It's Sunday. Here's what's happening....
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Today is February 5th, the 36th day of 2012. There are 330 days left in the year. (This is a leap year.)
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Backes brings home Hitchcock’s message for Blues.
CBA sticking points: The players’ cut & team-by-team revenues.
Visit the official league website, http://www.nhl.com/.
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Today is the start of Boy Scout Anniversary Week, Children's Authors and Illustrators Week, Dump Your Significant Jerk Week, Freelance Writer's Appreciation Week, International Coaching Week, Just Say No To PowerPoint Week, Publicity for Profit Week and World Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Week.
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Tampa, FL. -- Saturday’s game against the division-rival Florida Panthers was set to be memorable for Martin St. Louis before it even started.
Following 60 minutes, it indeed turned out as one to be remembered, but for two reasons.
Playing in his 900th career game, St. Louis scored three times to record his fifth career hat trick and help the Tampa Bay Lightning rebound from a previous loss by earning a 6-3 victory over the Southeast Division-leading Panthers at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
Steven Stamkos added his league-leading 34th goal of the season, and Nate Thompson also scored for Tampa Bay, which has won six of its past seven..
Read the rest here.
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This is Move Hollywood & Broadway to Lebanon, PA. Day, Weatherperson's Day, Western Monarch Day, World Nutella Day (Linky Link) and Dump Your Significanr Jerk Day.
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VANSTONE: Rider great can relate to Gronkowski’s situation.
Robservations...Dan Farthing is a class act.
Visit the leagues' official website, http://www.cfl.ca/.
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"The Oregon Spectator", based in Oregon City, became the first newspaper published on the Pacific coast on this day in 1846.
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The 2011 NFL playoffs are underway. Here's the Super Bowl schedule:
Super Bowl XLVI
All times Eastern
February 5th
New England Patriots vs New York Giants 6:30pm
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Phoenix, Arizona, was incorporated on this date in 1881.
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Time to rest.
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Maxine Dunlap became the first woman licensed as a glider pilot on this date in 1931.
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Today in Elvis History
1955 - Elvis Presley recorded a cover of Arthur Gunter's "Baby Let's Play House", "I Got A Woman" and "Trying to Get to You".
1965 - Exotic dancer "Little Egypt" filed suit against Paramount Pictures and Elvis Presley Music in the New York Supreme Court. She claimed she was owed damages because she owned the rights to the song "Roustabout." She lost the case.
1966 - Elvis Presley arrived in Los Angeles and began living in his new home in Bel Air.
1968 - The Presley family went home to Graceland after the birth of Lisa Marie.
1975 - Vernon Presley had a heart attack and was admitted to Baptist Memorial Hospital. Elivs was in the hospital already. The public was told that Elvis was undergoing tests for a "liver problem."
1976 - Elvis Presley recorded "Danny Boy."
1977 - Elvis Presley's reissue of the 1962 single "Suspicion" hit #9 in the U.K.
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"Amanda of Honeymoon Hill" debuted on radio on this date in 1940.
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Today in Beatles History:
1965 - Baroness Erisso approached Brian Epstein about signing her daughter, Marianne Faithfull, to NEMS Enterprises.
1967 - The Beatles shot clips for "Penny Lane."
1969 - The Beatles album "Yellow Submarine" was certified gold in the U.S.
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The first issue of the "Sunday Telegraph" was published on this date in 1961.
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Today in Sports History:
1943 - Mervyn "Red" Dutton was named the new NHL president. Frank Calder had died the day before.
1950 - Dick Irvin (Montreal Canadiens) became the first NHL coach to win 500 games. He ended his career with 690 wins.
1972 - Bob Douglas became the first black man elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA.
1977 - Sugar Ray Leonard won his first pro fight. He beat Luis Vega in 6 rounds.
1988 - The first time in 30 years a wrestling match was aired in prime-time. Andre the Giant beat Hulk Hogan in the match.
1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar became the first NBA player to score 38,000 points.
1990 - NBC-TV obtained the television rights to all of Notre Dame's home football games for the next five years. Notre Dame was the first school to sell its games to a major TV network.
1991 - Dave Taylor (Los Angeles Kings) became only the 29th NHL player to score 1,000 career points.
1994 - Peter Bondra (Washington Capitals) became the 10th player in NHL history to score four goals in one period.
1997 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) became the seventh player to score 600 career goals.
1999 - Mike Tyson was sentenced to a year in jail for assaulting two people after a car accident on August 31, 1998. Tyson was also fined $5,000, had to serve 2 years of probation, and had to perform 200 hours of community service upon release.
2003 - Bob Knight (Texas Tech) coached his 800th victory.
2003 - Mike Modano (Dallas Stars) got his 600th career assist making him only the second American-born player to get 400 goals and 600 assists. Jeremy Roenick was the first American-born player to achieve the feat.
2006 - The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Seattle Seahawks 21-10 in Super Bowl XL. It was the fifth Super Bowl victory for the Steelers. Jerome Bettis announced his retirement after the game.
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On this date in 1988, a pair of indictments were unsealed in Florida, accusing Panama's military leader, Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega, of bribery and drug trafficking.
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Coming up:
Tonight --
Empire South Hockey -- Tampa Bay Juniors at Florida Junior Blades 12:00pm EST
EJHL South Hockey -- Tampa Bay Juniors vs Palm Beach Hawks 12:15pm EST
Monday --
Nothin' Doin'
Tuesday --
NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning vs Los Angeles Kings 7:30pm EST
Wednesday --
Nothin' Doin'
Thursday --
NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Rangers 7:00pm EST
Friday --
Nothin' Doin'
Saturday --
Empire South Hockey -- Tampa Bay Juniors at Space Coast Hurricanes 10:30am EST
EJHL South -- Tampa Bay Juniors at Space Coast Hurricanes 1:15pm EST
NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning at Buffalo Sabres 7:00pm EST
Sunday --
Empire South Hockey -- Tampa Bay Juniors at Space Coast Hurricanes 9:30am EST
EJHL South Hockey -- Tampa Bay Juniors at Space Coast Hurricanes 12:15pm EST
NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins 7:00pm EST
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That's it for today. Thanks for stopping by, I hope that you'll do so tomorrow too. Thanks again!
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