It's Monday. Here's what's happening....
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Today is July 16th, the 198th day of 2012. There are 168 days left in the year.
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Holmstrom says he'll play only for Wings.
Passed over three times, Houser finds home in Florida.
Official 2012 free agent signings tracker.
Visit the official league website, http://www.nhl.com/.
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Today's Birthdays: Actress Phoebe Cates (Gremlins, Fast Time at Ridgemont High) is 49; Actor Will Ferrell (Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Elf) is 45; Actress Jayma Mays (Glee, Paul Blart: Mall Copy) is 33.
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Blue Bombers' Pierce out against Argonauts, Brink to start.
Aros' Prefontaine injured, team talking to import K Waters.
Visit the leagues' official website, http://www.cfl.ca/.
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Director Sam Raimi gave Comic-Con a preview of his upcoming prequel to The Wizard of Oz. [The Wicked Witch hasn't embarked on her famous career yet. She's still working at the DMV.]
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3-0 in the 306.
The Saskatchewan Roughriders put their unbeaten record on the line this Thursday when they travel to Calgary to meet the 1-2 Stampeders. Kickoff is set for 9:00pm EDT. Rod Pedersen and Carm Carteri call all the action on 620 CKRM and the Rider Radio Network. Listen link is on the left side of this blog. The game can be seen in Canada on TSN and in the U.S. online on ESPN3.com.
Visit the team's official website, http://www.riderville.com/.
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The District of Columbia, or Washington, DC, was established as the permanent seat of the United States Government on this date in 1790.
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Hi there everybody. Thanks for reading my Daddy's blog!
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Let's see, what's on the agenda for today....making a car payment and doing dishes. How 'bout you?
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St. Petersburg, FL. -- Winning the weekend series with the Red Sox would have been a nice start to the second half for the Rays.
That did not happen.
Instead, the Rays took a 7-3 loss to their American League East rival at Tropicana Field on Sunday with 26,131 watching, falling to 46-43 in the process. The Red Sox now hold a 7-5 advantage over the Rays in the season series.
Read the rest here.
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Italians love their espresso. And starting in October, they'll be able to have one on the go in the new Fiat 500L. At the unveiling of the car in Italy this month, Fiat announced that the 500L will be "the first standard-production car in the world to offer a true espresso coffee machine."
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San Francisco, CA.-- After losing five of the last six games on the road before the All-Star break, the Giants knew they would have to capitalize on the three-game homestand against the Astros to start the second half before embarking on another six-game road swing.
A solid outing from Matt Cain and a pair of RBI singles from Buster Posey helped the Giants do just that, beating the Astros on Sunday, 3-2, to complete the three-game sweep.
Read the rest here.
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Tellers at a bank in Mt. Morris Township, Michigan, got an unusual request that caused them to call police. A man came up to the drive thru with a duffel bag and asked for $10,000 -- and suckers. Now everyone knows about the complimentary suckers at banks but complimentary 10 grand? Not so much. Unwilling to even grant the lollipop request, tellers left the man standing outside while they dialed 911. He left before police arrived.
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Today in Elvis History
1955 - Elvis Presley's "Baby Let's Play House" entered the Cash Box Country and Western chart at #15. It was Presley's first debut on the national charts.
1956 - Elvis Presley showed his parents New Orleans, Louisianna.
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The cast of Star Wars sings Call Me Maybe.
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Today in Beatles History:
2001 - "The Ballad Of John And Yoko" was certified gold by the RIAA.
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One weekend before The Dark Knight Rises is sure to set a few records, another Ice Age film was king at the box office. Ice Age: Continental Drift earned $46 million in its opening weekend. The Amazing Spider-Man moved to second place.
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Today in Sports History:
1950 - The largest crowd in sporting history was 199,854. They watched Uraguay defeat Brazil in the World Cup soccer finals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1964 - Little League Baseball Incorporated was granted a Federal Charter unanimously by the United States Senate and House of Representatives.
1970 - The Pittsburgh Pirates played their first game at Three Rivers Stadium.
1985 - The All-Star Game, televised on NBC-TV, was the first program broadcast in stereo by a TV network.
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Back before Internet we got our best pearls of wisdom off the back of cars, thanks to bumper stickers. Now they show up in your news feed or inbox every ten minutes. Like this one: "My hope for you is that your life is never as bad as you complain it is on Facebook."the
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LOUDON, N.H. -- Kasey Kahne spoiled Denny Hamlin's heroic drive through the field and held on to win Sunday's LENOX Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, all but securing a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup with his second victory of the season.
Kahne led the final 66 laps, as fast-closing Hamlin ran out of time after starting deep in the field on a restart on Lap 240. Hamlin had dominated the race, but a miscommunication on pit strategy cost him track position in the late going, and Hamlin ran out of time after securing the runner-up spot.
Clint Bowyer ran third, followed by Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Brad Keselowski. Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick, Greg Biffle and Ryan Newman completed the top 10.
Read the rest here.
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David G. Farragut became the first rear admiral in the U.S. Navyon this date in 1862.
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Coming up:
Tonight --
MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays vs Cleveland Indians 7:10pm EDT
Tuesday --
MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays vs Cleveland Indians 7:10pm EDT
MLB -- San Francisco Giants at Atlanta Braves 7:10pm EDT
Wednesday --
MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays vs Cleveland Indians 7:10pm EDT
MLB -- San Francisco Giants at Atlanta Braves 7:10pm EDT
Thursday --
MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays vs Cleveland Indians 12:10pm EDT
MLB -- San Francisco Giants at Atlanta Braves 12:10pm EDT
CFL Football -- Saskatchewan Roughriders at Calgary Stampeders 9:00pm EDT
Friday --
MLB -- San Francisco Giants at Philadelphia Phillies 7:05pm EDT
MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays vs Seattle Mariners 7:10pm EDT
Saturday --
MLB -- San Francisco Giants at Philadelphia Phillies 4:05pm EDT
MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays vs Seattle Mariners 7:10pm EDT
Sunday --
MLB -- San Francisco Giants at Philadelphia Phillies 12:35pm EDT
MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays vs Seattle Mariners 1:40pm EDT
Nascar Nationwide Series -- STP 300 at Chicagoland Speedway 2:00pm EDT
IZOD Indy Car Series -- Edmonton Indy at Edmonton 2:45pm EDT
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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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