Quick updates

Just some quick links here. I'm going to be out of town, so I'll be taking the rest of this week off. That should leave me refreshed and ready to put the nose to the grindstone that is 5280' once again come Monday. I just want to thank everyone who reads this; this has been a slow start, but it's been a lot of fun.

Go Blue! Michigan finished third in the final 2007-08 Directors' Cup standings. Not at all surprisingly, Stanford won its 14th consecutive cup (North Carolina, in the cup's inaugural 1993-94 season, is the only other school to have ever won the award). UCLA took its sixth 2nd-place finish, and Michigan took its ninth top-5 finish. Arizona State and Texas, respectively, rounded out this year's top-5.

What to Watch, a little recommended viewing. I'd say that you will be tested on this material upon my return, but I may not be able to catch it myself:

-- Catch the rest of the Tigers/Twins series tonight at 8:10pm, and tomorrow at 1:10pm, as the league's two hottest teams race to catch up to the White Sox in the AL Central division. Detroit won last night's contest 5-4 after coming back in the 7th and 8th innings from a 4-1 deficit.

-- Boston's got some great games over the next week. Tonight and tomorrow the Red Saawwwx play the Rays, who beat them last night to maintain their surprising AL East lead. After that series wraps up, Boston flies to New York where the the Yankees will host them in a four-game series.

-- On July 12 on HBO, you can watch Wladimir Klitschko give the pimp-hand to mandatory challenger to his IBF/WBO heavyweight title Tony Thompson, if you so choose. I'm not going to lie to you, there isn't a ton worth watching in the world of boxing until July 26 on HBO PPV, when Miguel Cotto will defend his WBA welterweight title against Antonio Margarito. Unfortunately, it won't be a unification bout, as Margarito was forced to vacate his IBF title when he had the cojones to fight Cotto instead of some chump mandatory challenger. And we're all left scratching our heads.

-- On Thursday, July 3, you should watch the LA Sparks host the Minnesota Lynx (10:30pm). Oh wait, it's not being televised nationally. Go figure. For some reason it's not being broadcast via wnba.com either, to my knowledge.

-- HOWEVAH, you should watch Sunday's matchup in which the Sparks host the Phoenix Mercury (9:30pm, NBA TV, possibly available on webcast?) if you can, if for no other reason than that I said so.

-- There is nothing else going on in sports for the most part, now that Spain won the UEFA Euro 2008. So you should look at your calendar and start counting down, as there are only about 58 days, 3 hours and 17 minutes until the College Football season officially starts. Not that anyone's counting.

Alright guys, thanks. See you Monday.