the mad sports man

 The USA put the finishing touches of a 4-0 win over Sweden. Russia is second and Sweden third. The US has shut out their opponents the last three games. Yikes. The quarterfinals has: Canada vs Czech Republic, USA vs Slovakia, Finland vs Sweden and Germany vs Russia. All quarterfinals are on Saturday.

 Canada just beat Finland 4-1 to take group A.  I believe they will play Czech Republic in the quarterfinals on Saturday.  Rest of the quarterfinals will be decided in the USA vs Sweden game.  Update after that game.

 This wasn't in doubt. It was scoreless after one.  The Czechs then ended up winning 7-0.  They will finish 4th in group B and will face either Canada or Finland in the quarterfinals. That game starts at 5pm Prince Albert time.

 Sweden had a streak of 54 straight wins in preliminary round.  Key word is HAD. Because Russia put an end to the streak with a 4-3 win in overtime. They won it with five seconds to go. Sweden last lost on New year's Eve 2006 to the USA in a shootout. Russia is on top of group B with 8 points (they are done their preliminary round), Sweden with 7, USA with 6 and Czech Republic with 3. Tomorrow has Czech Republic vs Austria, Canada vs Finland and Sweden vs USA.  That's it until tomorrow.

 Boy this got close. Germany was up 4-0 after two periods and hung on to win 5-4 over Switzerland.  Switzerland is out (and no relegation this year), and Germany finishes third in group A.  Earlier Finland beat Slovakia 6-0. Slovakia finishes fourth and Finland plays Canada tomorrow to decide group A.  I will do a group B update after the Russia vs Sweden game, considering that is the only group B game.

 Russia just beat Austria 7-1.  Earlier in group B, the U.S beat the Czech Republic 7-0.  Sweden still leads with six points in two games. Russia and the United States each have six points in three games. Russia takes second due to beating the United States already. Tomorrow has Finland vs Slovakia, Switzerland vs Germany and Russia vs Sweden. Quarter final spots up for grabs.

 This wasn't much of a game.  It was close after the first, but Canada ended up beating Switzerland 10-0.  They lead group A with 9 points.  Group B I will update after the Austria vs Russia game.

 Quite the night cap to finish.  Germany beat Slovakia in overtime 4-3.  I think they also got most of their lineup back.  Canada and Finland still lead group A with 6 pts, Slovakia with 4 after the OT loss, Germany now has two and Switzerland with none.  Earlier Sweden beat Austria 4-0. They now have six pts, the U.S, Russia and Czech Republic have three and Austria with none.  Tomorrow has USA vs Czech Republic, Canada vs Switzerland and Sweden vs Russia.

 Christine Sinclair has won the Bobbie Rosenfeld award as CP female athlete of the year.  I think great choice. Broke the record for most international goals at 185.  Has had an outstanding career not only for Canada, but for womens soccer in general.

 This one had the Czech Republic beat Russia 2-0. Wow.  The Czechs, Russia and the United States sit at a win and a loss and 3 points, Sweden has 3 points and a win.  Austria has one loss.  Tomorrow has Austria vs Sweden and Slovakia vs Germany.  That's it for tonight.

 Canada hung on to beat Slovakia 3-1 to go to two wins in two games.  The Slovakia goalie stood on his head tonight.  Canada and Finland each have 6 points. Finland beat Switzerland 4-1. Earlier.  Czech Republic vs Russia in an hour in the only group B game.  Stay tuned.

 The U.S just blew Austria out 11-0 to even their record at a win and a loss and 3 points.  First game of the day had Sweden beat Czech Republic 7-1. They are tied with Russia with three points (one less loss than the u.s.). Czech Republic and Austria with nothing.  Tomorrow has Switzerland vs Finland, Canada vs Slovakia and Russia vs Czech Republic.  Until then, cheers.

 Wow this was a blitz alright.  Game just ended and Canada blew out Germany 16-2. (You read that right). Canada, Finland and Slovakia sit atop group A with three points each. Switzerland has one loss and Germany now has two losses. Not sure if Germany had a full lineup or not.  I will do a group B update after the U.S vs Austria game.

 First night of the World Juniors is finished.  Group A had Finland beat an undermanned Germany 5-3 while Slovakia beat Switzerland 1-0.  Finland and Slovakia each have three points.  One game in group B and it ended not that long ago. Russia hung on to beat the United States 5-3. The Russians had a 4-1 lead going into the 3rd period.  Tomorrow Canada plays their first game against Germany in the lone group A game. 5pm start Prince Albert time.  Group B games has the Czech Republic vs Sweden and Austria vs the United States.

 First Saints player is Alvin Kamara as he tied an NFL record for most touchdowns with 6, tying Gale Sayers.  Second Saints player is Drew Brees as he has now throw for 80,000+ yards on his career.  I think that is the highest ever.  I may be wrong on this.  Saints beat the Vikings 52-33.

 What a great Christmas Eve.  Went to Dad's and step moms place for Christmas dinner. Open presents with the rest of the family over zoom chat which was neat.  Also got to chat with my sister on the phone. A great Christmas Eve.  Gonna chill quietly tomorrow.

 Merry Christmas to all here.  I hope it's good.  Stay safe out there, no need to get sick with this pandemic. Cheers.🎄🎅🤶🎀🎁

 In their only pre tournament game, Canada beat Russia 1-0 in a very good one.  Canada opens the World Juniors Saturday against Germany at 5pm Prince Albert time.  Should be a fun tournament.

 The NHL schedule is out. Loads of back to back games with each team within their own division. Makes sense considering one doesn't want the covid 19 virus getting around.  The Canadian division will play each other 9 or 10 times. The other three divisions will face each other 8 times. With the world juniors starting in a couple of days, it's nice to have hockey back.

 At 4:02 am today, the winter solstice has arrived. Today marks the shortest day of the year in terms of daylight hours, meaning we now start getting more daylight. Although winter already made an appearance with a big dump of snow last month and has gotten cold a couple of times. Christmas day is in four days.

 The NHL and NHLPA have tentatively agreed to play a 56 game season, scheduled to start January 13.  Both the owners and players have to vote on this.  I think they will.  Teams will likely be playing within their division only.  What the schedule will look like and how and where the games be played still needs to be figured out.

 A little throw back Thursday for you. The first Olympic champion at the first winter Olympics in 1924 in Chamonix is Charles Jewtraw of the United States.  He won the first winter Olympics gold in the 500m speedskating event.  He won with a time of 44.0 seconds. Silver went out Oskar Olsen of Norway with a time of 44.2 seconds. The bronze went to Roald Larsen of Norway AND Clas Thunberg of Finland. They both got the time of 44.8 seconds. So there you go.

 ....you decide to go outside to take a couple of pictures of the street (one from the North and South) without a jacket on and it's -17c out. Probably not the best idea but I did it. Now I have to figure out how to post pics on this site from my phone.

 Been up in the living room playing some Christmas tunes and a Dave and Morley story tonight.  Got the lights on the tree glowing as well.  Pretty neat evening.  Time for another Dave and Morley story.

 Went out to shovel, and didn't last because there wasn't much to shovel.  It's -23c out.  I'm sure we're about to pay for the nice weather we had.  There's a real good chance of a white Christmas assuming the cold stays long enough.  Ahhh yes ahhh yes.

 It sure has been nice the last week and a half.  The cool off is coming. -5c tomorrow and -6c Saturday.  Sunday will really get chilly with -15c for a high and I think -17c Monday and Tuesday. It was bound to come back at some point. Joys of living in Canada.

 Alphonso Davies, Canada's top soccer player playing for Bayern Munich and super bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif are co-winners of the Lou Marsh trophy. Wow this is great. They each got 18 votes.  Last tie was in 1983 when Wayne Gretzky and i forget who. Congrats.

 Oh boy a busy Sunday. Started by painting the kitchen walls, which took three and a half hours. Cleaned the paint brush, two rollers and the tray, which was about 5-10 minutes.  Also tallied up the NFL early games.  Just got out of the shower.  Now I chill.

 On this day in 1909, the Toronto Varsity Blues beat the Toronto Parkdales 26-6 in the first Grey Cup game.  There had been Dominion Championship games since 1884, but this was the first to award a trophy.  It was the Varsity Blues third championship and fifth appearance, while it was Parkdale's first appearance.

 End of the month has arrived.  Felt like it took forever to get here, yet it's here now.  Chase Elliott won his first Nascar championship, NFL been going on getting through rescheduled games thanks to one or two teams getting covid 19, hockey trying to return (some are going and others got suspended), and Saskatchewan got a serious dump of snow. December will fly by like it usually does. Christmas has that effect.

 Yiye.  A month to Christmas already.  Tomorrow is Thanksgiving state side.  World juniors is scheduled to start Christmas day.  Hard to say if it will be held.  December isn't that far away.  Who knows how the next month will go.

 I should be listening to the Grey Cup.  Instead I've seen a lot of other Grey Cup memories and I am realizing how bad I miss the CFL.  How bad I miss being at a CFL game.  How bad I miss interacting with other fans, the players and the cheer team.  I just want to be in a CFL stadium to watch a game. I hate covid 19.

 While coming home from my dad and stepmoms place (celebrating her birthday early), I noticed a few houses had their Christmas lights on. Got the idea I should get some shots of houses with their Christmas lights on.  With the snow on the ground already, it might be a good idea to do so.  Nice way to spend a few evenings.

 On this day, thank those who are serving now, thank those who have served, and honor those veterans who are not alive and died during the wars.

 Tammara Thibeault left the Lima Pan American Games with a bronze.  Few months back she was told she would be upgraded to a silver.  Today she got her silver. The woman she lost to in the semis had her medal revoked after a lengthy doping investigation.  Doesn't pay to cheat.

 Wow a lot of Saskatchewan got slammed with snow.  Prince Albert got 35cm, while Swift Current and Moose Jaw got between 40 and 50 cm.  Add some wind and there were some serious drifts.  The roads are junk. Oh yeah there are some civic elections happening.  Swift Current and I think Saskatoon had to move theirs for Friday.  Eep.  How was your weekend?

 It's been a week.  Gained back all the weight I lost. (Fell of that horse hard). Meanwhile it has been a nice week. Went to check the mail and there was a chill today.  Supposed to get a bunch of snow this weekend. 10 to 15cm Saturday, 15 to 20cm Sunday, and 1cm Monday morning.  Monday is the city election.  That ought to be fun.

 Shit Halloween is here already.  May be some munchkins running around in costumes (wherever safe).  Also a full moon tonight (blue moon as well).  Also the weekend where clocks get turned back an hour tonight. Unless you're somewhere where you don't have to. (Certain advantages of living in Saskatchewan).  To think Christmas stuff will be in stores.  Some stores have them out already.  So that's the weekend.

 I think winter is here.  Not snowing much now.  There's barely any on the ground now. Plus it's windy out to.   Possibly more snow to come overnight from what I heard.  I may be shoveling tomorrow.

 The L.A Dodgers are world series Champions as they beat Tampa Bay 3-1 in game 6 and the series 4 games to 2.  Their first championship since 1988 and seventh overall (1955, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, 1988 and 2020). Congrats. 

 The schedule for the 2021 world junior hockey tournament and for the first time since 2005, it will begin on Christmas Day.  It will be held in Edmonton only,doing the bubble thing like the NHL playoffs. Canada will play its first game on boxing Day against Germany. All their round robin games begin at 4pm Edmonton time, 5pm Prince Albert time.

It will be the Dodgers and the Rays for the world series. The Dodgers came back from three games to one down to beat Atlanta.  World series starts Tuesday night.

 Boy did the Tampa Bay Rays get away with this series.  Went up 3-0 in games only to have Houston tie the series at three.  Tampa Bay wins game 7 4-2 and will await the outcome of the Dodgers/Braves series. That series has a game seven tomorrow night. Joys of postseason baseball.

 In a 15-3 win over Atlanta, the Dodgers did:. 1. Tied a postseason record for most batters in an inning with 14 in the 1st.  2.  Set postseason record with runs in an inning with 11.  3.set Dodgers records with home runs (5) and runs (15) in a game.  And 4. First time 3 home runs recorded in a first inning.  That was a good night.

 This went the full five, but the Rays will face the Astros in the ALCS after knocking out the Yankees tonight.  The ALCS starts Sunday.

 This series wasn't in doubt as the Dodgers own the Padres in a three game sweep and will face the Braves in the NLCS starting Monday. 

 The Houston Astros are into the ALCS after knocking off the Oakland A's in four games.  They will get either the Yankees or the Rays. We may know tonight.  The Astros are: 1. The third A.L. team to reach the ALCS in four straight seasons (the A's from 1971-75 and Yankees from 1998-2001), and 2. They are the only sub .500 team to reach an LCS.

 The Atlanta Braves are into the NLCS after putting the finishing touches of a dominating three game sweep of the Miami Marlins.  They will get either L.A. or San Diego.  We may know tonight.

 The 145th annual race was won by Swiss Skydiver with a winning time of 1:53.28.  Robby Albarado was winning jockey and Kenneth McPeek winning trainer.  No triple Crown this year. Hopefully next year back to normal schedule.

 San Diego is into the NLDS after knocking out St Louis in the wild card round. They will be facing the Dodgers next.  NLDS starts Tuesday.

 The Miami Marlins are going to the NLDS after sweeping the Chicago Cubs, giving up one run in two games.  They will face the Atlanta Braves next.  Coming up: St Louis vs San Diego.

 The Dodgers are going to the NLDS after making fairly easy work of the Milwaukee Brewers.  They will face either St Louis or San Diego next.  NLDS starts on Tuesday.

 This went the full three, but Oakland beat Chicago 6-4 to go to the ALDS against Houston.  This series and the Rays/Yankees series start Monday.

 Atlanta is into the NLDS after sweeping away Cincinnati in two straight. They will get either the Cubs or Marlins next

 The Yankees will be facing Tampa Bay in the ALDS after finishing off Cleveland in a two game sweep (game 2 finished 10-9).  ALDS starts on the 5th.

 Tampa Bay is into the ALDS after sweeping Toronto two straight games in the wild card round. They get either Cleveland or the Yankees. Meanwhile Houston is also into the ALDS after sweeping Minnesota two straight in the wild card round. They get either Chicago or Oakland next.

 The Tampa Bay Lightning are Stanley Cup champions after beating Dallas 2-0 in game 6 and the series 4-2.  Congrats to the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Post season baseball begins Tuesday.  Here are the match ups: in the A.L., Toronto faces Tampa Bay, Chicago faces Oakland, Houston faces Minnesota and the Yankees face Cleveland.  In the N.L., Milwaukee faces Los Angeles, Cincinnati faces Atlanta, Miami faces the Cubs and St Louis faces San Diego. This is the first time (and possibly the only time) the playoffs was expanded. The wild card round is a best of 3 series.

 The first day of fall.  It began at 7:33 am.  Although with the leaves changing colors, I think it began early.  I think it unofficially began once the Labor Day weekend ended.  Winter isn't far behind.

 Yup.  That far away from the 2022 winter Olympics in Beijing.  That far away from ski runs, snowboarding, hockey, curling and other sports, medals won and possibly world records.  

 With two home runs, Albert Pujols has passed Willie Mays for fifth on the home runs list.  He now has 662.

 This series also finished in overtime. Tampa Bay is going to play Dallas for the Stanley Cup after beating the Islanders 4 games to 2.  Stanley Cup schedule TBA.

 On this day in 1975, Rick Stennett of the Pittsburgh Pirates became the first, and only, player to go 7 for 7 as the Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 22-0.  Wow. An amazing day. Thanks to 70s baseball on twitter for the stat.

 The Dallas Stars are going to the Stanley Cup finals after they eliminated Vegas in overtime in game 5 and the series 4-1.  They get Tampa Bay or the Islanders. That series could be over tomorrow.

 Alec Mills threw 5 strike outs and allowed 3 walks as he and the Chicago Cubs no hit the Milwaukee Brewers. Final score was 12-0. Congrats 👏.

 Back to work finally.  Got hired by the brick Thursday and had orientation Friday.  Monday is when I really get going.  Will be in the warehouse.  Maybe I can start losing my gut at the same time.  Good to be working again. 

 A good day today.  Put two coats of paint in the spare room, let it dry, took off the edging tape, put the plug in plates up, cleaned the room up, put curtains up put a bed in and vacuumed the living room. Good way to waste a Monday.

 It's the Labor Day weekend. Semi nice day yesterday, and today had been shitty with it raining off and on.  Not sure about tomorrow, but I will be doing some painting tomorrow.  Only thing that sucks is that there is no CFL football (damn pandemic). Really missing it.  Not sure about the kids going back to school.  Not much else. 

 The Islanders are in the eastern conference finals after shutting out Philadelphia 4-0 in game 7. Them and Tampa Bay should be good.  All conference finals games will be in Edmonton.

 The 146th running was won by Authentic, winning in a time of 2:00.61.  Bob Baffert was winning trainer and John Velazquez was winning jockey.  The Preakness is October 3rd.

 The Vegas Golden Knights will face the Dallas Stars in the western conference finals after shutting out Vancouver 3-0 in game 7 to win the series 4-3. Series schedule TBA.

 The Dallas Stars are into the conference finals after beating Colorado in game 7.  They will face either Vegas or Vancouver. That game is in a couple of hours.

 The Tampa Bay Lightning are into the Eastern conference finals after beating Boston in overtime in game 5 and the series 4-1. They await the winner of the Philly vs Islanders series.

 Ho boy it's chilly out.  And windy.  Fall is definitely here.  11c out now.  Leaves are turning color too.  Yup world series weather is upon us.  What a way to end August. 

 On this day in 1959, Nellie Fox of the Chicago White Sox set a record of 98 consecutive games without striking out.  Wow that is an impressive streak. 

 Lucas Giolito threw 101 pitches, gave up a walk and had 13 strike outs as he no hits the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago White Sox win 4-0.  Wow.  Remarkable.  Congrats. 

 The 104th running of the Indianapolis 500 that was originally scheduled for the memorial day weekend was run this afternoon with Takuma Sato winning his second career 500.  Average speed was 157.824 mph. 

There will be new Stanley Cup Champs as the Canucks beat the Blues 6-2 in game 6 and the series 4-2. Vancouver will face Vegas next.

 Philadelphia has beaten Montreal 3-2 in game six and the series 4-2 and will face the Islanders in the next round while Tampa Bay will face Boston.  Next up has St Louis vs Vancouver. 

 Dallas blows out Calgary 7-3 in game 6 to win the series 4 games to 2.  Dallas will play Colorado in the second round while Vegas will get either Vancouver or St Louis.  Stay tuned for that.

 The New York Islanders have eliminated Washington in 5 games after winning 4-0.  Stay tuned for who they play next. 

 Two straight 7-1 wins has put the Colorado Avalanche into the second round,  beating Arizona in 5  games.  Ouch.  Stay tuned for who they play next. 

 The Bruins are into the next round after winning game 5 2-1 and the series 4-1. Stay tuned for who they play next. 

 The Lightning are into the second round after eliminating Columbus in overtime 5-4 and the series 4-1.  Stay tuned for who they play next. 

 The Vegas Golden Knights are into the next round after beating Chicago in game 5 4-3 and the series.  Stay tuned for who they play next.

It has been 16 years since the opening ceremonies of the Athens summer Olympics. My god how time has flown. 16 days of magical memories. Canada won 12 medals that year (3g, 6s and 3b).

Columbus has beaten Toronto 3-0 in game 5 and will face Tampa Bay. Next round will start Tuesday or Wednesday.

Dallas beat St. Louis to finish out the round robin portion of the playoffs. They will face Calgary while St. Louis wilface Vancouver in the first round. Toronto vs Columbus is at 6 with the winner to get Tampa Bay.

Washington beat Boston to take the 3rd seed in the east and will face the Islanders while Boston will face Carolina. Dallas and St Louis are on now.

It was Philly vs Tampa Bay this evening and it was Philly winning the top seed. They will play Montreal and Tampa Bay will get either Toronto or Columbus. Boston vs Washington and Dallas vs St Louis also play tomorrow.

With Vegas beating Colorado in their last round robin game it decided that: Vegas will play Chicago and Colorado will play Arizona. Coming up has Boston vs Washington to decide who they play.

This went into overtime but the Canucks knock out the Wild in 4 games and will move onto the next round. Stay tuned on who they will face.

The Chicago Blackhawks are in the next round after taking out the Oilers in 4 games. Hawks outplayed them I think. Stay tuned for who they play next.

The Montreal Canadiens have iced the Pittsburgh Penguins in 4 games, winning game 4 2-0. I think they get either Philly or Tampa Bay in the CQF. Stay tuned.

The Arizona Coyotes are into the next round after knocking out the Nashville Predators 3 games to one. who knows who they will face.

The Islanders have taken out the Florida Panthers in 4 games, winning game 4 5-1. Who will they face? Stay tuned.

The Calgary Flames are into the next round after beating the Jets 4-0 in Game 4 and the series 3-1. Who will they face? Staytuned.

The Hurricanes are into the next round after sweeping away the Rangers in 3 games (best of 5). Who will they face next? Stay tuned.

What a great long weekend. Had a great time at Emma Lake. Went on a good boat ride, celebrated my birthday on Sunday. Also got to celebrate my sister's and stepbrother's birthday from the previous Monday. Was also good to get off of the Internet for a couple of days. Glad I got to see the family.

Wow August 1st already. Already shaping up to be good. NHL playoffs begin today in Toronto and Edmonton and there are 5 games today: Montreal vs Pittsburgh, NY Rangers vs Carolina, Florida vs NY Islanders, Winnipeg vs Calgary, and Chicago vs Edmonton. It is also the long weekend here as Monday is a holiday. Tomorrow is my birthday. I am heading for the lake in a couple of hours. Already fun.

13 track cyclists and 4 road cyclists will be in Tokyo this time next year. The track cyclists are: Hugo Barrette, Allison Beveridge, Ariane Bonhomme, Vincent Dehaitre, Jasmine Duehring, Annie Foreman-Mackey, Derek Gee, Lauriane Genest, Jay Lamoureax, Kelsey Mitchell, Georgia Simmerling, and Nick Wammes. The road team has: Karon-Anne Canuel, Hugo Houle, Leah Kirchmann, and Mike Woods. Hopefully more to come soon.

Today would have been the start of the summer games. Cauldron would have been lit, parade of nations would have happened and opening ceremonies would have been quite a spectacle. As much as I wanted these games to go, it was a good call to move them a year. I feel bad for the athletes who now have to wait a year to compete. An extra year to train.

Opening day (finally) has arrived. Yankees beat the Nationals 4-1 and the Dodgers lead the Giants 6-1 in the 8th inning. Rest of the league starts tomorrow.

We are one year away from the Tokyo Summer Olympics. Again. Hopefully this time next year we will have watched the opening ceremonies. Hopefully they go off.

Canada won its first medal on home soil as the womens 4X100m won a bronze in the pool in the medley. Susan Sloan, Robin Corsiglia, Wendy Hogg , and Anne Jardin won the bronze at the Montreal Olympics. Corsiglia wad the youngest Canadian to win a medal at 13 years old.

It's official. The board of governers and the NHLPA have ratified a CBA extension to the end of the 2025-26 season AND has chosen Edmonton and Toronto as hub cities for this years playoffs. Summer training starts Monday and the post season starts August 1. Hopefully some CFL football soon.

I honestly saw this looking for when the triple crown was rescheduled. Belmont Stakes was moved to June 20th. The race 2as shortened to 1 1/8 miles. Tiz the Law won the race in 1:46.53. Manny Franco was winning jockey (his first in Belmont). Barclay Tagged was winning - and oldest winning trainer at 82. Kentucky Derby is on September 5th.

The baseball schedule is now out. Season opens on the 23rd featuring the Yankees visiting the Nationals as their world series banner goes up, followed by the Giants at the Dodgers. Play ball

Geez ended up a busy Saturday. Ended up showering, started my laundry, had my second load into the dryer and put first load in my room before going to mow three lawns, had lunch with dad,came home and showered again. I don't smell like grass now. Not going to do much now.

Happy 4th of July to all my friends in the U.S. Stay safe out there.

Happy Canada Day to all my fellow Canadians eh. Too bad there won't be much for fireworks (stupid pandemic). Best time of the year to wear red. Enjoy the day ya hosers (Bob and Doug McKenzie).

Wow end of June already. Nascar is back up and going again. NBA scheduled to return August 1st. Nhl supposed to announce hub cities any day now. Mlb supposed to start spring training tomorrow but who knows. We'll see how July shakes out.

A dull cloudy day. Got Magnum P.I on DVD now. Also have Bonanza, Seinfeld and the Flintstones as well. To think tomorrow ends June.

Decided to go for a walk. Got a little bit wet as its been drizzly and rainy all day. Overall pretty misty. Tried to punch a cloud but I mist.

Six new members have joined the Hockey Hall of Fame. They include Kim St. Pierre, Kevin Lowe, Jarome Iginla, Doug Wilson, Marian Hossa and Ken Holland. Well deserved honors.

Baseball is returning. Players will report to training camp July 1st with a 60 game schedule starting on the 23rd or 24th. 60 game schedule will have a team play the other 4 teams in their division (for 40 total) and the other leagues geographical division for 20 games (ex. A.L east vs N.L. east). Postseason is unchanged from previous years.

Summer begins at 3:43pm Prince Albert time. Also marks the longest day of the year in terms of daylight hours. Also dad's day tomorrow as well as national indigenous day. A good weekend. Now if the sun would show up.

1. In 2003, Reed Johnson of the Toronto Blue Jays became the 4th MLB player to lead of the game and end the game with a home run (Billy Williams - 1893, Vic Power - 1957 and Darin Erstad in 2000 were the first 3). Ian Kinsler (2009) and Chris Young (2010) have since done it. 2. In 1925 in Philadelphia, the A's were trailing Cleveland 15-4 heading into the bottom of the 8th inning. They then proceed to score 13 runs to win 17-15. Wow.

Not much for content with no sports going on (stupid COVID -19). Although baseball in South Korea began and even had a game filled with stuffed animals. Some soccer matches in Europe played in empty stadiums. Phase 3 of the NHL reopening has training camps scheduled for July 20th. Oh yeah Dock Ellis threw a no hitter on this day in 1970.