I may be a Jackets fan, but I’m rooting for the Red Wings to win it all in this here Stanley Cup Finals. The Wings really are the better team, and I’m sorry, but that’s not a playoff beard. That being said, I needed the Pens to win last night. No, not because I had a bet on them. Because I would have hated myself forever if there wasn’t a Game 5 at the Joe.

See, in accordance with my real job (as this is my fake job, considering I don’t get paid and nobody notices what I do), I have media credentials to the games up at Joe Louis Arena. Very cool, yes I know, everybody at the station is very jealous… and they should be. But the timing of these games have sucked, and I didn’t make it to games 1 and 2.

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While Big Brown won yesterday’s Kentucky Derby by 4 3/4 lengths, the real story happened after the race.

Eight Belles, a filly who was trying to become the 4th to win the Derby, ended up in second place. But as her rider tried to pull her up, the horse broke both of her ankles. She fell on the track and would not get back up. But in an amazing show of sportshorseship, the other horses on the track would not let Eight Belles suffer. They, instead, picked up the filly on their backs, and as the crowd began to clap slowly, carried her into the veterinarian’s office to be euthanized.

“What an amazing display of what it’s all about,” said Dr. Larry Bramdlidge, the doctor who sent Eight Belles to her death. “Those horses wouldn’t let their compatriot suffer on the track. I’ve never seen anything like it.”

Trainer Larry Jones was moved to tears. “It was absolutely amazing that the other horses took care of my filly. My only regret is that she could not thank them herself.”

Wow. Honestly, I think this is the most offensive thing I’ve ever written.

Wake me when the tournament is over.

That would be me. I’ve put this off for way to long, and in the process, missed out on some important stories… namely, the firing of Stan Joplin. (who, in this humble sports reporter’s/blogger’s/whatever you call me’s opinion, sucks for Stan, but was probably inevitable). So I’m just going to pound these results out super quick, and so that way I’ve got this monkey off my back and I can start talking about Akron’s magical run in the NIT (overtime win over FSU, baby!).

1942 was by far the worst team of the bunch, losing all 5 games to Joey Harrington and the 2002 team, and in the one game I ran in the championship, was lit up by Charlie Batch for 5 TDs. 45 to 7 the final.