the mad sports man

good grief, the end of february already february came and went already. so soon? lets see, ryan newman won the daytona 500 (yay for nascar season), spring training for baseball is in full swing with pre-season games bein g played already in florida and arizona, the super bowl won by the new york giants and oh yeah leap year with today being the extra day. february went by so fast i cant remember what else happened. march is almost here and it will be loads of fun.

auto club 500 carl edwards won the rain delayed race from fontana. he beat out jimmie johnson. they resumed on lap 88 after a lenthgy rain delay last night. last night the start was delayed by rain and it was red flag after a nasty crash. jeff gordon finished third

total lunar eclipse we have a total lunar eclipse happening in progress. the moon is now covered. it will last until 8:52.

50th running of the daytona 500 ryan newman wins his first carreer daytona 500 with a little help from kurt busch. a little bump draft on the backstretch got both drivers by tony stewart, who ended up third. a great finish.

woe it sucks to be sick i get sick just as it warms up. its not fun at all at the moment. i dont know how im getting through it. sleep works. sounds like a good idea.

saturday night special today is hockey day in canada this year coming from winkler manitoba. the morning game had toronto beat detroit 3-2 in overtime. in calgary, the flames beat the oilers 4-1 while the senators beat the canadiens 6-1 in ottawa for the 5pm games. right now colorado is leading vancouver 5-1 after 2 periods. meanwhile in daytona, dale earnhardt jr won the budweiser shootout to begin speedweeks. he wins his first race with his new team. update: colorado 6 vancouver 2. another edition of hockey day in canada until next year.

happy chinese new year - a day late yesterday was chinese new year thus beginning the year of the rat. there will be festivities in the mall this weekend in chinatown. so happy new year. today also marks 6 months to the beijing olympics.

super bowl XLII the new york giants have just won super bowl 42 and ended new englands chance at a perfect season with a 17-14 victory in glendale arizona.

watching hockey and other stuff right now im watching dallas @ calgary on cbc and eating a freezie left over from the summer. toronto beat ottawa in the first game of the doubleheader 4-2. i can relax after finishing my laundry earlier. its scoreless in calgary at the moment.