The SBP Archives - Your less than frequent dose of SBP!

- For a sport that is considered international, it's no stretch that some of your players may not grow up where English is their first language. I think the LPGA's decision to force players to learn English just reeks of racism. If you can play, that's all that should matter. A translator for English audiences should be good enough, and I feel fans of the sport can sense charisma regardless of the language the star players speak, and in the end just want to see the best on the golf course.

- Regarded as the greatest fighter in UFC, Randy Couture is making his long awaited return to fight Brock Lesnar on November 15th. As much interest and star power this fight provides, the reality is Brock has won exactly one match in UFC and he's going to be destroyed. Lesnar needs more experience and wins to even have a chance against Couture. This fight is simply about making a quick buck for UFC owner Dana White.

- Walter "Killer" Kowalski died at age 82 this past weekend. He was a former professional wrestler for over 30 years and later trained some of the bigger names in the business like Big John Studd & Triple H. I mention this as there's always stories of wrestlers dying in their 30s and 40s; it's finally nice to see one of them living a full life.

- Saturday was pretty sweet...Kylie managed to get free tickets to the Carleton Ravens - Kansas Jayhawks (last year's NCAA champs) exhibition game, but what was sweeter was that they were for Eugene Melnyk's suite that was fully catered! NICE! We didn't take full advantage as we didn't know it was catered until we got there and had already had a full meal, but still, catered! It was actually a very close game, with the Ravens losing by a sole point. Is there a spot for the Canadian champs for the NCAA March madness tournament? I know little about basketball, and maybe it's a stretch, but from what I saw Saturday, Carleton could compete with colleges' best.

- Rather sombre mood at work today. Our receptionist Carole passed away last night and was the first bit of news we heard this morning. I would see Carole practically every day, and said goodbye to her like I usually do before the long weekend on Friday; little would I know that would be for the last time. Don't know the details, but it was sudden and completely unexpected. Just plain sucks, you know?