Thursday, March 26, 2020

Day 15 Stuff To Do And Updates

Was checking on the present NHL status when I found this gem:
  • Replays of all 2019-20 games as well as select classic games are free through April 30 on NHL.tv.
http://NHL.com/tv   Just have to create an account on the website and log in.  I don't think there's any credit card info required.
  • Major Stream Event:  Twitch is putting together a large-scale 12-hour COVID-19 fundraiser, Twitch Stream Aid 2020.  The full information is on this website, and includes streamers, music stars, and sports stars.  Some names I've heard of:  US Women's Soccer Aly Raisman, Barry Gibb, American Idol Season 6 winner Jordin Sparks, another American Idol winner Scotty McCreery.
  • There will actually be two streams.  The major appearances will be on the main Twitch channel, TwitchRivals will intersperse simulcasting that channel with some Fortnite and Uno tournaments.
Some other things I picked up along the way:
  • Insomniac, the group behind the Beyond Wonderland EDM events, hosted a YouTube stream which got 3.5 million people to watch it.  They're doing two more this weekend, 8-12 PM (I assume Pacific) both Friday and Saturday night on Insomniac's YouTube. 
  • The next major stars-at-home super-concert has been announced for FOX television Sunday night, and it's a doozy.  Elton John headlines, with Alicia Keys, The Backstreet Boys, Billie Ellish, Mariah Carey, Tim McGraw, and Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong on the docket.  6 PM Pacific Sunday night on your local FOX affiliate, fund-raiser for Feeding America and The First Responders' Children's Foundation.
  • Jimmy Buffett, through at least May 9, will be broadcasting live shows from his archives on both his own website and the Jimmy Buffett Channel on Sirius XM.  A list of the shows he is showcasing is from this newspaper.  Both Wednesdays and Saturdays, 8 PM Pacific time.
  • Today is the 41st anniversary of the game which made March Madness, March Madness.  Bird vs. Magic in the 1979 final, still the highest-rated college basketball game of all time.  To celebrate, Yardbarker put together a list of 25 college basketball tournament games you can watch right now. 
  • Ongoing Twitter event right now (posting about 5:30 PM PDT):  Verizon is putting on a "Pay It Forward" event, where, ancillary to a concert on Twitter, Verizon is donating $10 to a maximum of $2,500,000 for all #PayItForward tweets.  (As of posting, they've already raised over $200,000.) 
  • And another night of Olbermann reading Thurber:
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Some updates from the world of sports:
  • Indianapolis 500 now moved to August 23rd.
  • Jon Jones is in trouble (again). DUI, use of firearm, and there may be more -- Albuquerque, NM. 
  • At the last minute (the WWE is taping Wrestlemania before the Performance Center is closed by authorities yesterday and today), Roman Reigns, largely seen as winning the main event and the Universal (Smackdown) Championship from Goldberg, has yanked himself from the card because he does not believe he can safely perform going forward with his leukemia history.
And a couple restriction ones:
  • Miami is imposing a 10 PM - 5 AM curfew.
  • One Italian mayor is actually proposing to torch graduation parties with flamethrowers if the situation gets much further out of hand.
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Another "Just Have To":


And another from the Atlanta Humane Society:

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