[Kathy]

Again, I refer you to the AP Stylebook, sports section (pertinent rule in bold):

This is a poor choice by AP. Style is frequently arbitrary -- some people spell it honor and others honour, and somebody has to make a decision about which the company will use -- but in this case it's a wildly arbitrary decisision that contravenes the rules of grammar. Its advocates should be tortured extensively before their executions.

I prefer to torture the writers who come up with such awkward construction. But lacking a pica pole these days to smack them with, I have to settle for recasting the sentence.

Style decisions are based on the need for consistency and clarity. In the United States, we use American English; hence, we spell "honor" without the "u." For a British reading audience, it obviously makes sense to use the British variant "honour."

[Kathy]

Again, I refer you to the AP Stylebook, sports section (pertinent rule in bold):

This is a poor choice by AP. Style is frequently arbitrary -- some people spell it honor and others honour, and somebody has to make a decision about which the company will use -- but in this case it's a wildly arbitrary decisision that contravenes the rules of grammar. Its advocates should be tortured extensively before their executions.

I prefer to torture the writers who come up with such awkward construction. But lacking a pica pole these days to smack them with, I have to settle for recasting the sentence.

Style decisions are based on the need for consistency and clarity. In the United States, we use American English; hence, we spell "honor" without the "u." For a British reading audience, it obviously makes sense to use the British variant "honour."