Day of the Last Across, 13th of Hagwinter, 525 M.E. (Helios): It's still cooler than normal for this time of year, although now it's the daily lows that are below average - today's low of 42°F was 7° lower than the normal low temperature for this day of 49. Despite the chill, I got my steps in today, 19,787 of them to be precise, mostly on my 8.3-mile van Buren this afternoon. 

So obviously, it's a walking day today but it's also a sports day. I'm not playing anything, of course, but it's one of those rare days when almost all major sports are in action. It's a walking day but also a sitting-around-watching-games, Sports-Desk kind of day. 

The Red Sox season is over and the Dodgers and the Blue Jays are in the World Series. I'm not a fan of either team, but when it's Game 7 of the World Series and Shohei Ohtani, probably the most singular player of this century, is pitching, I'm going to be paying attention.

But that attention is highly distracted, because while Game 7 is being played, the Boston Celtics are hosting Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets in the Garden; the Rockets are up by 18 points at the half. 

Today is primarily a hockey day. The Boston Bruins beat the Carolina Hurricanes earlier today. Late this afternoon, the Boston University women's hockey team lost to Northeastern University at home, and the men's team is currently up in Orono losing to Maine.

The Georgia Bulldogs football team played their annual rivalry game today against the hated Florida Gators. The game started just as I got back to the house after my van Buren, and the Bulldogs won in an ugly performance that won't win them many votes in this week's AP Poll. 

So, it's a day of football (college), hockey (pro and collegiate), basketball (NBA), and the baseball World Series. The New England Patriots of the NFL play tomorrow. As I write this, the Blue Jays lead the Dodgers, 3-1, the second half of the Celtics-Rockets game is just starting, and Maine leads BU, 6-4, after two periods. 

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I don't have time to write much more here right now, so enjoy your evening, whatever it is you're doing, don't forget to turn your clocks back tonight, and let's catch back up tomorrow, okay?