Attention Hockey Fans!

A BIG thank you to the guys from the Syracuse Crunch for stopping into the MOViN studio this morning. Make sure you check out their very first outdoor game here in Syracuse going on Feb. 20th! Grab your tickets online at syracusecrunch.com!

Who got the biggest bang for their buck?

Tiger Woods Planning Golf Return

Tiger Woods has been reunited with his two children, Sam and Charlie, following a nearly two-month stint at a sex rehab clinic in Mississippi. Woods left the facility last week and was picked up by his wife, Elin Nordegren. The two flew home together to be reunited with his family as they begin the long road toward reconciliation. Meanwhile, Tiger is also reportedly planning to return to golf. A source tells TMZ he plans to play in the Tavistock Cup in Florida – an event that pits pros from the Isleworth Golf & Country Club against pros from the Lake Nona Golf & Country Club. This year’s event takes place March 22-23. Tiger will also reportedly play at The Masters.

HOLY SHIRT!

A HUGE thank you to John Groat who stopped in this morning and gave us a box of SU t-shirts to give away! As you know, we’ve got a “sold out” crowd for the SU vs. Villanova game… we’re making history here! So make sure you listen to win these!!

SUPER BOWL: Super Random Stats

You may not know much about football, but you’re going to watch the Super Bowl anyway. But just because you don’t know a tailback from a tight end doesn’t mean you can’t drop some super trivia during the game.

So here are some random facts that you can wow your friends with…

1.5 million television sets are sold the week before the Super Bowl

Your average calorie intake during the game is about 1,200 calories.

Potato chips are the most popular football snack, accounting for 27 billion calories and 1.8 billion grams of fat on Super Bowl Sunday alone.

There are 7.5 million Super Bowl parties held each year, more than any other at-home party.

Antacid sales rise 20 percent the day after the Super Bowl.

Fans of the losing team are 28 percent more likely to suffer a fatal heart attack.

You would need about 13,333 NFL linemen (at 300 pounds each) to balance the four-million pounds of fat consumed from potato chips on Super Bowl Sunday.

It’s been a while so it’s ok…. TIGER TALK!

Word has it that TIGER WOODS will be released from sex rehab by this weekend and that his wife will be picking him up. But, has the marriage been saved? RadarOnline.com is saying that Elin has fired her divorce lawyers and wants to give the marriage another chance. However, she’s still not wearing her wedding ring and the paparazzi also caught her without her dark glasses and the photos show her with dark circles under her puffy eyes. In any case, the buzz is that the two plan to get away together on a Caribbean cruise aboard his private yacht.

There’s a new line of golf balls with pictures of TIGER WOODS’ alleged mistresses on them and at least one of those women isn’t happy. Former porn star Joslyn James has hired pit bull attorney Gloria Allred and perhaps arriving a bit too late to the party she now claims that she and Tiger had a thing going on for a year and that she also has text messages. They held a press conference yesterday and Joslyn says she’s concerned because golfers will swing at the mistress golf balls with full force and that may increase the risk of harm to women.

Oscar Nods

The Oscar nominations are out for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards! The trophies will be handed out March 7th and of course you can watch it on the tube on ABC. Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will host and for the first time since 1943, ten movies instead of the usual five will compete for best picture. The major nominees:

Best Picture: “Avatar,” “The Blind Side,” “District 9,” “An Education,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” “A Serious Man,” “Up” and “Up in the Air.”
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges – “Crazy Heart,” George Clooney – “Up in the Air,” Colin Firth – “A Single Man,” Morgan Freeman – “Invictus” and Jeremy Renner – “The Hurt Locker.”
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock – “The Blind Side,” Helen Mirren – “The Last Station,” Carey Mulligan – “An Education,” Gabourey Sidibe – “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” and Meryl Streep – “Julie & Julia.”
Best Supporting Actor: Matt Damon – “Invictus,” Woody Harrelson – “The Messenger,” Christopher Plummer – “The Last Station,” Stanley Tucci – “The Lovely Bones” and Christoph Waltz – “Inglourious Basterds.”
Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz – “Nine,” Vera Farmiga – “Up in the Air,” Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart,” Anna Kendrick – “Up in the Air” and Mo’Nique – “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire.”
Best Director: James Cameron – “Avatar,” Kathryn Bigelow – “The Hurt Locker,” Quentin Tarantino – “Inglourious Basterds,” Lee Daniels – “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” and Jason Reitman – “Up in the Air.”
Best Foreign Language Film: “Ajami” – Israel, “El Secreto de Sus Ojos” – Argentina, “The Milk of Sorrow” – Peru, “Un Prophit” – France and “The White Ribbon” – Germany.
Best Animated Feature: “Coraline,” “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” “The Princess and the Frog,” “The Secret of Kells” and “Up.”
Best Original Screenplay: “The Hurt Locker,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “The Messenger,” “A Serious Man” and “Up.”
Best Adapted Screenplay: “District 9,” “An Education,” “In the Loop,” “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” and “Up in the Air.”
Best Documentary Feature: “Burma VJ,” “The Cove,” “Food, Inc.,” “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” and “Which Way Home.”
Best Documentary Short: “China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province,” “The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner,” “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant,” “Music by Prudence” and “Rabbit a la Berlin.”
Best Original Score: “Avatar,” “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Sherlock Holmes” and “Up.”
Best Original Song: “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog,” “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog,” “Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36,” “Take It All” from “Nine” and “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart.”
Best Animated Short: “French Roast,” “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty,” “The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte),” “Logorama” and “A Matter of Loaf and Death.”
Best Live Action Short: “The Door,” “Instead of Abracadabra,” “Kavi,” “Miracle Fish” and “The New Tenants.”
Best Visual Effects: “Avatar,” “District 9” and “Star Trek.”

Want to be on Extreme Makeover?

The producers of the hit ABC show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” are looking for nominations of a deserving Central New York family to be on the show.

Nominations may be submitted by the family or by a member of their community. Each nomination must include the names and ages of every member of the household along with a description of the major challenges within the home.

Anyone submitting a nomination should be sure to explain why the nominated family is deserving, heroic, and/or a great role model for their community. If possible, include a recent photo of the family. All nominations must include a contact phone number.

To be eligible, a family must own their own single family home and be able to show producers how a makeover will make a huge difference in their lives.

To nominate someone you can either send an e-mail to extremesyracuse@gmail.com or go the the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition website.

The deadline for nominations is February 26, 2010.

Ellen is NOT a fan of Cowell!

It’s probably a good thing that SIMON COWELL is leaving American Idol because he and ELLEN DEGENERES are no longer speaking to each other. Insiders say that they never hit it off when Ellen first arrived on the scene and things went downhill from there. It supposedly started when Simon arrived late for Idol’s first taping with Ellen, which hasn’t aired yet. The show started taping without Simon and the tension between the two escalated from there. The insider says there are two camps on the show this season and it seems as if Ellen has decided to try to take control since Simon is on his way out.

It’s A Good Year For Tax Filers

You’ll find lots of new deductions, credits and expanded eligibility rules when you prepare your 2009 tax return. There are all kinds of tax breaks for home buyers, car buyers, college students and their parents, homeowners, and even the unemployed. Together, the savings are expected to boost the average tax refunds above last year’s level of $2,800, according to the IRS. The sooner you file, the sooner you’ll get your money back! Here are just a few tax breaks:

• Education Credit: Under the American Opportunity Credit, the maximum $2,500 credit is available to eligible taxpayers who paid at least $4,000 in qualified college tuition, fees and required course materials, including books, in 2009. The full credit is available to individuals with incomes up to $80,000.

• Home-Energy Credit: If you weatherized your home or bought alternative-energy equipment in 2009, you may qualify for either of two expanded home-energy credits, regardless of your income. You may claim a credit worth 30% of the cost of eligible home improvements on your home, up to a maximum $1,500. The cost of certain high-efficiency heating and air-conditioning systems, water heaters and stoves used for home heating qualify for the credit, along with labor costs for installing them. A second tax credit is designed to spur investment in alternative-energy equipment, such as solar electric systems, solar water heaters, geothermal heat pumps and wind turbines, in both new and existing homes. The credit is worth 30% of the cost, including installation, with no cap on the amount of the credit!

• Home Buyer’s Credit: If you bought your first home last year, you may be able to claim a tax credit worth 10% of the cost of your house, up to a maximum $8,000. You are considered a first-time buyer if you didn’t own a house for at least three years before purchasing in 2009. If you purchased before November 7, 2009, you are eligible for the full first-time home buyer’s tax credit if you are single and your income didn’t top $75,000 or if you are married and your joint income didn’t exceed $150,000.

• Income Eligibility Limits: Limits are higher for those who bought homes on or after November 7, 2009. And a new 10% credit, with a maximum of $6,500, is available to longtime homeowners who bought a new principal residence on or after that date. The full home-buyer credits are available to individuals with incomes up to $125,000 and married couples with joint incomes up to $225,000.

• New Vehicle Purchases: If you bought a new car, light truck, motorcycle or motor home on or after February 16, 209, through the end of the year, you may be able to deduct the state or local sales tax or excise tax you paid on the vehicle. The deduction is limited to the tax you paid on up to $49,500 of the purchase price of the vehicle, but there is no limit on the number of qualifying vehicles. To qualify for full deduction, your income can’t top $125,000 if you are single or $250,000 if you are married filing jointly. A partial deduction is available for individuals with incomes between $125,000 and $135,000 – and between $250,000 and $260,000 for joint filers. The deduction is available whether or not you itemize your deductions.

• Jobless Benefits: Unemployed workers are allowed to exclude the first $2,400 of unemployment benefits received in 2009.