Scooter Chronicles

Yzerman’s #19 to the “Rafters”
Saw this ARTICLE on the Detroit Free Press web site. It essentially says that Team Canada is going to “unofficially retire” #19 in honor of Steve Yzerman. How cool is this?! This is the first time I have ever heard of something like this with the national teams, though one would assume that #99 is retired for Gretzky as it is league wide in the NHL.

It was always a nice tribute by Joe Sakic, another totally classy player and future Hall of Famer like Yzerman, to always wear #91 for Team Canada whether Yzerman was on the team or not out of respect for Stevie. (Sakic has worn #19 his whole career.) But to see the whole organization of Canadian hockey do that is just really cool in my book.

The Colbert “Sports” Report
My sister-in-law Catherine and friend David went to be a part of the live studio audience at the TAPING of “The Colbert Report” broadcast on Comedy Central yesterday. I watched the show for that reason, but also since it was supposed to be centered on sports.

He did a small section where he “ran down” some scores and showed highlights, but since they don’t have a big enough budget to pay to show the actual highlights, they got what they could. So what did they show when talking about the NBA game (that I believe was between the Sixers and Timberwolves)? Aussie rules football!! And I am sure I was about the only one watching that knew it. The footage looked old, but it was the Collingwood Magpies versus the Carlton Blues.

By the way, it is a very entertaining show.