Sports Redux: Good, Now We Have Something To Worry About

Bostonist was at a bar last night. Hey, it happens. Everything was good and fun, until the TV (sans sound) flashed a news report: "Brady Seen In Cast". We weren't around for the JFK assassination, but now we have a pretty good idea what the terrified hush that fell over the nation felt like. A couple panicked phone calls later, we weren't any closer to an explanation.

The video on TMZ shows a small cast on his foot and a slight but noticeable limp. There are also flowers and a tiny little dog, which may not mean anything, but we're ready for Lost Season 4 to start and are training ourselves to pick up on every subtle little clue. (Hey, the mysterious Jacob is really Belichick ! That works!)

Tom told a radio show (before the video surfaced) that he did get a hard hit from the Chargers and was a little bruised, but of course said, "I'd have to be on a stretcher to miss this one." We're thinking happy thoughts like "merely a precautionary measure" instead of heading for the hills, for whatever that's worth. We'll also note that Brady's been listed as "probable (shoulder)" on every injury report since the dawn of time.

The Celtics won a game, but did they lose their soul? The story of the first half was Perk, getting his career high in points before halftime and destroying the Knicks (at one timeout, Mike Gorman cracked, "Isiah's going to show his team a picture of Kendrick"). The second half was an emotional affair, with the C's trash-talking, nearly picking fights, and seeing Pierce get ejected for mixing it up with Knick knobody Quentin Richardson. "I didn't like our demeanor in the second half," said Doc Rivers, who has to be mollified by clinching the job of Eastern Conference coach at the All-Star Game.

In the NY Post, Kevin Kernan admits, "Boston owns New York". We'd like to forward that to the Giants (in case they're overoptimistic) and to ourselves, circa 2000, when we never thought we'd live long enough to see anyone around here win anything again.