Thunder lose heartbreaker in Game #2 of Playoffs

The Wichita Thunder lost Game 2 of the CHL Playoffs on Saturday night. They got beat 2-1 in Double Overtime. They are now tied in the series with Bossier-Shreveport 1-1 in the best-of-seven series. They are back in Wichita for Game #3 on Wednesday night at the Kansas Coliseum. So, I am guaranteed three more Thunder games to work.

Thunder Win!

The Wichita Thunder won tonight. They made the playoffs winning the last game of the season. They are faced up with the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs. The Mudbugs are the top seed. It's the best of seven series, and Wichita won the first game 5-1 tonight in Louisiana. They play there again Saturday night. Games 3 and 4 are Wednesday and Thursday here in Wichita. I have to work both of those. It looks like my season of doing music for the hockey team is going to be extended by a few more days.

Only In Wichita. Caught this picture today.

I was driving to work this morning. I had to stop downtown to pick up a couple of things for our company luncheon. I was on McLean Blvd. just south of Kellogg by the Arkansas River and noticed a Detour sign...or should I say "Detuor" sign. This is classic. Tax dollars hard at work! :)

Bracket Bummer. KU Loses.

It's goodbye to another season of KU Basketball. They were knocked out of the NCAA Tournament by losing to UCLA 68-55 on Saturday night. I really thought that they had a chance to make it to the Final 4 and maybe even win the whole thing, but not this year. That stinks!

ELITE EIGHT BABY!!! KU WINS!!!

The Kansas Jayhawks are on their way to the "Elite 8!" They just beat Southern Illinois 61-58 in the NCAA Tournament. The Hawks will now play the winner of the UCLA-Pittsburgh game tonight. GO KU!!!

Suffering from a case of the Monday's

It has been a busy few weeks and it's caught up with me. I was not in today at work. I took a sick day. It's the first one that I have taken at the station in a long, long time. I still got about 15 calls and text messages anyway. Well, hope you had a nice weekend.

Hubbard, his eye-in-the-sky wife, off to Chicago

Hubbard, his eye-in-the-sky wife, off to Chicago

By Dick Kreck Denver Post Staff Columnist

They arrived together and they'll leave together.
KDVR-Channel 31 reporter/weekend anchor Jeremy Hubbard is movin' on up to a job as a Chicago-based correspondent for ABC News, covering Middle America.
And he's taking his fly-by-day wife, Taunia Hottman, KUSA-Channel 9 eye-in-the-sky reporter, with him.
The ink's not dry on his ABC contract, but Hubbard expects he'll be gone from Fox by mid-April. Hottman says her last day at 9News is April 13.
Husband-and-wife teams in the TV biz are not unheard-of but landing jobs together isn't easy, which makes their electronic odyssey unusual. The two fell in love in college, worked together in Wichita, Kan., then moved to Kansas City before arriving in Denver three years ago.

Leaving won't be easy either, says Hubbard. "I was born in Glenwood Springs and lived in Leadville. Being back here was a huge thing. We talked about (leaving) for a long time." Ultimately, it was an opportunity he couldn't pass up. "I watched Peter Jennings all the time as a kid. Now, here I am working at the same place he worked. It's a dream come true. I was afraid if I didn't do it now it wouldn't present itself again."
Hottman's going without a job but she's looking forward to the Chicago move too. "I'm just thrilled beyond anything for him. I know it's a large freelancing market so I'm hopeful something will turn up. We loved living here. It's really difficult to be leaving."
What I found out too late about Hubbard: He's a rabid fan of Neil Diamond. "I have every song he's ever recorded." I have no comment.
Hubbard averted a horrible tragedy recently when someone stole his iPod that contained his entire Diamond collection. That must have been one disappointed thief. Luckily, Hubbard had his Diamond treasure trove saved elsewhere.
Taunia disavows any connection with Jeremy's Diamond madness. "I have nothing to do with that."