It's Friday

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

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Today is November 25th, the 329th day of 2011. There are 36 days left in the year.

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Neely loves Bruins' 'Black Friday' tradition.

Statistical look at the 2011-12 first quarter.

Visit the official league website, http://www.nhl.com.

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Today is Black Friday. (Didja notice?)

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Sunrise, FL. -- Here's a preview of tonight's Lightning game at the Stinkin' Panthers.

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Buy Nothing Day is today and tomorrow.

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Travis Lulay named Most Outstanding Player.

Johnson named CFL's top Defensive Player.

Jerome Messam named CFL's Top Canadian.

BC's McCallum grabs Special Teams award.

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

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Today is Flossing Day. (Linky Link)

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The McBert men's basketball blog -- Part 4.

Visit the official football website by clicking here.

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

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Today is the International Day For The Elimination Of Violence Against Women Day.

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

Week 11

Thursday, November 17th

At Denver 17, NY Jets 13

Sunday, November 20th

At Green Bay 35, Tampa Bay 26
At Detroit 49, Carolina 35
At Cleveland 14 Jacksonville 10
Oakland 27 at Minnesota 21
At Miami 35, Buffalo 8
Dallas 27 at Washington 24 (OT)
At Baltimore 31, Cincinnati 24
At San Francisco 23, Arizona 7
Seattle 24 at St. Louis 7
At Atlanta 23, Tennessee 17
At Chicago 31, San Diego 20
Philadelphia 17 at NY Giants 10

Monday, November 21st

Kansas City at New England 8:30 PM

·Bye: Indianapolis, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Houston

Week 12

All Times Eastern
Thursday, November 24th

Green Bay 27 at Detroit 15
At Dallas 20, Miami 19
At Baltimore 16, San Francisco 6

Sunday, November 27th

Houston at Jacksonville 1:00 PM
Buffalo at NY Jets 1:00 PM
Cleveland at Cincinnati 1:00 PM
Minnesota at Atlanta 1:00 PM
Arizona at St. Louis 1:00 PM
Carolina at Indianapolis 1:00 PM
Tampa Bay at Tennessee 1:00 PM
Chicago at Oakland 4:05 PM
Washington at Seattle 4:05 PM
Denver at San Diego 4:15 PM
New England at Philadelphia 4:15 PM
Pittsburgh at Kansas City 8:20 PM

Monday, November 28th

NY Giants at New Orleans 8:30 PM

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Maize Day is today.

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Let's go back to the firehouse.

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This is the National Day of Listening. (Linky Link)

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Today in Elvis History:

1954 - Elvis Presley played at the Paladium Club in Houston, TX.

1955 - In Port Arthur, TX, Elvis Presley gave his first performance after signing with RCA.

1960 - Polls were taken at advance screenings of the Elvis Presley movie "Flaming Star". As a result of the polls the songs "Britches" and "Summer Kisses, Winter Tears" were cut from the final cut of the movie. Polls were also taken on November 23.

2002 - Nicolas Cage filed for a divorce from Lisa Marie Presley citing irreconcilable differences. The two had been married four months before.

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Besides being Black Friday, this is also Shopping Reminder Day. (Like you really needed one.)

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Today in Beatles History:

1969 - John Lennon returned his MBE to Buckingham Palace with a note. The note said, "Your Majesty, I am returning this MBE in protest against Britain's involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam, and against "Cold Turkey" slipping down the charts. With love, John Lennon of Bag."

2003 - The remastered version of John Lennon's album "Plastic Ono Band" was released.

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This is Sinkie Day. (It's the day you eat all the Thanksgiving Leftovers over the sink.)

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Today in Sports History:

1920 - The first play-by-play broadcast of a football game was aired in College Station, TX. The game was between the University of Texas and Texas A&M.

1961 - Bob Cousy (Boston Celtics) scored his 15,000th NBA career point.

1965 - The first color broadcast of an NFL game aired on CBS. The Detroit Lions and the Baltimore Colts played to a 24-24 tie.

1976 - O.J. Simpson (Buffalo Bills) ran for 273 yards against the Detroit Lions.

1980 - Larry Holmes knocked out Marvis Frazier in the first round to retain the world heavyweight title.

2002 - Pete Rose and baseball commissioner Bud Selig met secretly to discuss Rose's lifetime ban from baseball.

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Today is You're Welcome Giving Day.

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Coming up:

Tonight --

NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning at Florida Panthers 7:30 EST

Saturday --

College Football -- Oregon State Beavers at Oregon Ducks 3:30pm EST

NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers 7:00pm EST

Sunday --

NFL Football -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Tennessee Titans 1:00pm EST

CFL Football -- 99th Grey Cup Game, Winnipeg vs BC at Vancouver, B.C. 6:30pm EST

Monday --

NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning at Minnesota Wild 7:30pm EST

Tuesday --

Nothin' Doin'

Wednesday --

NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lighting at Detroit Red Wings 7:30pm EST

Thursday --

Nothin' Doin'

Friday --

Nothin' Doin'

Saturday --

Empire South Hockey -- Tampa Bay Juniors at Florida Eels 3:30pm EST

EJHL South Hockey -- Tampa Bay Juniors at Florida Eels 6:15pm EST

NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning vs New York Rangers 7:00pm EST

Sunday --

Empire South Hockey - Tampa Bay Juniors vs Florida Eels 12:15pm EST

NFL Football -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Carolina Panthers 1:00pm EST

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That's it for today. Thanks for stopping by, I hope that you'll do so again tomorrow. Thanks again!