Lads, apparently CIPP eligibility is going to be scrutinized more closely than ever this Fall, so if you are not already registered, you need to get on and do it now! It cost $25, and get's you a cool sticker and card. Here's the sorry list of who we have registered so far. Many of you claim to not remember if you registered in the Spring, so if your name is not on this list, your not registered - geddit? Here's the form - just fax it in with a credit card number and you're all set. If you prefer, just fax me your credit card, and I'll take care of it, and a few other things.

Many of you have still to show your face at practice. I don't get this. You must be in great shape already....

Well, I just witnessed the dismantiling of Team USA by mighty, mighty Puerto Rico. My encyclopedia tells me that Puerto Rico is "a self-governing, unincorporated, organized territory of the United States located in the northeast Caribbean". Puerto Rico was invaded by the U.S. in 1898, and they have pretty much run the show since then, although stopping short of annexing the country entirely and making it another state. Seems like it might be time to re-think that, since the only way to stop this from happening again will be to re-invade and take away all their basketballs of mass destruction. Peurto Rico, consider yourself on warning!

So it turns out that all that bling doesn't make you a better basketball player. I'm guessing that it has a bit more to do with practice. In that vein, practice for the fall season starts in earnest this Tuesday. So, like Lebron James, you can rely on your bling and your complete lack of activity over the summer, or like Carlos Arroyo you can work your butt off and pull off a few upsets this fall....

6:30 pm at Fox Street, unless you hear otherwise.