Doesn't get much better than writing about fantasy soccer while watching the NFL Draft and keeping track of the Phillies/Braves on text cast. That's a good Thursday night. The big question on my mind is "are Spurs capable of running the Premier League gauntlet?" Beating Arsenal, Chelsea, and ManYoo over three successive weekends?

Well, here it is. Chelsea plays Wigan and it's time to see who the Premier League Champion. This is the coolest season format on the planet. Every game matters and there are no playoffs. You don't sneak your way in and then make a miracle run. You've got to be good ALL year or you have no chance.

No rest for the wretched as DC United scheduled an exhibition with Portsmouth of the English Championship in their only week off for the rest of the season. Both teams have had dismal seasons in their league play and will be simply playing for some respect and (hopefully) to put on a show for whoever braves the searing heat-wave expected this weekend.

Because I've got nothing on our pulseless ex-Veep, I thought I'd share some WPS news. It's certainly gotten a lot more interesting and gratifying for Breakers fans, as they continued their lossless streak against Philly this past Sunday. Yes, it was a draw ... but Boston remains one of the few teams that the Independence haven't beaten this year.

The Phillies are but one game out of first place, as they pulled out a 1-0 win over the Brewers and the Braves lost.

On the WPS front, if the Breakers beat FC Gold Pride they'll be in line to snag the second seed and host teh Super Semi-Final. (Where they might be able to do that is, I guess, another question .

So we're at this point in the season now a lifetime of Cubs fandom has taught me how to handle this point in the season: You put the hope just out of view. Sure, you know the hope is there; you know the Fire could win six of the final eight, sneak into the playoffs as the hottest team in the league (beat Red Bulls in a final for the ages .