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Today is February 26th, the 57th day of 2012. There are 309 days left in the year. (This is a leap year.)
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Nash's agent breaks silence, hopes for trade soon.
Minnesota Wild trade Marek Zidlicky to Devils, actually get something of value for him.
Visit the official league website, http://www.nhl.com/.
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National Eating Disorders Awareness Week starts today. So do the following weeks: National Secondhand Wardrobe Week and Telecommuter Appreciation Week.
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Pittsburgh, PA. -- The final score of Saturday’s game was indeed one-sided, but perhaps not an accurate reflection of the effort put forth by the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The Lightning outshot and outchanced the Pittsburgh Penguins, but couldn’t overcome some bad luck as the Bolts fell 8-1 at the CONSOL Energy Center.
Read the rest here.
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Today we're celebrating the following special days: National Personal Chef's Day, Academy Awards Night, For Pete's Sake Day and Levi Strauss Day.
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Landry: Do the new pieces solve Argos' puzzle?
Eskimos release veteran O-lineman Fiacconi.
Visit the leagues' official website, http://www.cfl.ca/.
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On this date in 1863, U.S. President Lincoln signed the National Currency Act.
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Jimmy eats breakfast.
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In Arizona, the Grand Canyon was established as a National Park with an act of the U.S. Congress on this date in 1919.
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Today in Elvis History
1958 - Elvis Presley finished recording the song "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck." He added the piano part and guitar back-slap percussion part. The song was released in April 1958 with "Doncha' Think It's Time" as the flip side.
1964 - Elvis Presley arrived at Paramount to begin pre-production on the movie "Roustabout."
1966 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson visited Elvis Presley on the set of the movie "Spinout."
2007 - The 36-track "Readymade Digs Elvis" was released.
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On this date in 1930, New York City installed traffic lights.
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Today in Beatles History:
1970 - The Beatles album "Beatles Again" was released in the U.S. It contained the song "Hey Jude."
1987 - Capitol Records released the first four Beatles albums on CD.
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A ground-breaking ceremony was held at Crissy Field for the Golden Gate Bridge on this date in 1933.
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Today in Sports History:
1935 - The New York Yankees released Babe Ruth. Ruth signed with the Boston Braves for $20,000 and a share in the team's profits.
1981 - Edgar F. Kaiser, Jr. purchased the Denver Broncos from Gerald and Allan Phillips.
1985 - Julius Erving (Philadelphia 76ers) became the third on the NBA's all-time scoring list.
1989 - The New York Yankees announced that Tom Seaver would be their new TV sportscaster.
1997 - Philadelphia's "Legion of Doom" line scored 15 points against the Ottawa Senators.
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"Flatbush" debuted on CBS-TV on this date in 1979.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- In a weekend of unlikely winners, James Buescher took the checkered flag under caution in Saturday's Drive4COPD 300 Nationwide Series race with wreckage from the cars of the likely winners strewn behind him in Turn 4 at Daytona International Speedway.
Buescher, a first-time winner in the series, took advantage of a last-lap wreck involving front-runners Trevor Bayne, Tony Stewart, Elliott Sadler, Joey Logano, Kurt Busch, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Kyle Busch to score the victory, one day after rookie John King won his first Camping World Truck Series race in his first trip to Daytona.
Brad Keselowski dodged the wreck to finish second, with Elliott Sadler coming home third. Rookies Cole Whitt and Austin Dillon ran fourth and fifth, respectively.
Read the rest here.
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On this day in 1998, a Texas jury rejected an $11 million lawsuit by Texas cattlemen who blamed Oprah Winfrey for price drop after on-air comment about mad-cow disease.
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Coming up:
Tonight --
Nascar Sprint Cup Series -- Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway 12:00pm EST
NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning at New Jersey Devils 1:00pm EST
Monday --
Nothin' Doin'
Tuesday --
NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning vs Montreal Canadiens 7:30pm EST
Wednesday --
Nothin' Doin'
Thursday --
Nothin' Doin'
Friday --
NHL Hockey -- Tampa Bay Lightning vs New York Rangers 7:30pm EST
Saturday --
EJHL South Hockey -- Tampa Bay Juniors vs Palm Beach Hawks at Sunrise, Florida 1:30pm EST
Nascar Nationwide Series - Bashas' Supermarkets 400 at Phoenix International Raceway 4:00pm EST
Sunday --
Nascar Sprint Cup Series -- Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway 2:30pm EST
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That's it for today. Thanks for stopping by, I hope that you'll do so tomorrow too. Thanks again!
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