
Even on the best of days, Mother Nature gets the best of us. From sporting events to weddings, to weekend getaways to week-long vacations, it really boils down to how she's feeling and where you happen to be when she's feeling it.. So if you had to guess, you can bet your dollar that today it's raining. And it has been, for the past 40 or so hours, wiping out any kind of outdoor activity I had in mind including covering the second game of the IBL Playoffs between the Kitchener Panthers and the Brantford Red Sox..
Thar she blows. Rained out and still raining. So let's look at 5 sporting events ruined by the weather!
5. EXTRA! EXTRA! World Series is Rained Out!

4. Driving at the Car Wash

3. Monday Night Misery
Some of the toughest guys around play in the NFL. They'll play through anything; snow, hail, rain, wind and even a combination of all the above, but they won't play through lightning. Phew! But when I say anything (other than lightning), I mean it! On a Monday night late in the 2007 the Miami Dolphins paid a visit to the Pittsburgh Steelers. It had been raining for days, the Dolphins were 0-11 and the sand the crew used to try to absorb the rain turned the field into an obstacle course. With lightning forcing the players off the field for the pre-game warmup, it showed in their performance when the game ended 3-0 to the Steelers. Scoreless the entire game, only Jeff Reed was able to put up a field goal with 17 seconds remaining. It is to this day the lowest scoring MNF game.

Soccer players regularly endure rain during their matches. Some venues are covered, some have retractable roofs, others are out in the open. Either way Italian soccer standings are taken very seriously, and in a sport where the scoring is even lower than the country's birth rate, Mama Nature can't go spoiling the party. Oh wait, the can do whatever she wants! Take Juventus in 1999 for example... it was the last day of the Serie A season and it became a controversy on whether to play or not. The game ensued and Juventus lost to Perugia 1-0. They went on to lose the Scudello (top prize!) to Lazio in memorable fashion.
1. Warm Winter Olympics

Hopefully the weather subsides and next week things will be rocking! Enjoy the weekend,
xoxo,
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