the mad sports man

a dark sombre anniversary sadly it's been 20 years since 'black friday' when an f4 tornado ripped through eastern edmonton, leduc and beaumont. 27 people died in it. a bad day for sure.

allstate 400 tony stewart wins his second race of the year and second race at indy. ran away with it after passing kevin harvick with under 20 to go. yay for tony

rexall grand prix of edmonton sebastian bourdais won the race at the sity sentre airport yesterday. he ran away with it at the end. paul tracy went fron 14th to 5th at the end. great finish for him. hopefully next year i book the weekend off to go to the qualifying and the race.

fifa u-20 championship semi-final i was at hte semi fiansl game between the czech rep and austria. it was a pretty close and defensive game. the czechs won 2-0 and are now in the finals and will play the other semi final game winner between argentina and chile. austria will play the loser for 3rd place.

usg sheetrock 400 tony stewart wins and snaps a 20 race drought. matt kenseth, carl edwards, kevin harvick and casey mears round out the top five. other notables: jeff gordon was 9th, kurt bush was 6th, dale earnhardt jr was 19th after batrtling with no power steering and jimmie johnson ws 37 after a cut tire caused him to crash. next race is in two weeks in indianapolis and the allstate 400 at the brick yard

hot town summer in the city, back of my neck getting dirt and gritty appropriate song from the lovin' spoonful for the heat wave we're having. not much relief in sight. some are getting out enjoying it. i just want to hide. its not too fun. ice bags are a must. or a freezer. gotta stay cold

pepsi 400 jamie mcmurray just beats out kyle busch to win tonight. the margin of victory - 0.005 sec. that close. quite a race tonight.

the righ to host the winter olympics in the year 2014 goes to...... sochi russia. they beat out pyeong chang south korea and salzburg austria to win the right. sochi is in the south of russia on the black sea.the announcement was made about 20 minutes ago. so coingrats to sochi

lenox industrial tools 300 denny hamlin beat out jeff gordon at the finish to him his first race of the year and his first race since last year. quite a good finish. cant wait till saturday night and the pepsi 400.

canada day and talking hockey its canadas birthday and its also where hte unrestricted free agency period begins. and a trade involving philadelphia and edmonton. jason smith and joffrey lupul go to philly for joni pitkanen and geoff sanderson. details on www.nhl.com .

aubrey huff's cycle and a toyota on the pole aubrey huff of the baltimore orioles hit the first cycle (single, double, triple and home run in same game) in baltimore tonight. an amazing though. dave blaney put a toyota on the pole for the lenox industrial tools 300 in louden new hampshire today. first pole for that make

franks thomas' homer milestone frank thomas hit his 500th career homer this afternoon in an 8-5 jays loss to minnesota. a great milestone for sure. i think thats an automatic hall of fame number. anyways milestone to cheer about

racing catch up. boy ami behind lol carl edwards won last week. today, juan pablo montoya, in his first nascar season, won his first race a t teh toyota save mart 350 in sonoma, ca. gas mileage came into play again. kevin harvick finished 2nd. jamie mcmurray had 2nd but ran out of gas as did carl edwards and kyle petty. jeff gordon finished 7th after starting 41st and jimmie johnson finished 17th after starting 42nd. both failed inspection before qualifying on friday and wasnt allowed to qualify. (both used provisionals) whether penalties will be handed down will be decided tomorrow or tuesday. i think theyll lose some points, get fined, put on probation or, on the off chance get parked in louden next week. thats all from wine country.

san antonio wins nba title it was a four game sweep. it was the spurs fourth title in eight years. it wasnt much of a series and not many people watched. thats it for the nba season.

justin verlander's no-no justin verlander tossed a no hitter for the tigers against the milwaukee brewers. it was first detroint no-no in 23 years

pocono 500 rained on but......... ....106 laps did get in before the rain came. as a result jeff gordon wins it. but barely. ryan newman almost got him before caution came out for the rain. jimmie johnson blew a left fron tire and ended up 42nd. martin truex jr, casey mears and tony stewart round out the top five.

stanley cup game 5 its over. the anaheim duck are stanley cup champions with a 6-2 win in game 5 and a 4-1 series victory. it was their series the whole way. anaheim became the first california team to win the cup as well. scott niedermayer was named conn smythe trophy winner as playoff mvp.

london 2012 logo this is what the new logo looks like. personally its the dumbest thing ive ever seen. iread that a petition was started to have the logo changes. what do you think of the logo? leave a comment if you wold like to

ducks win game 4 the ducks are one game away from winning the cup with a 3-2 win. trooper played outside scotiabank place before the game. game 5 wednesday

autism speaks 400 take 2 martin truex jr won ending the hedrick car of tomorrow streak of wins. jeff gordon finished 9, jimmie johnson 15th. tony stewart adn kurt busch wrecked and which led to busch getting parked and stewart finishing 40th. busch was 2nd. tony wasnt too happy, from what i read.