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Darwinism in Vancouver
by Alanah McGinley on 02/28/08 at 12:15 AM ET
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From TSN,
In just 24 seconds, 35-year old Darwin Head went from being a sawmill worker to Canada’s newest millionaire, as the Prince Albert, SK, resident scored the $1 million grand prize tonight in TSN’s second annual, international award-winning million-dollar giveaway, the Chevrolet Malibu Million Dollar Shootout.
I’ll put up the video as soon as someone else Youtubes it (sorry, I was busy DVRing “Law & Order” for some idiotic reason). However—if you’re lucky—the video link on the TSN page will work for you. (Didn’t for me, but TSN hates Firefox as a rule.)
It should be said that Darwin Head was as cool as anything shooting from the point, AND—now that he’s got his first million bucks—I’m pretty sure he’ll play for cheap! How’d you miss this guy, Nonis?
(Oh yeah, right… blinded by dreams of Pettinger...)
Updated 10:37pm PT: Video now added below…
*note: video posted by Faceoffcircle.net
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Tags: darwin+head, dave+nonis, matt+pettinger, media, millionaire, tsn,
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ha haha! What a fantastic story. Thanks for sharing…
Posted by Jeremy from Summerland, BC on 02/28/08 at 01:11 PM ET
Pretty nice shooting, too, huh? Geez, I couldn’t pull that off with a gun to my head. 
Posted by Alanah McGinley from British Columbia on 02/28/08 at 02:35 PM ET
How freakin’ cool is that...a car, a million dollars and a hug from Bobby Orr. And it looks like it couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.
He also, according to one of the TSN guys, brushed off Peter Forsberg who came over to congratulate him.
Posted by Zombie Jesus on 02/28/08 at 11:41 PM ET
He should use 200 bucks of that million to change his name cause that’s just brutal.
Posted by Laker from Dapuddle on 02/29/08 at 11:16 PM ET
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How freakin’ cool is that...a car, a million dollars and a hug from Bobby Orr. And it looks like it couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 02/28/08 at 11:33 AM ET