sports bonanza

what a crazy day in sports! pro hockey, junior hockey, basketball, home runs, cfl signings, and racing. my man Corey Stillman scored the OT winner against Carolina, while Roy's QMJHL team beat Moncton for the Memorial Cup. the Mavs beat Phoenix to lead 2-1 in the series, and the Toronto Argonauts signed former NFL running king Ricky "spiritual journey" Williams.
the real drama, for me, was the biggest racing day of the year. the Monaco GP was a close race before Kimi and Webber's engines blew up, but the attrition did allow my favorite F1 driver, Coulthard, to earn Red Bull it's first podium. (shown here wearing a superman cape)
the Indy 500, which has lost some of its luster with the Champ Car/IRL split, was exciting for once. the big storyline for me was that my favorite driver all-time, Michael Andretti, was returning to the race from a 3 year retirement just to be able to race with his son Marco. with some good pit strategy, Michael ended up leading the race with 10 laps to go, with his son in second. The problem for Michael was that he was on old tires, and his son passed him with 3 laps to go, and Hornish soon followed. Michael, showed a lot of class in not blocking Hornish, who drove an amazing fourth turn to close the gap to Marco, and pass him at the line. despite my andretti bias, i have to admit it was a great race, and that the better car won. i have even more respect for michael, who proved a lot of people wrong in racing a competitive race after a 3 year retirement, and was one caution short of winning the race for the first time in his 15 years at indy.
i was nearly sick of sports by the time the Coca-Cola 600 started, but in between hockey goals and the basketball game, i did manage to catch the final few laps. i was glad to see that Waltrip's purchase of Cope's car yielded little benefit, as he was out after about 100 laps. i was also glad to see Kahne hold Johnson off to end Johnson's dominance at the track.
And then, to top off the day, Bonds FINALLY hit that 715th home run he's been having nightmares about. It's over, Barry. you're ahead of Babe Ruth in the one category you will ever pretend to care about. sure, you'll never touch his other career records, you took 500 more games than he did to reach 714, and will never pitch a shut-out in the World Series, but you beat him once, and I hope that's enough for your ego. next on the list; Hank Aaron, Bond's godfather, and the true home run king. it'll be interesting to see if Bonds retires to keep the record clean and without controversy, or if his ego gets the best of him again, and he trudges through 2 dismal seasons just to hit a few home runs and break a record nobody will give his steroid ridden body credit for anyway.