the mad sports man

happy Easter weekend.  it has been  Good Friday so far.  was at the way of the cross.  interesting experience.  was eyeballing some chocolate Easter bunnies at home (okay i have a chocolate weak spot, who doesn't).  gonna be a good weekend - even if it is chilly.

The baseball season is on with a plethora of afternoon games. The season begins with a hope of spring and ends with the hard facts of fall. The chase for the postseason is on.

spring has arrive - or it will at 10:15 am here.  soon all the snow will melt away and we will see green grass and green on trees.  cant wait for that to happen.

The flame is out.  The speeches made.  Performances are done.  The handover made.  The closing cerenonies are done and so are the paralympics.  Canada finished with 28 medald (8g, 4s, 16b).  Great games for Canada.

A thriller that went into OT.  The U.S. beat Canada 2-1, giving Canada A silver.  That is bow 8g 4s and 16b for 28.  A damn good haul.

Mollie Jepsen has a silver in the standing slalom event.  Thay is 8g, 3s and 16b for 27 medals.  Yay.

Collin Cameron and Brian McKeever has a bronze in the 4x5km relay.   Yes. That is now 8g 2s and 16b for 26 total.  4 events left.

The team of Mark Arendz, Chris Klebl, Natalie Wilkie and Emily Young won silver in The 4x2.5km Mixed relay.  Arendz has 6 medals here.  That is now 8g 2s and 15b for 25 total.  Last day is not done yet.

Mark Arendz.  1g,1s and 3b will do that.  he has had an excellent games.  awesome and congrats to Mark.  he will carry it proudly. Happy St. Patricks day to all viewers and readers.  just don't get too carried away with the green beer haha.  cheers!!

Natalie Wilkie won gold in the 7.5km classic event.  Emily Young won a bronze in the same event.  Wow.  That is now 8g, 1s and 15b for 24 medals.  Wow.

Our wheelchair picked up thr 14th bronze after beating South Korea in the bronze game. The 14th bronze goes with the 7g an 1s for 22 medals.  Yes.

Mark Arendz has his 5th medal AND third bronze, winning it in thr 10km classic standing.  That is now 7g, 1s And 13b for 21 total.  Wow.

Brian McKeever just won his second golden of the games in the 10km classic visually impaired event.  Awesome.  That is now 7g, 1s and 12 b for 20 medals.  This is now the most Canada has ever won at a paralympics.

Mark Arendz wins his 4TH medal of the games taking gold in the mens 15 km  standing event.  he has 1g, 1s and 2b.  Canada now has 6g, 1s and 12b for 19 medals.  wow.  only two days of the paralympics left.

The first bronze goes to Collin Cameron in The 15km sitting even.  His second medal of The games.   The second bronze goes to Brittany Hudek in The 12.5 km standing even.   That is now 5g, 1s and 12  for 18 medal.  Wheee

opening day so far and the first upset has happened with #11 Loyola-Chicago beat #6 Miami 64-62.  more games continue tonight with maybe some more upsets and some blowouts.  stay tuned.

a big time haul of them last night.  a gold and 5 bronzes.  first the gold.  Brian McKeever wins his second of the games winning the 1.5 sprint classic visually impaired.  first bronze went to Mark Arendz, winning his third medal of the games in the mens 1.5 km sprint classic standing event.  second bronze went to Natalie Wilkie in the womens 1.5 km sprint classic standing.  the third bronze went to Mollie Jepsen who won her third medal of the games in the womens giant slalom standing event.  the 4th bronze went to Mac Marcoux, who won his second of the games mens giant slalom visually impaired event.  the 5th bronze went to Alexis Guimond in the mens giant slalom standing event. that makes the total 5g, 1s and 10b for 16 medals.  the most medals Canada at the paralympics is 19 in 2010.

Canada picked up three more medals over night.  Mollie Jepsen picks up her second medal of the games, winning gold in the standing super combined event.  awesome.  Mark Arendz also picks up his second medal of the games, winning a bronze in the 12.5km standing event in biathlon.  yay.  and the third medal goes to Alana Ramsay in the standing super combined event.  that is now 4g, 1s and 5b for 10 medals.  wheeeeeeeeee.

Brian McKeever just won gold in the mens 20km visually impaired event.  He also becomes the most dexorated parathlete with his 11th gold and 14th overall medal.  Canada now had 3g 1s and 3b for 7 medal.

Kurt Oatway has Canada's second gold of the paralympics, this time in the mens super-g sitting.  That is 2g 1s and 3b for 6 medals.

Alana Ramsay just won a bronze in womens super-g standing.   That is now 1g 1s and 3b for 5 medals.  Yay.

Mark Arendz just scored a Silver in the 7.5 km biathlon standing event.  That is 1g 1s and 2b for 4 medals.

Collin Cameron has Canada's second bronze this time in the 7.5 biathlon sitting event.  That is a gold and 2b fot 3 total.  Awesomesauce.

The bronzed goes to Mollie Jepsen in The downhill standing event.  That is already 1g and 1b so far.

Mac Marcoux wins Canada's first gold, winning the downhill visually impaired event.  Great start already.

the opening ceremonies for the paralympics are done.  the flame is lit.  speeches made.  Brian McKeever led 55 Canadian athletes in the parade of nations.  9 days of fun coming up.

here is the mascot for the 2020 summer games in Tokyo.  whaddya think?