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?

I blogged earlier about SFU football's 25-game losing streak and how I hoped it would end this year.

I guess the Law of Averages caught up as the team increased its wins by 500 percent in the regular season or 5 wins.

It also was ranked eighth in the CIS at season's end, made the playoffs and beat the No. 4 Saskatchewan Huskies 40-30 in the Canada West semifinal last week.

Head coach Dave Johnson is riding high now but had to work hard when he took over a couple of seasons ago to remold the team he inherited.

"At my first team meeting, I was surprised at the muscular development," reminisces coach Johnson.

"I think there were 36 guys in the room, we had big guys and tall guys but in terms of football aptitude and ability we were very, very challenged."

Ok, so it looks like the weather won't be that great on Saturday, so it might be wise to spend your afternoon indoors.

If you do decide to do that, you could spend your time watching crappy movies on the tube or you could cheer on a pair of local football teams, who just happen to also be on television as well.

While I was on my way to my local voting station to cast my ballot for the Federal Election, I noticed a small gathering on the grounds of City Hall and a white and blue flag being raised.

I knew the purpose of the gathering, but I wonder, did passersby realize that the city had just won a sporting championship?

For those of you who don't, the flag raising wasn't signalling the city's support for some mysterious unknown party in the Federal Election, it was simply in honor of the newly-crowned USL First Division champion Vancouver Whitecaps.