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Sunshine Patriot: Chad Ochocinco Sure Looks Happy Just Five Days After Losing The Super Bowl
The fun police have been alerted, and Rodney Harrison is en route. Perhaps Ochocinco should be spending a little more time thinking about what more he could have done to help his team on Super Bowl Sunday, and a little less time smiling. [Twitter]...

<em>Boston Herald</em>: Kevin Youkilis Is Getting Married To Tom Brady's Sister
Holy alleged eugenics, Boston! A sister of Boston's resident best athlete (sorry, JaJuan Johnson) is getting married to its resident Greek god (sorry, Niko Koutouvides), if this story is true, anyway....

Professional Athlete Used Recreational Drug
Via the Boston Globe: "Dennis 'Oil Can' Boyd's new tell-all book, 'They Call Me Oil Can: My Life in Baseball,' which hits bookstores in June, should be a blockbuster if the stories are similar to what the former Red Sox pitcher told WBZ's Jon Miller yesterday at JetBlue Park. Boyd, who spent eight o...

Tim Thomas Announces On Facebook That He "Stands With The Catholics In The Fight For Religious Freedom"
OK, so last time Bruins goalie Tim Thomas spoke up on Facebook he received plenty of scorn. (He justified skipping a White House visit by describing, on Facebook, his vague but spirited objection to things the federal government had done.) Will Tim Thomas back down? No, Tim Thomas will never back do...

This Celtics Fan Must Not Know That Boston Has A History With Kings
Your morning roundup for Feb 4, the day we learned we were elite, too. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors.....

Tim Thomas Has Not Voted Since 2004
After last week's Tim Thomas brouhaha, in which the Bruins' goalie skipped his team's White House visit and explained the thing via nuttily capitalized Facebook message, which made the Bruins mad at him, we figured we would examine just how much Tim Thomas exercised his own rights as a free citizen....

The Celtics Won A "Bar Fight," Kevin Garnett Shouts Repeatedly In Crazy Postgame Interview
Your morning roundup for Jan. 27, the day V For Vendetta got all political. Video via The Basketball Jones. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

It Sounds Like The Bruins Are Ready To Say Goodbye To Tim Thomas, Free Citizen
When Tim Thomas declined to accompany the Bruins to the White House, he was quick to assure everyone that "this was not about politics." Well, guess what Tim, now it's about something even more important: hockey. ...

Jason Richardson Entered A Game In The Middle Of A Play Last Night And Got Away With It
The Magic scored just 56 points and made only 16 field goals in their blowout loss to the Celtics, who were without Rajon Rondo and Ray Allen. But that might not have been the worst of it for Orlando: At one point here in the third quarter, they had just four players on the court during a defensiv...

Read Tim Thomas's Odd Explanation For Skipping The Bruins' Day At The White House, And Then Back Slowly Away
Here's the 2011 Conn Smythe and Vezina winner, pamphleteering online:...

Jack Edwards Is Live-Tweeting His Visit To The White House
Bruins announcer @RealJackEdwards, a real American who hates the Canadian monarchy or something, is visiting the White House and letting his Twitter followers in on his deranged thoughts ("Anyone wanna tangle with the US Navy?"). It's a treat....

Why, Yes, A Boston Bruins Fan Tackled The Tampa Bay Mascot After It Doused Him With Silly String
Thundahbug was wahned to knawck it da fack awf. [CBS Boston]...

The Homer In Winter: In Defense Of Tommy Heinsohn
Republished with permission from The Classical. Illustration by Jacob Weinstein....

Jermaine O'Neal's Right Fist Was His Best Defense Against Vince Carter
Your morning roundup for Jan. 12, the day we learned another way to get rid of tumors. Photo via The Last Calrissian. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

Nomar Garciaparra Tried To Convince Astronauts The Moon Landing Was Fake, And Other Stories From Six Years In Red Sox PR
Go read Doug Bailey's piece in Boston magazine, because any time a media strategist for one of the most media-dysfunctional franchises in sports starts telling tales out of school, it's well worth your time. Especially when Bailey's former employer is reportedly furious about it. ...

Prince Fielder And Tim Lincecum Want Long-Term Deals, Andrew Bailey Is Thinking Music, And More From Around The Hot Stove
Your roundup of all the hottest hot-stove items of the day (and whatever shit Ken Rosenthal is throwing against the wall). This is ... HOT FUCKING STOVE!...

The Boston Red Sox Who Stole Christmas
Aww, that's cute! Cute and a violation of copyright, per Character Arts, the company that represents licensing concerns for the Rudolph character (officially owned by the cleverly-named Rudolph, LLC). You can get the full story over at Boston Sports Then And Now, but the gist is that the Red Sox pro...

Parents: Mike Milbury Shook, Screamed At 12-Year-Old Player
Last Friday evening, two Boston-area youth hockey teams got together for their own Winter Classic, to be held outside at the Anderson Rink in Brookline. It was going to be a good time: an exhibition game between the Boch Blazers and the Boston Junior Blackhawks, followed by a family skate and a pizz...

Read Bill Simmons Before He Was The Sports Guy, From The <em>Boston Phoenix</em> Vault
The internet's not written in pencil, it's written in ink, or something. If you've spent your entire writing life online, it's likely that some Googlebot has crawled your pages, archiving every word you've ever written. But older writers who were young hacks shouldn't have to worry: their words were...

Kevin Garnett Made One Hell Of A Cooking Metaphor Today
This year's NBA training camp is shorter than usual, and this upsets a lot of players who'd like more time to gel with their teammates. It has especially upset Boston's Kevin Garnett, who blessed us with this train wreck of a cooking metaphor during the Celtics' practice today:...