You may have seen the rumors: shawn johnson put to sleep, shawn johnson euthanized, shawn johnson died, shawn johnson broken leg, and shawn johnson dead. They are all NOT TRUE. The rumors were sparked by a comedic video put out by The Onion.
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The Red Sox’s Opening Day game at Fenway Park had to be postponed today under the anticipation of rain and adverse weather conditions. The delayed Opening Day game is officially rescheduled for 4:05pm tomorrow.
In conclusion: heavy rain sucks and the Red Sox Opening Day will now be Tuesday (April 7th) at 4:05 p.m. with all Red Sox Opening Day festivities occuring then. If you are in Boston, the Fenway Park gates will open at 2:05 p.m. tomorrow.
NABC NCAA Trophy
This trophy has been called the Siemens Trophy and commonly referred to as the NCAA Trophy. The beautiful crystal basketball trophy is given to the top-ranked team in its end-of-season coaches’ poll, which is almost always the NCAA championship game winner. This trophy is presented by the NABC or The National Association of Basketball Coaches. Note that this is not the same as the NCAA’s own trophy which is awarded separately.
Tags: NCAA Trophy, NABC Trophy, Siemens Trophy, Basketball Trophy, Tournament Award
Lance Armstrong Crash
Lance Armstrong, the frequent Tour de France victor, broke his collarbone in a bicycle crash while competing in Spain. Armstrong may or may not need to have surgery preformed on his shoulder. He was only 12 miles away from the finish line when the fall occurred.
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Curt Shilling (not Kurt Shilling) has officially announced his retirement on his blog today. You can check out his Curt Schilling Blog for some more information but I’ve copied some below for you to read:
“Turn out the lights, the party’s over”…
Four World Series, three World Championships. That there are men with plaques in Cooperstown who never experienced one — and I was able to be on three teams over seven years that won it all — is another “beyond my wildest dreams” set of memories I’ll take with me.
Bye Curt.
Noon – Virginia Tech (8) vs. Miami (9)
2:30pm – Clemson (5) vs. Georgia Tech (12)
7:00pm – Maryland (7) vs. North Carolina State (10)
9:30pm – Boston College (6) vs. Virginia (11)
Get ready to be unproductive at work and at home!
1. North Carolina (First Round Bye)
2. Wake Forest (First Round Bye)
3. Duke (First Round Bye)
4. Florida State (First Round Bye)
5. Clemson
6. Boston College
7. Maryland
8. Virginia Tech
9. Miami
10. North Carolina State
11. Virginia
12. Georgia Tech
Football deal #2 of the day: Albert Haynesworth. The Redskins have signed Haynesworth to a $100+ million maximum value deal. The deal is structured so that Haynesworth is guaranteed over $40 million for just three years of play. The remainder of the value comes from the four years after that and I’m sure there are a lot of bonus stipulations and rewards in the deal. This deal comes astonishingly early in player negotiations. Perhaps it is a record?
Either way: congratulations on the $100 million contract Albert Haynesworth!
It seems everyone is reporting that Bart Scott has signed a deal with the New York Jets. Bart Scott is a free agent from the Ravens and will be joining his former boss Rex Ryan (another Ravens alumni). The deal is estimated at around $8 million. For more information check out NFL Fanhouse.
Sorry I’ve been very busy and haven’t updated this blog in a couple of days. Stupid real life.
Anyway, I saw that many people were coming here looking for rugby articles so I didn’t want to disappoint. Right now, all I have is an article on one of Rugby’s top trophies. So below, I have some information about the sport and some links to good articles.
Rugby is actually a number of different sports (two officially) and it comes from football as it developed in England. The two “official” version of rugby are Rugby League and Rugby Union which both have different rulesets. Rugby can also be played according to rules such as Australian rules, American, and Canadian Rugby.
I’ve been very busy because I’ve been working on updating some sections with baseball trophies, basketball trophies, and football trophies. While we sell rugby trophies, they aren’t listed online YET. Soon we’ll have rugby trophies listed online, I promise!
