5/22/24 Cleaning Out the Sports Junk Drawer

Nothing like ECF nerves. Unless you’ve lived it you’ll never understand.
When you can go from the #1 rated morning show in town to a classic rock station with Ted Johnson, how could you not?
Ben McAdoo looks like he shouldn’t be allowed within 500 feet of a school.
Sunrise, Florida vs. Edmonton, Alberta sounds like a potential ratings bonanza for ABC.
Of course Jaylen Brown hit the big shot right in front of Drake Maye and Guy Fieri.
At least Javon Baker got Ju Ju out his wheelchair.
Dunkin Donuts iced coffee is the true measure of Karma. No cup tastes the same as the last and the more good energy you put into the world, the better cup you’ll get in return.
Cakes are cooking for Tommy John, George Best, Bernie Taupin, Steven Morrissey, José Mesa, Alison Eastwood, Naomi Campbell, Corey Croom, Katie Price, Maggie Q, and Apolo Anton Ohno.
What time is the 8pm tipoff?
I am so perplexed by some of you who think I want, or need, anything from my work. I do need to avoid starving (on the whole), and it’s ideal when I am in the zone, but, at the end of the day, I just deploy my skillset as I am called to serve. Anything else is a fringe benefit.
Sweeney said that no Bruins are scheduled for offseason surgery.
Orange Line Reminder: May 20-23, Nights only from 8:30 PM to the end of service. Shuttle Buses replace service between Oak Grove and North Station due to bridge and track work. Commuter Rail Haverhill Line will be available for alternate service.
There’s nothing like the intensity of a Game Seven.
Charlotte Wilder went from Fox Sports to Dan LeBatard to Plain Black Hat in two years. Kevin Spacey had a gentler fall from grace.
Red Sox are right in the meaty part of the win/loss curve.
It’s a damn shame no one hacks anymore. Nothing like getting in a circle and kicking the bag around. And Cons were the best hacking shoe. Perfect in-step, and flexible ankle.
Hey gang of spectral phenomenists, this week’s Phrase that Pays is, “I am too old to be fighting ghosts.”
You don’t HAVE to weirdly overpraise the Knicks NBA blue checks. It’s not a rule or anything.
I had Cannoli ice cream for the first time on this day five years ago. I did at an ice cream shop near the Baseball Hall Of Fame in Cooperstown. Since then, I have seen Cannoli ice cream at a few other ice cream shops.
TJ McConnell is such a smart player. Crafty. Underrated athlete.
Have to admit those Texans lettermen setups were some sharp looking jackets, even if it was a terrible idea.
This Bridgerton season is NOT healthy for us delusional yearners.
I impinged one of my ECF nerves once.
Tweet asking whether there is any recent player whose career has fallen apart like Andrew Benintendi’s. It’s as common as dirt. Go back to 2019 and look for young players who were playing well then, and you’ll find 20 of them. . .Javy Baez, Roughned Odor, Nomar Mazara.
I’m sorry you don’t think I went to Celtics games in the 80s, Filter Pig.
Chris, FOR YEARS I’ve beat some of the best prognosticators in the World. I have never lost. YOU are the only one who beats me every year. Your early pick on American Idol Won last night with Abby Carter Hats off to you Friend
If you feel that it’s real, I’m on trial
And I’m here, yeah, in your prison
Like a coin in your mint
I am dented and I’m spent with high treason
Through a glass eye, your throne
Is the one danger zone
Take me to the pilot for control
Take me to the pilot of your soul
Take me to the pilot
Lead me through the chamber
Take me to the pilot
I am but a stranger
I will say – casting Lazar as the pompous know it all dick was spot on.
Hear me out…IF the Finals is Celtics vs. T-Wolves both teams should be forced to play KG for at least 3 minutes. Celtics get him for 4 games (first seed privilege), T-Wolves get him for 3. Cs get him games 1 & 2 then rotate game by game. This is the way.
Honk if you remember Nicholas Colasanto.
I don’t think Aidan had gotten around to investing his grift money into making his site less AIDSy.
20 years from now, when your kid asks you just how injury-depleted the Knicks were in their second-round matchup vs. the Pacers in 2024, tell them that Alec Burks was New York’s third-leading scorer in the series (and NY’s second-leading scorer over the final four games).
Rylo Huncho died doing what he loved.
Gun to my head, I would have said there were eight PWHL teams.
I’m not calling a grown man, “Bronny.”
If Jayson Tatum shot 6-for-24 in a Game 7 people would be destroying him, win or lose. Anthony Edwards does it and he’s the new face of the NBA? If I wasn’t such a big Ant fan I’d find this very annoying as a Celtics fan.
Who is the American League version of Ed Kranepool? Let us know in the comments.
Ted Johnson’s Rosemary Kennedy impersonation, while strikingly accurate, was in poor taste this morning in my opinion.
Best bet for the holiday weekend: media personalities being forced to reassess their unfairly negative opinion of the Celtics.

Material from interviews, wire services, Twitter, Meta, other writers, league and team sources, Bill James, NO Mark Farinella, and the members of #the15 were used in this column. Hos soon is now?
