Monday night Boston College beat Boston University 4-3 to win the coveted Beanpot championship, which unleashed a wave of acrimony between B.C. and B.U. fans. My good friend and B.U. alum, Cornwallis, is completely ticked off at me regarding a Facebook status update pertaining to Boston College’s victory over its bitter Comm Ave. rival. (I love that we can get angry about Facebook status updates, which raises a serious question as to whether technology is truly improving our lives.)   more »

After pulling off the most audacious high-risk gambit since some clever chap came up with the idea of edible underwear, New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton is now being acclaimed as the savior of New Orleans. The odds of pulling off a successful onside kick are similar to the odds of finding any natural body parts on Heidi Montag.   more »

This video was made during the Len Ceglarski era of Boston College hockey. To further embarrass these men in 2010, the video was made before Boston University thumped the Eagles 4-1 in the 1986 Beanpot championship game.

Rumor has it current Boston College head coach Jerry York will not allow his team to post anything on YouTube before Monday's Beanpot championship game between the two Comm Ave. schools.

In 1986 no one could imagine that a video would surface on something called YouTube on something else called the internet. The march of time is cruel.

 

Having read Richard Wolffe’s Renegade and David Plouffe’s The Audacity to Win, Game Change by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin is a political weapon of mass destruction that has scattered debris and collateral damage throughout Washington. Savaged in the pages of Game Change are Harry Reid, Sarah Palin, Elizabeth and John Edwards, Hillary and Bill Clinton, Mark Penn and John McCain.   more »

An unidentified bidder purchased Alberto Giacometti’s bronze sculpture, “Walking Man I”, for a cool $92.5 million. Hmmm … people are dying in Haiti, Sheridan could use a new pair of shoes and someone ponies up $92.5 million in a global recession to purchase a bronze sculpture. It appears this global recession isn’t affecting everyone, especially if you’re a resident of an OPEC nation. That’s my guess – someone with access to petrodollars, who wanted to place a little flash in the library, bought Giacometti’s work of art.    more »

After a little digging, I uncovered a highlight of Rooney's spectacular run versus Arsenal. Keep in mind that it was Rooney who played the ball to Nani. After his pass to Nani, revel in Rooney's dash down the pitch. The camera loses him, for fractions of a second, and then Rooney dramatically explodes back into the picture.

Enjoy!

Only adding to my sports viewing addiction, I finally watched the final sixty minutes of Manchester United’s 3-1 win over Arsenal at Emirates Stadium. This Sunday affair had the makings of a fine match until Man U exploded a can of whoop ass on the Gunners.   more »

Recently, I’ve considered a reduction in my television viewing hours to one sporting event per day. After Sunday, I’m not so sure I could handle that type of Spartan life. I’m not certain if my passion or addiction for televised sports is a problem, but I’m not sure it's something most people would consider healthy behavior.   more »

When Taylor Swift received Album of The Year, I wanted to run onstage and pull a Kanye West. The chaste and demure Taylor Swift attempted to perform “Rhiannon” with Stevie Nicks - whoever brainstormed this pairing should be sent to the unemployment line. Taylor can’t hang with Stevie. To make matters worse, Taylor Swift was off-key when Stevie and she started to harmonize on “Rhiannon.” Stevie has more road on the tires, blown more coke, and has even placed a witch’s spell on Lindsey Buckingham that produced some crazy good music. Somehow, I’m not seeing Taylor’s break-up with the werewolf producing anything close to that or anything we’ll want to hear in twenty-five years.    more »

After returning from Boston College’s 61-57 loss to the Florida State Seminoles on Saturday, Stinky Dan’s desire to see Al Skinner fired as head coach of the Eagles started running through the gerbil wheel of my mind.    more »

I will confess that I have never understood the reverence shown to J.D. Salinger. My other confession is that I read “The Catcher in the Rye” in my early thirties, and that is not the best time of your life to embrace the legend of Holden Caulfield.   more »

Former NBA journeyman and freelance writer, Paul Shirley, was fired by ESPN today. Shirley wrote a piece, for FlipCollective, where he criticizes the outpouring of charitable giving for earthquake victims in Haiti. It would be better, for the both of us, if you read Shirley’s piece for yourself. Free speech may be protected by the Constitution, but Shirley won’t be receiving any further paychecks from ESPN.    more »

As a society, we are quick to retire things and move on to the latest fad. For the people clamoring for Brett Favre to finally retire and end the histrionics, I can totally appreciate the exasperation people feel towards the Brett Favre Retire/Unretire Watch, but Favre can still play.   more »

As I stated in a previous post, NFL Conference Championship Sunday is the single greatest day of a long NFL season. Pretenders need not show up – Sunday’s action is the real deal. I was expecting to write a piece regarding my sentimental ties to the New York Jets, but after watching Sunday's doubleheader, I have decided to go in a different direction.   more »

Here is how the day breaks down: After a nutritious breakfast watching the FA Cup, I decided to stick a few albums on the Hi-Fi to get me through the day.    more »

Sunday is, without a doubt, the greatest day for this NFL viewer. We’ve lived through a long and pointless preseason, dragged ourselves through an interminable regular season (that NFL honchos want to lengthen to 18 games), suffered watching Wild Card weekend (those games usually suck), and now we are less than forty-eight hours from the Holy Grail of professional football.    more »

I read a lot. I read magazine articles, newspaper articles, the back of cereal boxes ( Not really - I like to zero in on each individual Cheerio.) and an array of books. Approximately five years ago, the word slog started its ubiquitous ascent to become a go to word for print journalists. My first take: When the hell did the use of slog become popular amongst every English-speaking writer on this planet? At the time, I wasn't even completely sure what slog meant, so I looked it up in the dictionary.   more »

After three days of Massachusetts politics, Sheridan is changing gears. Let's move on to the less politically charged NBA, where men of all colors can share a basketball court. (There is no truth to the rumor that Sheridan will be a player/coach in the Whites-Only Basketball League. Will there be Whites Only water fountains at the gyms? David Duke as Commissioner?)   more »

This will be my last piece on the race for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts between Martha Coakley and Scott Brown. Considering very few people were paying attention to this race until 2010, the amount of media coverage is astonishing. To the victor go the spoils, and Scott Brown ran a great campaign. Brown’s campaign had energy, passion, and most importantly he stayed on message.   more »

I recently finished David Plouffe’s “The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama’s Historic Victory.” Plouffe served as the chief campaign manager for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, which has been characterized by many as the greatest start-up company in American history.   more »