Rough Weekend

It was a rough weekend for a lot of people, especially Florida Panthers forward Richard Zednik. We got a lot to cover, so no time to waste, lets put aside our "case of the Mondays" and get on with:

The Super Happy Ultra Mega Weekend Review

By far the roughest weekend was had by Florida Panthers forward Richard Zednik. Zednik suffered a “horrific injury”, his teammate Olli Jokinen's skate slashed his throat open, which required surgery to close, to make matters worse the Panthers lost 5-3. Way to take one from the team Zednik! He is now in stable condition. Also in the NHL, it was a rough night for the New York Rangers who lost 3-2 in overtime against the Capitals. The Caps move back on top of the southeast division with the win. Mike Green scored 23 seconds in to overtime on a power play to give the Caps the win at home. Olaf Kolzig stopped 31 shots to earn his 296th victory, putting him only four away from 300.

It was a bad weekend in college hoops for several teams, including Clemson, who lost 103-93 against North Carolina in double overtime. Clemson lead most of the game, the Tar Heels extended their unbeaten run at home this season, keeping North Carolina perfect in 53 home games against the Tigers all-time. Clemson’s loss also alleviated some of the pressure on Maryland, who won 84-70 over North Carolina State. Maryland travels to Duke for a classic ACC show down on Wednesday, Let’s go Terps!

The Prow Bowl was in full swing down in Honolulu, Hawaii Sunday. But apparently, someone forgot to tell rookie Adrian Peterson that no one plays too hard during the Pro Bowl. Peterson ran for 129 yards, and two touchdowns, and helped the NFC to a 42-30 win over the AFC. Peterson was awarded the MVP of the Pro Bowl, joining Marshall Faulk as the only rookies to be named MVP. Back in the states, the Washington Redskins head coaching search took a strange final twist, as Jim Zorn was promoted from offensive coordinator to head coach after only two weeks on the job. That has to be one of the fastest promotions ever. Only time will tell how this plays out for the Skins. Zorn was brought in to help school young quarterback Jason Campbell. Unfortunately, As head coach he might not be able to devote the amount of time he would have, into his development as he would have as offensive coordinator. The good news is Dan Snyder is happy, even if Skins supporters are or not, we’ll just have to see how this Zorn decision pans out.

The Busby Babes were remembered at Old Trafford Sunday, as Manchester United remembered the Munich Disaster of 1958. A minute’s silence passed unbroken, as had been feared. The Red Devils dawned 50’s era kits, with out names or sponsorship, in honor of those that died in Munich 50years ago. In spite of the wonderful memorials United lost to Manchester City, in a classic Manchester Derby loosing 2-1. Looks like a bad weekend for United, though its no secret I enjoy that. It was also a relatively bad weekend for Liverpool, who drew 0-0 with Chelsea in anther classic stalemate. Liverpool are now out of the title race, and will hope to improve as they search for a Champions League spot next year. Sigh. Liverpool supporters, including myself will be disappointed to not challenge for the league title again, still owning the most league titles in history, however not one in recent Premier League.

Such much for a close finish to La Liga, Real Madrid ran rampant on Valladolid winning 7-0 on Sunday. Even, Arjen Robben scored. Meanwhile, Barcelona drew with Sevilla 1-1 on Saturday, leading Spanish sports magazine ‘Marca’ to comment; 'Who said the league was opening up?' Xavi once again came to Barca’s rescue, as the were behind for most of the match. Real Madrid is now eight points clear of Barca, considering Barca’s recent form it pretty much destorys their chances to topple league leaders Real Madrid.

Finally, Egypt secured their second Africa Cup of Nations winning 1-0 over Cameroon.