Friday, May 30, 2014

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

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Today is May 30th, the 150th day of 2014. There are 215 days left in the year.

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Rangers blank Canadiens, reach Stanley Cup Final.

Kings' Doughty says Game 6 'has to be ours'.

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

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Today's Birthdays: Ted McGinley (The Love Boat, Happy Days, Jefferson Darcy on Married With Children) is 56; Singer-actress Idina Menzel, aka 'Adele Dazeem' (sang the Academy Award-winning song Let It Go in Frozen) is 43; Cee Lo Green is 40.

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Tampa, FL. -- View some of our favorite photos of the Lightning Girls from the 2013-14 season at the Tampa Bay Times Forum and pick your own favorite....

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Hernando de Soto, the Spanish explorer, landed in Florida with 600 soldiers to search for gold on this date in 1539.

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U.S. National Inline Team Roster Announced
Team USA Opens IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Sunday
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Hockey today announced the 14-player U.S. National Inline Team roster for the upcoming 2014 International Ice Hockey Federation Inline Hockey World Championship to be held June 1-7, in Pardubice, Czech Republic.
The U.S. won the gold medal at last year’s world championship and has played in the gold-medal game in four of the past five tournaments.
“We’ve compiled an extremely talented and deep group of players for this year’s world championship,” said Dan Brennan, general manager of the U.S. National Inline Team. “We’re very excited to try and defend our gold medal next month in the Czech Republic against the best inline teams in the world.”
The roster is highlighted by eight players that were members of the gold medal-winning 2013 U.S. National Inline Team, including goaltender Jerry Kuhn (Southgate, Mich.); defensemenCody Kettler (St. Louis, Mo.), Raf Rodriguez (Oceanside, Calif.) and Greg Thompson (Bayport, N.Y.); and forwards Junior Cadiz (Los Angeles, Calif.), Travis Noe (Thousand Oaks, Calif.),Kyle Novak (O'Fallon, Mo.) and Matt White (Whittier, Calif.).
For the complete U.S. roster, click here.
For Team USA's schedule, click here.
Notes: Join the conversation on social media by using #USInline ... Follow @USAHockeyScoreson Twitter for in-game updates ... Former U.S. National Inline Team member Joe Cook (Mission Viejo, Calif.) will serve as head coach of the U.S. National Inline Team for the fifth time … In the 17-year history of the IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, the United States has captured six gold medals (1996, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2013), four silver medals (1998, 2001, 2009, 2011) and three bronze medals (2000, 2003, 2005). There was no tournament held in 1999.


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On this date in 1783, the first daily newspaper was published in the U.S. by Benjamin Towner called "The Pennsylvania Evening Post"

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Lots to Say: 8 best quotes of Johnson's presser.

A statement from Commissioner Mark Cohon.

Please visit the league's official website, cfl.ca.

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The U.S. territories of Nebraska and Kansas were established on this date in 1854.

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Tampa, FL. — 2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cheerleader Auditions: The Finale.

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Saturday is Hug Your Cat Day.

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St. Petersburg, FL. -- The First-Year Player Draft is the lifeblood for any organization -- particularly one like the Rays, given the team's finances. Drafting and developing their own from farm to table is a necessity.

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A new report says that obesity is now so common that 30% of the world is fat. [And they all seem to sit next to me on airplanes.]

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St. Louis, MO. -- The Giants displayed basically the same style Thursday night that has earned them the Major Leagues' best record. They showed off their revived power, generated two-out runs and sealed their 6-5 triumph with gritty pitching.


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Japanese researchers have discovered the perfect way to eat a hamburger. Three "experts in fluid mechanics, engineering, and density" say thumbs and pinkies on the bottom, middle three fingers on top. The uniformly spread fingers help keep the burger together at all times, thus keeping the contents from mushing out preemptively.


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Aunt DD gives Jimmy some chicken nuggets.

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You're reading the Johnny Blog. Almost as much fun as getting your tablet replaced, isn't it?


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Today in Elvis History

1956 - 
In "Time" magazine, an article entitled "Teener's Hero" referred to Elvis Presley's appeal. It said "his movements suggest, in a word, sex." 

1968 - The Elvis Presley movie "Clambake" opened at London's New Victoria Cinema. 

1977 - In Florida, Elvis Presley played at Jacksonville's Veteran's Memorial Coliseum. It was his last show in Florida.


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A 29-year-old banker in China decided to taunt police from his BMW. He decided it would be fun to beam out images of his reckless driving. One had him holding a beer. It was accompanied by the text: "Is it unlawful to drive while drinking?" Another caption offered: "Do you really think ten beers is too much to drive with?" He posted the images on China's equivalent of Facebook. Police caught up with his car. Though he allegedly claims the beer bottle in the image was empty and he was only having fun, he has been charged with numerous traffic violations.

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Today in Beatles History:

1964 - 
The Beatles single "Love Me Do" hit #1 in the U.S. 

1964 - The Beatles' "Cry for a Shadow" hit #1 in Australia. 

1966 - The Beatles' "Paperback Writer" b/w "Rain" single was released in the U.S. 

1968 - The Beatles began recording the ablum "The Beatles." The album is known as the "White Album" due to its plain white cover.  
  
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IN THEATERS - Maleficent (PG) and A Million Ways to Die in the West (R)

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Today in Sports History:

1890 - Dave Foutz hit the first Dodger home run. 

1894 - Bobby Lowe (Boston Red Sox) became the first player to hit four home runs in one game. 

1911 - Ray Harroun won the first Indianapolis Sweepstakes. The 500-mile auto race later became known as the Indianapolis 500. Harroun's average speed was 74.59 miles per hour. 

1922 - Max Flack (Chicago Cubs) and Cliff Heathcote (St. Louis Cardinals) were traded for each other between the morning and afternoon games of a Memorial Day twin bill. They played one game for each team. 

1925 - Peter DePaolo became the first man to average over 100mph at the Indianapolis 500. 

1927 - Walter Johnson recorded his 113th career shutout. It was also the final shutout of his career. 

1927 - Jim Cooney (Chicago Cubs) became the sixth player to record an unassisted triple play against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He caught Paul Waner's line drive, stepped on second to double Lloyd Waner and then tagged Clyde Barnhart coming from first. 

1927 - Johnny Neun (Detroit Tigers) became the seventh player to record an unassisted triple play.

1932 - The New York Yankees dedicated a plaque to Miller Huggins. 

1935 - Babe Ruth (Braves) played in his final game. He went hitless against the Phillies. 

1937 - Pitcher Carl Hubbell got his 24th consecutive victory. 

1946 - Carvel William "Bama" Rowell (Braves) hit a home run that shattered the Bulova clock in Ebbets Field. 

1955 - Bob Sweikert won the Indianapolis 500. During the race Bill Vukovich hit the 3-car pileup of Al Keller, Johnny Boyd, and Rodger Ward. He was killed when his car became airborne and went out of the course, landing upside down and on fire. 

1962 - Pedro Ramos (Cleveland Indians) pitched a three-hitter and hit two home runs in a 7-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. One of his home runs was a grand slam. 

1970 - Voting for baseball's All-Star game was returned to the fans. 

1971 - Willie Mays hit his 638th home run. He set a National League record of 1,950 runs scored.

1977 - Dennis Eckersley pitched a 1-0 no-hitter against the California Angels. 

1981 - The Los Angeles Dodgers became the quickest to get 1,000,000 people to attend games in a season. It took 22 games. 

1982 - Cal Ripken, Jr., began a record streak of playing in 2,632 games. The streak ended on September 20, 1998.

1983 - Yankees owner George Steinbrenner was suspended for one week for his public criticism of umpires.

1986 - Bobby Rahal became the first driver to average over 170mph in the Indianapolis 500.

1987 - Eric Davis (Cincinnati Reds) became the first National League player to hit three grand slams in a month and set a National League record of 19 home runs in April and May.

1992 -
Scott Sanderson (New York Yankees) became the 9th pitcher to beat all 26 teams.

2001 - Barry Bonds hit two home runs to move into 11th place on the major league career list with 522. 

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Misplace your phone? To save you from frantically searching under sofa cushions and in bags, someone has created an iOS app called Marco Polo that turns this potentially stressful situation into a fun game of find-and-seek. Like the classic summer pool game, simply shout "Marco!" and your phone will respond with "Polo!" You can shout as many times as you need to locate your phone -- it'll keep responding until you find it. ' app link

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Coming Up:

Tonight --

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox 7:10pm EDT

MLB -- San Francisco Giants at St. Louis Cardinals 8:15pm EDT

Saturday --

MLB -- San Francisco Giants at St. Louis Cardinals 2:15pm EDT

Nascar Nationwide Series -- Buckle Up 200 Presented By Click It Or Ticket at Dover International Speedway 2:30pm EDT

Verizon Indy Car Series -- Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit Race 1 3:30pm EDT

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox 7:15pm EDT

Sunday --

Nascar Sprint Cup Series -- Fedex 400 Benefiting Autism Speaks at Dover International Speedway 1:00pm EDT

MLB -- Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox 1:35pm EDT

MLB -- San Francisco Giants at St. Louis Cardinals 2:15pm EDT

Verizon Indy Car Series -- Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit Race 2 3:30pm EDT

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That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by, see you tomorrow!

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