The great 8
This morning, Alexander Ovechkin became the greatest goal scorer in the NHL, scoring #895 in today's 4-1 loss to the New York Islanders. Like him or hate him, you gotta respect this. Congrats.
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Ebbets Field
From old time baseball photos. Here is a rare color photo of Ebbets Field from April 5, 1913. Brooklyn Dodgers beat the New York Yankees 3-2 in an exhibition game in front of 25000 people. Enjoy.
Kansas City municipal stadium
Kansas City Municipal Stadium was opened from 1923-1976. It was built for the Blues of the American Association. It also hosted the Monarchs of the Negro leagues, the A's (1955-1967) and the Royals (1969-1972). Also housed the Chiefs from 1963-1971. The Chiefs moved into Arrowhead Stadium for the 1972 season and the Royals moved into Royals (now Kauffman) stadium in 1973. Here is Municipal Stadium in Kansas City.
Ice hockey at the 1984 winter Olympics
This tournament was in Sarajevo Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina). Soviet Union won this tournament, winning their 6th gold. Czechoslovakia won the silver and Sweden won bronze. Canada finished 4th. Oldest team was Italy at 27 yrs 8 mths. Youngest was Canada at 21 yrs 6 mths. Soviet Union was 26 yrs 1 mth. Games were played at Zetra Olympic Hall and Skenderija Olympic Hall.
Add two more
Two more recently qualified for next year's world Cup. First is Iran. They lead group A in the Asian confederation and will finish top two. Second is Argentina. They lead the South America confederation and top six will qualify for next year's tournament. That's seven qualified.
Candlestick park
From old time baseball photos. This is Candlestick Park under construction from March 4th 1959. It was built on Candlestick Point. Cheers.
Kia Ora New Zealand
Hello New Zealand. New Zealand has qualified for the 2026 World Cup. Beat New Caledonia 🇳🇨 to win the OFC championship to qualify. That is five in. New Zealand, Japan, along with co-hosts Canada, Mexico and United States.
Three things
1. Happy first day of spring. It began at 3:01am Prince Albert time. Hopefully it gets nice and stays nice. 2. Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has been chosen as president of the IOC. First female to be president. 3. Japan has qualified for the 2026 FIFA world Cup. Qualified this morning. There's today's three things you're about to find out.
Happy St Patrick's Day
Happy St Patrick's Day. It's the time of year to wear green, drink green beer or pop and other green related stuff. Cheers and enjoy.