Sports Redux: Revs Bring SuperLiga Trophy Home to Title-Starved Region

It's been a month and a half since any of our local teams even competed for, let alone won, a championship. And while the Revolution will soon have to get back to work to finally get over the hump and claim their first MLS Cup, they can at least bask in the glow of the SuperLiga title.

The tournament, featuring a few MLS teams and a few Mexican teams, came down to the Revs vs. their nemesis Houston Dynamo, and it came down to penalty kicks. After regulation and two overtimes, the teams were knotted at 2-2 (Steve Ralston and Shalrie Joseph had the Revs' goals). On the eighth(!) penalty kick, New England's Chris Albright connected, and the Dynamo hit the crossbar, making a winner of goalie Matt Reis and the whole team. Congratulations, guys. Beat 'em again in November.

Everybody chipped in, just about, as the Sox shook off Monday's loss and dispatched KC 8-2. Josh Beckett overcame a bad first inning to cruise through 6 2/3 and collect his tenth win. Jason Bay went 4-for-5 to pace the offense, but Jed Lowrie (triple), Jacoby Ellsbury (2 hits, 2 steals), David Ortiz (one hit, says his wrist felt good) and others kicked in some valued run support as well. Bay almost had a home run; it bounced off the glove of KC's Mitch Maier and rolled along the top of the wall before Ross Gload pulled it back. If you can resist a "Field Along With Mitch Maier and the Gang" joke, you're either made of better stuff, or much younger, than Bostonist.

The Celtics are poised to announce their 2008-2009 Championship-defending (damn, that felt good) schedule today. Reports are that they'll open the season (which, we may remind you, is they day they hand out the rings and raise the banner) against Cleveland, and they'll be in LA to see the Lakers on Christmas. Cleveland should still have LeBron James, even though he admitted he'd go play in Europe if the money was right. Right, as in about $50 million a year. Like you wouldn't.