Archive for July, 2006

Lingaur named first team All-State

Thursday, July 13th, 2006

Sorry, a little late with this…

St. Mary’s senior Krystal Lingaur was named to the first team Division IV All-State girls softball team. Lingaur plays first base. She also was selected to participate in the annual girls high school All-Star softball game July 22 at Michigan State University.

Glen Lake’s Lauryn Pleva was named honorable mention.

View the entire team at MHSSCA.com

In boys baseball, Glen Lake’s Wes Buchan was named to the Division IV All-State second team.

View the entire team at MHSBCA.org

LSGW named blog of the week at Abel to Yzerman

Monday, July 10th, 2006

Sweet! You just gotta love the name of this Red Wings hockey blog!

Read Michigan blog of the Week: Leelanau Sports Guy’s World at Abel to Yzerman

Stevie Y articles at ESPN.com

Friday, July 7th, 2006

Here’s a couple of articles I found this morning…

ESPN the Magazine’s EJ Hradek remembers his top 10 Steve Yzerman moments. I was going to try to pick my own top 10, but couldn’t come close to narrowing it down, so thought I might as well link to a good list that had all of mine on it…

Read My Top 10 Steve Yzerman moments at ESPN.com

ESPN’s Scott Burnside takes a look at the Captain’s career and some of the highlights along the way.

Read Stevie Y showed why success, stardom rarely co-exist at ESPN.com

Stevie Y & Big Ben leave, 1st place is still here

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006

Well, it happened, I ran out of time to put together a good post on the above mentioned subjects, so I went ahead and found some good bloggers and articles about them. Of course I will always leave my little comments!

The Captain retires
We all knew this day was coming and of course it’s a very sad day for Red Wings fans. The greatest Red Wing ever (I’m a child of the seventies) was fun to watch play and lead by his example. There would be no Hockeytown without Stevie Y.

Read Yzerman’s Backloaded Career Almost Happened In Ottawa at Out of Bounds

Big Ben signs with Bulls
I was 50/50 on whether I wanted him back or not, so it wasn’t a big surprise or a big letdown. I liked that Dumars wasn’t going to go overboard to keep him and thought he made a more than fair offer. I think Big Ben’s best days are behind him, so a 4-year deal was more than I wanted to see anyway. I will cheer him when he’s not playing the Pistons. Thanks for the memories Big Ben!

Read Big Ben’s gone, off to Chicago at Sweaty Men Endeavors

Another good article on both…

Read Double whammy in the Detroit News

Tigers still in 1st
Although listening to the “experts” on the radio, not many are giving them a chance to be in 1st at season’s end. It’s going to come down to the starting rotation if that can happen or not. I still believe it can. Regardless of what happens I think this season can be considered a success and a big building block for the future.

Read Tigers hope pitching rotation holds up during second half at MLive

Beach Bums win again!
So far the Traverse City Beach Bums are a perfect 3-0 when I am in attendance. Last night I honestly didn’t get to pay much attention to the 9-0 win as I was busy chasing a 3 year old and a 22 month old around in the lawn seats. The lawn by the way is a great place to watch from. The 4th of July fireworks were spectacular as well!

Read Casoli twirls third straight shutout in 9-0 Beach Bums win at TCBeachBums.com

Detroit Insider Wings Announcement

Monday, July 3rd, 2006

Insider writes:

Sportsnet in Canada reports that Yzerman is retiring today @ 1 pm.

The Wings have announced a press conference at 1 pm today, and this was the speculation, stay tuned for more details…

Read Wings call news conference about Yzerman at Yahoo! Sports

IT’S OFFICIAL!

Thanks for the great memories Steve!