It's here, ladies and gentlemen.   The knockout round (first) is here and in a little less than an hour, some very nice match-ups kick off.  First legs are today and tomorrow.  I will be recording and watching later this evening so, after the matches start, I will not be following up on this site (just in case).  I did tag it with 'spoiler' because someone may want to discuss the matches as they are played.  I know that we have several people on the site that are fans of football so I have to ask:  Who ya got?

Tuesday:

Arsenal v. Roma

Lyon v. Barcelona

Atletico v. Porto

Internazionale v. Manchester United

Wednesday:

Chelsea v. Juventus

Villareal v. Panathinaikos

Real Madrid v. Liverpool

Sporting Lisbon v. Bayern Munich

Hope everyone enjoys!

This will probably cause some arguements because of some of his beliefs regarding global warming but I thought I would post this story.  Michael Crichton has died at the age of 66 from a "short" battle with cancer.  Not sure how long "short" is suppose to be but he was apparently keeping it private.  Really enjoyed his books but, unfortunately, they were all turned into horrible movies, in my humble opinion.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/11/05/obit.crichton/index.html

I know that I have seen a couple of posts about this recently.  Anyone getting a league together with a live draft?  Two people interested if anyone is setting one up or is still waiting to fill one up.

I am currently in a baseball league with LSB'ers and like the fact that everyone seems to stay interested in the league for the entire season.

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