A quick update from a nice Sunday in sports.
First...Crouching Tiger Obliterates Field!
Tiger Woods completely left his competition in the dust while taking the 2008 Buick Open (his first event this year) by 8 strokes. He looked extra dominant outdriving, sinking putts, and showing a preview of perhaps a great year to come. With the win today, he tied Arnold Palmer for fourth all time with 62 career wins.
Second...Eastern Stars Triumph Late in Close NHL All-Star Game
It was a surprisingly competitive installment of the All-Star Game this year as many of the league's elite came out to show off their skill to the Atlanta crowd. It was entertaining from the beginning as the Versus network had two goalies (the East's Rick DiPietro and the West's Manny Legace) mic'd up for the night. It was fun for the crowd to hear them talk not only to the players on the ice, but to the announcers in the booth as Emerick and Olzyck (and even the Commish at one point) were in the goalies' ears all night. The East struck quickly in the first going ahead with a 5-1 lead, but in the later periods, the West's goalies only allowed 3 more goals the rest of the night while the West came back to tie it at 7-all in the third period, behind a Rick Nash hat trick. However, in the last 20 seconds of the game, former Atlanta favorite and current Bruin Marc Savard scored the goal to give the East the 8-7 win. Eric Staal, who had an assist on the winning goal and 2 goals of his own on the night, took home MVP honors.
And lastly...Shaun White Takes Gold at Winter X-Games
Shaun White edged Ryo Aono on a super run down the Men's SuperPipe in the X-Games finals, while battling blizzard conditions. He gave a stellar run with huge air, major tricks, and finished it off with a backside 1260 which brought huge cheers from the crowd and sealed the victory for Shaun giving him a score over 96+!
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