Bostonist never thought of Bill Belichick as cover material, unless one counts the awesomeness of the Sports Illustrated cover with Belichick as Santa. But a few gay males might get a surprise when they pick up the latest issue of Spirit Magazine, "Boston's Premier Magazine for the Gay and Lesbian Community." Because there's Bill Belichick's mug and hoodie alternative on the cover. Fabulous it is not. First off, Belichick is a cougar-sexual. Second, "Belichick" and......

As Boston and New York brace for another symbolic sports showdown in the form of the Super Bowl, New York media outlets are busy painting Tom Brady as a "girlie man." Radar threw down the gauntlet, sneering that Boston was "New York's partial-birth kid brother" (klassy) and reminding us that Brady is hanging out in New York City before the game, hardy har. Might they be hiding some inferiority complexes of their own? The New......

Bostonist is still feeling the egg nog. Therefore, the following magazine cover featuring Bill Belichick hit us hard. Enjoy it in all its glory: Wow. How did Sports Illustrated know that we already envisioned a hoodie-clad Belichick commandeering a sleigh in "'Twas the Night Before Christmas (Redux Remix)"? Also, keep checking Bostonist, where we'll be gazing back on the sports highlights, not to mention a few lowlights, for the year. The list of disappointments, starring......

Josh Beckett got to hoist the championship trophy, ride down Boylston on the duck boats, and will get a huge ring in the spring. He earned the Sports Illustrated commemorative issue cover, the champagne and beer showers, and the reputation for serving as the ace among aces in October. He had a rich season, so we're hoping that such a reminder helps as C.C. Sabathia is toasted as the American League's newest Cy Young winner.......

For a day that featured not a single Boston professional sports team in game mode, Tuesday was jam-packed with sports news. And what made things even more ridiculous was the fact that, for a good portion of the day, one faced difficulty figuring out what news was legit and what was a sports scribe's attempt at an exclusive gone wrong (Tom Brady exclusive, anyone? Don't worry, we'll get it to it). We're going to sort......

Let's give a hand, ladies and gentlemen, and perhaps even raise our Saturday morning coffee cups in a toast. To the new Celtics and basketball's new Big Three! Before we dive into Friday night's Celts season opener, we should take a quick trip back to May 22, when Boston gasped in horror over the hand fate had dealt. Fifth pick for what was then a terrible, wretched team. We were screwed. Ready to jump. Inconsolable.......

As today's Sports Redux pointed out, some journalists and coaches have suggested that players will try to "Kerrigan" Tom Brady if the New England Patriots keep running up the scores of their games. Now, someone has created a video revealing the prime suspects in case Tom Brady's knee finds itself in any danger: While we're good Bostonists and rooting for the local team, this video may be one of the funniest to ever appear on......

The Red Sox have been linked time and time again to reality television this season. There was "Sox Appeal," of course, but there were also calls for the jigging Jonathan Papelbon to Riverdance his way onto "Dancing With the Stars" and the segue FOX used last week to link the Boston bullpen band (the Black Pearl) to what looks like a God-awful new series, "The Next Great American Band." Sox bloggers, however, just might be......

Tom Brady has been opening his mouth a lot lately. Today, he brushed off TapeGate as nothing, but he is also taking a stab at giving men dating advice. Here's what he had to say in an interview with Rick Reilly of Sports Illustrated: "You can't let them know you're that interested. I try to get this across to my best friend. He's really into this girl, but I keep telling him she's got to......

Today The Smoking Gun posted a copy of the federal court complaint filed by New England Patriot's own Tom Brady against Yahoo!. The suit was dated November 20, and filed November 29. It points out Brady's gripe, or more precisely his management company's gripe, that our very own superstar of football's image was ripped off by Yahoo! and used without his permission to promote their Fantasy Football endeavors. Four counts of illegal action are cited......

Baseball fans across the country, especially those from New England, know that the ultimate and most respected writer in the baseball world, for the past 30-40 years is Mr. Peter Gammons. Hailing from our own Groton Mass. and currently calling Cape Cod his home, "Gammo" has written for the Globe (for several tours), Sports Illustrated, currently serves as a baseball analyst, blogger and reporter for ESPN, and calls into WEEI on the regular. This......

When, like Bostonist, you keep your hair very very short, it is easy to “let yourself go,” at least inasmuch as coworkers and friends start calling you “shaggy” even though your mane is nowhere near the average for clean-cut Bostonians. This was the condition we found ourselves in last week when we stumbled upon the Capitol Barber Shop, a quaint-looking little affair across from the State House on Bowdoin Street. After a terrible experience......

Tom Brady’s week can be summed up best with a reference to eclectic director Quentin Tarantino’s latest film(s), the Kill Bills. In the movie Kill Bill Vol. 1, David Carradine’s character “Bill” finds his former cohort and lover, Uma Thurman’s character, Beatrice Kiddo (a.k.a., the Black Mamba, the most deadly woman in the world) in a small Midwestern town on the eve of her wedding. Beatrice, who has obviously left her former life as an......

Where does one begin to look back on a week that was probably the most wrought with drama fans in New England, and expats around the world, have seen since Jason Varitek shoved his catcher's mitt in A-Rod's blue-lipped mug. There are no sub-plots, no subtleties interwoven among a more prominent narrative - the past week has been something more akin to reading a half dozen novels simultaneously. Matt Clement takes a 90mph fastball from......

The top news story last night at 11 p.m. was that Patriots' linebacker and one of the fan favorites, Tedy Bruschi, was at Mass General Hospital because of horrible headaches. A Patriots'spokesperson confirmed it with this statement to the media: "He is in good condition and will be held for further evaluations. The Bruschi family appreciates everyone's concern, but requests that you respect their privacy at this time." Bruschi, age 31 and with the Pats......