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With a day left before the New England Patriots suit up for real, Bostonist can't get enough news on the team. Two issues to focus on: Tom Brady is first and the new-look defense is second. Everyone knows by now that Brady spoke to ESPN and confirmed the baby news. He expressed complete confidence in his rebuilt knee in his chat with Chris Berman, and also dropped some Bill Belichick philosophy on us by saying he has to prove himself at every game and practice. "You got to earn it every week." That the video clip from ESPN includes a Dos Equis Most Interesting Man In The World ad is purely coincidental and not an endorsement of Brady as more interesting than the Dos Equis guy.

It's been a tough few weeks (months) for the Red Sox. That's always a good time to see the Baltimore Orioles appear on the schedule.

As we get back into the grind after a holiday weekend, let's catch up with some famous names in Boston sports. There's been so much coming and going and retiring going on as of late, it's easy to feel overwhelmed and uncertain about who is doing what where. Leave it to your friendly neighborhood Bostonist to sort it all out.

The New England Patriots traded defensive lineman Richard Seymour to the Raiders for a 2011 first-round draft choice. The Globe' Mike Reiss credited ESPN's Adam Schefter with the scoop. Is Bill Belichick up to something else? Signing Vince?

First of all, we need to criticize the Globe for their game story, which reads like a prewritten obituary for Tim Wakefield. Yeah, he's old. Yeah, he's pitching through pain. But it wasn't really his fault that the Sox lost again in Chicago yesterday. When you almost get no-hit, you lose. It's a simple game.

Super Bowl Media Day is the professional football equivalent of the annual family reunion. A bunch of people get together, often traveling long distances, for the purpose of catching up. There's little that they have in common, but since they sort of fall under the same name, everyone has to make nice. The hijinks on display makes for a hilarious time for those not directly involved. People make nice and dumb down the stories of what they do and who they are in order to appease the extended family, and the whole thing would be much more enjoyable for all involved if alcohol was part of the equation. Someone (or, rather, many someones) wind up doing something dumb that seemed like a really good idea at the time, but is really foolish in retrospect.

We could choose to be disappointed. We figured (and we weren't the only ones) that the combination of crappy weather, boisterous fans and motivated personnel would mean the Patriots would kick the Jets' butts up and down the field for three hours. We figured that, even though we're better than New York in every sport right now, yesterday would be a cathartic blowout to soothe any lingering anti-NY feelings around here.

Does the venue make the team or does the team make the venue? And what happens if the venue has two teams, two games, and one day to pull it all off? The two host teams win, venue staff deserve medals, and a lot of people walk out of the place happy. There wasn't much of a battle on the boards of the TD Banknorth Garden on Friday night. The Celtics, doing what has become...

What a weird night at Jacobs Field on Tuesday - one that proves that no matter how much we can complain about the Red Sox offense over the course of the season, the team has a defense in place to win a 1-0 ballgame. Cleveland's C.C. Sabathia (you might know him as "that really big, scary pitcher for the Indians") limited the Red Sox offense to one run but still managed to walk away with...

You'd think that the story of last night's Red Sox/Devil Rays series kickoff would be the glorious-yet-atypical change of character demonstrated by DR pitcher Scott Kazmir. Sure, we'll get to that, but c'mon - something huge happened. Julio Lugo safely hit the ball! And then he did it AGAIN! It had been a long, rough road for our offensively challenged shortstop - a road with 33 seemingly untravelable off-ramps along the way. Different spots in...

Forget the 2008 Presidential Race for now. The biggest decision any voter can make right now is the one forced on us by Major League Baseball. Since the All-Star game is in San Francisco, a National League park, the designated hitter is not an option. Which means the Red Sox had to designate David Ortiz to be in the First Baseman section of the All-Star ballot. Which means Kevin Youkilis is on the outside looking...

How do you write a treatise on Dunkin' Donuts? With five dollar words like "inculcated" and "extant." Mike Miliard writes such a tome for the Phoenix titled "Choosing our Religion" about the rise and embrace of Boston's beloved coffee and donut shop. It's not clear if people outside New England identify our chain the same way we see Starbucks as something coming from Seattle, but it really doesn’t matter – we drink it, and love...

The Pats flubbed another one this weekend in the Bostonist satellite office down in Foxboro, to the hated Jets of all teams, 17-14. This one was a mud bowl, and one would think that would benefit the home team, seeing they have control over their field. But, not this time around. And speaking of field conditions, can anyone respond and tell Bostonist why in the world the field at Gillette Stadium looked more like...

Touchdown Tommy is not happy. And how can Boston blame him? He took less money to stay in New England with the belief that the regime would continue to spend, and put a competitive product on the field. Instead, the Pats are almost 17 million under the cap. Conspiracy Theory: Was it a coincidence Brady forced the ball downfield 12+ times against the Denver secondary (which is quite good), and completed zero passes? Was...

A valiant second-half effort by Tom Brady and the 3rd string Pats was not enough to overcome a 21-3 halftime deficit.

Bostonist won't waste your precious time fawning over our most very favorite Superbowl quarterback, but Tom Brady turns the ripe old age of 28 today. Happy Birthday, Tom. Bostonist got to thinking that Brady is only 28, has 3 Superbowl titles, a hot girlfriend, and a sweet condo on Commonwealth. Although Brady does have a few years on Bostonist, we would like to think that we too can achieve all that. Okay, we'll settle for...

After bringing home a Superbowl title and a Worlds Series win, Boston sports teams have had an excellent year. As we grow closer to the one-year anniversary of the Reverse of the Curse, Boston sports players have been confusing the hell out of Bostonist this past week. The Patriots training camp started up today with some big gapping holes in their defensive lineup. Last week, Tedy Bruschi decided to opt out of this season...

In a single night the Patriots worked with more ice than the Bruins could in an entire season. Last night the team showed up at Bob Kraft's home in Brookline to collect this past season's Superbowl Champion jewelry. A majority of the team showed up in style to collect the rings, even minicamp holdout Richard Seymour, Tom Brady (with another nice little gem by his side), and the heart and soul of the Pats, team leader Tedi Bruschi. Seymour briefly spoke to the media about this current situation and mentioned that many things that have been said, unless it comes from him, is pure conjecture - "I'm speaking from the horse's mouth. So reports -- I've heard a lot of reports about I've said this, that, and the other -- but you're hearing it live here, right now: I've never said anything about anything, and that's the way I remain." It's all about the Benjamins at this point - Seymour has 2 years remaining on a 6-year contract that he signed before his rookie year. Currently he's making much less than other superstar defensive ends across the league. Bruschi didn't give any indication that he would be back for next season, citing that he and his family are more concerned with making sure his health is ok and that the Patriots have asked for no time-table with regards to when, if, he comes back.

No way in hell was there going to be a celebration like this without Bostonist being on hand to witness it. By this point, a full day after the celebration and game has gone by and there's nothing that can be said or written that wasn't already put to paper, or typed on a keyboard. For an entire afternoon the masses at Fenway basked in the air of an absolutely perfect day for both reflection, and baseball.