This week in sports

Happy belated Veterans Day everyone, hope you honored our veterans in some way.

Did you watched the Paralympics special on NBC? NBC did an awesome job of capturing the dedication and the true athletic abilities of these men and women that, in many cases, outshine the accomplishments of their able body counterparts. The film shows many winners and losers, it also addressed the 83 million disabled Chinese — which is equal to the population of Germany and shows how the country embraced and supported the Paralympics. Even the Great Wall of China has been made wheelchair accessible. If you think your life is bad a lot of these athletes not only over came their disability, but in some cases, have been abandoned as kids and adopted by other families. The special also underlined the fact that it is not about winning a medal, but it is about competing and taking part. I hope NBC will product a DVD of this special and its Paralympics event coverage, which is re-airing this week on Universal Sports.

It’s a big weekend up coming. Saturday is UFC 91 with the main event of Randy “the Natural” Couture vs. Brock Lesnar. This is the biggest fright in UFC history as Randy is one of the biggest names in the game. He is a 5-time champion (2-time light Heavyweight, and 3-time Heavyweight champion). He is also a member of the UFC Hall of Fame. Brock Lesnar is a former WWE champion and one of the toughest people in the world. I give the edge to Brock, but if he makes a mistake like he did against Frank Mir, Randy can win. Should be fun.

Also this weekend is the start of College Basketball season. I can’t wait, as both the UCONN Men and Women teams are number 1 in the preseason polls.

Enjoy the weekend and I hope to be back with a report on the UFC if I can find a friend to watch it at as its on PPV and I can’t get it at home.

Good night and good luck.

Jamie Lazaroff