Now that September and October are upon us, all 4 major sports will be in play. Baseball is winding down, hockey and basketball will be starting up exhibition camps, and football started its regular season tonight. If you were watching ESPN, you probably thought doomsday was upon us, but no, it was just the countdown to the kickoff. The 49ers, my fave team, were going up against the Giants. The kicking and the secondary really scared me tonight with Collins seemingly completing every clutch pass and Cortez missing an easy one courtesy of a block. But they hung tough and won the game 16-13. Hopefully, they'll make some corrections in preparation for their second game against whoever they're playing.

USA basketball will not medal in an international competition featuring NBA players for the first time ever. Yawn. With the exception of one person, nobody cares about the World Championships. Even worse, no one realizes it's happening on our soil, Indiana to be exact. Have you seen that empty place? It looks as empty as Cal's stadium when they beat Baylor over the weekend. By the way, Cal faces New Mexico State this weekend.

Hockey season starts today with rookie camp. Only 4 weeks til the regular season starts.

Finally, the newspaper wrote an article about my high school, Oak Grove, and the prospects for its coming football season. For those not in the know, they're really good until they get to the CCS championship game, where they just blow it big time. This year, they start off #11 in the area, the lowest I remember, citing turnover from graduation. They'll be trying for their 6th straight division championship, so Go Eagles!