A walk in the Park, Volume 24
Saturday, Day Nine Of EURO 2012
Euro 2012 Soccer Championship … TODAY is day nine of the EURO 2012 Soccer Championship; one of the most watched sporting events in the world. In today’s games, GREECE beat RUSSIA 1-0, and CZECH REPUBLIC beat POLAND 1-0. TOMORROW’s games are PORTUGAL vs. The NETHERLANDS from Metalist Stadium Kharkiv, and DENMARK vs. GERMANY from Arena Lviv. Hup Holland! Run here for the event buzz: www.uefa.com
Stage Collapse At Concert … A concert stage collapsed earlier today at a RADIOHEAD show in Toronto, and one person is dead; Radiohead was not on stage at the time. Our thoughts are with the victims, and if you wanna read more, click here: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/one-dead-three-injured-in-toronto-stage-collapse-ahead-of-radiohead-concert/article4299025
Fossils In The Fort ... Some ancient fossils have been found at the Syncrude mining site near Fort McMurray. Apparently they’ve found a bunch since last November. Dig up all the bones here: www.FortMcmurrayToday.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3382432
"Apology" Letter To Rob Lowe ... The city of Winnipeg was up in arms earlier this week after a “Tweet” from actor ROB LOWE, who was in the city shooting a movie. Lowe was spending some down-time in a sports bar watching the NBA finals when the local TV affiliate (from the U-S) interrupted the game to show some local election results. Lowe thought the TV station was in Winnipeg and Tweeted his disgust with the hashtag #TrappedInAHellHole. Winnipeggers felt insulted and immediately responded by going on a Tweeting Rampage. But one ex-Winnipegger – who lives in Toronto now – took a different approach; he wrote Lowe an “apology” letter, it’s pretty amusing and you can read it here: www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20120615/rob-lowe-winnipeg-apology-120616
MAN vs. FOOD! … Join YUKON JACK next Friday at the southside Canadian Brewhouse (Ellerslie road) for the “MAN vs. FOOD” Grande Finale, it’s going to be insane! The winner gets a trip-for-two to Montreal for a “Poutine & Smoked Meat” tour with $500 spending cash, courtesy of www.TheCanadianBrewhouse.com, and The BEAR!
BOONSTOCK … June 28th through July 1st in Gibbons, AB, just 20 minutes out of Edmonton. The city’s biggest annual Music & Fun festival, featuring: VOLBEAT, BUCKCHERRY, GOB, PUDDLE OF MUDD, The DIRTY HEADS, KoRn, iLL SCARLETT and KILLINGER! There’ll be hundreds of late night action too, with some huge names from the world of electro music: AVICII, KASKADE, The CRYSTAL METHOD, AFROJACK, and local DJ DAVID STONE! Rock your cursor here for all you need to know: www.Boonstock.ca
Edmonton ESKIMOS Football … In Calgary last night for exhibition CFL action against the Stampeders … And they couldn’t get the job done, the Stamps won 20-17. The Eskies still have to cut 10 players by tomorrow night to get their roster down to the CFL standard of 65 players. Next game is Thursday night at Commonwealth Stadium, with the Grey Cup champ B-C Lions in town, 7pm: www.Esks.com
FC Edmonton … Professional soccer at Lockhart Stadium as FC Edmonton visits the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. Game time is 5:30pm, and all the details are here: www.FCEdmonton.com
Edmonton PROSPECTS Baseball … Hosting the Okotoks Dawgs tonight at 7:00, swing here for more: www.ProspectsBaseballClub.com
Feel free to contact me anytime, from anywhere, on Twitter @ParkWarden1003, email park@bear.fm, or visit my FB page, www.facebook.com/ParkWarden. I’m back on the air tomorrow from 10am to 4pm, Mountain time; have a wicked, stupid, SAFE Saturday night!