EARTH DAY

In case you didn't know today was Earth Day.

If you did know you probably hugged a tree, or swore off deodorant, or, made a life-size facsimile of Al Gore shaking hands with Dr. David Suzuki using recycled plastic bottles.

Me? I saluted "Mother Earth" by digging a golf club into the succulent sod at Royal Oaks Golf and Country Club -- 84 times, each time reseeding my mini-excavations with an earth-friendly mixture of seed and fertilizer. (Yep, 84 from the Big Boy tees, and yep -- replenishing the earth Razorboy style).

I guess I should also disclose that I may have mis-stepped a tad when I threw my plastic sandwich wrapper into a crane sanctuary and left my car running the entire four hours with the A/C cranked to avoid those uncomfortable first 3 minutes when you climb into a hotbox vehicle on a 90 degree day in Texas. Sorry Mama.

And how has the NHL done their part to go "Green"?

Well, unlike the 80s and 90s nobody scores in today's NHL, so the red-light is seldom illuminated.

Sticks used to be made of wood but I think Sting got involved a couple years ago and now almost all of them are made of a composite, man-made, concoction. (Oh, and the former Police front man also introduced "tantric playmaking" to the game)

Also, instead of wasting water Zamboni-ing prior to Shootouts they merely give the ice what's known as "a dry scrape."

And probably the most little known initiative, yet biggest sacrifice -- The players "recycle" the sports drinks and water they re-hydrate with during the game. This swish is known on the inside as "Urin-aide"

Top that Bono!