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It's Friday. Here's what's happening....

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Today is September 23rd, the 266th day of 2011. There are 99 days left in the year.

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NHL suspends Shelley for remainder of preseason, five regular-season games.

Letourneau-Leblond suspended rest of preseason, one regular-season game.

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Todays Birthdays: Actor Mickey Rooney is 91 ... Actress Margaret Pellegrini (one of the last surviving munchkins from the The Wizard of Oz) is 88 ... Singer Julio Iglesias is 68 ... Rocker Bruce Springsteen is 62 ... Rod Hebrank is 56 ... Actor Jason Alexander is 52 ... Actor Chi (shy) McBride is 50.

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Riders’ Chris Getzlaf OK after injury scare.

Nye: Cates loving life in Riderville.

The two hottest teams in the CFL meet tomorrow, when the Saskatchewan Roughriders host the B.C. Lions. The Riders, who trail B.C. by two points in the West, have won three straight, while the Leos have won four straight. The game, with Rod Pedersen and Carm Carteri on 620 CKRM and the Rider Radio Network, starts at 4:00pm EDT. Listen link is on the right side of this blog. The game can be seen in Canada on TSN and in the U.S. on the NFL Network and ESPN3.com.

Visit the team's official website at http://www.riderville.com/.

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Today is Restless Legs Awareness Day.

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Lulay has complete trust in BC's offensive line.

By the Numbers: Week #13.

CFL.ca Online Water Cooler: Week #12.

Donate to the Tony Proudfoot Fund.

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

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Caesar Augustus was born in Rome on this day in 63 B. C.

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Football broadcast options.

The Oregon State Beavers look to avoid an 0-3 start tomorrow, when they host the 1-2 UCLA Bruins. Kickoff is set for 3:30pm EST. Mike Parker, Jim Wilson and Ron Callan have the call on 860 KPAM and the Beaver Sports Network. Listen link is on the right side of this blog.

Visit the official football website by clicking here.

Visit the school's official athletics website by clicking here.

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Autumn began at 5:04am EDT.

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The 2011 NFL season is underway. Here's the week two results:

Week 2
All times Eastern

Sunday, September 18th
At Detroit 48, Kansas City 3
At Buffalo 38, Oakland 35
Tampa Bay 24 at Minnesota 20
At New Orleans 30, Chicago 13
Baltimore at Tennessee 1:00 PM
Cleveland 27 at Indianapolis 19
At NY Jets 32, Jacksonville 3
At Pittsburgh 24, Seattle 0
At Washington 22, Arizona 21
Green Bay 30 at Carolina 23
Dallas 27 at San Francisco 24
San Diego at New England 4:15 PM
Houston 23 at Miami 13
At Denver 24, Cincinnati 22
At Atlanta 35, Philadelphia 31

Monday, September 19th
At NY Giants 28, St. Louis 16

Week 3
All times Eastern

Sunday, September 25th
Houston at New Orleans 1:00 PM
NY Giants at Philadelphia 1:00 PM
Jacksonville at Carolina 1:00 PM
New England at Buffalo 1:00 PM
Miami at Cleveland 1:00 PM
San Francisco at Cincinnati 1:00 PM
Denver at Tennessee 1:00 PM
Detroit at Minnesota 1:00 PM
Baltimore at St. Louis 4:05 PM
NY Jets at Oakland 4:05 PM
Kansas City at San Diego 4:05 PM
Arizona at Seattle 4:15 PM
Atlanta at Tampa Bay 4:15 PM
Green Bay at Chicago 4:15 PM
Pittsburgh at Indianapolis 8:20 PM

Monday, September 26th
Washington at Dallas 8:30 PM

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Today is Hug a Vegetarian Day.

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Hmmmmmmmm....I wonder what Jimmy will want to eat next?

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Saturday is Museum day, part of the Smithsonian's annual effort to boost museum attendance. Museums around the country will offer free admission Saturday.

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NEW YORK, Ny. -- Even on a night when the Rays blistered Yankees pitching for 17 hits in a 15-8 win, the starting pitching still managed to overshadow the team's offense.

By winning, the Rays moved to 86-70 on the season to creep within two games of the American League Wild Card-leading Red Sox, who were idle on Thursday. In addition, the Angels -- who entered Thursday night's action tied with the Rays in the Wild Card race, lost to the Blue Jays, to fall three games back of Boston.

Tampa Bay will begin a three-game series against Toronto on Friday night at Tropicana Field before finishing up the season with a three-game series against New York, also at home..

Read the rest here.

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The first commencement at Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was held on this date in 1642. (They must have some wild reunions these days, eh?)

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LOS ANGELES, Ca. -- Wild Card fever gripped the Giants on Thursday. Coaches and a handful of players exulted over the telecast of St. Louis' come-from-ahead loss to the Mets. Tiebreaking procedures were announced. Matt Cain and Eric Surkamp, the possible starters for Friday night's series opener at Arizona, flew to Phoenix early to get proper rest.

The anticipation dissolved once the Giants actually started playing the Los Angeles Dodgers. Madison Bumgarner was unusually flat and the offense reverted to its helpless ways in an 8-2 loss that made the already farfetched notion of a Giants postseason appearance downright laughable.

Read the rest here.

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North America is safe from the latest falling satellite. As for the rest of Earth? Who knows. NASA expects the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite to enter the Earth's atmosphere this afternoon (Eastern time).

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Today in Elvis History:

1961 - Elvis Presley's single "(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame" hit #4 in the U.S.

1963 - Elvis Presley screened the movie "Hootenanny Hoot."

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Love Note Day is today.

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Today in Beatles History:

1960 - In Hamburg, the Beatles, with Stu Sutcliffe, recorded versions of "Fever," "Summertime," and "September Song."

1968 - The Beatles recorded 45 takes of "Happiness Is a Warm Gun."

1969 - The Illinois University newspaper "Northern Star" printed a story that speculated about the death of Paul McCartney entitled "Clues Hint At Beatle Death."

2001 - Yoko Ono placed a full-page ad in The New York Times with the message - "Imagine all the people living life in peace." The ad was Ono's response to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

2003 - The Ringo Starr album "Christmas Collection - 20th Century Masters" was released.

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MORE NEW TV TONIGHT -- Tonight TV watchers get season premieres of Kitchen Nightmares, CSI: New York and Supernatural.

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Today in Sports History:

1845 - The Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York was formed by Alexander Joy Cartwright. It was the first baseball team in America.

2001 - Barry Bonds hit his 65th and 66th home run of the season to tie Sammy Sosa for the second most home runs in a season.

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Coming up:

Tonight:

EJHL South Hockey -- Tampa Bay Juniors at Junior Bruins Shootout vs Valley Junior Warriors 11:50am EDT

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays vs Toronto Blue Jays 7:10pm EDT

NHL Pre-season Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers 7:30pm EDT

Empire South Hockey -- Tampa Bay Juniors at Junior Bruins Shootout vs Maksymum 9:20pm EDT

MLB -- San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks 9:40pm EDT

Saturday --

EJHL South Hockey -- Tampa Bay Juniors at Junior Bruins Shootout vs Mass Maple Leafs 9:10am EDT

Pac-12 College Football -- Oregon State Beavers vs UCLA Bruins 3:30pm EDT

CFL Football -- Saskatchewan Roughriders vs BC Lions 4:00pm EDT

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays vs Toronto Blue Jays 7:10pm EDT

NHL Pre-season Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers 7:30pm EDT

MLB -- San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks 8:10pm EDT

Empire South Hockey -- Tampa Bay Juniors at Junior Bruins Shootout vs New York Apple Core 10:00pm EDT

Sunday --

EJHL South Hockey -- Tampa Bay Juniors at Junior Bruins Shootout vs Boston Bandits 1:40pm EDT

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays vs Toronto Blue Jays 1:40pm EDT

Nascar Sprint Cup Series -- Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway 2:00pm EDT

Empire South Hockey -- Tampa Bay Juniors at Junior Bruins Shootout vs South Shore Kings 2:10pm EDT

MLB -- San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks 4:10pm EDT

NFL Football -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Atlanta Falcons 4:15pm EDT

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That's all for another day. Thanks for stopping by, I hope that you'll do so again tomorrow. Thanks again!