the mad sports man

 Wow. The Philadelphia Eagles put on a clinic, winning super bowl LIX 40-22. They had a 34-0 lead. Jalen Hurts is super bowl MVP. That's it for another NFL season. Let's get some baseball going.

 St John's Newfoundland and Labrador. Brad Gushue won the last time St John's had the Brier in 2017. I'm sure St John's will be party central. I hear they can party.

 This season had 21 teams and an 80 game schedule. Highlights include: 1. Division realignment happens and is geography based. 2. Playoff format changes. It becomes divisional replacing 1 v 16, 2 v 15 etc. 3. Wayne Gretzky: scores 50 goals in 39 games, records 212 points and scores 92 goals. 4. Philadelphia and Hartford wear cooperalls. 5. New York Islanders win 15 straight games. 6 miracle on Manchester happens (Los Angeles comes back from 5-0 down to win 6-5 at the forum). 6. April 7, Los Angeles and Edmonton score a playoff record 18 goals in a Los Angeles 10-8 win. 7.  October 10, Borje Salming is first European to record 500 points. 8. February 15, Tony Esposito records 13th straight season of 40 games played. Playoffs: DSF; Los Angeles 3 Edmonton 2, Vancouver 3 Calgary 0, Chicago 3 Minnesota 1, St Louis 3 Winnipeg 1, New York Islanders 3 Pittsburgh 2, New York Rangers 3 Philadelphia 1, Quebec 3 Montreal 2, Boston 3 Buffalo 1. DF; Vancouver 4 Los Angeles 1, Chicago 4 St L...

 Yup the 5000th post. Nearly 21 years of pure madness. And don't believe the groundhog. If you're in Canada and the northern States, you know winter won't end until April anyways. So there's post 5000.

 One of the few times you will see Exhibition Stadium and Skydome in the same shot. Enjoy 

 Today marks the lunar new year. It is the year of the snake. Hope the festivities went well.

 The 2026 Scotties tournament of hearts will be in Mississauga Ontario from January 23- February 1. The earlier start due to the Olympics that begin February 6th. This year's tournament is in Thunder Bay starting February 14.