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-- Let's hope this is a joke. A reality show is looking Boston women in the "Real Housewives"/"Jersey Shore" mold. [Lynn Casting more ›

The Onion is totally into us lately! First, cats; now, Patriots and slacker roommates! The famed satirical publication has Tom Brady's take on fickle Pats fans: "There's no doubt we could have executed better, just like there's no doubt those 68,756 slavering fair-weather pieces of shit in the stands have less right than anyone else to point that out." The paper also covers a Boston resident whose roommate has a mysterious work schedule that involves sleeping during the day, making pasta in the middle of the night, and leaving the house at odd hours. "I think he said he works at this place where he makes these calls to people for these events," the interviewed Bostonian says of his roommate, but he's not quite sure. "Maybe he works at a place where they don't really monitor whether he shows up or not," he theorizes. "Or maybe he can work from home sometimes. Or maybe he's been working every day including weekends this entire time. Or maybe he's some lying weirdo." more ›

The only way yesterday could have been more shocking and more sudden? If Nicolas Cage, dressed in a bear suit, had come out and slugged Tom Brady on the way out of the tunnel (see this clip, at 1:19, for what that may have looked like). At least that would have had the blessing of being over in a second and letting us flip over to a satisfying Celtics win. more ›

Imagine you're an Ottawa Senators fan, and you were late to the game last night because of Ottawa traffic. (Ottawa has traffic, right?) So you get to Scotiabank Palace late in the first period, you grab some poutine and a couple of Molsons, find your seat, look up....and see your team is already down 4-0 to the Bruins. How long until you leave to beat that postgame traffic? At least the poutine was delicious. more ›

The idea that the Boston Bruins could play the 2010 Winter Classic in Fenway TPark and lose to the Philadelphia Flyers would have been tough to accept. The setting, sounds and atmosphere set the table for a home-team victory. Fortunately, for us, the Bruins obliged with a, yes, classic comeback and a 2-1 overtime win. more ›

• A student at WPI successfully solved three Rubik's Cubes in less time than it took Mike Lynch to explain the NFL playoff picture. [WCVB]

• Two Boston firefighters were injured in a Jamaica Plain fire. [Boston Globe]

The Patriots, we learned last week, call these "Hats and Shirts Day". They're the days when the team clinches something, in this case finally locking down the AFC East, and everyone on the club gets commemorative hats and T-shirts proclaiming them division champions. The way the Pats looked yesterday, and the way the NFL has become completely insane, it's not crazy to think there might be more hats and shirts in the near future, is it? more ›

• Boston's public works crews are out and about searching for items being used to save spaces. Space savers get confiscated and often include chairs, cones, toilets, grills and shopping carts. Trash barrels reportedly aren't confiscated. [Boston Globe]

• Stone Zoo named their new reindeer Cornelius and Noelle. [Boston Globe]

It wasn't pretty. But an unpretty win is better then an unpretty loss, especially when (for a few days at least) we can relax knowing that Randy Moss is still willing and able to be a functioning member of the New England Patriots. more ›

Despite visions of Gabriel dancing in people's heads, Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen have named their baby Benjamin. Is it a tribute to Franklin or Fitzgerald? Only time, progressing in reverse, will tell. [WBZ] more ›

This is what the 2009 Patriots season has come to. Even a win - a win that broke a 2-game losing streak - doesn't feel very good. more ›

Was it really less than a year ago that the Celtics had their hands more than full with the Chicago Bulls? Was it really just this past spring that the Bulls looked more athletic, faster, maybe even hungrier than the old-looking C's? What happened? more ›

Both the Bruins and Celtics resume their schedules tonight after one day off from competition. Bostonist can't muster much of a complaint about either team except to say it's probably better for them that they have games to play since things are going so well. While the Bruins and Celtics are flourishing, the Patriots are reeling. If the two consecutive losses or the 1-3 streak isn't enough, there's also LateGate, dissension in the ranks and Tom Brady's growing list (rib/finger/shoulder) of injuries. more ›

We told you yesterday that the Bradys had a boy, but the name wasn't certain yet. Now it looks like the name might be Gabriel. And the genetically advantaged baby is, apparently, bringing a message of "Sorry, kids" to other baby models, whether uber-famous as with Suri and Kingston or just local as with the Malden baby. more ›

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Gisele Bundchen gave birth a baby boy today. People.com apparently got the scoop first. Bostonist is happy for her, the baby and Tom Brady, and we're glad the child is healthy. Really. Bill Belichick also confirmed Brady will start Sunday in what amounts to a must-win game against Carolina. Gisele, we owe you for having the kid on Wednesday and not Sunday. more ›

Is it the home/road thing? Is it true that the Patriots can't win any road game, unless it's a neutral site game on another continent against a winless team? Or is it just that the Pats really aren't that great, and we should be thankful that at least they've been able to run the table at home so far? more ›

Once upon a time - let's call it Yesterday - the Patriots were seen as the team that was going to knock the New Orleans Saints off their pedestal of perfection. Big Game Brady was going to lead the way into the Superdome for the biggest game in New Orleans history. It was going to be epic and exciting. more ›

Kind of a welcome breather yesterday, huh? No controversial coaching decisions. No stymied power plays. No frustrating breakdowns in defensive adjustments. No Laurence Maroney running 11 yards to gain two. No leaving Tim Thomas helplessly out to dry against a flurry of goals. No settling for threes when the lane is wide open. No red zone failures. Nobody lost. Around here, this week...we'll take it. more ›

• Mass. lawmakers are debating establishing preferred parking zones for low emission vehicles. [Boston Herald]

• Ted Kennedy Jr. has no plans to actively support any candidate in the Massachusetts Senate race.[Boston Globe]

• Michael Capuano told Fox25 that he is good and his opponents are really really bad. [MyFoxBoston.com]

In ten years prowling the Patriots' sidelines, Bill Belichick has earned all kinds of trust and goodwill and benefit-of-the-doubt. Which is good, because he needs it this morning. more ›

Atlanta's coach Mike Woodson viewed this game as a measuring stick for his squad. The Hawks measured up well with the Celtics and won, 97-86. Atlanta led 72-70 after three quarters and outscored the veteran C's crew 25-16 in the fourth. Former Celtics player Joe Johnson led the Hawks with 24 points. Jamal Crawford added 18 points. Paul Pierce led Boston with 24. Pierce went to the floor once, came up limping, went to see the trainer, and returned with a brace thing on his leg. Boston dropped to 8-2 with their second home loss of the season. Comcast Sportsnet said the second home loss of 2008-09 took place on January 7. If you're wondering how the rag-tag Hawks won, check the box score and look for "Rebounds." Or, go with Kevin Garnett, who said Atlanta simply "beat us." more ›

Remember a couple of weeks ago, when Claude Julien said he was getting tired of hard-fought losses? Well, last night must have exhausted him. more ›

Let's face it. That was uglier than Minnesota's starting power forward. But if the Celtics are going to make a run at 70+ wins this season (and while PTI and the Globe and others are speculating about the possibility, we say, let's can that talk and let things unfold), they have to win games like last night. Trap games, against young athletic teams, on the second night of back-to-backs. And somehow, finally, the Celtics did. more ›

It's hard not to experience a letdown after a 59-0 thrashing like the one the Pats put on Tennessee last night. The schedule makers, though, were kind enough to put another winless patsy in the Patriots' path, and the boys responded, delighting Londoners (well, we like to think so, anyway) with a 35-7 mauling of the Buccaneers. more ›

Fans of American Football in London won't see a textbook example of the sport when the New England Patriots play the winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Wembley Stadium on Sunday. If the game on display isn't something the league really wants on display - unless the NFL loves potentially one-sided games - then that leaves this year's London game as a means to promote the league through its stars. In other words, Tom Brady. That's what Mike Reiss theory is, and he believes Brady has embraced that theory, too. That would explain the sight of Brady in a suit surrounded by teammates in their casual team gear. It might explain more detailed, emphatic answers to media inquiries instead of the usual Belichick-speak we are treated to. more ›

"It’s the only team that has the word ‘England’ in it," joked Alastair Kirkwood, the managing director of NFL UK. Ah, so that's why the Patriots had to spend last night flying across the Atlantic to get ready for Sunday's game against the Bucs in London. more ›

The Patriots made a lot of roster moves yesterday. A LOT. To the point where we wonder if (a) Bill Belichick wasn't happy with the 59-0 win on Sunday, or (b) they were worried about jettisoning some extra weight for the team flight to London this week. Officially gone are TE Michael Matthews and WR Joey Galloway, who was handed his walking papers and promptly dropped them. Not gone long enough to be forgotten were linebackers Eric Alexander and Tully Banta-Cain, who were released and then promptly resigned, possibly for paperwork reasons. "There’s a lot of different procedures and rules, and I don’t even know if I understand them all," said Belichick, who's a lot more concerned right now with puffing up the 0-6 Buccaneers in his players' minds to make them think the Bucs are the second coming of the '66 Packers. more ›

Tom Brady is big in Canton, Massachusetts, and is already being discussed by some interested folks in Canton, Ohio. Canton, North Carolina? Not so much. The Amazing Grace Baptist Church of Canton, North Carolina believes Tom Terrific is leading us to eternal damnation, which earned him a spot on the Church's list of ungodly athletes. more ›

Some time this winter, you'll no doubt read about a storm that dumps an inch of snow on some Southern locale and sends the entire town to hell in a handbasket. It happens every year; when you don't see it much, you don't know what to do with it, and it's good night, Charlotte. Or Little Rock. Or Nashville. more ›