Upton Bell came very close to General Managing the New England Patriots to ten wins over two years, Mike.
Upton is Bert Bell’s son. Bert Bell was once the Commisioner of the NFL. Bert Bell was Upton’s father.
Upton Bell claims credit for more discoveries, innovations, and interactions with famous people than even Eddie Andelman!
Upton was General Manager of the New England Patriots. In 1971 he forgot to send option letters to the Patriots players, effectively making the entire team free agents.
The Patriots record during Upton’s tenure as GM was 9-19.
Upton Bell can do anything he puts his mind to, Kevin.
Everyone who could refute any of Upton’s Commander McBragg/Baron Munchausen/Forrest Gump stories is conveniently dead.
Upton is so old he understands all the outdated pop culture references in the previous sentence.
Upton Bell believes nepotism has no place in the modern NFL, Mike.
On Twitter, Upton likes to reply, and replies to likes!
Upton Bell was There At the Beginning. Of the AFL, not the United States.
Note: Patrick Scartelli and The Sports Junk Drawer will appear Thursday, owing to the Labor Day holiday. In his place is an excerpt from good friend of The15net dot com, sportswriter Mr. Stanislas Tecumseh Darden, Jr., with an excerpt from his forthcoming book, ‘406 Little-Known Beantown (& Foxborough) Sports Facts!’
books.
At one time, Yawkey Way was known as Jersey Street!
First baseman Bill Buckner’s costly error was in Game 6, not Game 7 of the 1986 World Series!
Celtics Hall-of-Famer Bill Russell was, in effect, traded for the Ice Capades!
And speaking of ice, the Bruins for many years played their home games at the Boston Garden, which has a smaller ice surface than the now standard 200′ x 85′!
Red Sox pitcher Bill “Spaceman” Lee was never an astronaut. The nickname derived from his ‘spacey’ personality!
The New England Patriots actually held a 3-0 in Super Bowl XX!
‘The Splendid Splinter” Ted Williams hit a home run in his final at-bat at Fenway Park!
Despite public perception to the contrary, Atlanta Hawks center Tree Rollins bit Celtics guard Danny Ainge, not the other way around!
The Boston Bruins won a deciding Game 7 versus the Vancouver Canucks in the 2011 Stanley Cup Championship!
Tom Brady was drafted by the Expos in 1995 as a catcher!
The initial of Tom & Jean Yawkey are written in Morse code on the Fenway Park manual scoreboard!
Mr. Robert ‘Bob’ Kraft owned Foxboro Stadium before he bought the New England Patriots!
NBA great Shaquille O’Neal played his final season with the Celtics!
Prior to the 1994 MLB realignment and addition of a so-called ‘wild card’ team, the Yankees and Red Sox were unable to face one another in the playoffs!
Patriots star Troy Brown has received a TD pass and recorded an interception from Drew Bledsoe!
A ‘Bruin’ is an archaic term for a brown bear!
At one time, Jersey Street was known as Yawkey Way!
Celtics GM Arnold ‘Red’ Auerbach drafted Indiana State player Larry Bird an year early!
The Boston Braves baseball team, not the Red Sox, originally helped launch the Jimmy Fund charity!
Gillette Stadium was originally going to be named CMGi Field!
The Boston Garden had no air conditioning!
The left field wall at Fenway Park is know colloquially as “The Green Monster!” It is 37.2 feet high!
The ‘Spoked B’ Boston Bruins logo contains eight spokes!
Boston was the home for one season to a USFL team, called the Boston Breakers!
Former Patriots linebacker Mike Vrabel scored 8 touchdowns with New England, on 8 receptions!
Red Sox great Dennis Eckersley has won a Word Series, a Cy Young Award, and been named the AL Most Valuable Player; as a member of the Oakland Athletics!
In the 1980 NBA Draft, the Celtics traded their #1 overall pick in a swap that netted them center Robert Parrish, and a pick used to select forward Kevin McHale!
Hockey great Robert Gordon ‘Bobby’ Orr signed his first contract with a Bruins farm squad at the age of fourteen!
The now-New England Patriots actually debuted as an American Football League team in 1960, called the Boston Patriots!
Danny Ainge is a Mormon!
Red Sox great Ted Williams was the last major leaguer to hit over .400 for the season, when he hit at a .406 average back in 1941!
College and NFL footballs, or ‘pigskins’, are actually made from cowhide!
Drew Bledsoe, the Patriots #1 overall pick in the 1993 Draft, was replaced as starting quarterback due to suffering an injury on September 23, 2001 by Tom Brady!
Baseball great George Herman ‘Babe’ Ruth played for both Boston baseball teams, the Red Sox at the start of his career, and the Braves at the end of it!
Salutations! We are the Summer Interns of the15net dot com! Some of us are new, some are holdovers from the 2021-22 academic year. Mr. Scartelli and a goodly number of the 15 insisted we “stop being testaments to uselessness” so we will be running occasional polls this summer. So without further ado:
Should the song, ‘Muffin Man’ by Frank Zappa be included on the 2022 Memorial Day Mixtape Playlist?
Howdy! We are the Summer Interns of the15net dot com! Some of us are new, some are holdovers from the 2021-22 academic year. Mr. Scartelli and a plurality of the 15 insisted we “stop being testaments to uselessness” so we will be running occasional polls this summer. So without further ado:
Breer. Yates. Rap. Water carriers. But who is the most useless?
FOR RELEASE ON APRIL 8, 2022 EMBARGO UNTIL 3 PM EDT
April 8, 2022
Vernon Dozier to join the15net.com as local beat sports reporter.
The15 are pleased to announce the hiring of Mr. Vernon Dozier in the capacity of beat reporter for the local sports teams. Mr. Dozier has previously worked for Deadspin, TMZ Sports, and Goy at the Game, as well as physical media at The Boston Phoenix and The Cape Ann Times-Gleaner. A resident of Rockport (MA), Mr. Dozier can be found on Twitter at @VernonDozier_15. Welcome to Titletown, Vernon!
April 8, 2022
Winner of the 2022 NITwit Invitational T*ournament Disqualified.
After a short but thorough investigation, it has been discovered that the winner of the 2022 NITwit Invitational T*ournament, a Mr. Steven R. Lowell of Reading, MA, was ineligible to compete owing to violations of the T*ournament’s morals clause and PED policy. Resultantly, the runner up, a Mr. Brian Spulpit-Phillips, of no fixed address has been installed as the 2022 Champion.
You hate to see it.
The 15 are a news gathering association of concerned citizens designed to combat hottakes, specifically as it pertains to Boston sports.
We would be remiss if we overlooked the results of the NITwit T*ournament, happening concurrently with March Sadness. Well done everyone. Congratulation to the champion, Mr. Steve R. Lowell of Reading, MA.
Don’t expect to see much of this picture over the next 72 hours. At all.
You tried, Large Gym and Little Ben.
The March Sadness Final Matchup is set. Almost A Coach Greg A. Bedard of (for now) the Boston Sports Journal versus Chris Gasper of the Boston Globe. Due to overwhelming interest, there will now be a consolation match between the runners-up. Noontime EDT today until noontime EDT tomorrow Sunday April 3rd. Championship Monday after that. Thank you for your interest in ridiculing mediots. cheers.
Murray – Bedard & Gasper – Volin will duke it out as the Four You Deplore Friday, April 1st, Championship TBD on Monday April 4th. Thank you to all the voters, readers, and assorted hangers-on.
We’re making a mockery of Lou’s trip to the Big Dance!Monsterthrottled. You’re out, Tom. A triumph of faux erudition over decades of laziness. Yay?Have bigger screencap graphics! We can’t!
And now, the remaining eight contestants from the bottom half of each Regional bracket. The final pieces of the C-V-N-T puzzle. Polls open until 4 PM EST Wednesday March 23. Vote wisely.
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