It's Friday. Let's see what's happening....
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It's Tequila Day!
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Roenick, Hatchers head U.S. Hall of Fame class.
Hawks move Reasoner to Panthers.
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A woman wearing underwear on her head reached in through the drive-thru window at McDonald's and robbed the cash register. (Well, this is one time Lindsay Lohan has an airtight alibi.)
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They don't like us and we don't care.
The Riders take their 3-0 record on the road next Saturday to face the 2-1 Calgary Stampeders. Kickoff is set for 9:30pm EDT. Listen links for the game are on the right side of this blog.
Check out Riderville.com for the latest on "Canada's (And Clearwater, Florida's) Team."
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Today is National Vanilla Ice Cream Day.
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Today in Sports History:
1969 - U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew threw out the first ball at the major league All-Star Game.
1972 - Eddie Merckx of Belgium won his fourth consecutive Tour de France bicycling competition.
2000 - Lance Armstrong won his second Tour de France.
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Today is Gorgeous Grandma Day.
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After winning 2-of-3 in Baltimore, the Tampa Bay Rays had yesterday off.
The Rays are now 57-37 and are 3 games behind the Yankees in the A.L. East. They also lead the A.L. Wild Card chase. Tampa Bay starts a three game series in Cleveland tonight at 7:05pm EDT, before returning home on Monday, July 26th for their longest home stand of the season, 11 games, with the first of a four-game set against Detroit, to be followed by three against the Yankees and four against Minnesota. You can follow the Rays on 620AM WDAE and the Rays Radio Network. All games through Friday, September 3rd, can be seen on Sun Sports. The Monday, July 26th game with Detroit will air on ESPN, the Sunday, August 1st game will be on TBS, and the Saturday August 14th game against Detroit will be on FOX.
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Today is Hot Enough for Ya Day.
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The Yankees lead the A.L. East by 3 games over Tampa Bay and 7 over Boston. Toronto is 13 back and Baltimore is 30 1/2 games behind.
In the A.L. Central, Chicago leads Detroit and Minnesota by 2 games, Kansas City is 11 1/2 back and Cleveland is 12 1/2 games off the pace.
Out in the (not-so)wild A.L. West, Texas leads the Angels by 6 games, Oakland is 7 1/2 back and Seattle trails by 19.
In the N.L. East, Atlanta leads the Mets by 7 games, Philadelphia is 7 1/2 behind, while Florida is 9 back and Washington(First in war, first in peace and last in the N.L. East) trails by 14 1/2.
In the N.L. Central, St. Louis leads by 1 1/2 games over Cincinnati, Milwaukee is 10 1/2 and the Cubs trail by 11, Houston is 14 1/2 behind, and Pittsburgh(heading towards their 18th consecutive losing season) is 19 1/2 games off the pace.
San Diego leads the N.L. West by 3 games over San Francisco(The Giants lead the N.L. Wild Card chase), by 4 1/2 over Colorado, 5 over the Dodgers and 19 over Arizona.
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Long Island, New York, authorities are looking for a male suspect who walked into a bank Thursday dressed as Darth Vader and held up a teller at gunpoint. He was wearing a Darth Vader mask, blue cape and camouflage pants.
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Matt Cain struck out nine, and helped keep the Diamondback bats in check last night, as the San Francisco Giants beat Arizona 3-0.
The Giants would get all the runs they would need in the first inning. Aubry Huff scored on Buster Posey's single, giving San Francisco a 1-0 lead. Andres Torres homered in the third for a 2-0 lead and Aaron Rowans singled home Juan Uribe and the Giants went on from there to a 3-0 win.
Matt Cain, who blanked the D'backs on May 28th, pitched 8 scoreless innings, allowing just 3 hits, with 9 strike outs and 3 walks, to improve to 8-8. Brian Wilson pitched the 9th, striking out 1, to notch his 27th save of the season.
San Francisco continues their four-game set at Arizona tonight, before returning home Monday for 4 against Florida and 3 against the Dodgers. The Giants have a big 3-game series at home against San Diego coming up August 13th through 15th. Next Saturday's game with the Dodgers airs on FOX, with the Sunday game against the Dodgers showing on ESPN.
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Chelsea Clinton July 31 wedding to Marc Mezvinsky will reportedly run around $2 million. "Dad, stop hitting on my bridesmaids!"
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Lancers look at Texas prospects this weekend.
Lancers' Marshall gets good news on injury.
Stampeded announces training camp roster.
Babinsky to skate for Lancers.
Hartzog, Faust added to Wisconsin roster.
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Hi, I'm Jimmy. How do you like me so far?
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On this day in 1984, Vanessa Williams came the first Miss America to relinquishe her crown after Penthouse magazine announces it will publish nude photos of her with another woman.
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Today in Elvis History:
1966 - Elvis Presley's "Love Letters" hit #19 in the U.S.
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Coming up:
Tonight --
Baseball: Tampa Bay Rays at Cleveland Indians 7:05pm EDT
Baseball: San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks 9:40pm EDT
Saturday --
Baseball: Tampa Bay Rays at Cleveland Indians 7:05pm EDT
Arena Football: Alabama Vipers at Tampa Bay Storm 7:30pm EDT
Nascar Nationwide Series: Kroger 200 at O'Reilly Raceway Park, Indianapolis, Indiana 8:00pm EDT
Baseball: San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks 8:10pm EDT
Sunday --
Nascar Sprint Cup Series: Brickyard 400 and Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana 1:00pm EDT
Baseball: Tampa Bay Rays at Cleveland Indians 1:05pm EDT
Baseball: San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks 4:10pm EDT
Monday --
Baseball: Detroit Tigers at Tampa Bay Rays 7:10pm EDT
Baseball: Florida Marlins at San Francisco Giants 10:15pm EDT
Tuesday --
Baseball: Detroit Tigers at Tampa Bay Rays 7:10pm EDT
Baseball: Florida Marlins at San Francisco Giants 10:15pm EDT
Wednesday --
Baseball: Florida Marlins at San Francisco Giants 7:05pm EDT
Baseball: Detroit Tigers at Tampa Bay Rays 7:10pm EDT
Thursday --
Baseball: Detroit Tigers at Tampa Bay Rays 12:10pm EDT
Baseball: Florida Marlins at San Francisco Giants 3:45pm EDT
Friday --
Baseball: New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays 7:10pm EDT
Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants 10:15pm EDT
Saturday --
Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants 4:10pm EDT
Nascar Nationwide Series: U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa 7:00pm EDT
Baseball: New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays 7:10pm EDT
Arena Football: Orlando Predators at Tampa Bay Storm 7:30pm EDT (Final game of regular season.)
Sunday --
Nascar Sprint Cup Series: Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Iowa 1:00pm EDT
Baseball: New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays 1:40pm EDT
Baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants 8:00pm EDT
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That's it's for today. See you tomorrow!
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