Leap Year Sports Birthdays

Even though Leap Year only happens once every four years, there are plenty of sports related birthdays of note.

1988 Scott Golbourne, English footballer

1984 Adam Sinclair, Indian Hockey player

1984 Cam Ward, Canadian hockey player

1984 Darren Ambrose, English footballer

1980 Taylor Twellman, American soccer player

1980 Simon Gagne, Canadian Hockey player, NHL player (Philly Flyers) who has been an all-star

1976 Bryan Gillooly, Auburn NY, diver (Olympics-96)

1972 Mark Farraway, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)

1972 Chris Devine, Allentown Pa, diver (Olympics-96)

1972 Fabien Bownes, NFL wide receiver (Chicago Bears)

1972 Cyrus Beasley, Rowe NY, rower (Olympics-1996)

1968 Bryce Paup, American football player, NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers, Buffalo Bills)

1968 Pete Fenson, American curler

1968 Cary Conklin, NFL quarterback (Redskins, SF 49ers)

1968 Chucky Brown, NBA forward (Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks)

1964 Lyndon Byers, Canadian hockey player

1960 Dan Daoust – NHL center for Toronto Maple Leafs.

Some Things I’d Like to See…

Darrell Green’s 50th Birthday Dash…

Absolutely Amazing !
Happy Belated Birthday Darrell!!!

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Albert Haynesworth practicing Washington Redskins new Strength and Conditioning Coach Ray Wright’s workout routine which includes…

Yoga and Jiu Jitsu classes !

I can’t wait to see those new moves on the field Albert…

Who knows, it could also help prepare for a post football career in the MMA or The Ultimate Fighter competition. see Marcus Jones.

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The Washington Redskins showing restraint during free agency like the Steelers have already announced…

“The Pittsburgh Steelers announced plans to follow a self-imposed salary cap in 2010 and won’t take advantage of the lack of a collective bargaining agreement to add more quality free agents than usual.”

If they did, this would be the first true test and measure of the new Allen and Shanahan era!

Like ZZ Top, Only Better…

So Saturday was my birthday and this is some of what I got.
Sunglasses!

But not your normal everyday pair of sunglasses…
No, these come with a built in video camera.
Lets give it a try…

I also got a copy of a TSO double album….

A new INSTALLED! car battery from my oldest son…

and some hand made artwork from my daughters….

Pretty Cool!

Good Company…

1972 Jamal Willis, NFL running back for the San Francisco 49ers
1972 John Walsh, NFL quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals
1971 Tito Wooten, NFL safety for the New York Giants
1970 Orlando Brown, NFL tackle, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens
1968 Chris Walsh, NFL wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings
1968 Kurt Schulz, safety for the Buffalo Bills
1967 David Szott, NFL guard for the Kansas City Chiefs
1967 John Randle, NFL defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings

1946 Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazil, Indy-car racer, over 10 wins

1970 Kirk Cameron, actor, Mike-Growing Pains, Teen Wolf II
(my wife made me put him on the list)

1953 Bruce Kulick, guitarist/singer, KISS
1946 Clive Bunker, rock drummer, Jethro Tull
1943 Dickey Betts, West Palm Beach, Florida, guitarist, Allman Bros-Ramblin’ Man
1943 Grover Washington, Jr., jazz artist, Mr Magic
1942 Mike Pinder, Birmingham England, rocker, Moody Blues
1940 Dionne Warwick, born in East Orange, New Jersey, singer, Solid Gold, Way to San Jose
1938 Connie Francis, born in Newark, New Jersey, singer and actress, Where the Boys Are
1915 Frank Sinatra, born in Hoboken, vocalist/actor, old blue eyes

1805 Henry Wells, founder, American Express Co and Wells Fargo and Co

1924 Edward I Koch, New York City, Mayor-D-NYC, 1977 – 1989, judge, People’s Court

But perhaps the best company of all, and the ones I am most thankful for, are my wife and family.

Just don’t try to put all those candles on the cake…

Going to the Game!

No, not the Redskins…

Caps vs. Devils !!!

So my boys are getting to be addicted hockey fanatics and watch just about every Caps game on TV.

Though not as hooked as they are, I too am a fan of the caps.

Now since none of us have ever been to a game before, I thought it a good idea to see if I could score some tickets.

Originally I was considering a game close to my birthday in December. The Caps play division rival Carolina on the 11th which would be great, except the only set of 3 tickets left available were on the Club level. Great seats, but lots of $$$.

So I looked around at other games in December and came up with the Jersey Devils on the 26th. And low and behold, they had 3 decently priced tickets available in the top section near the corner. Perfect! A good game which makes for a great combination birthday and Christmas present to myself and the boys.

Hey! I’m already done with half my Christmas shopping!!! 😉

Of course, now I need some good Caps gear to wear to the game… hint hint…