1. How Wyc Grousbeck didn’t walk into the Celtics locker room Wednesday night and demand that the team and their coach donate their night’s pay to a charity for their disgracful, inconsiderate, disrespectful performance is beyond me. Every ticket holder should get a personal apology from a team who accepted losing and only appeared on the court because they have to play 82 regular season games. Game salary of the players and coach:

Pierce……….$241,411
Allen…………$241,059
Garnett………$200,000
Rasheed…….$ 71,390
Rivers………..$ 67,073
Perkins………$ 51,829
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Robinson……$ 48,780
Big Baby……$ 36,585
Rondo……….$ 31,991
T. Allen……..$ 30,487
Daniels……..$ 24,268

2. Local teams screwed by commissioners:

* No suspension for Chamberlain for throwing over Youkilis head / But Beckett suspended for same thing
* Not being allowed to use salary cap relief for Reggie Lewis death
* No Suspension for Cooke of Pittsburgh for hit on Savard
* Just two game suspension for Randy Jones of Flyers for hit on Bergeron

3. Teams that went under or moved over the last four decades:

* Montreal Expos
* Atlanta Flames
* Seattle Supersonics
* LA Raiders
* Oakland Raiders
* Baltimore Colts
* Cleveland Browns
* St. Louis Cardinals
* LA Rams
* San Diego Clippers
* Buffalo Braves
* Washington Senators
* Minnesota North Stars
* Winnapeg Jets
* Cleveland Indians (almost but saved by Wild Thing)

4. Who are (or were) the biggest used car salesmen in college sports:

* John Calapari
* Rick Pitino
* Bobby Huggins
* John Thompson
* Tom Osborne
* Barry Switzer
* Larry Eustachy
* Jim Valvano
* Jim Harrick
* Kelvin Sampson
* Tim Floyd
* Steve Spurrier
* Lane Kiffen

5. Fenway Park where walks become doubles in 2009:

Jason Varitek……..Caught Stealing = 13% (108 SB out of 124 attempts)
Victor Martinez……Caught Stealing = 14% (56 SB out of 65 attempts)
George Kottaras….Caught Stealing = 16% (26 SB out of 31 attempts)

* League average was 28% CS / Seattle as a team threw out 40% of runners

6. For those still interested in the local hockey team - If the season was to end now, the Bruins would be the eight seed playing Washington in the first round.

* Washington 26-3-4 at home
* Two of the Bruins last four games this year are in Washington
* Bruins are 2-7 against Capitals in their last nine games

7. Amazing Stats - I’m a huge fan of Nomar the player but you have to shake your head at why he does these things to himself - how about some Nomar facts:

* From May 30, 2000 to August 6th, 2000, Nomar hit .421 (98-233)
* At age 26 compared statiscially to Ernie Banks by Baseballreference.com
* In his first 47 post season at bats he hit 5 HR’s
* In 1997: 44 doubles / 11 triples / 30 HR (thats Willie Mays stuff)
* In 1997, Nomar went from August 26th to September 26th with no walks
* Average Against pitchers: Gooden .526 / Rogers .511 / Jeff Weaver 6 HR in 34 AB

8. Old School: Championships:

Bruins………….5 Stanley Cups………………………..1924-2009 (5.9%)
Red Sox………6 World Series Championships…….1908-2009 (5.9%)
Celtics…………17 Championships…………………….1947-2009 (27.4%)
Patriots………..3 Super Bowls…………………………1960-2009 (6.1%)

9. Just a Little Bit Outside - Three NBA players arrested for suspicion of drunk driving over the last two weeks:

* Dorrell Wright………Heat (car = Bentley)
* Al Jefferson…………T-Wolves
* Andres Nocioni…….Kings

Over the last year:

* Renaldo Balkman…Denver
* Jayson Willilams….Retired (Mercedes Benz SUV)
* Antoine Walker……Retired (Mercedes)
* Zach Randolph……Memphis
* Jason Richardson..Phoenix (Mercedes)

10. Randomocity

* Harry Sinden must be throwing up in his mouth at home watching this team
* Facebook page for golfers - is Boston Parks and Recreation (great pictures also from around the city including my favorite Boston Public Gardens)
* I didn’t realize Rasheed is signed for THREE years
* Rasheed Wallace did have six steals the other night
* If Simon and Garfunkle are doing a reunion tour - why not Fenway
* Mozoltov David

1. Bruins brought disgrace Sunday to every Bruins fan, former player and person who works hard every day to put food on the table. They owe not only Marc Savard, but all of their fans and residents of Boston an apology. In honor of their disgusting, gutless play and collective lack of intestinal fortitude - the below list represents entities of similar ilk:

* Country that most resembles the team - France
* Boxer whose performance is most reminiscent of the team - Roberto Duran - No Mas
* Team Parent - Epstein’s mother
* Team Song - Surrender by Cheap Trick
* TV Reality show - Biggest Loser
* Wizard of Oz character - The Lion
* Mission Statement - “Cowards do not count in battle; they are there, but not in it.” Euripides

2. Painful careers:

* Larry Bird averaged 46 games played his last four years
* Cam Neely averaged 32 games played his last five years
* Bobby Orr averaged 13 games played his last three years
* Nomar averaged 84 games played his last six years
* Fred Lynn averaged 113 games his last eleven years
* Pervis Ellison averaged 43 games his entire eleven year career

On Sale Now - The President’s TeamClick here

3. With Nathan hurt in Minnesota, how about a blockbuster including Papelbon and Morneau?

4. Never an excuse for a DUI but you can understand Al Jefferson indulging after this much losing:

2005 - Celtics…………45-37
2006 - Celtics…………33-49
2007 - Celtics…………24-58
2008 - T Wolves………22-60
2009 - T Wolves………24-58
2010 - T Wolves………14-50
Total……………………162-312

5. Has the populous ever been this indifferent over College Basketball?

6. They were talking about this subject on 98.5 on Felger and Mazz: great players who didn’t finish with their known team:

PLAYER……………..LAST TEAM
* Joe Montana………Kansas City
* Wayne Gretzky…..LA Kings
* Bobby Orr………….Chicago
* Johnny Unitas…….Chargers
* OJ Simpson……….49ers and then Mean Machine
* Willie Mays………..Mets
* Babe Ruth…………Braves
* Michael Jordan……Wizards
* Jerry Rice………….Seattle
* Brett Favre………..Vikings
* Karl Malone……….Lakers
* Gordie Howe………Whalers

7. Amazing Stat - Larry Bird averaged 30.3 points a game in college without a three point line

8. Old School - Great pitchers who visited the Red Sox:

* Juan Marichal was………5-1
* Tom Seaver was…………5-7
* Ferguson Jenkins was…22-21
* John Smoltz was………..2-5
* Lefty Grove was………..105-62
* Frank Tanana…………….4-10
* Dennis Eckersley……….4-1

9. Just a Little Bit Outside - Best things about the 80’s:

* Alligator (Lacoste) rain coats
* Huey Lewis
* Larry Bird
* White bucks
* Big hair
* Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
* Pac Man
* Tellos
* Kool and the Gang
* Magnum PI
* Back to the Future / Michael J. Fox
* Madonna

10. Randomocity

* Globe reported that Al Skinner of Boston College makes over $2mm a year. Not bad for a guy who hasn’t landed a recruit in years and his team doesn’t even have an out of bound play
* After dominating in the Olympics David Krejci is MINUS 6 since returning to his heartless teammates
* With St. Patrick’s Day around the corner - Best poured Guinness - Brendan Behan’s in JP / West Roxbury Pub
* Oh, oh losing an hours sleep this weekend - big car accident day on Monday
* Turn to the Inside Track to see Michael Ryder and Matt Cooke are now going steady
* Sarah Brightman best female singer
* The Bruins should have chartered the Fung Wah bus and sent the entire roster to Providence and brought up some players who appreciate their great fortune to be blessed with God given talent
* Any love for calling Hurt Locker?
* Best swings by actors: Tom Selleck, Robert Redford and Kevin Costner
* By the way equal in their cowardice were the Bruins beat writers who didn’t challenge Bruins in the locker room right after the game
* I like the idea of Josh Reed as the slot receiver - Tom Brady will bring out the best in him
* The Bruins are the type of friends that wouldn’t have your back in high school during a house party fight

1. Celtics and Bruins:

* Four in a row for the Celtics - they win one playoff round
* The fact that teams feel comfortable taking runs at a player like Marc Savard tells you everything you need to know about the impression of the Bruins around the league.
* Celtics bench last night - 3 for 21 (Garnett 0-7)
* Oh ya - goose eggs for Rasheed from three point land
* Pierce is 9-25 from three point land since winning the competition

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2. Most exciting sites in Boston sports history

* Bobby Orr winding up behind his net with the puck
* Mack Herron standing under a punt
* Randy Vataha long pass
* Doug Flutie behind the line of scrimmage
* Rick Middleton skating down the left side with the puck
* Terry Deurod lining up a three pointer
* Sam Bam diving into an end zone
* Dwight Evans throw to third
* A Fred Lynn catch (as well as Ellsbury)
* Larry Bird diving on the floor

3. Last year’s high school baseball phenom, Bryce Harper enrolled at Southern Nevada Jr. College as he awaits the draft. So far this year in 20 games: .408 AVG / 6 HR / 20 RBI / .500 OBP

4. NBA teams mailing it on the road. If I was the GM of these teams - everyone of these teams would be staying at a Holiday Inn - four to a room until they won two in the row on the road

* New Jersey……4-27 (better than their home record of 3-28)
* Golden State…..4-27
* Minnesota………..5-27
* Sacramento…….6-27
* Indiana…………..7-27
* Detroit…………….7-24
* Clippers…………..7-24
* Charlotte…………8-23
* Washington……..9-20
* New Orleans…..11-21

5. Top coaching salaries in the state per the Boston Herald:

* Derek Kellogg……….U Mass Basketball……..$487,004
* Don Cahoon…………U Mass Hockey…………$225,077
* Blaise MacDonald….U Lowell Hockey……….$192,002
* Kevin Morris…………U Mass Football………..$191,831
* Marnie Dacko……….U Mass hoop - women.$144,878
* Elaine Sortino………..U Mass Softball…………$136,707

6. Pitino indescretion: In the last game at Freedom Hall against #1 Syracuse, a Lousiville injury forced Pitino to turn to Kyle Kuric who Pitino was reported to say was a big mistake to recruit. In the spirit of Henry Steele, Kuric went off for 22 points in the second half including an alley oop dunk to end his night. After the game, ESPN announcer asked Pitino about his player and he said, “who….I’m sorry I can’t hear you.”

7. Old School - Bob Cousy had a coaching record at Boston College of 114-38

8. Amazing Stat - Yogi Berra knew Don Larsen so well that he was not shaken off once the entire perfect game and when opposing Larsen - Berra was 6-11 (.545) / 1 HR / 4 RBI

9. Just a Little Bit Outside - youtube - “SCORE!!! BOBBY ORR!!! — as called by Fred Cusick with Johnny Peirson” and “The Bobby Orr Rush — Catch Me If You Can!!” - some thoughts

* Reasons Gretzky isn’t even close - Orr blocked shots, played great defense, took the body, could fight, superior skater
* Three empty net goals are amazing
* Save on Brad Park shot incredible
* Watching Orr rag the puck in a penality kill was the greatest example of his superior talent
* Nothing like the Bruins song to start the TV 38 broadcast and Fred Cusick and Johnny Pierson

10. Randomocity

* Excellent hamburger at the Eastern Standard (say no to the roast beef sandwich though)
* No greater indicator that Russia has progressed is the fact that the hockey team wasn’t sent to work camps in Siberia with Ivan Denisovich
* Just a third and fourth round pick for Anquan Bolden seems cheap
* Best college sports website - babsonbaseball.com
* Best boxer in the last two decades, Pac Man Pacquiao fights this Saturday hopefully this leads to Floyd Mayweather sooner than later
* Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin = B
* How cool was the old bullpen cart with the big Red Sox hat on top?

1. WIth the Bruins doing nothing at the trade deadline (right decision), how about some trades that did help the home team at the deadline:

* Dave Poulin (1990)……….32 games / 25 points
* Bobby Schmautz (1974)..27 games / 20 points
* Sergei Gonchar (2004)…..15 games / 9 points
* Michael Nylander (2004)…15 games / 12 points
* Mike Boddicker (1988)……7-3 / 2.63 ERA
* Tom Brunansky (1990)…..129 games / 15 HR - 71 RBI
* Orlando Cabrera (2004)…..58 games / 6 HR - 31 RBI - .294
* Scott Wedman (1983)…….40 games / 5.2 points
* PJ Brown (2007)……………18 games / 2.2 points

On Sale Now - The President’s TeamClick here

2. Saturday night, HBO will premeir the showing of the Bird-Magic documentary - you won’t be disappointed

3. Peter Chiarelli’s most awful summer:

* Tim Thomas to a four year contract for $20mm (would he not accept two years with a third year vested at age 35)
* Milan Lucic signed a three year deal for $12.25mm - he has 5 goals (MINUS 9)
* Derek Morris for $3.5mm - admitted mistake by dealing him this week
* Mark Savard seven year deal $28mm - 32 points
* Mark Recchi signed a one year deal for $1mm - 12 goals
* Steve Begin signed a one year deal for $850m (3 goals)
* Trade for Daniel Paille (9 goals)

4. Some trivia from reader Kevin M. - the Celtics have had five players play for them that led the league in scoring but none as Celtics:

* Tiny Archibald
* Bob McAdoo
* Dominique Wilkins
* Dave Bing
* Pete Maravich

5. Loss totals in one year by known college coaches:

Jeff Ruland (Iona) in 2007…………………….28
Sidney Green (Florida Atlantic) in 2000…..28
Mike Jarvis (Florida Atlantic) in 2009………26
Butch Beard (Morgan State) in 2005………26
Bo Ellis (Chicago State) in 2002……………26
Charles Bradley (Loyola) in 2000…………..26
Jim O’Brien (Dayton) in 1993………………..26
Derek Wittenburg (Fordham) in 2009………25
Burch Beard (Morgan State) in 20002…….25

6. Celtics have acquired Michael Finley for some scoring punch. He was one of the nine players that averaged double figues in points for their career from the 1995 draft (two of which are already on the Celtics):

5. Kevin Garnett…………19.9
3. Jerry Stackhouse……18.2
21. Michael Finley………15.9
4. Rasheed Wallace……14.7
7. Damon Stoudamire….13.4
2. Antonio McDyess……12.7
6. Bryant Reeves………..12.5
1. Joe Smith………………11.2
13. Corliss Willimson……11.1

7. Amazing Stats: Good Health - The 1980-1981 Celtics played in 99 games during the year. Of the 99 games, how many did their top 8 players play in:

Larry Bird…………..99 games
Robert Parish……..99 games
Kevin McHale……..99 games
Chris Ford………….99 games
Rick Robey………..99 games
Cedric Maxwell……98 games
Gerald Henderson..98 games
Tiny Archibald……..97 games

8. Old School - Big Bad Bruins - In the eleven years from 1969 to 1979, the Bruins finished the season accordingly:

* Stanley Cup Champions - 2
* Stanley Cup Finalist - 3 (thats five trips to the Stanley Cup Finals in 11 years)
* Semi-Finalist - 3
* Quarter-Finalist - 2
* Preliminary Round - 1

9. Just a Little Bit Outside - Some New England College Programs that used to be powerhouses

* Holy Cross Basketball
* U Maine baseball
* Providence Basketball
* U Mass basketball
* Eastern Connecticut baseball
* New Haven baseball
* Providence hockey
* Yale baseball
* Harvard hockey
* Boston University Football
* Vermont Basketball

10. Randomocity -

* I can’t believe I’m ahead of the curve again on the Bruins - Lucic called out by Milbury last game and Don Cherry last night
* Saw Dan Shaugnessy write the other day that he, along with Steve Buckley, is for Tony C’s # to be retired - I do not agree
* I take Tim Tebow in the second round
* No Bruin is on pace to record 50 points this year
* Red Sox minority owner and old Fidelity Magellan guy Jeff Vinik has acquired the Tampa Bay Lighting for $110mm the sellers had acquired the team for $206mm in 2008
* For TV watchers - Survivor’s most compelling season / Lost this week B+

1. How hasn’t the NHL lobbied SI to put Ovechkin and Crosby on the cover of SI and start fueling the fire as the best rivals in sports? Other rivals or combatants on the cover over the last ten or so years:

6/16/08 - Pierce and Kobe “The Duel”
4/21/08 - Garnett and Kobe “Playoff Dreams”
4/23/07 - Nowitzki and Nash “Best of Enemies
11/07/05 - Peyton and Brady “The Duel”
4/4/05 - Jeter and Damon “The Showdown”
6/10/02 - “Kidd vs. Kobe”
11/25/98 - Jeff Gordon and Mark Martin “Winston Cup”

2. Regular season players whose play doesn’t carry over to the playoffs or big games:

* Dirk Nowitzki
* Ted Williams (8 games)
* Joe Thornton
* Tony Romo
* Brett Favre
* A Rod (up to last year)
* Andy Roddick
* Roger Clemens
* Wade Boggs

3. Speaking of SI Covers - how silly does Mark McGwire feel posing with Sammy Sosa in togas in the 12/21/98 Sportsmen of the Year cover? Or with his son under the title “One Cool Daddy” on 9/7/98?

4. American olympic teams in the United States Olympic Hall of Fame:

* 1996 Women’s Soccer
* 1992 Men’s Basketball
* 1984 Men’s Gymnastics
* 1980 Men’s Hockey
* 1964 Men’s Basketball
* 1960 Men’s Hockey
* 1960 Men’s Basketball
* 1956 Men’s Basketball

I’m surprised the 1976 Boxing team isn’t inducted

5. Below is the top 50 soccer players ranked on espn.com - Spain has six of the top 16 / Landon Donovan is the only American at #50

6. How about worst first round picks by the local teams back to 1970:

* Bruins - Zach Hamill, Shaone Morrison, Lars Jonsson, Martin Samuelsson, Jonathan Aitken, Evengi Ryabchikov, Shayne Stevenson, Dave Pasin, Clayton Pachal, Ron Jones, Don Larway
* Red Sox - Jason Place, Phil Dumatrait, Rick Asadorian, John Curtice, Josh Garrett, Corey Jenkins, Tom Fisher, Greg McMurty, Rob Parkins, Andrew Madden, Joel Bishop, Eddie Ford
* Celtics - Gerald Green, Kedrick Brown, Joe Forte, Michael Smith, Darren Tillis, Michael Young, Steve Downing
* Patriots - Andy Katzemoyer, Chris Canty, Eugene Chung, Trevor Matich, Phil Olsen

7. Amazing Stat - During U Conn women’s 69 game winning streak they have played 12 top ten teams and beat them by an average of 27 points (espn)

8. Old School - Most games at one position for the Red Sox? Dwight Evans

* Evans………2,026 - RF
* Williams…..1,984 - LF
* Yaz…………1,916 - LF
* Doerr……….1,852 - 2B
* Hooper…….1,545 - RF
* Boggs……..1,520 - 3B
* Rice………..1,503 - LF
* Varitek…….1,381 - C
* Malzone…..1,335 - 3B

9. Just a Little Bit Outside - James Cameron top movies:

* Avatar………….$707mm
* Titanic…………$601mm
* Terminator II….$519mm
* Terminator III…$433mm
* True Lies………$379mm (worldwide)
* Rambo II………$300mm

* Aliens $131mm, The Abyss $90mm, Terminator $78mm

10. Randomocity

* I say the Bruins do nothing at the trade deadline and just accept their two top picks: #11 & #2
* Did you see where 50 year old Darrell Green ran a 4.43 40 the other day
* Just throwing this out - look at T.O.’s behavior on the Bills last year - imagine Moss, Owens, Welker (miracle), Edelman, Patten
* Erin Andrews says that she was traumatized by being exposed and now she enters Dancing With Stars to further over-expose herself

NO. PLAYER
1 Lionel Messi, Argentina
2 Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal
3 Wayne Rooney, England
4 Kaka, Brazil
5 Xavi, Spain
6 Didier Drogba, Ivory Coast
7 Andres Iniesta, Spain
8 Fernando Torres, Spain
9 Steven Gerrard, England
10 Michael Essien, Ghana
11 David Villa, Spain
12 Franck Ribery, France
13 Samuel Eto’o, Cameroon
14 Luis Fabiano, Brazil
15 Iker Casillas, Spain
16 Cesc Fabregas, Spain
17 Gianluigi Buffon, Italy
18 Dani Alves, Brazil
19 Nemanja Vidic, Serbia
20 Wesley Sneijder, Netherlands
21 Maicon, Brazil
22 Frank Lampard, England
23 Andrea Pirlo, Italy
24 Carlos Tevez, Argentina
25 Robin van Persie, Netherlands
26 Gonzalo Higuain, Argentina
27 Diego Forlan, Uruguay
28 Thierry Henry, France
29 Sergio Aguero, Argentina
30 Michael Ballack, Germany
31 Julio Cesar, Brazil
32 Arjen Robben, Netherlands
33 Gerard Pique, Spain
34 Miroslav Klose, Germany
35 Lucio, Brazil
36 Javier Mascherano, Argentina
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37 John Terry, England
38 David Silva, Spain
39 Carles Puyol, Spain
40 Nicolas Anelka, France
41 Ashley Cole, England
42 Patrice Evra, France
43 Marek Hamsik, Slovakia
44 Karim Benzema, France
45 Yoann Gourcuff, France
46 Daniele De Rossi, Italy
47 Philipp Lahm, Germany
48 Yaya Toure, Ivory Coast
49 Giorgio Chiellini, Italy
50 Landon Donovan, United States