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Celebrate the 2008 Red Wings Parade in The Whitney Gardens

Friday 6 June 2008 @ 9:38 am

The Whitney offers great deals to honor The 2008 Red Wings Championship Season

Like everybody in Detroit, The Whitney restaurant is celebrating the Detroit Red Wings Stanley Cup Championship and their phenomenal 2008 season!

Tomorrow, after the Detroit Parade ends, continue the celebration in The Whitney’s new outdoor garden venue. The gardens are open from 11:30AM, however, The Whitney management is especially pleased to offer half off food and drink from 4:00PM to 6:00PM. Morning radio personalities, Jay Towers and Bill McAllister from 97.1FM The Ticket will be on-hand in The Whitney Gardens to talk Red Wings and all other things Detroit from 5:00PM to 7:00PM.

“The Red Wings are an incredible source of pride for our entire region. The Wings are an Original 6 team, and we like to think of The Whitney as an original, authentic Detroit destination,” said Bud Liebler, owner of The Whitney. “We invite hockey fans to kick back in our garden for food and drink after the parade and celebrate the Cup’s return to Hockeytown.”

The Whitney Gardens have been renovated for 2008 and offer both casual and fine dining for the first time ever in our colorful oasis in the heart of Midtown, Detroit. The Whitney offers free valet parking and is also pleased to provide a free shuttle to Comerica Park tomorrow evening. Jay Towers and Bill McAllister will act as The Whitney’s “Ambassadors of Hilarity”!

Visit www.TheWhitney.com or call 313-832-5700 for more details.


About The Whitney Gardens:

The Whitney is located at 4421 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Mi, 48201. Call (313) 832-5700 or visit www.TheWhitney.com. The Whitney Gardens are a colorful oasis in the heart of Detroit’s MidTown. Close to most of Detroit’s key cultural, business and sporting attractions, The Whitney Gardens will become an exciting new offering in the Detroit dining scene. The Whitney Gardens will be open for lunch and dinner Monday through Saturday and Sunday brunch.

Source: The Whitney

Web site: http://www.thewhitney.com/




Detroit Red Wings Celebrate 2008 Stanley Cup Championship With Parade And Rally

Thursday 5 June 2008 @ 12:56 pm

Detroit Red Wings players, coaches and staff will participate in a parade to celebrate the 2008 Stanley Cup Championship on Friday, June 6, 2008, starting at 11:00 a.m. The parade will end with a celebration rally at Hart Plaza.

The parade route and additional details will be announced on June 5.

Fans are encouraged to come to Hockeytown and celebrate the return of the Cup!

Source: Detroit Red Wings




Sports news 29 May 2008

Thursday 29 May 2008 @ 2:29 pm

Vancouver Sun
Stanley Cup notebook
Boston Globe
PITTSBURGH - A sure sign of a team in trouble is when a coach in the middle of a playoff series keeps talking about the officiating.


Bleacher Report
No doubt, he got game
Boston Herald
By Tony Massarotti In the end, in the latest minutes of this rags-to-riches Celtics [team stats] turnaround, the ball found Ray Allen nestled in a crowded corner.


SLAM! Sports
Cubs wait all night, then walk off
MLB.com
By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com CHICAGO — Pinch-hitter Mike Fontenot doubled and scored on Alfonso Soriano’s walk-off single with one out in the 10th inning to power the Cubs to a 2-1 come-from-behind victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers and complete a


KEPR 19
Tough-luck Tim Wakefield does his part in Red Sox loss to Mariners
Boston Herald
By Michael Silverman SEATTLE - Tim Wakefield [stats] pitched the second-best game of his still young season last night. On most nights, with this Red Sox [team stats] offense behind him, that would be more than enough to get a win.


Columbus Dispatch
Making a case for Garcia in Open
San Francisco Chronicle
(05-28) 19:35 PDT — Fast forward two weeks to the US Open at Torrey Pines in San Diego. Let’s pretend Tiger Woods’ surgically repaired left knee aches too badly for him to walk 7643 yards on four consecutive days.


CNN-IBN
Sharapova a long way from Grand Slam form
FOXSports.com
by Matt Cronin, Special to FOXSports.com You can look at Maria Sharapova’s chances at her first French Open title in four different ways.


New York Daily News
Price wows Pedro in Class A game
MLB.com
By Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com PORT ST. LUCIE - In a game in which Class A players were supposed to be in awe of a three-time Cy Young Award winner taking the mound, Pedro Martinez was marveling at his opponent.


The Money Times
Durham, Giants pound D-Backs
Sports Network
Phoenix, AZ (Sports Network) - Ray Durham homered and drove in four runs as the San Francisco Giants pounded the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-3 in the middle installment of a three-game series.


Washington Post
MLB: Detroit 6, LA Angels 2
United Press International
ANAHEIM, Calif., May 29 (UPI) — Marcus Thames hit a pair of two-run homers Wednesday, allowing Detroit to avoid a series sweep with a 6-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels.




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