Being a sports fan in Boston these days is heady stuff. As CNN/SI’s Peter King notes: “Since October18, the Hub’s baseball, basketball and football teams ( Sox, Celts, Pats ) are 15 – 0.” This has since been extended to 17 – 0.
The Red Sox just garnered their second championship in the past four years, and now the Patriots and the Celtics are white hot. The Pats are so good that Buffalo head coach, Dick Jauron, marvels: "It's hard to find a flaw." New England is favored to win the Super Bowl, and may well go undefeated.
Mike Kahn, of Fox Sports, says that Kevin Garnett and the Celtics are making everything look easy during their hot start. He talks about how Boston is outscoring opponents by seventeen points a game, exceeding expectations. It is the Celtics best start in thirty-five years. Back in the 80's, the "Big Three" consisted of Bird, McHale, and Parrish. Now Boston has a different "Big Three:" Garnett, Ray Allen, and Paul Pierce, who are scoring sixty-five points per game collectively. Kahn says that Celtics Coach, Doc Rivers, has done a great job in dealing with the three stars, but it'll take more than seven games to decide whether or not this team is for real.
Odds are, either the Celtics or Patriots will eventually lose a game, but for the time being, it’s sports nirvana in Beantown.
I was reading Mike Kahn's article on Fox Sports, and I thought back to Peter King's comment, and it made me think this would be an interesting blog topic.
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This blog makes me think of the days when the Sporting News put together rankings for best sports cities around. I don't know if they do it anymore, but what i do know is that Boston is on fire right now. I also remember when Montreal finished dead last.
You should make the Josh Pick rankings of tops sports towns.
There's no mention of your beloved Boston College Eagles. Also where are the Boston Bruins?
Last thing, Boston had a great golf event last September. And there is the Boston Marathon. What a great sports town. Truly a town of champions.
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