The standings will be posted this week. They're mostly for fun since every team makes the playoffs. But it does allow you to see how your next opponent is doing this season. The Division names are all Earth, Wind and Fire songs. Most of you are too young to fully appreciate Earth, Wind and Fire, so I'll do it for you.

FIFTY YEARS AGO (and yes, that must be capitalized), I was at Cochise College on a basketball scholarship. (I also played tennis and baseball for the Apaches, but that was before I discovered Doritos.) PLEASE NOTE: I wrote this long reminiscence about how, being a soul-music fan, I winced when I found that Douglas had only two radio stations--one was country, the other was Spanish-language. I got through by playing the heck out of two 8-track tapes. One was the eponymous album by the legendary Scottish funk band (yes, I said "Scottish funk") Average White Band and the other was "That's The Way of the World" by Earth, Wind and Fire.

However, an extremely rare computer glitch wiped out what I wrote and I don't have time to do it again. So, let me recommend the Earth, Wind and Fire documentary by Questlove that's on HBO. The music is great but the story of EWF founder Maurice White is a real downer.