Fight Saturday

Some are calling it the fight of the year, and it goes tonight liiiiiiive, only on pay per vieeeeeew as Manny Pacquiao shoots for his seventh title in a seventh different weight class as he faces Miguel Cotto. Should be a great one, and I'm going with the Pac Man here, even at -250.

The first leg of the UEFA knockout games to determine the final four European entries into the World Cup go today, and Setanta is covering three of the games live including Russia vs. Slovenia at 11am (Eastern), Greece vs. Ukraine at 1pm, and Portugal hosting Bosnia-Hercegovina at 3:30. Shame the best of the bunch - Ireland vs. France - won't be airing live. Or you could just watch Holland at Italy on GolTV at 2:45 in a friendly.

UFC 105 goes tonight from Manchester, England and as is often the case when UFC goes across the pond, this one will be shown free on SpikeTV at 8pm on tape delay, or if you're Canadian, live on SportsNet at 3pm, in HD if you've got it. Randy Couture faces Brandon Vera in the main event. The rest of the card can be seen here.

So Lebron James suddenly sees the light and figures that #23 shouldn't be worn by anybody in tribute to Michael Jordan so he's switching to #6, and urging everyone else to do same. Very magnanimous of you, Bron. I'm sure you're going to pay all the kids wearing your #23 to buy the new jersey too. Will that be Cleveland or New York?

Elisha Cuthbert is going to act as parade marshall for the Grey Cup in Calgary in a few weeks. There goes the Grey Cup again, bringing in the sloppy seconds.

In front of a rocking stadium in L.A., David Beckham's L.A. Galaxy advanced to the MLS Cup with a 2-0 extra time win. They'll play Chicago or Real Salt Lake in the final after those two play tonight at 8pm.

USC vs. Stanford, Utah at TCU, and Ohio State hosting Iowa State are about as good as it gets on the NCAA schedule today. Well, that and watching Notre Lame lose at Pitt today. Memo to Charlie Weis: Get the resume dusted off. Memo #2 to Charlie Weis: Mix in a salad.

Full entry today and not one reference to anything Toronto. Don't you all feel better now?