August 5th, 2008
Today is promo day on the b5 Sports Channel! The theme is “favorites,” but asking us to pick just one is like asking us which of our cats is the favorite. (It’s a four-way tie!) With that in mind, here’s a list of our sports favorites, tidily divided into Obvious (given our New England bias) […]
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June 24th, 2008
Former teammates Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant don’t feel the love for each other, but even die-hard Kobe fans might have difficulty suppressing a smile upon watching this one. (Thanks to devoted reader Pat for sharing).
Behold (2m, 20s) as Shaq takes the NBA’s MVP to task for losing the Championship to the Boston Celtics.
Tags: Basketball, […]
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June 18th, 2008
We’re a bit sleep-deprived today, having stayed up past 1 a.m. on a work night to do (figurative) cartwheels over the Boston Celtics‘ win over the L.A. Lakers to nab their 17th NBA Championship.
Here are eight reasons we’re happy about the win—apart from the joy of seeing series MVP Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Ray Allen add […]
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June 16th, 2008
Even if you read this now-edited article by ESPN writer Jemele Hill, you still get a pretty good sense of how she feels about the Boston Celtics.
One paragraph begins, “Rooting for the Celtics is like supporting inflation, unemployment and locusts.” (No comment from the Locust Union yet, but the edit is still fresh).
But the jawdropper is […]
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June 15th, 2008
Game 5 of the NBA Championship Finals, here already.
Now that we’ve had a few days to reflect on the way the L.A. Lakers blew a 24-point lead in Game 4 and gave the now 3-1 Boston Celtics a chance to clinch the title tonight, we think we know what happened to Jack Nicholson’s favorite team.
Here are the […]
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June 13th, 2008
Marko Jaric of the Minnesota Timberwolves had a ring on his mind Thrusday night during Game 4 of the NBA Finals (Go Celtics!), but it wasn’t a championship ring.
No, Jaric had the other important ring in mind: the one he gave his now-bride-to-be, Victoria’s Secret supermodel Adriana Lima.
The Brazilian knockout and her Serb honey have […]
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June 12th, 2008
While many NBA fans—this Boston-loving blogerette included—are excited about the fact that the Celtics are going to win the Celtics–Lakers rivalry breathes again, many are also noticing the big white elephant in the room: Tim Donaghy. Actually, since he was a ref, it’s more like the big zebra in the room, but you get the […]
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June 8th, 2008
We could blog about the 2008 French Open Men’s Final, but we’re so disappointed about Roger Federer’s loss to Rafael Nadal that we get verklempt just thinking about a post. *wishes on a lucky star that things are better at Wimbledon ’cause we really heart R-Fed*
We could write about how bad-boy racecar driver Kyle Busch […]
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June 5th, 2008
Sure, you can read blogs claiming that the L.A. Lakers will grab the title or blogs stating the obvious picking the Boston Celtics to win.
But for a breakdown of the really important stuff, like who has the best cheerleaders, hottest wife, and player with the finest acting ability, check out this fun post on AOL […]
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May 30th, 2008
Rocky & Bullwinkle fans might recognize that as a Boris Badinov quote, but the $25K fine the NBA slapped Rasheed Wallace with conveys pretty much the same idea.
Why? Well, the Detroit Pistons forward ripped officials and was a pottymouth to boot following his team’s Eastern Conference Finals Game 5 loss to the Boston Celtics, 106-102. (And […]
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