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What Up Canadian Hockey Fans - Most American sports fans have no idea that the World Junior's have been going on for the past two weeks, even though the tournament is on American soil. This past Monday the US played Canada in the semi-finals in front of a sold out crowd in Buffalo, NY. However, it might as well have been in Canada because the crowd was overwhelmingly in favor of Canada. It was said that about 80% of the tickets for the game were sold to fans of Team Canada, and their support helped gain their team a berth in Wednesday night's gold medal game against Russia as the Canadians whooped the Americans 4-1. Canadian fans deserve the gold medal. I give credit to US fans who were there to support, but the apathy of most American sports fans and media earns them the dreaded negative What Up. So, it's Canada fans: 1 US fans: -1.

What Up Stanford Women's Basketball - In the last edition of What Up Wednesday the UConn women's basketball team got a What Up for setting the record for most consecutive wins by a Division I program. They did it just in time too because the Stanford Women's Basketball team put an end to the 90-game win streak by beating the Huskies 71-59 last Thursday. Both teams deserve a lot of praise and it'll be great for women's basketball if these two teams happen to meet in the NCAA tournament.

What Up Rick Reilly - Rick Reilly published a column that needs to be read by all those in and around college football - fans included. In the column Reilly vehemently denounces the BCS and its selfish motives while using common sense to portray the necessity of a playoff in college football. Oh, and he also calls out the President of the United States. This is an extremely important column about an extremely important subject by an extremely important writer - it needs to be read. So help spread the word and maybe one day we'll see an end to the bogus BCS.

What Up Beatles - As if the Beatles hadn't accomplished enough already. This What Up was a special request and it's certainly worthy of some praise. I think it's safe to say that every musician shares a desire to accomplish what the Beatles have finally accomplished. I'm not talking about a hit single, a best-selling record, a Grammy or an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. What I'm talking about - what a musician really wants - is a comparison to LeBron James and the Miami Heat. That's right. Recently, LeBron welcomed the Beatles to the fraternity God-like super humans who can do whatever they want by comparing himself and his team to the Beatles. I'd be surprised if LeBron could name more than one album by the Beatles. Keep in mind that according to the Beatles, they were right up there with Jesus in terms of popularity, so if LeBron catches wind of that you'll want to watch in the coming weeks as LeBron may compare his team to the second coming of the Lord. And if that does happen, it'll be interesting to see if LeBron's head will be too big to fit inside an arena. Anyway, congrats Beatles. You made it!

What Up Ted Williams - This video went from 300 views to 8 million views in a single day. If you haven't seen it, take a look:



The break this man was looking for came as the Cleveland Cavaliers offered him a job doing voice-over work as well as a house. Reports claim that ESPN, MTV, and a few other companies have also offered him jobs. It's clear that he has made an effort to get his life back together and he's now getting the second chance that he has longed for. Not only does Ted Williams get a What Up, but so does the Columbus Dispatch, who put the video out and made it a story, as well as all of those who helped spread the word of this mans story.