A heavy weekend of sports is upon us

With the end of October upon us, it is time for Halloween and a steady stream on some TV channels of scary movies, but it also time for a busy week in sports. Today the Tucson sports fans will focus  on running back Ka'Deem Carey and the Arizona Wildcats as they take on the Colorado Buffaloes in Boulder.

Carey should run wild and by the end of the day the headlines should read: Carey Cruises in a land where the Buffalo Roam. On paper, Arizona should win this one going away, but this is a Pac-12 game and the Wildcats are far from home. My prediction: Arizona 45, Colorado 21.

As for Carey, who rushed for 366 yards against Colorado last year at Arizona Stadium, he'll probably take a gander at the article in the local paper this morning and see that a high school kid (Sean Fitzsimmons) rushed for 516 yards last night for Empire High School.

I wouldn't be surprised if Carey has his sights on such a number this afternoon. But, more importantly the Wildcats need to take care of business, win the game, and move to 5-2 on the season.

Other college games today include: Alabama and Tennessee, Oregon and UCLA, Florida State and North Carolina State, Ohio State and Penn State, Stanford and Oregon State (just to name a few).

And then there's the MLB World Series as Boston takes on the Cardinals in St. Louis with the series tied at 1-1. This will be an important game for both teams as the winner goes up 2-1 and gets the upper hand. Joe Kelly gets the start for the Cardinals, while Jake Peavy takes the mound for the Red Sox.

Of course, on Monday night local fans will get a glimpse of the Arizona Wildcats basketball team as they begin what could be a Final Four run as they play host to Augustana in an exhibition game. The game should be a real eye-opener and the fans should leave McKale late Monday saying, "Oh, what a team."

As for yours truly, I'll be heading for Phoenix on Sunday, check into the hotel, and prepare, along with my Tucson Aces teammates, as we await a doubleheader on Monday morning at the Men's Senior Baseball League World Series.

I will try to improve on my performance from last week in which I played for the Arizona Scorpions in the 70-and-over division of the series. The MSBL is in its 26th year and over 330 teams and 3,000 players compete in the senior event, held this year from October 14 thru November 2.

This week the 60-and-over division will go at it and the Tucson Aces, comprised mostly of members from the Tucson Old Timers (TOTS) baseball club, will battle in the eight-team Cactus division which includes the Aussies from Australia, the Paladin Baseball Club from Albuquerque, the Arizona Scorpions, the Sacramento Solons, the Salt Lake/Kansas City Dodgers, Team America from the Wisconsin area, the Seattle Mariners and, of course, the Tucson Aces.

This week, I'll be nursing some injuries, including lower back pain, a foot injury, problems in both thumb joints and a sore rib (just to name a few ailments). The schedule this week is rough with two doubleheaders in three days and a total of six round-robin games in four days. The playoffs for the 60-and-over Cactus division begins on Friday with the championship game on Saturday, the final day of the senior World Series.