Ever since the Patriots traded Randy Moss to Minnesota, people were girding for today's game. Moss is back in town, the Pats are rolling at 5-1, it's Halloween, and Brett Favre is going to play with a broken ankle and under the close scrutiny of his wife.
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Six years ago today, most of us were tired, quite possibly very hungover, and hoarse of voice. The night before, we'd stared in disbelief as the ball bounced from Renteria's bat to Keith Foulke and then over to Doug Mientkiewicz for the single greatest sports moment most of us have experienced. And at this point, we were walking around in a happy daze, figuring out where we were going to position ourselves for the victory parade.
When the Celtics' "Big Three" came together for the first time (we were calling them Ghidorah then, as you may recall), they opened their 2007-08 championship season by blasting the Wizards by 20. Now, you can look at all the things that haven't gone right for Miami this offseason - they didn't have much of a preseason together; they didn't spend two weeks bonding in Rome; they're coached by Erik Spoelstra, who wears the haunted look of a man one losing streak away from being found in the trunk of a Town Car registered to Pat Riley five miles into the Everglades - but the fact is our guys started 1-0. And the vaunted Miami supergroup is 0-1. What does it mean? Probably nothing.
There's something in the air in Colorado. That lightheaded feeling a Red Sox fan gets high up in the Rockies isn't just the reduced level of oxygen. It's also that feeling of complete and euphoric joy that Boston baseball fans last felt in October of 2007. When the Sox last found themselves in the visitors clubhouse at Coors Field, champagne (and, yes, Jonathan Papelbon, a lot of beer) was flowing in honor of the World Champion Boston Red Sox.
Gothamist learned that Vespa owners are resorting to illegal measures (okay, scraping off their vehicle ID numbers) to keep their scooters on the street, not that it'll help.
Another even-numbered game on the schedule; another win. It's a more reliable way of telling time than waking up this morning and not remembering if your cell phone/computer/alarm clock made the change for you.
Eleven games, and for better and worse, the Bruins still haven't been able to put together a two-game streak of any kind. They had a chance last night, and played pretty well, but came away short with a 2-1 loss to the Devils. "This is one of those nights throughout the course of a season where you lose a hockey game only because the other team got one extra bounce going their way," said Coach Claude Julien.
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.
Half the team is hurt. Much of the other half is brand new. But somehow, this bunch of strangers wearing Bruin black and gold managed to squeeze out a win over Nashville, 3-2. The first two goals all came from Bruins vets (Michael Ryder and Patrice Bergeron), but the game winner, Steve Begin's first Boston goal off an assist from Daniel Paille, was all n00b. "Most important thing is we won the game but it's great to get my first goal out of the way," said Begin.
- Gothamist was mesmerized by the trailer for Empire, a movie about biking in NYC with a flagrant disregard for traffic laws, safety and basic common sense.
- Phillyist couldn't really talk about anything but their World Series-winning Phillies. The curse has been reversed!
- LAist got annoyed at the Sarah Palin effigy in West Hollywood. It was eventually taken down, but then a Barack Obama one was put up in Redondo Beach.
Vincent Wilford was called to the Commissioner's carpet yesterday to answer for a series of controversial plays. Wilfork, still a watched man after his hit on Buffalo's J.P. Losman last season, was asked to New York to explain to the Commish his side of a dicey hit on Denver's Jay Cutler a couple weeks ago. They talked it out, the Commish made Wilfork an offer he couldn't refuse, and the meeting ended with Vince a little poorer and, perhaps, a little wiser. At least he didn't get suspended for this week's Colts game.
Tonight the New Garden will get a taste of what things used to be like at the Old Garden. The pomp, the circumstance, awe and jubilation coming together as a banner rises to the rafters. The Celtics will officially kick off their quest for back-to-back championships tonight, hosting Cleveland, but the game won't get underway until the Celts have a party 22 years in the making. The rings, the banners, the biggest Celtic celebration since 1986.
Hey. If Daisuke Matsuzaka can be the shakiest, scariest 18-3 pitcher in baseball history, why can't the Patriots be the craziest, weakest 5-2 team in football? Maybe being the worst 12-4 team ever is a realistic goal. And why not?
The Bruins have had bad news this young season, and some eh news. Last night, though, they nabbed an unqualified success, as Milan Lucic notched a hat trick and the B's overcame some early slugginshness to beat Atlanta, 5-4 at the Garden.
Apparently, you're supposed to let the MCL surgery heal before you reconstruct the ACL. It's starting to sound like Tom Brady's been seeing Dr. Nick Riviera, as grim accusations are starting to fly about what exactly is going on with his knee. The Patriots are a little miffed that Brady got the operations done in California. On Tom's website, he says everything's going swimmingly, but that's as of last week.
If Tom Brady really is about to propose to Gisele, he's just going to have to do it without going down on one knee. Patriots fans are all aflutter about the news that Tom's knee isn't healing right, has needed followup procedures, and the surgery may have to be redone. Oh, fantastic.
With all the practice the Bruins have gotten in shootouts this young season, you have to believe they're going to win one at some point. For the third time, they had to accept one point from the OTL while their opponent (in this case, Buffalo) got the extra. "You almost feel like Groundhog Day here," said coach Claude Julien, which makes us realize we haven't seen that in a while.
It looks like it's going to be an easy season for Red Sox beat writers. It looks like all they'll have to do is set up a microphone within half a mile of Jonathan Papelbon, and he'll come a-runnin' with enough material to fill a dozen Notes columns. More, if they can be padded out with 40-year-old rock lyrics (hi, Dan!).
It was the rarest of rare occasions: a Beanpot final that didn't involve BU. Instead it was Boston College and Harvard, with the Eagles leading by two midway through the third period. BC almost blew it before taking control in overtime and winning on a Nick Petrecki goal. So two overtime wins for Boston College. And a very relieved Jerry York. BU beat Northeastern in the consolation game.
Rudy Giuliani might be out of the presidential spotlight, but one of his comments regarding the Boston Red Sox is back to haunt him thanks to the Topps Baseball Card Company.
A spring-loaded dress, a sun-lit fan, and a purse with a built-in alarm system were just a few of the futuristic fashions on display at the Seamless: Computational Couture fashion show at the Museum of Science on Wednesday. Over 1000 design and technology lovers packed three floors of the MoS's Blue Wing to admire clothes and accessories ranging from sublime (an air-filled dress that changes shape based on barometric pressure) to sci-fi (a burial suit that grows mushrooms to facilitate 'green' decomposition!).
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Politicians will squeeze the juice out of pretty much anything, including the World Series and the Super Bowl. Only recently, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani made a legendary blunder when he said on a Boston trip that he was rooting for the Red Sox. Yankees fans were appalled, and Sox fans felt a little scuzzy.
This morning, the Patriots are headed to Phoenix. Most of America is uncomfortably embracing a New York team as "good"'s only hope against "evil", while we're just waiting and anticipating that Tom Brady will eventually show up and rejoin the team. (We think he will; it's not Manny we're talking about here.)
There's nothing like a loud, baseless Herald story to get the morning started right. Today's tabloid trumps Heath Ledger's death with, "BUSTED! Deval Casino Plan's Just Like Michigan's... And They Lost $10M Last year." This Bostonist happens to be wearing a Detroit Tigers cap and sweatshirt as we type this, but we don't need Michigander bias to be dismayed by the lack of evidence in their piece.
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All right. Let's dispense with the false modesty and ersatz humility. The Boston sports scene was AWESOME in 2007. So many great moments, and so many great stretches that can't be summed up in a single moment. How do you make a top-ten list of near perfection? Well, we tried.
What moved you to speak out this year? A Lite Brite giving you the finger? The Red Sox? The death of Mr. Butch?
It's easy now to sit back and bask in the glory that has been the Boston athletics scene in 2007. World champions in baseball, undefeated in the NFL regular season, second place in Major League Soccer, packing crowds into the TD Banknorth Garden for the Celts and (to a lesser degree) the Bruins...we have it good.