End of the Road

Sadly on may 4 2008 the New York rangers playoff's came to an end. By losing in overtime to the Pittsburgh Penguins the series has ended and the rangers have been eliminated. it hurts because i have been following the rangers my entire life and i thought that this year could be the year we win it.

it also seems like 2 of our best players will be leaving the team. The active leading goal scorer and certain Hall of Famer Brenden Shanahan had said before the season he will retire at the end of the season. Also our captain and Second leading goal scorer among active players has not yet been given a new contract and their even has been rumors he has signed a contract with his old team in Europe. perhaps there will be hope for next season because i will still be watching.

My future plans

if blogging has taught me anything it is this, Its not easy to blog! i never realized that writing a blog twice a week about a random subject can be difficult. i thought it would be easy because all i had to do was write a interesting or funny story but i then had to find a story that was appropriate to talk about and i had to make it interesting to read and have it condensed into a short read in-order to keep my readers attention.

Even though this class is coming to an end i plan on continuing this blog. I look at this blog like a job and not an assignment. A writer once said that when he would compose a novel he would write a little each day and sift through what he thought was good enough to write. I like to think I use my blog in the same context.

Racing Tragedy

Saturday May 4 marked the anual kentucky derby. it is a race of the best horses in the country. This year the 5-2 favorite to win, Big Brown, bested the competition despite being inexperienced. Tragedy struck unfortunatly this year when the runner up Filly Eight Belles crossed the finish line, collapsed and broke both front ankles. The injures inevitably forced the owners to euthanize the horse on the spot. This was the first time since 1974 that a horse had to be put down on the track.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=3380408&sportCat=horse

Year in Review

Now that the first year of my college days are coming to an end i cant help but reflect. I have met many new people and learned so many valuable lessons. While I'm glad i can say I've finished one full year i also see that i am not a freshmen any longer and i am not going to have the same amount of help that i would have gotten. I am however prepared to face these challenges with the same enthusiasm and effort i have always had up to this day.

Patriot Day

Yesterday in the City of Boston they held the annual holiday of Patriot Day. Every year they have the Boston Marathon. Since they have to shut down most of the city to hold this event they decided to give people the day off instead of causing congestion in the streets. This is a really smart idea and i believe the same should be done in new york on days the pope was here to avoid that traffic mess.

Wild Celebrations

Monday April 21st the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins in game 7 of the First round of the NHL playoffs. After this victory the celebrating fans went out and started a riot. The resulting damage was unnecessary and costly. They left police cars burnt out and looted many stores for no reason. This is something that usually happens when there is some sort of injustice or even if there team loses. Either way it is unnecessary to do.

http://sports.aol.com/nhl/story/_a/police-cars-torched-after-canadiens-win/20080422082109990001?icid=100214839x1200522773x1200018698

Draft Day

This Saturday April 26th, the NFL has its annual draft. This is when all 32 teams get a chance and choosing players from college to play for them. Since my favorite team the New York Giants won the super bowl we get the last pick in the draft. Normally it would have been the 32nd pick but the nfl took away the patriots first pick because they were caught cheating this season. They however still got the 7th pick because of a trade they made last season. I think this is ridiculous and the patriots should have that pick taken away because of the way they cheated.

There are many predictions as to what the Dolphins with the first pick will take. The analysts predict they will take Offensive tackle Jake Long, son of retired football player Howie Long. I can never understand why a team would take a player at this position first when they have many more concerns in their roster then an Offensive Tackle.