By Monday morning, we could be celebrating a national championship in men's hockey, a 6-0 Milwaukee Brewers start, and the increasing likelihood of the Milwaukee Bucks securing a spot in the NBA playoffs.

Best of all, with an announcement promised for this weekend, we'll hopefully be able to put the whole "will he or won't he" Brett Favre retirement issue to bed. At last. No matter what, that could be the best news of all to come out of the next couple of days.

Then we can concentrate on more important issues, like who is going to replace Meredith Vieira on The View? Me, I'm hoping for that sassy Bea Arthur. There's someone I'd like to start my mornings off with . . .