the mad sports man

 Today is the Bahamas 🇧🇸 turn. They became the Bahamas Olympic Committee in 1952 and was in their first summer Olympics that year. Have been in every summer Olympics since then, with the exception of 1980 (remember the boycott?). They have never been a winter games yet. They have won 8g, 2s and 6b for 16 total overall. All medals were won in sailing and athletics. First medal won was a bronze in sailing star class in 1956 by Durwand Knowles and Sloane Farrington. First gold was also in sailing star class in 1964 by Durwand Knowles and Cecil Cooke. First bronze was the womens 4x100m team in track. Debbie Ferguson, Eldece Clark-Lewis, Chandra Sturrup, Savatheda Fynes and Pauline Davis-Thompson. Highest amount of medals in one games was 3 in 2000. First flag bearer was Harold Munnings in 1960, although I think there was one or two before. Debbie Ferguson carried the most times at 2 (2004 and 2008). Here is the flag of the Bahamas. 

 Time for something different. A nation at the Olympics we don't pay attention to. Today is Saint Lucia. They are located in the eastern Caribbean. They are in the Atlantic time zone. Their capital is Castries. Official language is English, vernacle language is St. Lucian Creole. Island is in between Martinique and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Closest major country is Venezuela. February 22 1979 became independent state.  National Olympic Committee formed in 1987 and IOC recognized it in 1993. First games was 1996 in Atlanta and been in every games since. Michelle Baptist first flag bearer. Laverne Spencer was flag bearer 4 times. Fun fact - when Athens hosted in 2004, Saint Lucia was first country in parade of nations (Greece opened with Pyrros Dimas carrying the flag, and all the Greek athletes closed it).  So there you go.  Find out soon who will be next. Here is the flag of Saint Lucia. 

 The Kansas City Chiefs are super bowl 57 bound after barely beating the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20. They will be facing the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII on February 12.

 The Philadelphia Eagles are super bowl 57 bound, beating the San Francisco 49ers 31-7. They await the winner of the Cincinnati/Kansas City game. Stay tuned 

 The San Francisco 49ers are into the NFC championship game after beating the Dallas Cowboys 19-12. A semi defensive game. The 49ers will go to Philadelphia to play the Eagles at 2pm on the 29th, while Cincinnati is in Kansas City for the AFC championship at 5:30.

 The Cincinnati Bengals are going to Kansas City to face the Chiefs next Sunday after beating the Buffalo Bills 27-10. Bengals vs Chiefs starts at 5:30pm on the 29th

 Today begins the Chinese new year. This year is the year of the rabbit. Anyone born in the year of the rabbit may have a good year. Enjoy the day. 

 Owen Sound Ontario was host to this year's event. All seven Canadian teams played. Calgary 6 Tampa Bay 3 this afternoon, Winnipeg 5 Ottawa 1 and Montreal 3 Toronto 2 (ot) early this evening and Edmonton just beat Vancouver 4-2 to round out the day.

 The Philadelphia Eagles are hosting the NFC conference championship game after beating the New York Giants 38-7. They will host either Dallas or San Francisco. The NFC championship game is on the 29th.

 The Kansas City Chiefs are into the AFC championship game after beating the Jacksonville Jaguars 27-20. They will host either Cincinnati or Buffalo (if Buffalo, game in Atlanta) on the 29th. Coming up is New York Giants at Philadelphia. 

 The 1962-63 season had (ya you know) 70 games and 6 teams. Highlights include:  1. November 7, Glenn Hall was pulled grom consecutive game 502 with a back injury.  2. April 18 Dave Keon is first player to score 2 shorthanded goals in the same game. 3. Johnny Bower posts a 1.60 goals against average in the playoffs at age 38. The entry draft begins with Garry Monahan the first pick. 4. James Norris offers Stafford Smythe $1 million for Frank Mahovolich. Smythe turns it down. 5. Jean Beliveau scores #300 on January 26. 6. Paul Henderson makes hid debut with Detroit. Playoffs: semi finals had Toronto beat Montreal 4-1 and Detroit beat Chicago 4-2. Stanley Cup final had Toronto beat Detroit 4-1 to win their 2nd cup in a row and their 11th overall. Soon - the 1963-64 NHL season. 

The Dallas Cowboys just beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-14 and will go to San Francisco to play the 49ers on Sunday.  Cincinnati at Buffalo is also Sunday.  Saturday had Jacksonville at Kansas City and New York at Philadelphia. 

 The Cincinnati Bengals are into the divisional round after beating the Baltimore Ravens 24-17. They will play Buffalo in the divisional round and Jacksonville will play Kansas City with both games in the AFC. Tomorrow had Dallas at Tampa Bay with the winner facing San Francisco in the divisional. 

 The New York Giants are heading to the divisional round after beating Minnesota 31-24. The Giants will face the Philadelphia Eagles next weekend. 

 The Buffalo Bills are into the divisional after hanging on to beat the Miami Dolphins 34-31. Couple of close ones on the wild card already, one of which had a 27 point lead only to lose. Right now is the Giants and the Vikings. 

 The Jacksonville Jaguars are going to the divisional round after beating the Los Angeles Chargers 31-30. Opponent to be determined. Tomorrow has Miami at Buffalo,  Baltimore at Cincinnati and New York Giants at Minnesota. 

 The San Francisco 49ers are into the divisional round after blowing out the Seattle Seahawks 41-23. Their opponent T.B.D. Coming up is Los Angeles Chargers at Jacksonville to play the Jaguars. 

 The regular season is done and the wild card match ups are set. They are: Miami at Buffalo, Baltimore at Cincinnati and Los Angeles Chargers at Jacksonville with Kansas City getting the bye in the AFC.  The NFC has Seattle at San Francisco, New York Giants at Minnesota and Dallas at Tampa Bay. Wild card weekend is next weekend.

 Dylan Guenther is the overtime hero as Canada beats the Czech Republic 3-2 to capture their 20th world juniors championship. They had control for most of the game up 2-0. A lapse fir about a minute let the Czechs tie it. 6:22 into overtime Guenther wins it. Congrats to Canada and to the Czech Republic for a great game. Next tournament is 2024 in Gothenburg Sweden. 

 Boy the things I miss at work. The craziest world juniors game ever had the United States beat Sweden 8-7 in overtime. 9 goals in the second period alone (Sweden 5 USA 4. I looked it up). That had to have been a crazy game to watch. The fans got a treat.

 Wow. Canada wins 6-2, even though the USA outplayed Canada in their own end. Outside their own end Canada was pretty good. Thomas Milic stood on his head and was excellent. USA had two goals called back for goalie interference (Craig Button thought otherwise). I'm sure that was yhe difference. Anyways Canada vs Czech Republic for gold and USA vs Sweden for gold.

 This one went into overtime. After tying it with 39 seconds left in the 3rd, the Czech Republic will be playing for gold, winning 2-1 over Sweden.  Sweden will be playing for bronze. Earlier Latvia beat Austria 4-2 (they beat Austria 5-2 on Monday) and swept the relegation series to stay in the top group for next year.  Austria gets relegated to division 1. Canada vs United States in an hour. 

 Wow crazy game. Canada barely beats Slovakia 4-3 in overtime to play in the semis to play the United States, who bombed Germany 11-1. Other quarterfinals had Sweden beat Finland 3-2 and Czech Republic beat Switzerland 9-1. Sweden will play the Czechs in hhe other semi final.  Both semis are Wednesday. Connor Bedard had 2g 1a. Bedard: 1. with his first goal passed Jordan Eberle for most goals by a Canadian in a world juniors career with 15. (He has 16 now). 2. The goal also put him at 32 points, passing Eric Lindros for most career world juniors points by a Canadian with 32 (Lindros had 31. Bedard now had 34). 3. He now has 21 points in this tournament,  passing Dale McCourt (1977) and Brayden Schenn (2011) for most points by s Canadian in one tournament. 4. The assist passes Jason Allison fir most assists by a Canadian in one tournament,  now with 13. Allison had 12 in 1995.  Bedard is amazing. 

 Happy 2023. It's finally arrived. Felt like a slow week. I hope you all have a wonderful 2023. May it be a good cheer of a year.  Cheers 🥂.