Happy Deadline Day hockey fans!!!
Leafs TV personality Jody Vance wrote a piece for the 24 Hours Daily on Monday asking why NHL Trade Deadline Day isn’t a Canadian Holiday rather than Family Day. Sounds foolish at first, but think about it, does Family Day get 10 hour dedication from 3 National Cable Networks?
I’ll fully admit right here and now that one year not too long ago I skipped my college classes for a day to watch 3 pronged coverage of the NHL trade deadline. The 3 prongs were (and still are) SportsNet, TSN and The Score. I don’t remember the trades that day, I think maybe that’s the day that Doug Gilmour went back to Toronto before wrecking his knee… but I don’t know. It’s not about the memories most years. It’s about the anticipation and action between 7am and 3pm.
I’ll also admit that I have been so wrapped up in waiting for today to happen that I have no idea what else is going on in the world. I’ll go check.
Sad news out of the Florida Gulf Coast as the Coast Guard has called off their search for NFL players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith. The players and 2 others were ship wrecked over the weekend with only one survivor found. Thoughts and prayers go out to the University of South Florida and NFL families as well as the families of the lost at this time.
Thoughts and prayers also go out to the families of 3 fallen Canadian soldiers and 2 wounded in Afghanistan. The recent fallen bring Canada’s number to 111 since the mission started in 2002. Hopefully in the near future we will start to see and hear good news stories from the region. My fingers are crossed.
MSN Entertainment is hocking People’s story with regards to what celeb chicks us dudes want to party with. The results, (drum roll please) Tina Fey and Megan Fox. Discuss amongst yourselves.
Ontario MPPs were given a lesson in manners and acceptable speech on Tuesday. The Speaker of the House told everyone to remember that words like “Jerk” and “Stupid” (not always together, but alone as well) don’t do anything to keep things running smoothly in the House. Play nice ladies and gentlemen.
Rumour is that Disney is going to make a High School Musical 4. The movie wouldn’t go to theatres like High School Musical 3 did. It would instead be shown on the Disney Channel like the first 2 installments of the series were. I’m not sure how I feel about this. I haven’t seen 3 yet so I should probably reserve judgment.
This news is pretty cool. Hunters are looking into the possibility of shooting “green bullets” instead of the more popular and traditional lead based bullets of old. The controversy boils over as hunting groups (who get their back up pretty easily) say that lead bullets aren’t bad for the environment and pose no risk. It looks like another “from my cold dead hands” situation. Not a major story, but could be interesting to see what goes on with this one.
A new Gallop Poll shows that Americans view us as their second best friend. Great Britain has us beat for the top spot. Canada did get top spot among Democrats and Americans near the border. But the big thing is that the UK got a ton of good press in The States for their support in the War on Terror in Iraq.
That’s a lot of news for you today people. Sift through it and use it as part of a healthy diet.
As ESPN.com’s John Buccigross recently told me, be well.
Today’s links:
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/9287920/Coast-Guard-ends-search-for-two-NFL-players?MSNHPHMA - Coast Guard Calls Off Search.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090304/world/afghan_cda_soldiers_killed - Cdn Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan.
http://wonderwall.msn.com/movies/megan-fox-tina-fey-voted-top-party-girls-1511084.story?gt1=28135 - People Mag Party Girls
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/090303/canada/canada_toronto_leg_language - Politicians Given Speech By Speaker.
http://www.hollywoodlife.net/Article.aspx?articlepath=RSS\Gossip\20090304\High-School-Musical-4-Lets-Be-Realistic.xml&cat=Gossip&pcur=1&ipp=10&pageid=1#High_School_Musical_4:_Lets_Be_Realistic - High School Musical 4?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/04/green.bullets/index.html - Green Bullets?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090304.wally04/BNStory/National/home - Great Britain Better Friend Material Than Canada.
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