Yesterday I had brunch in Brooklyn with my mom, my brother, his fiancée Karen and my neighbor, Maggie. We ate at Beast, which everyone else loved, but I need sugar in my maple syrup. It totally killed my French toast. But on the upside, the blueberry muffin from the bread basket was to die for!
NASCAR Update:
Texas Motor Speedway announced they will fix a 200 foot section of the track between turns one and two after complaints by Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (AP)
Las Vegas testing began today. 55 teams are expected to test at the newly banked speedway on Monday and Tuesday.
In another mismatched grand marshall news…Nicolas Cage will be the grand marshall of the 2007 Daytona 500. Ben Affleck, Ashton Kutcher, and now Nic Cage? How about Larry the Cable guy, Jeff Foxworthy, or Blake Shelton someone that at least knew what NASCAR was before they got the check in the mail!
Random Quote: "Look at what built this sport. Don't sanitize everything. We used to have some pretty good events after the race was over. Now if you shove somebody, it's a $10,000 fine. And let them say what they want without taking points away." - Bruton Smith (espn.com)
Around Sports:
Baseball
Curt Schilling said he will not retire after the 2007 season. Soon we’ll have to make two leagues in baseball, the senior tour and the junior tour because everyone seems to be either 40+ or 22. Well…It works for golf.
Sad news…Former St. Louis Cardinals GM, Bing Devine died at the age of 90.
Sports super couple, Mia Hamm and Nomar Garciaparra, has kicked off a program “9 to 5” that will help patients and their families in their fight against cancer. (yahoo.com)
College Basketball
Stanford upset # 3 UCLA 75-68 on Sunday.
Golf
Tiger Woods won his seventh straight tournament, The Buick Open, on Sunday.
Sports Car Racing
Congratulations to Chip Ganassi Racing and its Telmex Daytona Pro-Type driven by Juan Pablo Montoya, Scott Pruett and Salvador Duran on their Rolex 24 hours at Daytona win on Sunday.
Tennis
Congratulations to Roger Federer and Serena Williams on winning their respective singles titles at the Australian Open this weekend.
Around the World:
The world’s oldest person, Emma Faust Tillman of Hartford, CT has died at the age of 114.
A British study found children with straighter teeth do not necessarily have a happier life. That’s because everyone in Great Britain has crooked teeth. If this study was done in America where you’re chastised if you don’t have perfect teeth, I think the study would have different results. (Reuters)
Popo in my crib News:
Shaquille O’Neal chased down an alleged hit and run driver on Sunday. O’Neal and his body guard Jerome Crawford followed a Cadillac Escalade driven by Emmnueo Cibrin to a gas station where O’Neal and a nearby police officer approved the car. At post time, no record of a ticker or arrest was listed for Cibrin. Watch out Emmnueo, because the popo are on your tail! (si.com)
In I was supposed to that? news…Three democrats including Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi failed to report they were leaders of family charities violating a law requiring members of congress to report non-profit leadership roles. The other two lawmakers are Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) and Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN). Bloggers find out about “American Idol” contestant’s criminal records, how did you think this wouldn’t come out? Watch out Nancy, Rahm and Evan because the popo are on your tail! (usatoday.com)
Celebrity Tid Bits:
Congratulations to the cast of “The Office” on winning the best ensemble in a comedy series award at the 13th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday. Other big winners included the cast of “Grey’s Anatomy” which picked up best ensemble in a drama series and Chandra Wilson won for best actress in a drama series. The cast of Little Miss Sunshine won the big award, best ensemble in a motion picture and Helen Mirren was a double winner for best actress in a TV movie and best actress in a motion picture.
Congratulations to Ashley Jensen from “Ugly Betty” who married her long time boyfriend Terrence Beesley.
TV ALERT: Miss America will be crowned live @ 8 PM on CMT.
Prince Charles and his wife Camilla Parker-Bowles have been visiting the US this weekend making stops in Harlem and in Philadelphia.
Epic Movie soared to the top of the box office this weekend raking in $19.2 million. Smokin’ Aces came in second with $14.2 million followed by Night at the Museum ($9.5 million) and Catch and Release ($8.0 million). Stomp the Yard ($7.8 million) rounds out the top five.
Congratulations to Kenny Chesney, his album The Road and the Radio has gone triple platinum for sales of 3 million copies.
Happy Birthday shout outs to Andrew Keegan (27), Thomas Jane (38), Ed Burns (39), Oprah Winfrey (53) and Tom Selleck (62).
YOU TUBE MUST WATCH CLIP: Bride has massive hair wig out
It’s been fun blogging with you,
Kate
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