It's Monday. Here's what's happening....
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Today is February 17th, the 48th day of 2014. There are 317 days left in the year.
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Stanley Cup makes surprise visit to Canada House.
Oshie appreciates attention but ready to move forward.
Visit the official league website, http://www.nhl.com/.
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Today's Birthdays: Rene Russo (Thomas Crown Affair, a couple of Lethal Weapon movies) is 60; Dallas Stars Head Coach Lindy Ruff is 54; Basketball legend Michael Jordan is 51; Socialite Paris Hilton is 33; Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception, 3rd Rock from the Sun's Tommy Solomon) is 33.
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Tampa, FL. --More than 60 players from the ages of 9-60 traveled from as far as Kissimmee and Daytona to the Brandon Ice Sports Forum to compete in the newly reintroduced Tampa Bay Lightning Shootout Challenge..
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Blondie Boopadoop married Dagwood Bumstead on this date in 1933, three years after Chic Young’s popular strip first debuted.
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Wenatchee, WA. – The Wenatchee Wild hosted the Soo Eagles
Saturday night at the Town Toyota Center and sent 3,588 fans home happy, with
their second straight 3-1 win, moving past the idle Kenai River Brown Bears and
into sole possession of 4th place in the NAHL’s Midwest Division in
the process.
Just like Friday night, the first period ended in a
scoreless tie, with the Wild outshooting the Soo 14-4.
Nicholas Rivera
(Pacific Palisades, California) opened the scoring, putting home a rebound of
an Omar Mullan (Dearborn, Michigan)
shot. The goal, coming at 5:37 of the second period, put Wenatchee up 1-0.
Seven minutes later, Brendan Harris
(Las Vegas, Nevada) slammed one into a wide-open net, to increase the lead. The
unassisted goal, at 12:55, put the Wild up 2-0. Wenatchee would get a power
play goal in the period’s final minute, as Troy
Loggins (Huntington Beach, California) popped home a rebound for a power
play goal. Mitch Demario (Franklin, Wisconsin)
assisted at 19:14, giving Wenatchee a 3-0 lead.
The Eagles finally got on the board early in the third.
Sandis Zolmanis scored unassisted at 1:59, cutting the Soo deficit to 3-1. The
Eagles could get no closer however, as the Wild held on for their second
straight 3-1 win over the Soo. “It was a good weekend for us” said Wenatchee
Wild Head Coach Bliss Littler. “Goaltending for Chase (Perry) was very good, we
moved the puck out of our own zone very well, we had good rushes, we did a good
job of getting into offense and our special teams were very good. It was a good
weekend.”
Wenatchee outshot the Eagles 41-14 on the night. Chase Perry (Andover, Minnesota) made
13 saves for the Wild; Nathan Klebe had 38 stops for the Soo. Wenatchee was
1-for-4 on the power play and 1-of-1 on the penalty kill.
The Wild is now 24-19-6; the Eagles are now 20-21-7.
Wenatchee now hits the road for the final time in regular
season action, as they play two games in Johnstown next Friday and Saturday,
February 21st and 22nd. The Wild then hosts the Kenai
River Brown Bears in a key Midwest Division showdown on Thursday, February 27th
and Saturday and Sunday, March 1st and 2nd. The Thursday
and Saturday games start at 7:05pm PST and the Sunday game faces off at 3:05pm
PST. Individual and group game tickets for all home games are on sale now. Call
509.888.PUCK (7825).
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Ellen Page has come out as gay. [Experts say that this will be highly unlikely to harm either her acting career or her position in the upcoming NFL draft.]
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The Powerball jackpot rose to $400 million over the weekend, one of the largest prizes in the lottery's history. The jackpot soared by about $70 million after there were no winning tickets sold to claim a $330 million prize in a drawing on Saturday. The next drawing was scheduled for Wednesday.
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Newest Ticats Arrive in Tigertown.
2014 Free Agent Tracker.
Please visit the league's official website, cfl.ca.
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Burger King decided to try to find people around the world who have never been exposed to advertising from either Burger King or McDonalds to see which burger they liked better. In fact, in the viral video -- designed to show that people prefer Burger King -- we learn that all of the real people in it have never even tried a burger before. Many of them don't even know how to eat a hamburger. | video link
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Tampa, FL. — Monday is the first day teams can use the franchise or transition tags, which means absolutely nothing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. But that's a good thing.
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The first high school automobile driver’s education course was introduced in State College, PA on this date in 1934.
Jimmy has dessert
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The Lego Movie was the top box office draw for the second week, stacking up $48.8 million Friday-Sunday -- and finishing far ahead of new movies About Last Night and RoboCop.
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1943 - Joe DiMaggio (New York Yankees) joined the U.S. Army as a voluntary inductee.
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia Warriors) scored 67 points against St. Louis.
1967 - Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia Warriors) scored the first of an NBA record 35 consecutive goals without a miss.
1968 - The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opened in Springfield, MA.
1979 - Jerry Sloan became the first player for the Chicago Bulls to have his number retired. He wore #4.
2003 - Emmitt Smith (Dallas Cowboys) and owner Jerry Jones agreed that releasing Smith from the team was a "win-win situation." The formal announcement was made on February 27.
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Tuesday --
Wednesday --
Thursday --
Friday --
Saturday --
Nascar Nationwide Series -- Drive4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway 1:15pm EST
Sunday --
Ellen Page has come out as gay. [Experts say that this will be highly unlikely to harm either her acting career or her position in the upcoming NFL draft.]
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The Powerball jackpot rose to $400 million over the weekend, one of the largest prizes in the lottery's history. The jackpot soared by about $70 million after there were no winning tickets sold to claim a $330 million prize in a drawing on Saturday. The next drawing was scheduled for Wednesday.
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Newest Ticats Arrive in Tigertown.
2014 Free Agent Tracker.
Please visit the league's official website, cfl.ca.
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Burger King decided to try to find people around the world who have never been exposed to advertising from either Burger King or McDonalds to see which burger they liked better. In fact, in the viral video -- designed to show that people prefer Burger King -- we learn that all of the real people in it have never even tried a burger before. Many of them don't even know how to eat a hamburger. | video link
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Tampa, FL. — Monday is the first day teams can use the franchise or transition tags, which means absolutely nothing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. But that's a good thing.
Read the rest here.
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Jimmy has dessert
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You're reading the Johnny Blog. Almost as much fun as watching the U.S. women beat Sweden in Olympic hockey, isn't it?
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Today in Elvis History
1958 - The Elvis Presley movie "Jailhouse Rock" opened in the U.K.
1958 - Production for the Elvis Presley movie "King Creole" began in New Orleans, LA. Filming was nearly impossible due to the large crowds in the streets.
1960 - Elvis received his first gold record for "Elvis."
Today in Elvis History
1958 - The Elvis Presley movie "Jailhouse Rock" opened in the U.K.
1958 - Production for the Elvis Presley movie "King Creole" began in New Orleans, LA. Filming was nearly impossible due to the large crowds in the streets.
1960 - Elvis received his first gold record for "Elvis."
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A South Carolina woman, attempting to report a crime to police, was jailed for a 9-year-old crime. Kayla Michelle Finley was locked up for not having returned a VHS copy of the Jennifer Lopez movie Monster-In-Law. Finley rented but never returned it in 2005.
A South Carolina woman, attempting to report a crime to police, was jailed for a 9-year-old crime. Kayla Michelle Finley was locked up for not having returned a VHS copy of the Jennifer Lopez movie Monster-In-Law. Finley rented but never returned it in 2005.
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Today in Beatles History:
1975 - John Lennon released "Rock n' Roll." It was his last record before he left the music business for 5 years.
1975 - John Lennon released "Rock n' Roll." It was his last record before he left the music business for 5 years.
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The Lego Movie was the top box office draw for the second week, stacking up $48.8 million Friday-Sunday -- and finishing far ahead of new movies About Last Night and RoboCop.
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Today in Sports History:
1924 - Swimmer Johnny Weissmuller set a world record in the 100-yard freestyle. He did it with a time of 57-2/5 seconds in Miami, FL.
1943 - Joe DiMaggio (New York Yankees) joined the U.S. Army as a voluntary inductee.
1962 - Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia Warriors) scored 67 points against St. Louis.
1967 - Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia Warriors) scored the first of an NBA record 35 consecutive goals without a miss.
1968 - The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opened in Springfield, MA.
1979 - Jerry Sloan became the first player for the Chicago Bulls to have his number retired. He wore #4.
2003 - Emmitt Smith (Dallas Cowboys) and owner Jerry Jones agreed that releasing Smith from the team was a "win-win situation." The formal announcement was made on February 27.
Comedienne Joan Rivers made her first guest appearances on " The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson" on NBC-TV on this date in 1965.
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Coming Up:
Tonight --
Nothin' Doin'
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Nothin' Doin'
NAHL Hockey -- Wenatchee Wild at Johnstown Tomahawks 7:30pm EST
Nascar Nationwide Series -- Drive4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway 1:15pm EST
NAHL Hockey -- Wenatchee Wild at Johnstown Tomahawks 7:00pm EST
Nascar Sprint Cup Series -- Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway 1:00pm EST
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That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by, see you tomorrow!
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