Hope was Right

The 2007 Women’s World Cup has proved the importance of the Status Quo.
-Brazilians and Germans are tremendous at Soccer.
-The Aussies are full of heart.
-You always choose the hot blonde women from Washington.
-American Soccer coaches over think their tactics and act like idiots.
-The English Football Association can't field a team to get into the final four.
-Only losers like me watch women’s soccer at all, let alone at 6 in the morning.
-Rob Stone is the best.

Thanks to an improved team and an easy schedule, UConn Football team is 14 minutes away from starting 5-0. CT football fans still act lame. There is an elitist element to UConn sports that works with some of the other sports, but Football is a game of the masses. It's time to start some real traditions folks. Leaving in the 3rd quarter does not count. Plus, the rest of the schedule is brutal, with Louisville, West Virginia, and Rutgers in the mix.

Watching the Red Sox win the East was enjoyable, but I have never been a fan of "Lets celebrate like crazy for winning the division." Many a late September party has crumbled into an early October bitchfest. Despite the 12 year drought, I don't know if it was warranted having Cinco Ocho running around with a BUD Light box on his head. Now, if they win the WS at home this year, then obviously all bets are off….

I'm off to the place where the dreams of millions have been shattered like cheap Walmart wine glasses…. Atlantic City...Jermain Taylor vs. Kelly Pavlik, aka "the fight that saved boxing #24".

Also, some of the chosen few who read this have asked about the C's preseason game at The Sun. I am going to make it, I'm sitting courtside section 26. Oh to be able to blow my salary on sporting events!

So let it be written, So let it be done….

Don't Tase Me Bro....

Your catchphrase of the fall ladies and gentlemen.

The recent swoon by the Red Sox has me wishing Tito and the lads could videotape opposing managers giving essential basestealing signs and specific pitching signs during thr game. PLAYoffs?

The recent news that Mike Terico is going to take the afternoon spot on ESPN radio begs the question, can a sports anchor's overexposure cause sports radio to suck even more?

I love the Mets. I could manage this team and win 89 games. What in the name of Billy Martin is Willie Randolph doing? The Nationals?...The Freaking Nationals?.......Meet the Mets....Don't Tase me Bro....

Is there a more bizzarre sport then College Football? It's nice to see Randy Edsall has followed the Jim Calhoun playbook; play awful teams early to build the fans hopes so they can be somehow disappointed when West Virgina puts up 30 in the first half.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish suck. period. But maybe now I can get tickets for Columbus Day weekend.

I have been asking around to find out if Dustin Pedroia is the greatest 2b in the History of the Red Sox. Jerry Remy and Jody Reed have been getting plenty votes.

The Juice is out on bail. I'll have to hide my signed "White Bronco Chase" poster.

High School sports are a trip. They are the closest thing to organized fascism outside of the Republican Party. They amount of media coverage it now gets is a sign of the apocalypse. And yet, nationwide participation is up. Reason number 7 million as to why Americans cannot read. Just amazing.

The recent commericals to try and build excitment for the 2007/2008 Boston Bruins is pure comedy. Your Boston Bruins ...At least your not getting tasered.

The Celtics are coming...The Celtics are coming.....

-Just Win Today

Good Grief........

The text messages started at 1:30 in the afternoon while I was discussing the draft with Jerome Williams, The Junk Yard Dog, at the National Basketball Hall of Fame. I told him I was convinced, based on Danny Ainge’s comments late Wednesday night that the Celtics would keep the player they picked at the number 5 position. He didn’t see it. “When there is smoke there is fire” he stated. Well, as always, I had forgotten to trust the nine year NBA veteran when a question about insane NBA decision making is on the table.

The text alerts from various media outlets each considered the distinct possibility of the Celtics again being involved in a draft day trade with a team from the Pacific Northwest. I was worried. Danny Ainge is not Scott Pioli or Bill Belichek. The time and effort the Celtics organization spends on scouting the draft far outweighs their ability to scout the other talent already in the league. It shows in their ability to make good trades.This is a known fact around the NBA. Just look at the team on the floor. Ainge drafted Al Jefferson, Rajon Rondo, Ryan Gomes, Gerald Green, Tony Allen, and Kendrick Perkins. He also drafted Delonte West, a player whose smooth game and humble personality endeared him to fans across New England.

Players Ainge traded for? Raef Lafrentz, Jiri Welsh, Ricky Davis, Wally Szczerbiak, Michael Olowokandi, Sebastian Telfair, and Employee #8. Plus, he signed Brian Scalabrine…to play basketball! The only player that made a real impact was Employee # 8, after the organization had originally dealt him away to Dallas.

As I got into my car to begin the trek down to New York City, I got a bad feeling. I mean, I like Ray Allen. I think he is the best player to ever play for the University of Connecticut and is a seven time All Star. I met him a handful of summers ago over at Storrs. All the former UConn players came back to campus in the summer. He is a real good guy. He beat Rip Hamilton one on one that day, then we went to Subway. However, he will be 32 next month. It is like Danny Ainge thinks it is 1999, or believes NBA championships are won with aging shooting guards who don’t play defense.

By the time I was trapped in gridlock on 91, I was convinced the deal had been made. I was irritated. I needed a sign. So I went to Hooters.

I love chicken wings. They are the great equalizer of men. As it was getting late, I stayed to watch the draft at Hooters. It wasn't MSG, but I didn't have to pay 200 dollars to get in either. The place was packed, it was trivia night, the Draft was one the big screen, and Newington's best were on display. By 8:00 my fears had been realized. The Celtics traded the rights to the #5 pick (Jeff Green), Wally, and Delonte to the Sonics for Ray Allen and the rights to pick #35 (Glen Davis).

The only response I could muster? These Pretzels....are Making Me Thirsty………….

Hey, I had been to the Hall of Fame that very same day. They could just rename that place "A shrine to when the Celtics were the model franchise in Professional Sports". Now I was watching the team gamble on a guy who had surgery on both ankles like a month ago.

The irony was unbearable. To quote the Wu Tang Clan, "the combination made my eyes bleed."

During his interview with the ESPN guys, Doc Rivers actually looked like a broken man. He literally looked like he had been vomiting with the rest of us all night long. He spun the deal as a necessary way of getting some experience while making sure Paul Pierce was protected. Great. Grand.Fantastic.

The Boston media did try to make out like this could lead to another attempt at Kevin Garnett. On FSN and Weei, the discussion questioned if KG would reconsider Boston with two great scorers to team up with? We better hope so. If is doesn’t happen, the Celtics will give up more points then any other team in the league next year. It's like saying it is hot in the summer. You do not have to be Nostradamus to make that kind of statement.

If the team doesn’t produce on the floor, no amount of spin will save Ainge and Rivers on this one. They need to get KG, or hope Jefferson becomes KG next season. After months of speculation, this was a bizarre evening for the Boston Celtics and their fans. Kinda like this.

Thank goodness the Red Sox are in town and the Yankees are 11 games back.

Oh No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..........

David Stern exacts his revenge as the C's, Grizz, and Bucks fall out of the top 4.

The Celtics will pick 5th. Welcome to hell Doc....

And we thought 18 in a row was bad....

The Truth just asked for a trade.....

Oh, and ESPN coverage could not have been more terrible.


Time to vomit again....