The Pendragon's Hall

I don't want to be too partisan here but I was interested to read online this morning that Eli Manning, QB for my favorite football team, and his family have had to move to southern Mississippi because their home in New Orleans was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. It's no wonder of course that the media is hesitant to report it--they are, after all, well-off, white athletes, not black gutter dwellers and what's really more exciting? But life happens to everyone and even white football players suffer when disaster strikes. Yes, they can certainly afford it better than the street walkers, but the point is: Hurricane Katrina was not, as some seem to think, a fake storm conjured up by Republican magicians to get back at the blacks of Louisiana for not voting for them.

This weekend, the sports matchups are going to be tough. All four games are rematches of earlier contests in the season and most people will be pulling for the same outcome. My predictions, followed by my hopes in bold, are as follows:

Seahawks 24 Redskins 17 (Redskins).
Colts 34 Steelers 14 (Colts)
Broncos 23 Patriots 21 (Broncos)
Panthers 31 Bears 14 (Panthers).