the mad sports man

in group A, the U.S. beat Denmark 4-1 to finish second in their group. meanwhile Sweden just beat Canada 5-2 to finish group A. Sweden finishes first with 12 points, the U.S. with 9, then Canada with 5, then Denmark with three then Switzerland with one. in group B, Russia beat out Slovakia 2-1 and Finland won a good one over the Czech Rep 5-4. Russia finishes first with 11 pts, then Finland with 9, then Cezch Rep with 7, then Slovakia with three and Belarus with none. the quarter final matchups are set. the quarter finals are January 2nd and features: Denmark vs Russia at 5am, Sweden vs Slovakia at 7am, Canada vs Finland at 9am and United States vs Czech Rep at 11am. all times Edmonton time.

day five has come to an end and it ended with the United States thumping 10-1. Switzerland will be facing Belarus in a best of three relegation round. earlier in group A Sweden blanked Denmark 5-0 and will finish first in group A. the U.S. is second with 6 pts, Canadat with 5, Denmark with 3 and Switzerland will finish last with 1 point, now that their tournament is done. in group B, Finland beat Slovakia 8-3, while the Czech Republic beat Belarus 5-3. Russia leads group B with 8 points, then Czech rep with 7, Finland with 6, Slovakia with 3 and Belarus with none. Belarus is also done with their tournament. Switzerland and Belarus will play for relegation, and Sweden will be facing Slovakia in one quarter final match up. the rest of the matchups will be decided tomorrow in the last day of round robin. tomorrows schedule has Denmark vs United States, Canada vs Sweden, Russia vs Slovakia and Finland vs Czech Republic. gonna be an interesting day.

Canada beat a competitive Switzerland 3-2 in a shoot out. Switzerland played real well throughout and even went up 2-0 after fifteen minutes. Canada finally got their legs going afterwards, got one late in the first, then tied it in the second. Canada won it in the shootout. Sweden still leads group A with 6 points, then Canada with 5, then the U.S. snd Denmark with three then Switzerland with one. in group B, Russia beat Belarus 4-1. two powerplay goals helped the result. Russia leads group B with 8 pts, then Czech rep with 4, then Finland and Slovakia with 3, then Belarus with none. tomorrow has Sweden vs Denmark, USA vs Switzerland, Slovakia vs Finland and Czech Rep vs Belarus. until then, later.

the Denver Broncos are into the post season with a 20-17 win over Cincinnati. they were trailing 14-0 early, but made the come back. they set themselves up for winning the AFC West division with either a win or a Kansas City loss. but that is for Sunday.

what a day three. Sweden beats the United States 1-0 despite being outplayed and outshot. wow. Canada rounds out group A with a 6-1 win over Denmark. Sweden leads the group with 6 points. the U.S. Canada and Denmark are in a three way tie with 3 points and Switzerland is last with zero. in group B, Russia rallied from 1-3 down to hang on and beat Finland 6-4. Czech rep beat Slovakia 2-0 in the other group b game. Russia leads the group with 5 points. Czech Rep had 4, Finland and Slovakia have three and Belarus has none. tomorrows games has Canada vs Switzerland and Belarus vs Russia. that is it for today

the Minnesota Vikings are in the playoffs after a rather convincing 49-17 win over the N.Y. Giants that wraps up all the NFC playoff spots. the Vikings will play the Packers for the NFC North next Sunday night in Green Bay.

by beating Green Bay 38-8, the Arizona Cardinals earned the NFC's second and final first round bye. they join the Carolina Panthers with the first round bye. no playoff clinches this afternoon. Minnesota can earn the NFC's last playoff spot with a win over the Giants tonight.

with the Pittsburgh Steelers losing, the Cincinnati Bengals have claimed the AFC North title, themselves not playing until tomorrow. also with the Steelers loss, plus their win over the Cleveland Browns, the Kansas City Chiefs clinched a playoff spot in the AFC. that makes two divisions and three spots left there. we will see who else joins Kansas City and Cincinnati this afternoon.

Denmark just scored a huge win over Switzerland, winning 2-1. it is Denmark's second ever world juniors win. (first won was last year over Switzerland and first in regulation). Denmark is in a three way tie with Sweden and the U.S. with three points win and Canada and Switzerland have no points. Switzerland has played two games to Canada's one. in group B, Slovakia beat Belarus 4-2 and sits tied for first in that group with Finland. Russia has two points, Czech Rep. has one and Belarus has none. that's it for today. tomorrow has Sweden vs the U.S. and Canada vs Denmark in group A and Slovakia vs Czech Rep and Russia vs Finland in group B.

the Washington Redskins are NFC Eastern division champs after a 38-24 win in Philadelphia over the Eagles. all they had to do was win and they did that. that clinched the 4th seed in the NFC. congrats.

its opening day of the world junior hockey tournament. Canada loses to the U.S. 4-2 to cap the evening. pretty even. the last two U.S. goals were scored on a deflection of a Canadian stick and the goaltender not closing his legs quick enough. the U.S. had the play advantage i thought. the u.s. and Sweden lead group A with three points - Sweden beat Switzerland 8-3. Canada and Switzerland with no points. in group B, Russia beat the Czech Republic 2-1 in the shoot out and Finland blew out Belarus 6-0. Finland leads group B with three points, Russia with two, Czech Rep with one and Belarus with none. tommorow has Denmark vs Switzerland and Belarus vs Slovakia. that is it for day one

at 9:48pm MST, the beginning of winter will commence. the shortest daylight hours of the year. after today, the daylight hours will get longer and longer. and on Friday, there will be a full moon. a full Christmas moon. first full Christmas moon since 1977. the next one, if i heard it right, will be in 2039. wow.

the Arizona Cardinals are NFC West division champions after blowing out Philadelphia 40-17. wasn't much of a contest in this game. no first round bye for them yet. stay tuned for more clinches next weekend.

the Cincinnati Bengals are in the playoffs after beating San Francisco 24-14. pretty much all they had to do to get into the playoffs. meanwhile the Patriots picked up a first round bye after Denver lost to Pittsburgh 34-27. we are getting into the serious meat and potatoes of the playoff run. who will get in, who will win their division and who will just miss out? stay tuned

by beating Cleveland 30-13, the Seattle Seahawks are into the playoffs - coupled with Tampa Bay and the Giants both losing. they will get their chance to defend their NFC championship. more playoffs spots to come

the Green Bay Packers are in the playoffs without hardly playing. with the N.Y. Giants and Tampa Bay Bucaneers both losing, the Packers got in. (Giants lost to Panthers in a thriller by the way). hopefully more to come later.

the N.Y. Giants hand the Patriots an early Christmas gift by beating Miami 31-24 and giving New England their 7th straight AFC East title a Christmas card and a thank you card is in order. next week, more playoff scenarios and possibilities

the New England Patriots are in the playoffs with a 27-6 win in Houston over the Texans. not much of a doubt. the Patriots can win the AFC East with a Miami Dolphins loss to the N.Y. Giants tomorrow (in a strength of victory situation with the Jets - i don't get it). on top of this, the Panthers have a first round bye after blowing out the Atlanta Falcons this afternoon 38-0. so there.

in a tight game, the Arizona Cardinals are into the post season with a 23-20 win over Minnesota. the win was all they needed. they can win the NFC West with a Seattle Seahawks loss on Sunday.

the Carolina Panthers are NFC South champions, and they didn't have to play a down. that is because the Tampa Bay Buccaneers helped them out by beating the Atlanta Falcons 23-19 early this afternoon, before the Panthers kicked off. congrats to the Panthers.

it was a close one, but the Edmonton Eskimos are the grey cup champions with a 26-20 win in Winnipeg over the Ottawa REDBLACKS. it was an offensive shootout in the first half and a defensive battle in the second half. Ottawa went up 13-0 after two possesions. it was 26-7 Edmonton after. it is Edmonton's 14th championship. Mike Reilly was the most valuable player for the grey cup. Shamawd Chambers was most outstanding Canadian. congrats to the Edmonton Eskimos - 2015 grey cup champions

its a rematch of the 1981 grey cup as the Ottawa REDBLACKS and Edmonton Eskimos are heading for the grey cup (Ottawa was known as the Rough Riders). the Eskimos just dominated the west final, despite allowing two touchdowns to Calgary. final was 45-31. earlier, Ottawa won a thriller at home against Hamilton, winning 35-28. so the 103rd grey cup in Winnipeg is set. Ottawa vs Edmonton on the 29th at 4pm

the Calgary Stampeders are coming north for the west final after convincingly beat the B.C. Lions 35-9. it was a slow start, but a coaches challenge resulting in an overturned call started the domination. the Stampeders will now face the Eskimos in Edmonton on the 22nd. that will be a good one.

the Hamilton Tiger Cats win a thriller at Tim Hortons field as they beat the Toronto Argonauts 25-22. Justin Medlock hit the game wining field goal on the last drive of the game, helped by a key roughing the passer penatly to Toronto. Jeremaiah Massoli wins in his first playoff start. Hamilton will go to Ottawa to face the REDBLACKS on the 22nd in the Eastern final. next up B.C. at Calgary.

the only meaningful game in the final regular season weekend ended a while ago and it was the Ottawa REDBLACKS beating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 44-28 to claim first in the east at 12-6. they will be hosting the east final game. Hamilton and Toronto finished with 10-8 records but Hamilton will finish second based on winning all three of their meeting against Toronto. Hamilton will host the east semi final game. meanwhile in the west, Edmonton played their last regular season last weekend and won it, giving them first in the west at 14-4. they will host the west final against Calgary or B.C. Calgary will be hosting the west semi final against B.C. Calgary and B.C. is playing now in B.C. (in an interesting twist and the west semi preview). even if Calgary wins and ends up at 14-4 with Edmonton, Edmonton wins tiebreak base on winning two of three games against Calgary. soooo, Toronto at Hamilton in the east semi on November 15th and B.C. at Calgary in the west semi also on the 15th.

the Royals are world series champions after winning game 5 7-2 in 12 innings and the series 4 games to one. 5 runs in the top of the 12th started with Christian Colon's rbi hit and kept going. first world series since 1985. Luke Hochevar with the win and Addison Reed with the loss. Salvador Perez was named world series MVP and won a 2016 Chevy Camero. he was also the first catcher to win MVP since 1992 when Pat Borders of the Blue Jays won it. congrats to the Kansas City Royals

the Royals are a win away from the world series after winning game 4 5-3. Michael Comforta helped put the Mets up 3-1 with two homers. the Royals got one back in the 6th, then put three in the 8th inning, aided by a Daniel Murphy error and a Mike Moustakas rbi base hit to put the Royals up for good. Ryan Madson got the win for the Royals, Tyler Clippard with the loss and Wade Davis with a two inning save, helped by a huge double play to end the game where the Royals third baseman caught a broken bat liner. the runner on first got caught halfway to second when the ball was caught was thrown out at first to end it. the Royals are up 3-1 in the series and can win it tomorrow night in New York.

the Mets get their first win of the series with a convincing 9-3 win in New York. Curtis Granderson and David Wright each had a two run home run. Wright also had a 2 run base hit. Wright became the first met to score four rbi's in a world series game since Rusty Staub got five in the 1973 series against Oakland. Noah Syndergaard struggled the first two innings, then settled down and owned the Royals. he eventually got the win. Yorlando Ventura took the loss. Royals lead series 2-1. game four in New York tomorrow night.

Alcides Escobar hit an rbi single and Eric Hosmer hit a two run single in a four run fifth as the Royals win game two 7-1. Johnny Cueto picked up the win and Jacob DeGrom took the loss. the Royals look to go three up on Friday night as the series shifts to New York for game three.

the Royals take the opening game of the world series with a 5-4 win in 14 innings. the longest game one in world series history in innings (14) and in time (5h 9m). game one of the 2000 series won by the Yankees over the Mets was the previous longest with 12 innings. Alcides Escobar opened the game with an inside the park home run on the first pitch. last inside the park homer on the first at bat was 1929 when George "Mule" Haas did it. Curtis Granderson of the Mets had the go ahead homer in the 5th, but Alex Gordon tied it in the 9th. the Royals had two chances in the 12th and 13th. the loaded the bases and Eric Hosmer won it with a sac fly to right. Chris Young got the win while Bartolo Colon took the loss. game two is in Kansas City tomorrow night.

the Royals are going to their second straight world series after beating the Jays 4-3 in game six and the series four games to two. Eric Hosmer drove in Lorenzo Cain on a base hit for the winning run in the eighth inning. Wade Davis picked up the series clinching win while Roberto Osuna took the loss. the Royals will face the Mets in the world series starting on the 27th

the New York Mets are heading for the world series after beating the Cubs 8-3 in game four and sweeping the series four straight. Daniel Murphy hit a home run in a record seting sixth straight game. Lucas Duda hit a three run homer in the first and was responsible for driving in five of the first six games. it's the Mets first world series trip since 2000 when they lost to the Yankees in five games that year (the subway series). Bartolo Colon picked up the series clinching win, while Jason Hammel took the loss. they will face the Jays or Royals starting on the 27th. congrats to the Mets.

the Jays force a game six after winning game 5 7-1. troy tulowitzki hit a key 3 run double in the sixth to blow it open. Marco Estrada earned the win while Edinson Volquez took the loss. game six is Friday in Kansas City.

the Mets are a win away from the world series after winning game three 5-2 and now up three games to none series lead. Daniel Murphy has now hit a home run in five straight games. Jacob DeGrom with the win, Trevor Cahill with the loss and Jeurys Familia with the save. game 4 is tomorrow night in Chicago.

the Royals scored early and in bunches as they cruise to a 14-2 win in game 4 in Toronto. 4 in the first and 7th and three in the 8th did most of the damage. R.A.Dickey took the loss while Luke Hochevan picked up the win. the Royals can wrap up the series in Toronto tomorrow afternoon.

the Jays got to Johnny Cueto early and often in the first three innings. the Royals made a game of it in the 9th. all in all, the Jays win 11-8 in game three. Troy Tulowitzki, Josh Donaldson and Ryan Goins homered. Marcus Stroman got the win and Johnny Cueto took the loss. Royals are up 2 games to one. game 4 is tomorrow in Toronto.

the Mets are up two games to none as they beat the Cubs 4-1 at Citi Field in New York. Daniel Murphy hit a home run in his 4th straight game and broke a team record by hitting his 5th homer in the post season. Noah Syndergaard takes the win, Jake Arrieta takes the loss and Jeurys Familia picked up the save. game three is in Chicago on Tuesday night.

in the ALCS, the Royals scored five runs in the 7th inning to come from behind and beat the Jays 6-3. a pretty good comeback. Danny Duffy with the win, David price with the loss and Wade Davis with the save. game three is Monday in Toronto. in the NLCS. the Mets beat the Cubs 4-2. Matt Harvey with the win, Jon Lester with the loss and Jeurys Familia with the save. game two is tomorrow in New York.

the Royals have opened the ALCS with a 5-0 win in Kansas City. Lorenzo Cain extended his own personal hit streak with an rbi single in the 3rd to open the scoring and got to the Toronto bull pen. Edinson Volquez with the win and Marco Estrada with the loss. game 2 is tomorrow afternoon in Kansas City.

the Mets are going to the NLCS after beating the Dodgers 3-2 in game five and the series 3-2 in Los Angeles. the Mets will face the Cubs for the right to go to the world series. David Murphy hit the eventual game winning homer wit ha solo shot in the 6th. Jacob DeGrom gets the win, Zack Greinke gets the loss and Jeurys Familia got the save. the Mets and Cubs will start the NLCS Saturday in New York

the Royals will be facing the Blue Jays after beating the Astros convincingly 7-2 in game five. Johnny Cueto got the wi and Collin McHugh took the loss. game one is Friday in Kansas City.

this game will be rememberd for the 7th inning. with the score tied at two in the top of 7, Shin Soo-Choo batting, Russell Martin, threw the ball back to the pitcher, but in doing so the ball hit Shin's bat, making the ball live. the runner on third on a heads up play ran home to score after the home plate ump waved the play dead. it went to review and the run counted. (any ball that hits the bat is considered live) the Jasy manager played the rest of the game under protest. now the bottom of the 7th. three straight Texas defensive errors, a bloop single and Jose Bautista's three run homer ended the insanity. the 7th ended Jays 6 Rangers 3. and that is how game five ended. the Jays await the winner of the Astros vs Royals game. that game will decide the ALCS. Aaron Sanchez got the win, Cole Hamels took the loss and Roberto Osuna got the save. game one of the ALCS is Friday.

the Dodgers have forced a game five after a 3-1 win in New York. Clayton Kershaw pitches 7 innings for the win. Steven Matz picked up the loss and Kenley Jansen got the save. game 5 is Thursday in Los Angeles.

three home runs was enough for the Cubs to beat the Cardinals 6-4 to win game 4 and the series 3-1 and will go to the NLCS against the Mets or Dodgers. it is the first time that Wrigley Field has had a Cubs series clinching win. Trevor Cahill got the win, Kevin Siegrist got the loss and Hector Rondon with the save. the Cubs will start the NLCS on the road.

the Mets are one win away after winning a slugfest 13-7. Yeonis Cespedes hit a three run homer that ended up in the second deck at Citi Field. Matt Harvey was the winning pitcher, while Brett Anderson picked up the loss. the Mets lead the series 2-1. game four is tomorrow in New York.

the Cubs are a win away from the NLCS after hanging on to beat the Cardinals 8-6. Jake arrieta picked up the win, and Michael Wacha got the loss. game four is in Chicago tomorrow.

the Blue Jays have evened the series at two games a peice after beating the Rangers 8-4. Josh Donaldson and Chris Colabello each homered in the first ining to provide the start. R.A. Dickey started and David Price ended up with the save after pitching 4 innings of relief. Derek Holland ended up with the loss. game five is Wednesday in Toronto.

trailing 6-2, the Royals scored 5 in the 8th and 2 in the 9th to beat the Astros 9-6 to even the series at two games. Ryan Madson got the win, Tony Sipp picked up the loss and Wade Davis earned the save. the series finale is Wednesday in Kansas City.

Troy Tulowitzki broke out of a slump and hit a key three run homer as the Blue Jays win game three 5-1 over the Rangers. Marco Estrada picked up the win and Martin Perez got the loss. the Rangers still lead the series 2-1. game 4 is tomorrow in Arlington.

The Houston Astros are a win away from their first ALCS after defeating the K.C. Royals 4-2 in Houston. Dallas Keuchel picked up the win, Edinson Volquez got the loss and Luke Gregerson got his second save. game four is in Houston tomorrow.

the L.A. Dodgers have evened the series at one wit ha 5-2 in in L.A. four runs in the 7th did it. Zack Greinke picked up the win, Noah Syndergaard gets the loss and Kenley Jensen picked up the save. game three is Monday in New York.

a five run second propelled the Chicago Cubs to a 6-3 win in St. Louis over the Cardinals. Travis Wood claimed the win, Jaime Garcia took the loss and Hector Rondon earned the save. game three is in Chicago on Monday

David Wright's two run single in the seventh proppelled the New York Mets to a 3-1 win in Los Angeles over the Dodgers. Clayton Kershaw went 6+ innings in the Dodgers loss. Jacob Degrom picked up the. Jevrys Familia got the save. game two is tomorrow in L.A.

the St.Louis Cardinals take the first game of their NLDS series 4-0 over the Chicago Cubs. Jim Lackey got the win, pitching 7.1 innings of two hit ball. three runs in the 8th blew it open. Jon Lester got the loss. game two is tomorrow in St.Louis.

Kansas City was at one point trailing 4-2. they score two to tie it in the 6th and Ben Zobrist scored an rbi single to put the Royals ahead for good as the Royals beat the Astros 5-4 to even the series at one. Kelvin Herrera got the win, Will Harris got the loss and Wade Davis got the save to close out the game. Game three is in Houston on Sunday.

this was a pretty decent game, but the Rangers beat the Blue Jays 6-4 in 14 innings. Hanser Alberto's base hit scored the go ahead run and got a review go their way. Keone Kela got the win, LaTroy Hawkings took the loss and Ross Ohlendorf picked up the save. game 3 is in Alrington Texas on Sunday.

the Houston Astros draw first blood, winning game 1 5-2 in Kansas City. Colby Springer and Colby Rasmus provided the offense for Houston, while Kendrys Morales scored both run via the home run. first Royals multi homer game since 1985 when George Brett did it. Collin McHugh picked up the win, Yorlando Ventura got the loss and Luke Gregerson picked up the save. game two is in Kansas City tomorrow. first pitch approx. 1:45 Edmonton time

The Texas Rangers took the opening game of the ALDS winning 5-3 in Toronto. the 8th and 9th hitters in the Rangers lineup were responsible for four of the runs. Yovani Gallardo got the win, while David Price took the loss. Sam Dyson picked up the save. game two is tomorrow at 10:30 am in Toronto.

the Chicago Cubs are into the NLDS after a 4-0 win in Pittsburgh. Kyle Schwarber and Dexter Fowler provided the offence. it got heated in the 7th when Jake Arrieta got hit by a pitch and the benches emptied. Arrieta got the win while Gerrit Cole got the loss. the Cubs will go to St. Louis to face the Cardinals starting Friday night

the Houston Astros will be facing the Kansas City Royals in the ALDS after shutting out the New York Yankees 3-0 at Yankee stadium. Dallas Keucher got the win, Masahiro Tanaka got the loss, and Luke Grandersen picked up the save. the Astros and Royals start Thursday night in Kansas City.

the Texas Rangers are A.L. West champs after beating the L.A. Angels 9-2 and at the same time eliminating the Angels and putting the Houston Astros. the Astros lost to the Arizona Diamondback, thus sending them to Yankee Stadium to play the Yankees in the wild card game on the 6th. the winner will face the Kansas City Royals in one ALDS series, while the Rangers will face the Toronto Blue Jays, starting in Toronto. both those series start on the 8th. meanwhile in the National League, the matchups are already set. the Pittsburgh Pirates will face the Chicago Cubs in the National League wild card on the 7th in Pittsburgh. the winner will go to St.Louis for one NLDS series matchup starting on the 9th. the Mets and Dodgers also start on the 9th with the series starting in Los Angeles. the post season is here.

Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals has just threw his second no hitter of the season in a 2-0 win over the New York Mets. he struck out 17 batters in the process, including nine in a row. he also didn't walk a batter. only an error ruined the perfect game. congrats.

by beating the L.A. Angels 5-3, the Texas Rangers have secured themselves a playoff spot. the Angels are still in the wild card hunt with the Houston Astros and Minnesota Twins. the Rangers can win the division with a win or a Houston loss. stay tuned.

with a 4-1 win over Boston, the New York Yankees are heading for the playoffs as a wild card entrant. on a nearly damp night. also the franchises 10,000 win. who will they face in the wild card? stay tuned.

the St. Louis Cardinals are the N.L. Central division champions for the third year in a row after thumping the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-1 in the second game of their double header. this also gives the Pirates the wild card spot. so it will be the Pirates and the Chicago Cubs in the wild card game October 7th while St Louis has home field through out the National League playoffs. so congrats to the Cardinals

the Toronto Blue Jays have just won the A.L. East division title after a convincing 15-2 win in Baltimore over the Orioles. first title in 22 years. Ryan Goins became the first Jays shortstop to get 5 hits. Marcus Stroman pitched 8 excellent innings and LaTroy Hawkins closed it out in the ninth. they do have another game tonight as this was the first game of a double header so the celebration will be short. they wil host the first two games of the ALDS. congrats to the Jays

the Los Angeles Dodgers are N.L. west champions after an 8-0 win in San Francisco. Clayton Kershaw threw a one hitter in the process. all the Dodgers had to do was to beat the Giants to claim the division and they did going away. congrats to the Dodgers.

with a 10-2 win, the New York Mets are N.L. East champions, their first division since 2006. meanwhile in Toronto, the Blue Jays won a slugfest over Tampa Bay 10-8, putting them into the postseason for the first time since their world series win in 1993. congrats to both. Toronto's magic number for the division is 5.

a San Francisco Giants loss to the Oakland A's not only eliminated the defending world series champs from post season, but it put the Chicago Cubs into post season as well. so we will have new world series champions. tomorrow the New York Mets and Toronto Blue Jays could be playoff bound. the Mets could win the division with a win or Washington loss. the Jays could clinch a berth with a win or an Los Angeles Angels loss. that is tomorrow.

with a 10-4 win over Seattle, and Minnesota losing to Cleveland, the Kansas City Royals are A.L. Central division champs. i think that is how good they were this year. an 11 game lead with 10 games left. it is their first division crown since 1985. they are the first team to clinch a division this year. congrats

the Pittsburgh Pirates have joined the St. Louis Cardinals in reaching post season baseball. they beat out Colorado today 13-7 to get there. they sit four games behind St. Louis for the division. that should be a good one. meanwhile, early this morning marked the arrival of the autumn equinox - or the end of summer and the beginning of fall. and it has looked like it. mmmm i love fall - until it gets cold and the snow flies. but that is another time.

Jake Peavy of the San Francisco Giants helped tie a club record for amount of pitchers who hit a home run in one season. he was the fifth one who has done so. Giants pitchers have combined for 9 home runs

Bryce Harper put up a line that hasnt't been seen since 1914. he made four appearances to the plate and not one was an official at bat. he was walked all four times, scored a run all four time and one of his walks produced a run. so the line looks like this: 0-0, 4BB, 4R, 1RBI. so there is that

Jake Arrieta threw 116 pitches - 80 of them strikes as he no hits the Los Angeles Dodgers as the Chicago Cubs win 2-0. Arrieta struck out 12 and walked one, while the Cubs also had a fielding error. wow two batters from a perfect game. this is the second time in 10 days the Dodgers got no hit. the Astros no hit them a week ago Friday. wow. that is now six no hitters this year. congrats to Jake Arrieta.

Matt Kemp gave the San Diego Padres its first ever cycle in a 9-5 win in Colorado. he completed the cycle with a triple in the top of the 9th. it took 7443 franchise games, but there is the first. way to go.

Hisashi Iwakuma of the Seattle Mariners completed a no hitter as the Mariners beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-0. Iwakuma threw 116 pitches, 77 for strikes. he had 7 strike outs and allowed three walks. it is the Mariners 5th no hitter. the last M's no hitter was the last American League no hitter, in August 2012 when Felix Hernandez threw a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays. Iwakuma became the second Japanese pitcher to throw a no hitter. the first was Hideo Nomo. so congrats to Hisashi Iwakuma

this is a first in major league baseball. there were 15 games last night and all 15 home teams won. never been done. home teams have won all games before, but with less games scheduled (11-0, 8-0 and a 7-0 in there), but this is a first with a full schedule.

Beijing China. they were just awarded the 2022 winter games at the 128th IOC session in Malaysia. the announcement was made just moments ago, beating out Almaty Kazakhstan. the votes will be unveiled later. Beijing will be the first city to host a winter and a summer games (2008 for the summer). congrats

its the last day of the pan am games in Toronto and Canada did pretty well. the U.S. finished first in the medal standings with 265, then Canada in second. with one event remaining and Canada not in it, they will finish with 217 medals (78 gold - a national record, 69 silvers - a national record and 70 bronze - 4th best) the 217 medals are also a national record. pretty good results.

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels pitched a no hitter as the Phillies shut out the Chicago Cubs 5-0. he walked two and struck out 13. the no hitter is his first one. first time the Cubs were no hit was Sept. 9 1965 when Sandy Koufax threw a perfect game. last time Wrigley Field saw a no hitter when Cubs Milt Pappas did the feat in Sept 2, 1972.

the official Tokyo 2020 logo that was unveiled earlier today. thoughts anyone? UPDATE: the logo has been dropped and will be looking for a new one http://cbc.sh/KPziFCP

this wasn't even close. the United States scored 4 goals in the first 16 minutes en route to a 5-2 win over Japan. Carli Lloyd scored three of the four goals within those 16 minutes. they have their redemption over Japan from when they lost to them in 2011. congrats to the U.S.

this one went into 30 minutes of extra time. England got the only goal of the game on a penalty kick and will finish third defeating Germany 1-0. a bit of redemtion after losing in the semi final on a heartbreaker of an own goal on the last possible minute. hopefully Laura Bassett feels a little better.

unveiled today. whaddaya think?

Japan ended up winning 2-1 over England to advance to Sunday's championship game against the United States in Vancouver. with the loss, England will face Germany for third place on Saturday at Edmonton. the last two games of the tournament are upon us.

happy 148th birthday Canada day. it was Dominion day until the early 1980s, when it was changed to Canada day. there will be celebrations all over Canada. so wear your red and white and enjoy the day

the United Stated capped of another clean sheet, beating Germany 2-0 in the first semi final game. they haven't been scored on since the first game of the tournament. they will face the winner of the Japan vs England game, while Germany plays the loser. Japan vs England is tomorrow

in the early game Japan beat Australia 1-0 to advance to the semi finals. they will be playing England, who just knocked out host Canada 2-1. Japan vs England is Canada day Wednesday, while the U.S. plays Germany on Tuesday. should make for a good semi final.

Carli Lloyd got the only goal in the 51st minute as the U.S beats China 1-0 and will face Germany in the semi finals on June 30th tomorrow has Australia vs Japan at 2pm and Canada vs England at 5:30pm. winners play in the other semi final on July 1st.

this went the distance and needed some extra time. e.t. solved nothing. Germany and France settled their quarter final game by penalty kicks. germany won it 5-4. Germany is now in the semi final. they will be playing China or the United States. they are on now.

this turned out to be a heck of a game. Ottawa just beat Montreal 20-16 to earn their first ever road win in franchise history (winless all of last year). Montreal lost their starting quarterback, then the back up. ouch. tomorrow has Hamilton at Calgary and the 2014 grey cup rematch.

the last round of 16 game is done and Japan has defeated Netherlands 2-1 and is now in the quarter finals and will face Australia on Saturday at 2pm Edmonton time. Canada vs England is Saturday at 5:30pm. on Friday, Germany plays France at 2pm and the U.S. plays China at 5:30pm. there are the quarter final match ups.

the United States just knocked out Columbia 2-0 at Commonwealth Stadium. they will be facing China in the quarter finals on Friday.

i worked through this one, but England beat Norway 2-1 to advance to the quarter finals. they will be playing Canada on Saturday in Vancouver. next up has the U.S. facing Columbia starting in an hour.

a goal in the 52nd minute by Josie Belanger gave Canada a 1-0 win over a pesky Switzerland team. they will play the winner of the Norway vs England game. the quarter final game is Saturday.

France is moving on to the quarter finals after beating South Korea 3-0. France had the whole match under control. France will play Germany in the quarters on June 26th. next up at 5:30pm, its Canada vs Switzerland

i would call this an upset. Australia knocks out Brazil 1-0 to move on to the quarterfinals and will await the winner of the Japan vs Netherlands game for their opponent. Brazil is one of the top nations in womens soccer and Australia knocked them out. next up is France vs South Korea.

it was a close one. China beat Cameroon 1-0 to cap day one of the round of 16. pretty good game. China will face either the U.S. or Columbia in the quarter finals. tomorrow's games have France vs South Korea, Brazil vs Australia and Canada vs Switzerland.

Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals just finished throwing a no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates. no walks, 16 strikeouts and the only player to get on, Jose Tabata, got hit with two outs in the 9th to ruin the perfect game. he is also the second Nationals pitcher to throw a no-hitter. congrats.

the first round of 16 game had Germany beat Sweden 4-1. pretty much a no doubter. Germany will await the winner of the France vs South Korea game in the quarter finals. coming up: China vs Cameroon.

all the group games are done and we are into the knockout round. 16 teams into the first knockout round. games between June 20-23 has: China vs Cameroon and Germany vs Sweden on the 20th; France vs South Korea, Brazil vs Australia and Canada vs Switzerland on the 21st; United States vs Columbia and Norway vs England on the 22nd and Japan vs Netherlands on the 23rd. now the fun begins

the Chicago Blackhawks are stanley cup champions after winning game six 2-0 and the series four games to two. outscored the Tampa Bay Lightning 13-10. close, low scoring series. it is Chicago's third cup win in six years. last time Chicago won at home was 1938. wow. Duncan Keith was named Conn Smythe trophy winner as most valuable player in the playoffs. congrats.

the CFL preseason already began on Monday night. tonight the Edmonton Eskimos and Saskatchewan Rough Riders play a preseason game in Fort MacMurray Alberta in what will be the northern most CFL game ever played. the game is at SMS Equipment Stadium. game starts at 8pm Edmonton time on TSN3 and on 630 ched radio. finally the CFL season is here

chris heston of the san francisco giants threw the seasons first no hitter at citi field vs the new york mets. he struck out 11 batters and hit 3 batters. he struck out the side to seal it. last picher to strike out the side to seal a no hitter was sandy koufax an september 9, 1965. congrats

the 37 year drought is over as American Pharoah has won the Belmont Stakes in the winning time of 2:26.65. him and jocket victor espinosa pulled away coming out of the final turn to seal the win. Victor Espinosa is now a triple crown winner as is trainer Bob Baffert. Zayat stables has the triple crown winner. last triple crown winner was 1978 when Affirmed won it.

the chicago blackhawks are in the stanley cup finals with a 5-3 win in game seven and a four games to three series win over the anaheim ducks. it is chicago's third trip to the stanley cup finals, winning in 2010 and 2013. this conference final was their fifth in seven years. they will start the stanley cup finals in tampa bay on june 3rd.

the tampa bay lightning are in the stanley cup final with a 2-0 win in game seven and a four games to three win over the new york rangers. the home team won only two of the seven games. wow. the lightning will face either anaheim or chicago. game seven of that series is tomorrow night.

this had a great finish. juan pablo montoya has won his second indianapolis 500 after passing will power with three to go and drove away. he started from the 30th spot and will soon have his jug of milk and the winners wreath. will power finished second and charlie kimball finished third. congrats and great job to juan.

in a torrential downpour and a muddy track, American Pharoah pulled away coming into the stretch to convincingly win the Preakness Stakes. Tale of Verve came second, Divining Rod ended up third and Dortmund fourth. winning time was 1:58.46. the Belmont Stakes is June 6th. can American Pharoah win the triple crown? see you in three weeks

it took overtime to do it, but the New York Rangers knock out the Washington Capitals 2-1 and will move on to the eastern final to face the Tampa Bay Lightning. the Rangers became the first team to come back from three games to one to win the series in back to back years. the series will start in New York. the conference finals schedule should be out soon. and then there were four.

with a 4-1 win in game six, the Tampa Bay Lightning are in the eastern conference finals after beating the Montreal Canadiens four games to two. they will face Washington or New York for the eastern title. game seven is tomorrow in New York.

game five went into overtime and it was the Anaheim Duck who came away with a 3-2 win, and thus wrapping up the series in five games over the Calgary Flames. Anaheim owned Calgary at home winning all their games there. Anaheim will now face the Chicago Black Hawks in the western conference finals. schedule to be decided soon. series starts in Anaheim.

last night, the Pittsburgh Pirates and St.Louis Cardinals were involved in the first 4-5-4 triple play (positions on the field are numbered. 4 is second base and 5 is third base). with the Cardinals batting and runners on second and third, Yadier Molina lined to second baseman Neil Walker for the first out. Walker then threw to third baseman Jung Ho Kang to get Jhonny Peralta out at third. Jason Heyward was running to third thinking base hit, saw what happened and realized what was going on, hustled back to second, but too late. Kang threw the ball back to Walker at second for the third out. triple play.

Andrew Miller of the New York Yankees became the first Yankees pitcher in 100 years with 15 straight games of no runs allowed and one hit or less allowed to start the season. wow. just wow. i don't think they were all complete games. impressive start

the Chicago Blackhawks completed a four game sweep with a 4-3 win in game 4 over the Minnesota Wild in Minnesota. the Blackhawks are now in the western conference final where they await the winner of the Calgary vs Anaheim series. the scores in this series was pretty close. so who will Chicago face? stay tuned.

american pharaoh wins the 141st running of the kentucky derby. coming out of the last turn he, firing line and dortmund were literally neck and neck and he started to pull away, firing line came second and dortmund ended up third. winning time was 2:03.02. victor espinoza was winning jockey, bob baffort was winning trainer, and ahmed zayat winning owner. next race is in two weeks with the preakness stakes.

the Tampa Bay Lightning just knocked out the Detroit Red Wings in game seven with a 2-0 win and a four games to three series win. they will face the Montreal Canadiens in the atlantic division final starting friday night in Montreal. that should be a good series. the second round starts tomorrow night.

the Washington Capitals are in the metropolitan division final after barely beating the New York Islanders 2-1 in game seven and the series four games to three. they will face the other New York team - the Rangers - in the division final. the division finals i think will start Thursday or Friday (Tampa Bay vs Detroit game 7 Wednesday) stay tuned.

it took a couple of extra games, but the Montreal Canadiens are in the Atlantic division final with a 2-0 win in game six and a four games to two series win over the Ottawa Senators. they will await the winner of the Tampa Bay vs Detroit series. game six of that series is tomorrow.