Winner of the 500m silver and 1000m gold is Dutch speed skating star Jutta Leerdam. Jesus…

This is Clara Hughes. She is my favourite Olympian. Clara is one of only six people to have medaled in both the Summer and Winter games. Hughes has two bronze in Road Racing and multiple medals in Speed Skating, including a gold. More importantly she is a really good person.

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38 sleeps til opening day. Montreal star Tim Raines slides safely into second. Rock led the NL in stolen bases four consecutive seasons (81-84) while with the Expos. Batting champ in 1986. Raines stole 808 bags in his career with six clubs. Won two World Series. Hall of Fame 2017.

The Feb 8, 1980 edition of the Hockey News. The smaller headline remarks that the US and Canada will have an uphill climb at the Lake Placid Olympics. They were half right.

I think Skinny Minnie Miller would have excelled at short track speed skating.

The beauty of the Olympics is that I can become personally invested in a sport or an athlete I know nothing about. I watched the Women’s Skeleton last night and was genuinely happy for a 36 year old Austrian woman I had never heard of. Janine Flock has her gold.

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On May 30 1980 Ellis Valentine was hit in the face by a Roy Thomas pitch. This resulted in a number of facial injuries. His vision was also affected. When he eventually returned to play he wore a football type helmet. And did so until 1982. Never the same player after that event.

What is the punishment for setting alight the grail shaped beacon?

Me and Lulu after our fourth obedience class this morning. She did great. We went for burgers afterwards. I love this pup.

Joseph has had enough

Peter Tork is my favorite Monkee

Chicago White Sox infielder Dick Allen juggles and has himself a lung dart.

39 sleeps til opening day. Pirate great Dave Parker launches one. The Cobra played on 2 World Series champions during his 19 year career. Parker won two batting crowns and was the 1978 NL MVP. Big arm in right. The first American athlete to earn a million bucks a year. Hall of Fame 2025.

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“Awe man, I shot Marvin in the face.” “Why the fuck did you do that!?!” “I didn’t mean to do it, it was an accident”

“Get off my lawn” -Walt Kowalski

We are entering the “falling out of windows” phase.

The best people

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40 sleeps until opening day. The great Steve Carlton winds up. Lefty won 329 games during his 24 seasons. 4136 K’s. Nasty slider. Hall of Fame 1994.

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Pam Bondi Thought That Went Pretty Well

Killing machine

This is my friend Michelle. I had known her since I was a boy. Michelle passed away four years ago today from Covid 19 while living in Majorca Spain. She spoke four languages and taught two. She left behind a husband, two teenage kids and many friends. I think of her often.

One of those radical left wing balloons.

41 sleeps until opening day. Jerry Remy is my all time favourite Red Sox. Here RemDawg fires one to first.

On this day in 1879 the first artificial ice surface was opened at Madison Square Garden in New York. The ice was lousy though because the circus was there in the afternoon. @ajfrombrooklyn.bsky.social

Hunter Biden’s laptop. Not in the Epstein files.

Someone kindly put up this poster all over Ottawa this week!!!!!! Don’t forget next to Harper’s official portrait, his national archive wing and the entrance of his CON Gala!!!!!! TYVM EH! 😎🍁🇨🇦🍁👍🏽

This is perfect #Habs

Such a terrible thing

Red Sox pitchers and catchers have reported to Fort Myers, Florida. Baseball is just around the corner.

“When a mosquito lands on your testicules, you learn that violence isn’t always the answer” -Chinese proverb

Just buy some Trump meme coins and give him a cut of the toll money. I’m sure that will make this all go away.

Today’s Michael deAdder cartoon

42 more sleeps until opening day. The great Juan Marichal rears back. Marichal won 191 games in the sixties, more than any other starter. Threw a no-hitter in 1963. Hall of Fame in 1983.