the mad sports man

a final four full of ones and a homestate native wins for the first time ever, the final four will feature all #1 seeds.ucla, the #1 seed from the west will face memphis #1 from the south. the other matchup is kansas, #1 in the midwest vs north carolina, #1 in the east. the semis are saturday and the final is april 7th. meanwhile in martinsville, denny hamlin wins the goodys cool orange 500 beating out jeff gordon. i got lazy and didnt tape the race.

baseball season underway the boston red sox and oakland athletics began their regular season yesterday in japan and finished the two game series this morning. boston won yesterday 6-5 in 10 innings and oakland won this morning 5-1. the rest of the teams begin monday and tuesday.

ncaa tourney underway its day 2 of march madness and there been a couple of upsets and close calls. like duke winning by one. 2- time champion florida gators didnt make it so we'll have a new champion this year

food city 500 and a little green on sunday jeff burton blew past denny hamlin and won the food city 500. hamlin got passed like he was standing still - well figuratively. this after kevin harvick and tony stewart bumped into each other causing stewart to spin out. i think harvick kinda slid into him. yesterday was st. patricks day. the one day of the year where people can drink green beer and wear green. there was celtic music played on bourbon street at the mall to celebrate the day. a good day to be irish, even if youre not.

andrew cogliano sets nhl record andrew cogliano set an nhl record last night by scoring 3 straight overtime winners in three straight overtime games. he set the record with 4.9 seconds left in overtime against st. louis. he also scored against columbus on the 7th and chicago on the 9th.

kobalt tools 500 kyle busch ran away this one. led the most laps and at the same time toyota became the first foreign plate to win since al kellar took a jaguar to victory lane in 1954. kyle busch also became the youngest winner in atlanta. he now has the points lead.

springing forward yep, that time to move our clockes forward one hour. 2am tomorrow morning makes it official. it would be a wise idea to adjust your clocks before you go to bed.

end of an era in green bay brett favre officially announced his retimrement at a press conference today. a wonderful 17 years as a packer, 3 mvps, and a whole mess of records. even a super bowl victory in 1997. he will definitely be going to the hall of fame in canton ohio. im guaranteeing first ballot. im proud to have cheered for him and because of him that i am a packers fan.

uaw dodge 400 carl edwards won his second in a row and did his back flip again. ran away with it with two laps to go. he is now the new points leader as well. jimmie johnson finished 29. dale jr finished 2nd and jeff gordon had a nasty crash with four to go and finished 35.

a chilly beginning to march it sure is on the chilly side today. snow was forecast within the next couple of days. got some hockey on at the moment, montreal and n ew jersey tied at 1 after two periods. thinking about the month ahead, theres the ncaa basketball tournament, more baseball - boston and oakland start their season in japan on the 25th, more car races and the playoff drive in hockey and the nba. hopefully these events warm up march. some big puddles already and more to pop up.

good grief, the end of february already february came and went already. so soon? lets see, ryan newman won the daytona 500 (yay for nascar season), spring training for baseball is in full swing with pre-season games bein g played already in florida and arizona, the super bowl won by the new york giants and oh yeah leap year with today being the extra day. february went by so fast i cant remember what else happened. march is almost here and it will be loads of fun.

auto club 500 carl edwards won the rain delayed race from fontana. he beat out jimmie johnson. they resumed on lap 88 after a lenthgy rain delay last night. last night the start was delayed by rain and it was red flag after a nasty crash. jeff gordon finished third

total lunar eclipse we have a total lunar eclipse happening in progress. the moon is now covered. it will last until 8:52.

50th running of the daytona 500 ryan newman wins his first carreer daytona 500 with a little help from kurt busch. a little bump draft on the backstretch got both drivers by tony stewart, who ended up third. a great finish.

woe it sucks to be sick i get sick just as it warms up. its not fun at all at the moment. i dont know how im getting through it. sleep works. sounds like a good idea.

saturday night special today is hockey day in canada this year coming from winkler manitoba. the morning game had toronto beat detroit 3-2 in overtime. in calgary, the flames beat the oilers 4-1 while the senators beat the canadiens 6-1 in ottawa for the 5pm games. right now colorado is leading vancouver 5-1 after 2 periods. meanwhile in daytona, dale earnhardt jr won the budweiser shootout to begin speedweeks. he wins his first race with his new team. update: colorado 6 vancouver 2. another edition of hockey day in canada until next year.

happy chinese new year - a day late yesterday was chinese new year thus beginning the year of the rat. there will be festivities in the mall this weekend in chinatown. so happy new year. today also marks 6 months to the beijing olympics.

super bowl XLII the new york giants have just won super bowl 42 and ended new englands chance at a perfect season with a 17-14 victory in glendale arizona.

watching hockey and other stuff right now im watching dallas @ calgary on cbc and eating a freezie left over from the summer. toronto beat ottawa in the first game of the doubleheader 4-2. i can relax after finishing my laundry earlier. its scoreless in calgary at the moment.

end of january already? egads damn where did january go? started downtown and the fireworks and ends tonight with most of canada shivering literally. in between there was nfl playoff football with super bowl 42 on sunday. there was the nhl all star game. and today is the last day for the licence plate survey for brand new alberta plates. the site for the survey is www.licenceplate.alberta.ca . the current ones is to expire in 2009.