Daytona 500 is Today

Today at 3:30pm marks the day for the Daytona 500.

Daytona International Speedway
1801 W. International Speedway
Daytona Beach, FL 32114-1215
386-253-7223

This year marks an historic moment for the "Great American Race" with the 50th running of the Daytona 500. Country legends Brooks & Dunn will perform at the pre-game show along with Chubby Checker, Kool & The Gang and Michael McDonald. Seven-time Daytona 500 winner Richard Petty will serve as the honorary starter as the Thunderbirds fly over head. And to celebrate this special occasion, 1960 Daytona 500 chmapion Junior Johnson will drive the Chorvette Z06 pace car. It's like the Olympics for rednecks. Mad craziness.

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Free Bag of Flat Earth Crips

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AT&T Austin Marathon Today

Today is the day for the 2008 AT&T Austin Marathon.

Here is the race route for the marathon. Also, MyFox Austin is doing a live Webcast.

This years marathon is a part a group of races that are making environmentally-friendly changes to their races.

Letters From Iwo Jima

The Star Telegram noted Letters From Iwo Jima as a must watch for tonight.

Letters From Iwo Jima: Clint Eastwood's acclaimed but slow-moving film, which showed the battle of Iwo Jima from the Japanese point of view (companion piece Flags of Our Fathers showed the American side), gets its basic-cable debut. Eastwood will do the introduction to the movie, which will be presented commercial-free and in Japanese with English subtitles. 7 p.m., AMC Source

Letters from Iwo Jima tells the untold story of the Japanese soldiers who defended their homeland against invading American forces during World War II. With little defense other than sheer will and the volcanic rock of Iwo Jima itself, the unprecedented tactics of General Tadamichi Kuribayashi and his men transform what was predicted to be a swift defeat into nearly 40 days of heroic and resourceful combat.

If you missed it, you can pick up your own copy

Spudd Web is Awesome

Watching the All Star Game?

Don't forget about the classic stars like Spud Webb.

IGN rated him as having one of the top 10 slam dunks ever!

Spud Webb, Off the Floor Reverse Strawberry Jam, 1986

Younger fans may think that Nate Robinson was the first little guy to throw it down in the dunk contest, but Spud was the original. Webb came back to help Robinson win in 2006, but honestly, Webb's dunks blew the Knicks point away. The bounce-off-the-floor dunk wasn't an expected part of dunk contests at the time, but Webb's second perfect dunk in a row in the finals, 150 out of 150, propelled him to the title.

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On Golden Pond

On Golden Pond was shown on TCM tonight.

The description:

For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer On Golden Pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family is forced to renew the bonds of love and overcome the generational friction that has existed for years. Norman must find his way through his anger and fear of growing old, while Chelsea struggles to rebuild their relationship. Ethel's consistent support of her "knight in shining armor" is inspirational in its simplicity. This is a movie to ponder and always keep in your heart.

If you missed this showing of On Golden Pond then you can pick up a special edition copy on Amazon

Jason Kapono Wins 3 Point Shootout

For the second year in a row Toronto Raptors Jason Kapono won the NBA All Star three point shoot out.

Kapono became the first back-to-back winner of the Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout since Peja Stojakovic won the 2002 and 2003 titles.

Here's the NBA's coverage of Kapono and the Three Point Shoot Out.

Becky Hammon in All Star Game

Tim Duncan, Becky Hammon, and David Robinson won the NBA's Shotting Stars Competition on All Star Saturday.

Becky Hammon is 5-foot-6 and plays for the WNBA's San Antonio Silver Stars.

Becky Hammon used to play for the New York Liberty where she averaged 14.7 points per game and had one of the best free-throw shooting percentages at 96%.