It's Thursday!

It's Thursday. Here's what's happening....

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Hockey Playoff Roundup ----

NHL:

Last night --

Western Conference Semifinals

No games

Eastern Conference Semifinals

Montreal 5, Pittsburgh 2 (Montreal wins series 4-3)

Philadelphia 2, Boston 1 (Series tied 3-3)

Tonight --

Eastern Conference

No games

Western Conference Finals

No games

AHL

Last night --

Western Conference Finals

Hershey 4, Manchester 2 (Hershey leads best-of-seven series 1-0)

Eastern Conference Finals

No games

Tonight --

Western Conference Finals

No games

Eastern Conference Finals

No games

ECHL Kelly Cup Championship Finals

Last night --

No games

Tonight --

No games

Friday --

Cincinnati at Idaho 9:10pm EDT (Game One, best-of-seven)

2010 MasterCard Memorial Cup at Brandon, Manitoba

Tonight --

No games

Friday --

Windsor(OHL Champion) vs Brandon(WHL Host Team) 8:00pm EDT

USHL Clark Cup Championship Finals:

Last night --

Green Bay 5, Fargo 3 (Fargo wins series 3-2)

(Note: Game had USHL record playoff crowd of 8,487.)

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The World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest begins today in
Memphis. (I thought I smelled something good in the air!)

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The Tampa Bay Rays wrapped up a nine game road trip last night with a 4-3 win over the Angels. The Rays scored 2 in the first and one each in the fifth and sixth. The Angels plated single runs in the third, sixth and seventh. David Price won, he's now 5-1, thanks in part to Rafael Soriano's 9th save of the year. Jered Weaver took the loss, he's now 4-2. Tampa Bay plays five at home starting Friday night at 7:10pm EDT against Seattle on 620AM WDAE.

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If the boss will allow it, get home during the workday and take a
shower. A study shows showering during the workday helps employees
become more productive and more creative.

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Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off on it's last mission Friday afternoon at 2:20pm EDT. Complete coverage on WMEL Radio beginning at 12:00pm EDT.

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Neil Armstrong calls President Obama's space plan as "poorly advised."

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Since I mentioned Green Bay earlier, I thought I'd flashback to my first ever visit there, in January 2007.













Kinda neat to see a picture with snow falling around me, considering how the temperature is consistantly in the 80s and at times into the 90s already where I live now.

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Mark Schatzker's written "Steak: One Man's Search for the World's
Tastiest Piece of Beef." He says the best steaks found during 3 years
of research were in Scotland, Argentina and the United States.

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The last surviving Ziegfeld Girl has passed away.

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It's a light news day. Time to hit the hay after a long night at work. Have fun, see you tomorrow.