I'm not sure which mailing list led me to receive this email, but being ridiculously soccer-crazy myself, I feel a need - no - a duty to pass this information on. As any Vancouverite soccer fan knows, any soccer news is big news, so here we go.

Zizou is coming to Vancouver! That's right, Zinedine Zidane, otherwise known as 'the headbutt', is coming to our fair city with a gaggle of his buddies to play a match against the oxymoronic sounding Canadian All-Star team.

Weather permitting, shoppers will be heading to the malls tomorrow to take part in the annual Boxing Day shopping ritual but for sports fans, particularly those who enjoy the "Sweet Science," December 27, 2008 might be a more appropriate day.

Just like last year at the River Rock Casino at around the same time, boxing will be taking place at the Red Robinson Show Theatre at the Boulevard Casino in Coquitlam.

My knowledge of all things business is extremely limited but every time I watch the supper time or 11 O'Clock news I can't escape hearing about how bad the economy is both north and south of the 49th parallel.

"Bailout" is the operative word especially in the auto industry and even Detroit Red Wings general manager and executive VP Ken Holland told the TEAM 1040 that attendance in the Motor City is down because of the local economy.

Heck, even Tiger Woods, arguably the most dominant golfer of our times, is not immune from the economic woe.

General Motors is putting a premature end to an endorsement deal with Woods in order to pinch pennies--the same General Motors that sponsors local hockey barn GM Place.

Could the beloved home rink of our Vancouver Canucks be the next to be dumped by the auto company that brought us the Sierra and the Yukon?

There was a time and place I actually liked the Toronto Maple Leafs.

I actually cheered for them against the L.A. Kings during the 1993 NHL playoffs in the Campbell Conference finals.

The following year, during those magical playoffs of 1994, my attitude began to change as the seeds of hate for the Leafs were sown during the newly-christened Western Conference finals against the Canucks.

Don't get me wrong, I've been to the city and love it, but when it comes to sports, it seems as if Toronto is a little self centered.

The station that is now known as CityTV, but was known as UTV back in '94, ran a piece where Toronto fans were looking past the Canucks before the series even began, anointing the Maple Leafs 1994 Stanley Cup champs--neither would hoist the Cup unfortunately.

Jim Rome always talks about karma on his syndicated radio show--where athletes perform well after appearing on his show--and I think we've got some of that going here at BR.

I used a pic of a Spanish soccer player for a post on Euro 2008 and guess who won the Euro championship?

A picture of the Whitecaps is used for a July 28 post and what happens in October? A USL First Division championship, that's what.

SFU won its first football game in 25-games as well as a Shrum Bowl; was it based on skill and talent? Probably, but they were both featured in posts prior to game time as well.

Let's test to see if there really is BR Karma with two SFU football-related posts.

SFU's football team is laced with players from all over the Lower Mainland but where does its QB hail from?