth stadium.

the beginning of "championship week" today marks the beginning of championship weeks featuring nascar practice and qualifying for the ford 400 in homestead. tomorrow, i believe is also practice. sunday is the ford 400, while in the cfl, its the west final between calgary and saskatchewan, and the east final between toronto and montreal. the winners go to edmonton for the 98th grey cup on the 28th. it will get exciting and fun.

racing at phoenix and racing to grey cup carl edwards snapped a lengthy winless drought by winning in phoenix. jimmie johnson finished 5th and denny hamlin finished 13 and still leads by 15 points. kevin harvik is third in points 46 points back. last race of the season is one week from today in homestead and the ford 400. meanwhile in saskatchewan the riders just knocked off the b.c. lions 41-38 in overtime to win the west semi final. they will go to calgary to face the stampeders next sunday. while in the east the toronto argonauts went to hamilton and beat the tiger-cats 16-13 to win the east semi final. they will go to montreal to face the alouettes in the east final next sunday.

monday musings so yesterday, denny hamlin won the AAA 500 in texas yesterday, and with jimmie johnsons 9th place finish, he took the points lead. he leads johnson by 33 points. next race is in phoenix on sunday. the CFL regular season ended yesterday. calgary and montreal finished first in their divisions and has the bye into the division finals. calgary will play either saskatchewn or b.c. they play sunday in saskatchewan. montreal will play either hamilton or toronto, who plays their division semi in hamilton. a great november already.

world series game 5 tim lincecum pitched 8 innings giving up a solo homer, edgar renteria hit a key 3 run homer and brian wilson pitched the 9th as the san francisco giants won their first world series in san francisco and their first since 1954 when they were in new york. renteria was also named playoff mvp. congrats to them.

world series game 4 the giants are a win away from the world series with a 4-0 win over the rangers. madison bumgardner pitched 8 scoreless innings and became the 4th youngest pitcher to start and win a world series game. brian wilson pitched a scoreless ninth. game 5 is tomorrow in arlington.

energy juice 500 after a last lap caution brought out when a.j. almendinger ended up upside down and rooled a couple times, clint bowyer was scored as the winner when he passed kevin harvick prior to the caution. points leader jimmie johnson finished 7th and has a 14 point lead over denny hamlin who finished 8th. kevin harvick is 34 back. next race is in texas and the AAA texas 500.

world series game 3 the texas rangers are back in the series with a 4-2 win over the giants. colby lewis of texas pitched 7 2/3 innings and gave up two solo home runs. neftali feliz got the save by striking out the side in the 9th. game four is tomorrow in arlington.

world series game two the giants are halfway to a world series championship with a 9-0 win over the texas rangers. matt cain pitched 7 2/3 scoreless innings and the giants scored 6 runs in the 8th inning to wrap it up. game three is in arlington, texas tomorrow night

world series game one san francisco takes a crazy game one 11-7. the giants bats knocked cliff lee out giving him the loss. tim lincecum hangs on for the win pitching 5 2/3 innings. game two is tomorrow in san francisco.

san francisco giant in game 6 juan uribe hit the winning run in the 8th inning with a solo homer and brian wilson got ryan howard looking at strike 3 to end the game as the san francisco giants win game 6 3-2 and the series 4 games to two. they will play the texas rangers in the world series starting wednesday night in san francisco.

texas rangers world series bound with a 6-1 win, the texas rangers are heading to the world series for the first time in franchise history. they beat the new york yankees in six games. in a way it was poetic justice that alex rodriguez, a former texas ranger, struck out to end the series. the rangers will start in either san francisco or philadelphia. game six is tomorrow night at 5pm with the giants leading three games to two.

alcs game 5 and nlcs game 4 the yankees are alive with a 7-2 win over the rangers. they still trail 3 games to 2. game six is friday in texas. meanwhile the giants are one win from the world series after beating the phillies 6-5. they lead three games to one. game five is tomorrow in san francisco

alcs game 4 and nlcs game 3 the texas rangers just blew out the yankees 10-3 and are on the verge of going to their first ever world series. so far the rangers have outscored the yankees 30-11. game 5 is tomorrow at yankee stadium meanwhile earlier today, the san francisco giants are up two games to none over the philadelphia phillies with a 3-0 win in san fran. matt cain got the win throwing 7 innings of two hit ball. game 4 is tomorrow in san fran.

alcs game 3 the texas rangers blew out the yankees 8-0 in game three of the series. cliff lee threw 1 strikeouts and held the yankees to two hits. andy pettite took the loss. game 4 is tomorrow in new york.

nlcs game two the phillies evened the series with a 6-1 win over the giants. roy oswalt pitched 8 innings and got 9 strikeouts. brent madsen pitched the 9th. game 3 is tuesday

bank of america 500 jamie macmurray passed kyle busch on the last restart with 19 to go and won in charlotte. kyle finished second, jimmie johnson finished third and added to his lead over denny hamlin, who finished fourth. great job to jamie mac. next race in martinsville on the 24th

alcs game 2 and nlcs game 1 earlier, texas beat the yankees 7-2 to even their series at one. didnt see the game. the rangers redeemed themselves immensely. game 3 is monday. right now the giants and phillies are on and its tied at one. update later. update: giants 4 phillies 3 tim licecum and roy halladay both threw 7 innings. lincecum gets win and halladay gets loss