Sports Redux: Chesapeake Bay

Did we promise we were finished with the Jason Bay puns? We don't think we did promise, technically. Anyway, it's appropriate, since Jason is now the King of Baltimore after slamming two home runs to help the Sox get back on track, 6-3 at Camden Yards. And if they don't name Maryland's most distinctive geographical after the kid, you can't blame us for trying.

Bay hit a solo shot in the second and a 2-run job in the eighth; the first gave the Sox a 1-0 lead and the other gave some appreciated breathing room to Jon Lester. Lester stifled the Orioles for four hits and one run over seven innings and left with a 4-1 lead. Manny Delcarmen promptly walked two in the eighth, making Terry Francona call for the Headache Kid earlier than expected.

Both of Delcarmen's runs scored on an Aubrey Huff double, so it was 4-3 and so much for the breathing room. But the Sox tacked on two in the ninth and that was, as they say, the ballgame. Also props to Jason Varitek, who put his personal matters aside and hit his first home run since, let's say, 1983.

Tom Brady broke his silence on his injured foot. He says, yes, it's the same foot that was giving him trouble in the (sigh) Superbowl, but this injury is completely different. We're frankly not sure if that makes us feel better or worse. Shockingly, he was mum on whether he'd play in this weekend's meaningless preseason game against the Eagles. Meaningless, of course, unless the Pats look flat and listless again, in which case we're all headed for the highest point of the Tobin Bridge.

Are you ready for college football? No, we're not either. But the people who matter are, and the Globe takes a look at BC lineman B.J. Raji, who was forced to take a season off and hit the books, and has renewed focus to hit opposing players instead. The Herald, meanwhile, looks at all the Eagles' question marks before next Saturday's opener against Kent State.

The USA is still #1 when it comes to total medals, but the Chinese are kicking our butts at golds. And congratulations to our neighbours to the north; after a slow start, Canada has more medals than Kazakhstan. They should've sent the Blue Jays.

Map from the Perry-Castaneda collection at the University of Texas, which is a map geek's dream site.