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Last week, Bostonist attended The Tradition, the annual honoring of Boston’s best athletes by The Sports Museum. 2009 marked the 8th year of the fundraiser and included some of the biggest names in Boston Sports History. The event was part social event with legends like Bill Russell and Johnny Pesky meeting fans and taking pictures, and part interview session with the guests of honor. Each honoree was interviewed in a relaxed, sit down enviornment by the night’s hosts, Dale and Holley of WEEI. Troy Brown stole the show as he told a story that left the crowd laughing and coach Bill Belichick speechless.
The honorees for this year’s event were as follows:
Ken Hodge - Boston Bruins. Ken was traded to Boston by Chicago with Phil Esposito and Fred Stanfield for Gilles Marotte, Pit Martin and Jack Norris. A large part of the Bruins successful Stanley Cup runs of 1970 & 1972. Hodge twice scored 100 points in a season, and in 1973-74 he scored 50 goals playing along side other greats like Phil Esposito. Hodge played in 3 All-Star games and retired in 1978.
Sam Jones - Boston Celtics. Drafted by the Celtics in 1957, the great Red Auerbach once said, "He's always in shape and ready to play, and nobody works any harder at basketball than he does." Known as “Mr. Clutch” for his shooting ability and his mastery of the bank shot, Sam Jones put up 15,411 points, played in 5 All-Star games, and helped the Celtics win 10 Championships in his 12 years with the team.
Nancy Kerrigan - Olympic Figure Skater. Kerrigan is a native of Stoneham, MA and has been skating since age 6. Her first steps to stardom occurred in 1991 at the World Figureskating Championships where she finished with the bronze. She also won bronze at the 1992 Winter Olypics and then became the US champion in 1993. In 1994 Kerrigan won the silver medal at the Lillehammer Olympics finishing 2nd to Oksana Baiul by a mere 1/10th of a point.
Jack Parker & Jerry York - Head coaches of BU & BC. Parker, from Somerville, and York, from Watertown, have played against each other since high school and then in college, and now coach against each other. The life long friends were honored together in a fitting tribute to their relationship. York has 821 NCAA wins, Parker has 816. Both coaches have multiple Beanpot & Hockey East Championships and both have 3 NCAA titles.
Troy Brown - New England Patriots. Brown was selected 198th overall by the Patriots in the 1993 draft. Brown started off as a kickoff and return specialist, but added receiver to his repertoire fairly quickly. Brown is the Patriots all time leading receiver with 557 catches for 6,366 yards. He owns the single season record with 101 catches, the post season record with 58 catches, and the single game record of 16 catches. In 2004 Brown showed his defensive prowess as he played nickel back in the teams last 9 games due to injuries on defense. Brown is a Pro Bowl veteran and 3 time Superbowl Champion.
Curt Schilling - Boston Redsox. His stats are legendary, a 7 time All-Star, an NCLS MVP, the list goes on and on; but he will forever be most remembered as the man who helped break the Curse of the Bambino. Being brought to Boston in 2004 carried a lot of pressure. The role he was given was simple, he was expected to be The Man when the time came. And it’s doubtful there is a Bostonian alive who doesn’t remember seeing Schilling, ankle stitched together and sock bloodied, step up and be The Man.
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what was Troy's story?
The short version was that he was amped up to play before a game, got to lead the team out of the tunnel and was pulled aside for a pre-game on field interview but he was out of breath and couldn't talk. In his own words during the ceremony, he "blew his wad before the game!"
3 seconds of silence followed by roars of laughter, Belichick went to say something, turned red, and put the mic down. It was an instant classic.