It's Tuesday

It's Tuesday. Here's what's happening....

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Today is March 22nd, the 81st day of 2011. There are 284 days left in the year.

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Pens survive with shootout win over Wings.

Kings edge Flames in shootout.

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Today's birthdays: Televangelist Pat Robertson is 81; actor William Shatner is 80; newsman Wolf Blitzer is 63; composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is 63; sportscaster Bob Costas is 59; Canadian Figure skater Elvis Stojko is 39; actress Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line, Legally Blonde Movies) is 35

... Wow, Shatner is 80! 


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Phantoms' defenseman commits to Mercyhurst.

Oddo's game: Goals, guidance.

Mr. Hockey goes to juniors.

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Today is National Goof Off Day.

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All-star Cory Boyd extends with Argos.

Ticats pick up Thomas, Medlock from Eskimos.

2011 CFL Schedule is here.

Donate to the Tony Proudfoot Fund.

Visit the leagues' official website, http://www.cfl.ca/.

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WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!



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Oprah's winding down her talk show. (And she's saving her best giveaway for last -- her whole audience will receive a free tank of gas.)

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Today in Elvis History:

1957 - Elvis Presley's single "All Shook Up" was shipped to retailers.

1965 - Elvis Presley returned to Memphis after finishing filming for "Fun in Acupulco."

1967 - The movie "Easy Come, Easy Go," starring Elvis Presley and Elsa Lanchester, opened in the U.S.

1967 - Elvis Presley began working on "Clambake."

1969 - Elvis Presley's "If I Can Dream" hit #11 in the U.K.

1969 - Filming began on the Elvis Presley movie "Change Of Habit."

2004 - It was announced that DIGGIT Enterntainment Group would develop Elvis-branded applications for mobile devices worldwide.

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Tiger Woods is dating again. Alyse Lahti Johnston, a 22-year old college student, has been seen with the golfer the last few months.

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Today in Beatles History:

1963 - The Beatles' first album, "Please Please Me," was released in the U.K.

1997 - Paul McCartney's birth certificate sold at auction for $84,146.

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Kelly Gneiting is the heaviest person ever to complete the Los Angeles Marathon. Gneiting tipped the scales at 400 pounds when he began Sunday's marathon. Nine hours, 48 minutes, 52 seconds later he crossed the finish line and set the Guinness World Record for being the heaviest person to ever complete the 26.2-mile race.

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Today in Sports History:

1888 - The English Football League was established.

1893 - In Northampton, MA, The first women's collegiate basketball game was played at Smith College.

1894 - The first playoff competition for the Stanley Cup began. Montreal defeated Ottawa 3-1.

1904 - A patent was issued for a "baseball catcher."

1923 - Foster Hewitt used a telephone to broadcast the first hockey game. He called the game between Kitchner and Toronto Parkdale.

1934 - The first Masters golf championship began in Augusta, GA.

1964 - Ed Johnston (Boston Bruins) became the last goalie in NHL history to play every minute of every game for an entire season.

1967 - Muhammad Ali was stripped of his heavyweight title for refusing to be inducted into the United States Army.

1969 - UCLA beat Purdue to become the first college basketball team to win three straight NCAA titles.

1974 - Peter Revson died in a crash during a practice run for the South Africa Grand Prix.

1979 - The National Hockey League (NHL) voted to accept 4 WHA teams, the Oilers, Jets, Nordiques & Whalers.

1993 - Cleveland Indians pitchers Steve Olin and Tim Crews were killed in a motor boat accident. Bobby Ojeda was also seriously injured.

1994 - The NFL announced the addition of the two-point conversion. It was the league's first scoring change in 75 seasons.

1997 - Tara Lipinski, at 14 years and 10 months, became the youngest women's world figure skating champion.

2002 - Sergei Zubov (Dallas Stars) got his 400th career assist.

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A source says the next Xbox will be out in 2015 -- ten years after the Xbox 360 first appeared.

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Coming Up: 

Tonight --

NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning vs New York Islanders 7:30pm EDT

Wednesday --

Nothin' Doin'  

Thursday --

Nothin' Doin'

Friday --

NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning vs Carolina Hurricanes 7:30pm EDT

Saturday --

NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes 7:00pm EDT

Sunday --

Nothin' Doin'

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That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by, see you tomorrow.