Pens-Hawks to Be Postponed

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As most of you would know, the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Chicago Blackhawks are scheduled to play an outdoor game at Solider Field Saturday, but weather may play a factor in if it's played or postponed. There is suppose to be a huge snow storm coming through the East Coast over the weekend. A storm that could bring up to 6-12 inches of snow. Also with the snow, it could bring winds and cold temperatures, but everyone is in high hopes that the game will go off as scheduled.

"It would have to make it unsafe, either too cold in terms of medical concerns or if it was such that the ice wasn't able to be kept appropriately so that it would be safe for the players," Bettman said.

If the game is moved, however, it wouldn't be moved far. Neither team has a game until Tuesday, therefore the game just as well could be played on Sunday or even Monday. Bettman says there's lots of plan B's but would really not want to go to them.

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League could postpone Hawks-Pens http://espn.go.com/chicago/nhl/story/_/id/10533941/commissioner-gary-bettman-says-blackhawks-penguins-outdoor-game-postponed-weather-makes-game-unsafe?ex_cid=null -via SportsCenter http://bit.ly/zzSpRY

The Great American Race is Back

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With all the hype about the Olympics, as there should be, everyone seems to forget about everything else that is going on in the world of sports. Well, not this guy. I'm here to let all my racing fans know that the season is about to get under way with the biggest race of the season, The Daytona 500. This race has more hype about it for one reason, and one reason only. The No. 3 car is back on the track in Sprint Cup. Yes, that's right, the famous number drove by legendary driver Dale Earnhardt Sr will be back on the track this coming Sunday.

Now, to most this may not seem like a big deal, but to any real racing fan, this is a monumental day in the Sport. Driver Austin Dillon, last years Nationwide Champion, will take the No. 3 out onto the Sprint Cup Circuit for the first time since that fatal crash, on this track, in 2001. The crash that took one of the most famed drivers life and a legend in the sport.

Car owner Richard Childress sees no problem putting his grandson, Austin Dillon, behind the wheel of this car, and neither does Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr has gone on record saying that if Dillon ever made it to the Sprint cup, that he would have no problem with the No. 3 out on the track again. Dillon, like most would believe, is more than excited to race not only in the No. 3, but in the Sprint Cup full time this season. It's not about the legacy behind the number, it's about building his own legacy with that number. No, he doesn't want anyone to forget what Dale Sr. did in the car, but he wants people to see what he can do in that car.

Dillon has won Championships with that number in the Truck Series, the Nationwide Series last year, and is looking to build and try and win a Championship in the Sprint Cup with that number. He is off to a very good start this year, winning the pole for the 500 with Martin Truex Jr. to his outside. But starting out front doesn't always mean you are guaranteed a good finish at this race, but it doesn't hurt your chances either. We saw this very thing last year when Danica Patrick won the pole, and didn't have a strong run.

All in all this is going to be a very exciting race like it is every year. I just am going to get tired of hearing the media blow up about the number 3 being on the track again. I think all Austin Dillon has to do is finish strong and show that it's not about who had the number before him, but rather it's about who has it now.

Until next time,
You keep doing what you do, and I'll keep you up to date with everything sports. 

US Grabs First Gold of the Olympics

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As I'm sure all of you have been trying to follow the Olympic Games with the 9 hour time difference. If you aren't able to do so, never fear, that's what I'm here for. I've been doing my best as well to stay up to date with everything that's going on with the games. I've done as much as to have them on my TV and steaming live to my tablet. Yes, I know I'm an over-achiever. But enough about me, let's get to the Games.

On a crisp day U.S. Snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg was the first to grab a Gold Medal in these 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi. Kotsenburg was able to win in the Slopestyle event in it's first year as an Olympic event. This makes it a bigger win, not only because it's the Gold, but because it's a Gold in a band new event. When he was asked about the Gold he had this to say, “I have no idea what's actually going on. This is the craziest thing that ever happened,” Kotsenburg said.

This just shows how amazing it is, to all the athletes, to win in any of these events. It will possibly mean more now, because the Medal count is so close. In the lead with 4 total Medals, 2 Gold a Silver and a Bronze, is Norway. They did so today by sweeping the 5000 meter Speed Skating today. Canada and Netherlands are tied with 3 total Medals, one of each, and the U.S. are in fourth with 2 Medals, one Gold and one Bronze.

This Olympics is the closest, in the Medals, that I've ever seen before. This could be anyone's Games to take in the form of the Medals. With the United States 230 Athletes, that they have in the Games, are all hungry for a Medal this year, and are poised to take one.

I will be doing my best to keep everyone up to date with where competitors are finishing, how USA is doing obviously, and keeping you up to date with the Medal count as well.

Until next time,
You keep doing what you do, and I'll keep you up to date with everything sports. 

2014 Olympic Games Get Under Way

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I know it's been a while since I've posted anything on here, but never fear, I'm back and plan on staying back this time. Today I will be talking about something that doesn't happen but every four years. Yes, that's right I'm talking about the Olympic Games. I personally love the Olympics. All the countries getting together, on one stage, to decide who is the best, essentially.

The games got under way today, Thursday February 6th 2014, and due to time zone changes some events actually have finished up. Here in the states we won't get to see the what happens until it's in Prime Time. The games will come on at 8 o'clock eastern time. But luck for you I'm here to give you results before they air. Now I know you can find all this out yourself by sitting on Google and searching the Olympic games, but who has time to go through all of that, besides me?

There were 5 events that have official results as of this moment. Those event are as followed: Team Pairs Short Program, Team Men Short Program, Ladies' Moguls Qualification 1, Ladies' Slopestyle Qualification, and Men's Slopestyle Qualification.

In the Men's Slopestyle Qualifications there were a grand total of 8 Men who already qualified for the finals based on there scores. Non of these 8 men were American. The 8 Men who are in the finals are: Norwegian Staale Sandbech, Finland Peetu Piroinen, Canadian Sebastien Toutant, Great Britain Jamie Nicholls, Canadian Maxence Parrot, Finland's Roope Tonteri, Sweed Sven Thorgren, and Norwegian Gjermund Braaten. The best score out of the bunch was that of Sandbech, who put up a score of 94.50 the closest man to him was Piiroinen with a 90.75. The loan American in the the event Charles Guldemond did qualify for the semis with a best score of an 86.00. This happened in his second run which put him in the 5th position, score wise, as of right now.

To save everyone some time in reading this, and not to give to much away from the games, I will only be telling you how the American's did in the remaining 4 sports.

On to Women's Slopestyle there were four American's in the event and all four did exceptional. Two of which already has qualified for the finals. Jamie Anderson posted a score of 93.50 and gave her a good enough to get her into the finals. The other American to qualify for the finals, Karly Shorr, posted a score of 84.75. Jessika Jenson and Ty Walker both qualified for the semis, but Walker worries me a bit. She only posted a score of 1 on her first run, but did not start (DNS) for her second run. Jenson, on the other hand, only was able to post a score of 58.50. So, if I was to pick two out of the four that I like, it would be the two that don't even to have a run in the Semis.

That will do it for the Snowboarding events for the day. Now let's get to the only Skiing event for the day, and that is the Ladies' Moguls Qualification 1. Out of the 30 ladies' who participated in this event only 10 could make it to the second round of Qualifying. Those 10 are as follows: Amarican Hannah Kearney, Canadians Chloe Dufour-Lapointe and Justine Dufour-Lapointe, American Eliza Outtrim, French Perrine Laffont, KAZ Tulia Galysheva, Japan's Aiko Uemura Canadians Maxime Dufour-Lapointe and Audrey Robichaud, and Russian Regian Rakhimova. The women who posted the best time for the score would be American Kearney, with a score of 23.05. The other American in the second round of qualifying, Outtrim put up a score of 21.51. So both look good to make the finals in this event.

Men's and Women's Figure Skating are the last two events I will be talking about. In the Team Men Short Program the American Jeremy Abbott put up a score of 65.65 which was only good enough for 7th out of 10. This got America 4 points towards there team results. The Women did a bit better putting up a score of 64.25, which was good enough for 5th out of 10, and gave America 6 points towards there team score. The paring of Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir are the two who put up that score.

This will do it for the Olympic Events for the day. I hope this post doesn't ruin the games for any of you, but I also hope that it sparks your interest for the games tonight at 8pm Eastern Time.

As always, You keep doing what you do,
And I'll keep you up to date with everything sports.