CanadianChris

I stayed at the Stratosphere the last time I was in Vegas. It's pretty good value for money. You will need a car, though -- the Strat isn't within walking distance of anything, and it's also on the fringe of the seedier part of town. Top Of The World restaurant at the top of the Stratosphere tower is excellent. If you're looking for a show to see, I'd recommend one of the Cirque du Soleil shows. I think there are five different Cirque shows in Vegas now.

You mean Shinja? That was Akio Sato (most famously one half of the Orient Express).

It's not like baseball, where you can vote for multiple guys. I'm surprised BREES got as many votes as he did. I thought it might be unanimous this year.

Thank you.

Ten goals for the Leafs, and Sundin didn't even get one? That's odd.

Funny thing I've been following on another message board... I was watching Poker After Dark on NBC this morning, and they were mentioning a prop bet that poker player Phil Ivey made with Corey Pavin. Apparently, the two are going to play a match at TPC at Summerlin in Las Vegas. Pavin will play one ball from the tips, while Ivey will get to play a 2- or 3-ball scramble from the reds. Stakes are $10,000 a hole. I've seen Ivey's swing, and it's pretty horrid at times, but playing multiple balls from the reds might negate that. Still, I think Pavin wins at least 12 holes. I wish I could see this match. This is the kind of thing ESPN2 should be showing -- just an entire show devoted to gambling on playing sports.

One of these years, Clemens is going to decline. Isn't he?

277 points, also 16-13. I did horrible in the mid-level bowls, but I've swept the top 6 bowls to this point.

I tuned in just in time to see one heckuva throw.

Looks like I was wrong. And I'm glad of it. Heatley looks awesome tonight.

Christ. My fantasy team is getting decimated. First Krstic is out for the year, then Paul gets injured, now this.

Can't wait to see this thing on tape delay tonight.

Canada scores!

Uh, if he became the Larry Brown of football, wouldn't that mean he took Alabama to a winning season and a major bowl bid? He HAS been other places besides the Knicks.

VERY nice. And they only had to give up Kaigarodov, who was probably never going to play for Ottawa again anyway, so best to get something for him now.

Two games that I attended in Montreal: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B05160MON2000.htm Javier Vazquez outduelled Randy Johnson in a 2-0 win over the Diamondbacks. Nineteen strikeouts between them. I was sitting even with third base, about 5-6 rows back. The visitor's bullpen is right there, and I got to see Johnson warm up before the game. He looks even more intimidating up close. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B08060MON1999.htm Tony Gwynn's 3000th hit. A fun game, too -- the Padres won 12-10. I had the day off, and was in my car listening to sports radio, when they mentioned that Gwynn would be going for his 3000th hit that night, and there were still tons of seats available, so I pulled the car onto the highway and drove to Montreal. I ended up getting a seat right behind home plate, about 20-25 rows up.

WINNAH WINNAH CHICKEN DINNAH

WF wuz robbed on that call.

Stump the Schwab would be OK if they got rid of Schwab. And Stu Scott.

Spider-Man 3 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Shrek the Third Live Free or Die Hard The Bourne Ultimatum Wild Hogs

Congratulations.

I always remember Vasgersian as the host of Sports Geniuses.

Well, we are talking about the guy who felt it necessary to have the name of pretty much every member of his family engraved on the Cup when they won it in 1997.

Denver Broncos Home Kansas City, Oakland, San Diego, Jacksonville, Tennessee, Green Bay, Minnesota, Pittsburgh Away Kansas City, Oakland, San Diego, Houston, Indianapolis, Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo You might see a little bit less of the Broncos on TV next year. On the plus side, that has the potential to be a hella soft schedule.

Sounds like it was 20 players against Chara.