Huron Valley Specal Olympics basketball tournament results

On Saturday the Huron Valley Special Olympics hosted it's first basketball tournament at Lakeland High School and entered three teams competing at various levels, playing two games apeice.

The teams are the Mavericks, Eagles, and Hurricanes.

The Mavs played early in the morning, winning both of their games, while the Eagles won one game and losing the other, and lastly the Hurricanes (which I am on) lost both of their games. However, I was able to score a few baskets in both games.

Up next for Huron Valley is Waterford Mott on Super Bowl Sunday, Februrary 5th.

Five Guys now in Waterford

Burger restaurant chain Five Guys, famous for customizable burgers, opened in Waterford today.

The chain has grown rapidly, opening several locations weekly across the US. I took Mom and Mark to the Waterford one for lunch today.

Having had Five Guys before, I knew what to expect, having had good burgers before. Let's just say I was not dissapointed at all. They offer complimentary peanuts that you can have while waiting for your burger. Also you can get either regular fries or Cajun fries in either regular size or large size, no value meals here.

They are in the Waterford Place shopping mall on M-59 near Cresent Lake Road.

Prince Fielder now in Detroit

Yesterday, MLB player Prince Fielder signed a nine year deal to play with the Detroit Tigers after leaving the Milwaukee Brewers for free agency.

The news came days after learning that Victor Martinez will not be playing this season due to a torn ACL, in which placed the Tigers as a surprise contender for the second most-coveted free agent after Albert Pujols went to the Aniheim Angels.

This means he will play for the team that, interestingly enough, his father Cecil Fielder played for in the early 90s.

   

Joe Paterno 1926-2012

Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno died from lung cancer on Sunday. He was 85.

He was the head coach at Penn State for 46 seasons, winning tow national titles in the 80s, and built Penn State into a powerhouse in college football.

He was fired from Penn State in part of the investigation of sexual allegations by fromer defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, despite saying that Paterno wa going to retire at the end of the season, promting riots in State College after the announcement.

             

Super Bowl XLVI preview

On February 5, the New York Giants and the New England Patriots will play in Indianapolis, Indiana for the Super Bowl, in a rematch of their meeting in Super Bowl XLII in 2008, won by the Giants.

The Giants overcame a 7-7 record by winning their last two games of the season, then winning against the Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers, and the San Fransisco 49ers to represent the NFC, while the Patroits won the AFC East division and beat the Denver Broncos and the Baltimore Ravens to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl.

This is a rematch of Super Bowl XLII, which was made famous thanks to an incredible cartch by David Tyree, which would eventually prevent the Patriots from a perfect season at the time.

The game will be televised on NBC.

 

Save our Internet!

Imagine a world without Facebook, Google, Youtube, Twitter, and Wikipedia. Hard to imagine? Well it could happen, unfortunately.

The separate bills Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Personal IP Protection Act (PIPA) are separate bills in the House of Representatives and Senate that are, in theory, designed to protect our entertainment industry from pirated content from foreign websites.

However to most people, and the aforementioned sites, it would ultimately harm the Internet, forcing huge site shutdowns and HUGE censorship policies, similar to China.

Currently sites like Reddit and the English-language Wikipedia are blacked until midnight to protest the bills. Additionally, Google has it's logo blackened, leading to a petition that people are encouraged to sign to make sure that the bills don't pass.

Yes, I love America, but when Congress wants to ruin the Internet? Not so much.


A protest against SOPA and PIPA

        

The Google logo covered

LHS hockey game results!

A hockey game between the Lakeland Eagles and the Howell Highlanders had finished with Howell winning 2-0, scoring a goal each in the first two periods of the game.

While it was a disappointment, it was also nice to see Jake Waxman, who is a student manager at Lakeland twice; once during the chuck a puck, which is where fans purchase a puck with a number on it for $1 and chuck them towards the center of the ice, where the closest puck to the cone wins the fan the money that was collected, after the 2nd period where he had to determine the winner because there were 3 pucks were close to the cone (he picked #10), and gathered most of the pucks afterwards, and also after the game, where he and I chatted for a few minutes, and he told me he has a Gmail account and might start blogging here soon.

Also, the winner of the 50-50 raffle drawing held after the chuck a puck did a nice thing with the money by giving the money back to the LHS hockey program.

My top 10 moments of 2011

Not to leave out my own opinion, here's my top 10:

10. Heading to St. Louis for Logan's robotics championship
9. Having a great season in Special Olympics basketball
8. Heading to Michigan Intl Speedway with Dad in June
7. Getting a new TV in my bedroom
6. Hosting my graduation party
5. Watching the Detroit Lions make the NFL playoffs on Christmas Eve
4. Seeing the Detroit Tigers make the playoffs
3. Watching Jeff Gordon win his 85th career race
2. Graduating for Lakeland Higfh School
1. Seeing Trevor Bayne pull off the upset of the century by winning the Daytona 500

Jake's Top 10 moments of 2011

While he hasn't officially joined the blogging here at Two Guys Sports and Stuff, Jake Waxman listed his top 10 moments of 2011. Here they are:


10. Going to South Carolina over spring break for the 3rd year in a row
9. Making two trips to Michigan Int'l Speedway over summer of 2011
8. Hosting a Hockey team dinner for the first time
7. Fall Hockey Season
6. Playing tennis with Sydney Sinclair over the summer
5. Falling with Bobby Schumacher on the ice at Hockey practice
4. Singing Kareoke with Evan at Evan's Grad party
3. Playing NHL slapshot on my B-day weekend with Bobby, Ryan, Trevor, and of course Kyle
2. The Miracle game at Hartland
1. Being named to Homecoming court and Being named Homecoming King!

New year!

Well, it's now officially 2012. This is an important year for many reasons.

First, the Summer Olympics are this year in London, England. This is the third time London is hosting the Olympics.

Second, the Super Bowl will be in Indianapolis, Indiana; before the teams are decided, the Detroit Lions are in the NFL playoffs for the first time since 1999.

Lastly, this is the year the Mayan Long Count Calendar ends on December 21. While there are rumors that the Mayans predicted that day to be the end of the world, it's not, as the inscriptions that describe the day don't show the end of the world happening.

While there are certainly more events in 2012, these are 3 events that I think are important in my opinion.