06/22/2023 Cleaning Out the Sports Junk Drawer

We’ll always have your breakfast cereal to remember you by, Marcus.

Can a Celtics trade for Porzingis be on, then fall apart seven hours later, and then be on again?

I don’t ever remember less buzz over a Red Sox sweep of the Yankees than that.

Did Jack Jones think guns are like starting quarterbacks and if you have two of them you have none?

Nothing has been the same after the USGA turtled post Shinnecock.

Say, isn’t ‘shinnecock’ a Turtleboy insult?

Bruins sign goalie Brandon Bussi to a one-year, two-way contract extension through the 2023-24 season with an NHL cap hit of $775,000. Bussin’.

Cakes are cooking for Kris Kristofferson, Elizabeth Warren, Meryl Streep, Cyndi Lauper, Bruce Campbell, Clyde Drexler, David Frisch, Kurt Warner, Champ Bailey, Joey Cheek, Ian Kinsler, and Dustin Johnson.

I mean, there’s at least a chance the minisub found refuge in one of the Titanic’s watertight compartments, right?

Not too often somebody with one name sings the anthem at a baseball game. But a good job by Boston’s own Jyshoun.

UFC expertly blends violence with homoeroticism so it naturally plays well in America right now.

I thought Rick Reilly died with Kobe.

Seeing these Miley Cyrus Super Bowl rumors and … why not The Killers? I know they don’t do local but that seems to make sense on all levels.

Update: Kingston Line Train 043 (8:25 am from South Station) is operating 15-25 minutes behind schedule between Quincy Center and Kingston due to the late arrival of equipment.

Fun baseball weather is that it’s raining but you also need sunglasses.

The secret is the Merritt Parkway instead of 95.

Linda Holliday and Ja Morant: both sidelined because of their guns.

Hey gang of cupcake tulips, this week’s Phrase that Pays is, “No cookies for JoJo?”

If you see the letters “SF” and you think “Sacrifice Fly” before you get to “San Francisco”, you have definitely been spending too much time studying baseball statistics.

Drove past a realtor sign that said ‘Sale Pending.’ Isn’t he always?

Jets S Chuck Clark suffered a torn ACL and is out for the season, sources said following the MRI. Clark, who NYJ traded for, also received a second opinion. This explains the signing of veteran DB Adrian Amos, who fills the void.

‘Kristaps Porzingis’ sounds like an exclamation Latka or Balki might utter.

They should make the boarding order for airplanes window seats, then middle, then aisle seats.

Grilled blueberry muffins!

Mattapan Trolley: Delays of up to 15 minutes due to a trolley with a mechanical problem near Cedar Grove.

I think I like the Red Sox city connect uniforms now?

Safe to say the Golden Knights are the most successful expansion team story ever.

What percentage of handicap index do you guys use in modified alternate shot match play? Let us know in the comments.

Bob Huggins needed to get home.

That video of Jack Jones’ lawyer is gonna live in my head utterly rent free for a while.

Marcus was just traded to Memphis, he wasn’t aboard the OceanGate Titan. Ease off the emotion throttle.

Jai Alai is overdue for a comeback.

I done broke the #1 cardinal rule of Italian cooking tonight: used a different brand of breadcrumbs than usual for cutlets. never again. shame me if you must.

I knew you before the west was won.
And I heard you say the past
was much more fun.
You go your way, I go mine,
But I’ll see you next time

It’s all been done,
It’s all been done,
It’s all been done before.

There ought to be laws preventing the English language from being tortured in such a way to arrive at that LEBRON player impact stat acronym.

Honk if you remember the Glomar Explorer.

The BlueChew twitter ads make me long for the subtle innuendo of the Frank Thoman Nugenix commercials.

Table Boston has the best Rosemary Scapicchio in town.

Any holiday that creates further awareness of Confederate perfidy can’t be half-bad.

A: Gene Krupa.

LSU should change their name to the Fightin’ Olivia Dunns.  They drag that girl everywhere.

Do the other members of the Oklahoma Sooners coaching staff consider Jeff Lebby to be ‘Big Jeff from work?’

Best bet for the weekend: WembanyamaMania!

Really, we will miss you Marcus Smart. Best of luck elsewhere.

Material from interviews, wire services, Twitter, Meta, other writers, league and team sources, Bill James, Old Friend Rabbit, BSMW poster Lebron and the members of #the15 were used in this column. Birchmount Stadium Home of the Robbie.

And happy birthday to actress Mary Lynn Rasjkub.

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