Sports Redux: Hug It Out

The Bruins and Celtics took a much-deserved day off yesterday, which allowed Boston sports fans and athletes alike an opportunity to make sure their holiday preparations (for those celebrating Christmas) or celebrations (for our Hanukkah-celebrating readers) were well underway. An inadvertent side effect of this day off? We got to know a little more about a man named Todd.

Todd Kobus, the 31-year-old Attleboro man who managed to land a tackle on Junior Seau during Sunday's game at Gillette, appeared in Wrentham District Court on Monday to be arraigned on charges of assault and battery and trespassing. Kobus told the Herald that he wasn't really trying to tackle Seau, Kobus' favorite player, he was just trying to hug the guy.

We have to applaud Kobus for finally shedding light on this aspect of the game. When it comes to New England football, it's never about inflicting pain or trying to cause discomfort. It is about LOVE. Our team is really all about trying to hug the whole NFL. And with this philosophy now recognized, we believe it casts the unfortunately villainized Vince Wilfork (the big ol' misunderstood teddy bear of the Pats roster) in an entirely different light. He's just trying to share that love, people, come hell or high fines.

It's a Christmas miracle that we all now understand.

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