http://bostonist.com/2008/05/31/sports_redux_be_4.php All comments for Sports Redux: BEAT L.A.! en-us 2009 rickbang Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:29:29 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss rick@bostonist.com rick@bostonist.com 60 http://bostonist.com/2008/05/31/sports_redux_be_4.php#comment-1378099 http://bostonist.com/2008/05/31/sports_redux_be_4.php#comment-1378099 Comments Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:09:27 -0500 <p>For those who don’t remember, the whole ”Beat LA” thing began in the closing moments of the 1982 Eastern Conference finals. The Philadelphia Seventy-Sixers had the deciding game well in hand, and the Boston Garden fans, in one of the most incredible displays of sportsmanship in history, began chanting “Beat LA”. The point being “if we can’t beat them, you guys, our most hated division rivals, beat them”. Somehow, in the ensuing years, the Beat LA chant became a general purpose taunting of the Lakers. But, I’ll always remember that electrifying display of sportsmanship by Celtic fans.</p>