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So the NHL kicked off the North American portion of its season last night with a game between the Maple Leafs and Red Wings in Detroit. For any hockey fan, opening night is always a bright moment. A new season full of possibilities. It's a festive time.

Each Friday, Athlon will take fantasy owners around the nation with a glance at some players that deserve a second look at a starting spot this weekend and maybe a few that owners need to think twice about playing.

“Call it fate, call it luck, call it Karma, I believe everything happens for a reason.” — Dr. Peter Venkman Yeah, I know that the UT-Arkansas game was a couple of weeks ago, but we’ve been behind with the posting. That’s actor Bill Murray in Texas coach Mack Brown’s office (must have been hot in there).

(Apologies for today's post being a little late. We're still feeling a little under the weather.) Many, including us on occasion, have questioned the NHL's decision to stage games in Europe when it still has much to accomplish within the United States in terms of growth.

It is the seventh week of the college football season. That means the halfway mark for fantasy owners. Athlon takes a look at the top fantasy performers at each position thus far in 2008 as well as hands out some mid-season awards.

It is the seventh week of the college football season. That means the halfway mark for the fantasy owners. Athlon takes a look at the top fantasy performers at each position thus far in 2008 as well as hands out some mid-season awards.

While longtime Texas coach Darrell Royal summed up his feelings about the passing game by noting that “Three things can happen, and two of them are bad,” some of his successors have been a bit more broadminded on the subject. Midway through his junior year, quarterback Colt McCoy is on pace to become the most prolific passer in UT history.

Telegraph.co.uk Alastair Campbell to lecture on Tony Blair university course Telegraph.co.uk - 48 minutes ago By Jon Swaine Mr Campbell has agreed to address history students at Queen Mary, University of London on his experiences as Mr Blair's spokesman and Director of Communications for almost a decade.

The new UK Business Secretary Peter Mandelson (pictured above) was rushed to hospital yesterday after suffering kidney pain. He will undergo a procedure later to remove a kidney stone. He was discharged from St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, west London, so that he could attend his first  ‘economic war cabinet’ meeting with Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

After their last satirical masterpiece, it looks like Chris Morris and Armando Iannucci have been at it again, writing a fawning article on Peter Mandelson for Guardian Unlimited, including the line “This is not so much the rebirth as the final maturing of new Labour,” this time under the pseudonym of Derek Draper.