From the home office in Nashua New Hampshire, the Top 10 Cat New Year’s resolutions for 2026…
10. Stop knocking things off the table… before making eye contact. 9. Learn what “no” means — and continue to ignore it. 8. Sit on warm laptops instead of freshly folded laundry. (Maybe) 7. Eat food more slowly so humans stop accusing me of “inhaling.” 6. Meow at 3 a.m. with a clearer sense of purpose. 5. Fit into boxes without questioning physics. 4. Respect personal space — primarily my own. 3. Pretend to be grateful when receiving gifts I absolutely hate. 2. Reduce judgmental staring to under 14 hours a day. 1. Finally reveal why I do anything… just kidding!
Saturday Dinner Time Panthers at Buccaneers (-2.5) Black cats sink Bucs
Never too early to mark those calendars
Saturday Prowl Time Seahawks (-1.5) at 49ers Purrrrrdy swallows fake Sea Birds
Sunday Lunch Time Saints at Falcons (-3) Falcons excommunicate Saints
St.Gertrude of Nivelles, patron saint of cats
Browns at Bengals (-7.5) Stripey Cats eat elves
Colts at Texans (-10.5) Houston’s practice squad has no problem with Indy’s practice squad
Titans at Jaguars (-12.5) Jags top Tits
Did someone say “Jags tit top”?
Packers at Vikings (-6.5) Vikings win by default
Cowboys (-3.5) at Giants Dart defeats Dallas
Darts is (are?) the sport of the future
Jets at Bills (-7) Bills ground Jets
Visual flight rules are in affect
Lions at Bears (-3) Bears send Jungle Kings into hibernation
Chargers at Broncos (-12.5) Is this the long awaited Trey Lance breakout game? Sorry Patriot fans, it is not.
Cardinals at Rams (-7.5) Rams rough up Red Birds
Chiefs (-5.5) at Raiders Raiders are dozing for Mendoza
It’s not tanking, it’s napping
Dolphins at Patriots (-10.5) Patriots drop Coach Drip
Commanders at Eagles (-7) American Birds crush Commies
The good old days when Russia were the bad guys
Sunday Prowl Time Ravens (-3.5) at Steelers Team X lives! Black birds get to prove that they aren’t afraid to lose on Wild Card Weekend.
Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.
Thank you to our partner, Karma Asian Fusion, for providing a delicious holiday sushi lunch to the local collaborative today!
You’d think the 40 pounds of cold weather gear Lamar was wearing might also have protected him from injury.
No offense, but I have no interest in hearing about which items are not on people’s bingo cards. Also, I had no idea so many people played bingo.
It’s almost like Joe Mazulla is a good coach and Brad Stevens is good at finding overachieving role players.
Ann Michael Maye should do follow up TikToks where she cleans up the Bakemas mess she made in her kitchen.
Take a few days off, Bruins. It’s needed.
It doesn’t matter what NFL teams are playing… whenever a starting quarterback goes out with an injury, I just assume Gardner Minshew is coming in to replace him.
Is signing Wilson Contreras smile-worthy?
The athletes do a great job of not hitting fans, usually.
Cakes are cooking for Bob Lobel, Ian Burden, Michael Flynn, Lee Daniels, Carol Vorderman, Jay Wright, Gavin O’Connor, Jay Bilas, Mary Ramsey, Mark Valley, Deidrich Bader, Ricky Martin, Stephenie Meyer, Ryan Seacrest, and Riyo Mori.
My favorite Christmas movie is the one where they use Darlene Love during a montage.
George Pickens will make a ton of NIL money in the Transfer Portal (free agency).
Lifting to slow jams is underrated.
If Mike Tirico was calling the Miracle on Ice, he’d yell out that they still have to beat Finland.
Honestly, at this point everyone should just block Variety. They clearly WANT to spoil the moviegoing experience in advance. They like the engagement. Just mute/block them altogether.
Aita and Fajardo sound like Boston restaurants that closed this year.
Coach Vrabes always looks like he’s trying to remember if he unplugged the iron before he left the house.
Sex crimes aside, the island looks pretty cool.
It’s a tragedy that Jimmy the Greek never got to lay eyes on Derrick Henry.
Hey gang enjoying their time off, this week’s Phrase that Pays is, “That beard must smell like a ferret.”
I love Nike Dri-Fit shirts.
Orange Line: Delays of about 10 minutes due to a signal problem at Jackson. Personnel are on-scene to resolve the problem. Trains may stand by at stations.
Pit Beef isn’t a rapper who just died?
I hadn’t watched GREMLINS in ages. Caught it the other night and realized that’s where QT boosted the ending for INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS. (I’m sure it’s been pointed out elsewhere several times.)
I don’t even know why Oprah is in this graphic.
Circling back to my use of CC watching ‘The Wire’, I was unfamiliar with the S1 lingo. It was largely local drug parlance. So I went to subtitles and it informed me in a way that was much better to understand the show. And it’s also done the same for so many others.
I always look forward to the Celtics account’s Injury Report tweets to see if Tatum is still on it.
Tony Dungy looks like Red Skull in a BET version of Captain America.
I just spent an obscene amount of time explaining to my daughters that the Chiefs’ Kansas City is in Missouri, not Kansas. And now I’ve gotta put the toothpaste back into that tube?!?
Yes, I call individual black men, ‘the brother.’ I’m Richard Roundtree.
Brooklyn Raines – MLS player or OnlyFans porn star?
I could have been someone Well so could anyone You took my dreams from me When I first found you I kept them with me babe I put them with my own Can’t make it all alone I’ve built my dreams around you,
The boys of the NYPD choir Still singing Galway Bay And the bells are ringing out For Christmas day.
Not a bad time to catch up on podcasts and Taylor Sheridan TV shows.
2026 can’t get here fast enough…2025 absolutely sucks…of all the shitty stuff this year, the icing on the cake is apparently Dollar Tree no longer carries the Animal Crackers I am addicted to.
I’ve never seen an Asian broad with nice teeth.
Our Boston sports family will learn the hard way. Every single one of them.
Yhoiker Fajardo is both a great and terrible name.
Honk if you remember the Bruins going over the dasher and into the stands at Madison Square Garden.
Darryl Johnston does not shut the fuck up.
A wild Home Alone fact. The Christmas film came out in 1991 and was such a hit in Europe that “Kevin” became the most popular baby name in France, Germany and Netherlands for a few years.
That Corona “O Christmas Tree” whistling ad gets my dog’s attention every time.
Happy Festivus to all the losers and haters.
Best bet for the weekend: Wasabi. Fenway. Bowl.
Why can’t we get associated with holidays like that?
Material from interviews, wire services, Twitter, Meta, other writers, league and team sources, Joe Giza, and the members of #the15 were used in this column.Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal.
And a Merry Christmas from actress/singer Taylor Momsen, seen here wearing her old Cindy Lou Who costume from ‘How The Grinch Stole Christmas‘.
Two goals in one game. Pretty good. Is a hattie for Geekie in the future?
They used to have cool pregame montages before big games on TV.
Biff Poggi is a tremendous Star Wars name.
Imagine how sore Phil Rivers is this morning. Damn. And there’ll be somebody reminding him, “it’s always worse the second day!”
Bummed the NBA cup is over, I really enjoyed not having games to watch.
I know America is back because I’m watching a white linebacker named “Jack.”
If Buddy Cianci was still Mayor, this guy would have been caught within a couple hours. Figure it out.
Holy cow. What a tragedy. Pray for Mahomes.
Do you think Donnie Wahlberg has a red phone that TV producers call when they need a Boston-themed gameday promo?
Ann Michael Maye make your husband as many peppermint chocolate cookies as he WANTS.
Cakes are cooking for Chris Matthews, Ernie Hudson, Eugene Levy, Wes Studi, James Alexander, Paul Rodgers, Ken Hitchcock, Barry Livingston, Bill Pullman, Peter Farrelly, Mike Mills, Tammie Green, Michele Tafoya, Craig Berube, Vincent Damphousse, Curtis Pride, Chuck Liddell, DJ Homicide, Claire Forlani, Tony Richardson, Laurie Holden, Rian Johnson, Giovonni Ribisi, Duff Goldman, Sarah Paulson, Milla Jovovich, Takeo Spikes, Arnaud Clement, Alex Cintrón, Chase Utley, Manny Pacquiao, Neil Sanderson, Jaimee Foxworth, Ryan Hunter-Reay, David Longstreth, and Nat Wolff.
Yeah, bro. Just add 3 MPH to your fastball.
Hey gang, this week’s Phrase that Pays is, “Let’s not disparage big floppy tits.”
Coach Drip should take the ‘72 Lombardi out and drag it out around the parking lot from a rope tied to his car.
Nick Wright looks like he’d challenge Indiana Jones to a scimitar duel.
Blue Line: Delays of about 10 minutes while a maintenance train inspects the overhead wires between Airport and Wonderland. Trains may stand by at stations.
An ACL tear is a sprained knee as a stroke is a headache.
This part of the calendar is hysterical. Half the days I’m using up my PTO and the other ones, my calendar is so empty that I’m sitting around diagramming new drills to run in my practices.
Carlton Davis III has returned to the game (fourth quarter, 9:55).
Congratulations to the New York Knicks for winning the NBA Emirates Cup. As far as made-up awards from an ethically dubious outfit, it’s no FIFA Peace Prize.
Had no idea there was a Utah NHL team. Been living under a rock I guess.
Honk if you remember where they serve meat in Melrose.
Just heard a radio commercial for a water filtration system. The woman doing the V/O says “it’s echo friendly” as in An echo that goes hello, hello…..isnt it pronounced eeeeeco(eco)? these are the things that keep me up these days……ugh.
Mentho-Lyptus!
Carlton Davis reminds me so much of Browner. Hope he doesn’t try to kill his girlfriend in a few years.
Decide yourself if radio’s gonna stay Reason it could polish up the gray Put that, put that, put that up your wall That this isn’t country at all Radio station decide yourself
Keep me out of country and the word Wheel of fortune’s leading us absurd Push that, push that, push that to the floor That this isn’t nothing at all Straight off the boat, where to go
Calling out in transit Calling out in transit Radio Free Europe (Radio)
Weather app tells me it feels like Drake Maye’s uniform number outside right now. I wish it felt like his completion percentage.
Families allow you to spend time with people you would otherwise never associate with.
How does Adam Jones not get punched every day?
Perhaps a boost the Bearcats need as Jizzle James returns to the basketball roster.
I swear Cena is having his 5th “last match” in a 3-month span.
Ann Michael Maye likes baking, and terrariums, and firetrucks, and hugs.
For seasonal home decorations, The Nightmare Before Christmas is really the way to go. Put them up early October when it’s still nice out and let it ride all the way through New Year’s.
Chloe the German Shepherd a suspect yet in that Hollywood double murder?
Fun Fact: Winning the NBA Cup qualifies the Knicks for the 2026 CONCACAF Champions League.
Eh, Patriots just got the Michael Gee Memorial pre-playoff loss out of the way.
Selling the Pittsburgh Penguins means FSG can focus of the Red Sox again. Right?
Best bet for the weekend: throwing all the records out the window when JMU takes on Oregon.
Congratulations to Bianca de la Garza on being recognized as Dame of the House of Savoy in the August family of chivalric orders. There is nuthin’ like a dame.
Material from interviews, wire services, Twitter, Meta, other writers, league and team sources, Joe Giza, and the members of #the15 were used in this column. Rock and Roll fantasy.
And happy birthday to Canadian actress Katheryn Winnick.
Time to check in with everyone’s favorite nonagenarian sportswriter, none other than legendary boxing and gridiron correspondent for the old Boston Evening Gazette, Buzz “Lefty” McBride. Mr. McBride would like to share his take on the controversial hit New England Patriots’ linebacker Christian Eliss placed on New York Giants’ quarterback Jaxson Dart during the first quarter of Monday night’s football game.
Simpler times
Buzz “Lefty” McBride:“Looks to me like Eliss knocked Jaxson Dart onto Queer Street”
Exhibit A
Exhibit B
Many thanks to “Lefty” for his thoughtful and enlightened commentary.
Sunday Lunch Time Titans at Browns (-4.5) Turds top Tits
Did someone say turd tit top?
Seahawks (-7) at Falcons Fake sea birds rule the roost
Colts (-1.5) at Jaguars Jags jettison Jones
Commanders at Vikings (-2.5) Feds raid Minnesota
Bengals at Bills (-5.5) Buffalo buries Burrow
Just a dusting
Saints at Buccaneers (-8.5) Bucs defrock the clergy
Steelers (-6) at Ravens Scary black birds love a game played in a dark place
I guess it’s not good luck
Dolphins (-2.5) at Jets New Yorkers feast on frozen fish
Sunday Dinner Time Broncos (-7.5) at Raiders YOU want the Raiders to win, but you can’t always get what you want
Bonus bet: Raiders cover
Rams (-8.5) at Cardinals Horney sheep trample pretty red birds
Bears at Packers(-6.5) The pack is back!
Sunday Prowl Time Texans at Chiefs(-3.5) Indoor cats can’t handle the chill of the open plains
Indoors is where it’s at
Monday Prowl Time Eagles (-2.5) at Chargers Patriotic birds zap Bolts
Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.
Wake up to a bunch of tweets from NBA reporters wondering what happened between the Clippers and Chris Paul. How about do your job and figure it out?
Nothing says rivalry weekend quite like UCF at BYU.
Jason Kelce’s eyebrows look like 2 Australian shepherds about to square off.
Basic math is now ‘analytics’.
The thing about Lane Kiffin is that he hates making things about himself. I can only imagine how hard this must be for him.
The Lions game not starting at 12:30 threw me off. A Thanksgiving staple.
I wonder if the Bruins players’ wives also made them get up early on Black Friday and drive them to Target.
Ryan Day bears an uncanny resemblance to Ming the Merciless.
What are there more of, “Kirk Minihane Show” ex-producers or videos of Turtleboi Aidan crying?
Cakes are cooking for Mickey Thomas, Rick Mears, David Hixon, Don Barnes, Franz Klammer, Melody Anderson, Kathy Jordan, Daryl Hannah, Julianne Moore, Mike Ramsey, Joe Lally, Andrew Stanton, Katarina Witt, Brendan Fraser, Montell Jordan, Harold Steinbrenner, Amy Helm, Laura Schuler, Lindsey Hunter, Paul Byrd, Vernon White, Bucky Lasek, Holly Marie Combs, Rainbow Sun Francks, Sean Parker, Tiffany Haddish, Anna Chlumsky, Jenna Dewan, Brian Bonsall, Michael Essian, Amanda Seyfried, Michael Angarano, Jake T. Austin, and Lil Baby.
If MLB has rules that apply to only one player, how soon until the NFL grants Mahomes possession of the ball no matter what at the end of games?
Rhody has a LB named Rohan Davy. No relation.
I liked New Mexico’s turquoise uniforms. The computers should’ve had that as a deciding factor.
Dallas plays football like chipmunks who found a bag of coke.
Hey gang of fake cancer survivors! This week’s Phrase that Pays is, “Making a big deal over quitting your social drinking is wild.”
The ‘There Are Too Many Streaming Services!’ Guy is my least favorite archetype.
Lem Barney has been upgraded from ‘dead’ to ‘alive’.
Not to go all Brad Rifkin on you, but elk and lingonberries are an incredible pairing.
Anthony Edwards looks like he can’t read.
Red Line: Delays of about 15 minutes due to a disabled train at Park Street. Trains may stand by at stations.
Thanksgiving games don’t need halftime shows. Sorry.
Wonder if Max Brosmer woke up today wondering when they play Holy Cross?
Korpisalo makes some good saves, but you always know when he’s playing because Bs are down 2 five minutes into the game.
Ian Eagle does a great job at play-by-play. A great mix of seriousness and excitement.
This is how we do it, all hands are in the air And wave them from here to there If you’re an OG mack or a wanna-be player You see the hood’s been good to me Ever since I was a lower case G But now I’m a big G The girls see I got the money Hundred dollar bills, y’all.
Hollywood Brown sounds like the name of a hustler from a James Ellroy novel.
Post Malone is the pinnacle of the redneck-wigger aesthetic. A uniquely American archetype.
I’ve slept 29 hours and 43 minutes the last 3 nights.
Lamar must be wondering what he did wrong to have Josina dump him for Shedeur.
Honk if you remember to steer into the skid. And to warn people that you’re skidding, I guess.
Espn had Herbstreit, ‘Booger’, and then Joey Galloway out there saying you’re just being soft if you think Kiffin shouldn’t coach two teams. So fucking stupid.
Wearing my Barstool hoodie so that everyone knows I’m a cool guy who loves sports and chicks and gambling.
Too many evictions scheduled, man.
USF’s Alex Golesh to Auburn? This is a great hire. AG is a BIG culture guy. Excited to see what he can do there. I’ve never heard of him.
Never discount the power of sincerely offered glad tidings.
Who is forcing BYU? Win and in. Lose and not.
Jaylen Brown one of the quickest hair recessions in history. Had that sweet flat top like 5 years ago to this patchy, sloppy mess today.
Boston’s Snowport Holiday Market: Tourist trap, or bad rap?
Just an inscrutable play by Younghoe Koo.
Derek Thompson is the most fake smart writer I’ve ever seen.
Brian Walshe looks like Jay Sherman from ‘The Critic’.
So many catalogs arriving based on the questionable assumption I want to give the gift of cheese.
Best bet for the weekend: Good Kid Pasta returns to practice.
The Game. Zero winners.
Material from interviews, wire services, Twitter, Meta, other writers, league and team sources, Joe Giza, and the members of #the15 were used in this column.I’m travelin’ down the road and I’m flirtin’ with disaster I got the pedal to the floor and my life is runnin’ faster.
And happy birthday to Boston’s Own Alicia Sacramone, multiple time Gymnastics World Champion.
Turkey fans enjoy giving out gobbles this time of year, but what about America’s fastest, and fattest, growing dietary subgroup the Porksaterians? Well don’t worry Porky, we’re here to satisfy you with a serving of oinks.
Grant Huckvale (a.k.a. Hogdale): Hogdale carved a niche for himself as an overly exuberant alternative broadcaster to the stoic and bland official Red Sox play-by-play teams on NESN and WEEI. Over the summer you’d see Hogdale clips occasionally retweeted into your timeline, usually after Red Sox wins, and you’d think to yourself “I think that’s the tops“. We probably all agree that Hogdale is special. Smash cut to present day, and we are confronted with a hog of a different color. Barstool, in an effort to fill an obese chromosomically challenged void in their lineup, swooped in and waved a lucrative (by part-time minimum waged Iowan standards) five figure contract in front of Hogdale’s snout and lured him into their slaughter house. Now Hogdale’s giant screaming maw is ever present, ever hot takey and ever annoying. To quote Rocky IV: “What started out as a joke has turned into a disaster”. 4 oinks 🐷🐷🐷🐷
That will do pig
Thanksgiving early eaters time Packers at Lions (-2.5) Jungle Kings slice and dice Cheese Heads
Thanksgiving late eaters time Chiefs (-3.5) at Cowboys Squantos feast on the Pilgrims
Thanksgiving overeaters time Bengals at Ravens (-7) Scary Black Birds bury Burrow’s boys
Black Friday Afternoon Nap time Bears at Eagles (-7) Birds bully Bears
Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.
Don’t worry Minifans, Kirk will still be on all that Barstool shit you don’t care about!
Wonder if Bruins fans envision 63 one day hanging in the rafters. The number, not the player.
First Take is The View for unemployed men.
I see the 12-year-olds with meme accounts still have no idea how the NFL scheduling formula works
Cambridge is really an interesting city. It’s designed to look just like Boston and it wants so hard to be Boston, but it has none of the charm or way of life that make Boston what it is.
Ryan Clark has gotten so good at apologies they got him apologizing on behalf of Stephen A now.
I’ve grown entirely too fond of using balsamic glaze on just about everything.
I’ll never not root for Jacoby Brissett.
Aloha means goodbye. Aloha, Jim Mora. UConn’s a baseball school anyway.
Cakes are cooking for Rich Little, Jan Stenerud, Ethan Russell, John McVie, Art Shell, Richie Hebner, Ilona Staller, Harry Carson, Bob Walk, Dale Jarrett, Harold Reynolds, Chuck Finley, Adam Gaynor, Mario Elie, Jeff Jaeger, Garcelle Beauvais, Sue Wicks, John Stirratt, Steve Lofton, John Amaechi, Shawn Kemp, Winky Wright, DJ Khaled, Jamie Fiske, Natasha Bedingfield, Rita Ora, and Louis Ducruet.
Was today years old learning Reggie Lewis has the exact same birthday as Björk.
Just got a complaint from another worker that the demo im doing is too loud. You’ve got two options buddy. Put some fucking ear plugs in or find a new line of work.
I was an earlier sabermetrics adopter but yes this has gotten out of hand.
Worcester Line Train 519 (7:30 am from South Station) will make additional stops at Wellesley Farms through West Natick to accommodate passengers from terminated Train 1517 (7:10 am from South Station).
Head Dummy—is that better or worse than Viceroy?
Congratulations Medford! You get to wallow in filth and vermin while your eco-idiot mayor counts the green scam money. The real trash problem is at city hall.
Get well soon Will Campbell. And Jared Wilson. And Khryiris Tonga. And Neemias Queta.
Stephen A. Smith thinks everything in sports revolves around him. Cam not even on enough for everyone to know he’s on lol. There are people who still ask what happened to Max Kellerman and that was like 3 years ago.
I really enjoyed the hell out of @RealGDT’s FRANKENSTEIN on Netflix. Terrific filmmaker.
How can I worry about not having an SP2 when I still haven’t seen a WR1?
Mass Maritime football is basically 13th grade.
Marcus Jones read that terrible throw like a millennial ripping through Harry Potter.
I think I said this before but Josh Allen could really use a Stefon Diggs.
Josh is an unreliable narrator, like Holden Caulfield, or Dan Lifshatz.
Threw some chords together The combination D-E-F Is who I am, is what I do And I was gonna lay it down for you
I try to focus my attention But I feel so A.D.D. I need some help, some inspiration But it’s not coming easily
Trying to find the magic Trying to write a classic Don’t you know, don’t you know, don’t you know?
There’s an NCAA Mens basketball player named Jordan Marsh? Does he happen to have a recipe for blueberry muffins?
FYI: There was an entertainment world before 1970.
Nowhere for UMass Football to go but up. Or stay winless next year too, I guess.
I think I wouldn’t mind being hairless.
Sending my boss the lyrics to “Knuck If You Buck” was not on my bingo card for a Monday.
Geekie is studly. See what I did there?
Honk if you remember Bobby Orr’s last game as a Bruin.
Did Jahlani Tavai know ahead of time that Kirk was quitting the podcast?
Chris Gasper thinks you lose socks in the washing machine.
I laughed out loud when Gordon Wood popped up on Kenny Burns’ documentary.
Kirk stayed long enough with saddling Portnoy with a one-year Mut contract. Kinda respect it.
Wriggle is an underrated word.
Gonna pay an Indian guy to start an army of pro-Belichick accounts.
Maybe Orlovsky can be the new UConn coach. Mina can be the OC with her big football brain.
Best bet for the weekend: slow moving traffic.
Remember the reason for the season.
Material from interviews, wire services, Twitter, Meta, other writers, league and team sources, Joe Giza, and the members of #the15 were used in this column.Over the river and through the woods.
Bianca says it’s okay to wear your stretchy pants tomorrow.
Throughout the first few weeks of the regular season, coach Joe Mazzulla has discovered what works and what doesn’t: tapering the rotation, trimming Anfernee Simons’ minutes when it’s clear he doesn’t have it, and putting Chris Boucher on ice to free up minutes for the emerging Neemias Queta and the hot-and-cold Luka Garza.
It’s no secret what Boston lacked heading into the season and continues to miss—a glaring void that stares you in the face during every game: the absence of elite passing, dribbling, a steady hand at the wheel during moments of crisis, and rebounding whenever Queta is on the bench.
Not having Jayson Tatum around makes it easier for opposing teams to strangle the offense, especially in the last two minutes. The Celtics in the clutch lack sufficient answers, and the offense reverts to a “cross your fingers and hope it works out” philosophy. Boston sports a 2-6 record in close games. Their offensive rating sits at 118.4; defensive rating at 112.9; and net rating at +5.4. Derrick White and Payton Pritchard are solid players, but filling in for the role Jrue Holiday once did is above their pay grade. They’re better suited as connective passers, not table-setters.
Johnston Joe is a hard-nosed Rhode Islander.
How the Celtics cobbled together 7 wins in the season’s first 14 games stems from a hard-nosed, barebones approach that takes every game to the wire. If I were to tell you White was shooting just 35.9% to start the year, you’d assume the team ranked amongst the dregs. But it’s how players like him have contributed on defense even when being challenged offensively that is a testament to “Mazzulla-Ball” and its flexibility. Defense is the real bulwark of this team that’s held together by duct tape—White being the best shot-blocking guard on any roster.
The aforementioned big man, Queta, and his 7-foot frame—able to shift his hips like a soccer player on the pitch to stay with his man even outside the paint—keeps the defense from having to collapse inside to help. His 108.7 defensive rating, on top of his +13.1 on/off-court rating, showcases the rewards of Boston’s years of development of him since coming over from Sacramento. It was once far-fetched to imagine Queta being anything but a rotational big man; now, you have to imagine a contract extension is in play if he keeps this up.
There is no need to be afraid of Jordan Walsh when he is off the court.
In the middle of their in-between season, the Celtics have managed to keep themselves interesting. Jordan Walsh is slowly emerging as a credible defender, having back-to-back solid efforts against Tyrese Maxey and James Harden. The younger players have earned their keep.
Fans have labeled the Celtics’ approach to the season “Ethical Tanking”—losing games while maintaining competitiveness. While it’s likelier to land the Celtics outside of the lottery, perhaps it leaves open the possibility that they aren’t far from re-entering the title conversation when Tatum comes back next season.
Vinny Jace appears on the Entitled Weekend podcast. He does not livein Johnston.
Man. Quoting Cam Newton in Ebonics is a rough look.
I’m no computer nerd, but the best way to avoid B*arstool tweets probably isn’t throwing a banana cream pie at their clown car.
Mazzulla is always visibly fuming when Drew Carter does the pre-game interview.
Kirk is taking Mut not knowing what a sitcom is really hard.
I wonder if Dianna Russini has thoughts about the Olivia Nuzzi revelations.
Being able to move on from your playing days is a skill.
I was just thinking, is Barstool ready for what they’ve started? No one messes with Hardy and Sarge’s crew and gets away it.
Coed adult cheerleading team?
Red Sox now have a new catcher, but only one bullpen lefty. Concerning.
Cakes are cooking for Ted Turner, Eddie Raynor, Calvin Klein, Dennis Hull, Bob Boone, Ahmad Rashad, Robert Beltran, Kathleen Quinlan, Ann Curry, Charlie Kaufman, Michael Wilbon, Alison Janney, Grant Ledyard, Meg Ryan, Jodie Foster, Terry Farrell, Paul Weitz, Gail Devers, Rocco DiSpirito, Gary Disarcina, Justin Chancellor, Jeremy McGrath, Savion Glover, Jack Dorsey, Kerri Strug, Ryan Howard, Adam Driver, and Patrick Kane.
Little known fact: The viceroy and roy aren’t constitutionally allowed to fly on the same airplane.
I had a Pop-Tart and feel disgusting.
Never in NFL history has a backup QB come into a game and used it as the launchpad for a successful career.
Hey gang, this week’s Phrase that Pays is, “Editorial discretion.”
Meanwhile, the phrase that never pays to say is and remains, “May I meet you?”
The NFL is better when the Jaguars are good.
Stan Musial: 1815 home hits. I815 road hits. As the Ol’ Perfessor would say, “You can look it up.”
One might say Kenni’s about to grow into an allergy… of getting owned.
Aaron Glenn looks like the leader of a slave rebellion.
Blue Line: Delays of about 10 minutes while a maintenance train inspects the overhead wires between Airport and Wonderland. Trains may stand by at stations.
Surely this Kendra humiliation will cut through all the squids telling her how great she is.
“Blue-collar chip on shoulder guy” is a top 5 annoying personality type.
Robert appearing to be half a head taller than Gronk thanks to his booster seat is ridiculous.
Kirk Herbstreit’s job at this point is just humoring doddering old men while they prattle on about bullshit from 30 years ago. “Oh, really, Hartford? Wow, crazy.”
If Gresh blocked at URI like he does on Twitter he would’ve been drafted.
Does Pete Carroll have a legacy and is it in flames?
John Cena vs. Dominik Mysterio at Survivor Series would absolutely slap.
YOU were in a rock fight with the Jets, caller!
Normally you had to pay admission to one of Portnoy’s old Barstool foam parties to get that level of abused.
Have any of the radio stations gone to all-Thanksgiving music yet?
Honk if you remember Briff.
Rewatching the Patriots game and it brought up a random thought. I really miss the bond you get from being on a team. I miss that team camaraderie. Nothing like it. Anyone else miss it? Let us know in the comments.
Now if I appear to be carefree, it’s only to camouflage my sadness In order to shield my pride, I’ve tried to cover this hurt with a show of gladness But don’t let my show convince you That I’ve been happy since you decided to go (why did you go?) Oh, I need you so (I need you so) I’m hurt and I want you to know (want you to know) But for others I put on a show (it’s just a show)
Ooh ah, there’s some sad things known to man But there ain’t too much sadder than the tears of a clown When there’s no one around, oh yeah
Mais non, cher, from what I see, Gresh lost over 100 pounds back in 2019 wit’ a program, not Ozempic. No sign he usin’ dat stuff. Callin’ him a slob? Dat’s subjective, me, but he a sharp sports guy. Laissez les bons temps rouler!
You had me at “ok face.”
Imagine thinking having 5 active jobs on the ol’ LinkedIn looks good.
When did YAC yards become RAC yards?
You know a guy is dirty when Mark Schelreth says, “this guy isn’t dirty.”
BYU and UNC will have an epic Holiday Bowl in 2027.
Next thing you know we’re going to find out she doesn’t really work 65 hours a week.
Aloha means goodbye. Aloha, Johnny Beecher.
Best bet for the weekend: Bill the GM’s former players playing well on other NFL squads.
THE GARDEN was built for the brawlers, the bombers, THE ABSOLUTE SHOT-CALLERS! Beantown demands the PROS, baby, not some doe-eyed amateurs still figuring out which end of the rink is up! We shelled out our hard-earned cash to watch the GODS: Russell blockin’ shots into the Charles, Orr flyin’ end-to-end like a jet, Bird drainin’ ‘em with the silky smooth, Espo snipin’ top shelf where Mama hides the cookies! These are the GIANTS who strode among us mere mortals! So take that college kiddie carnival back down to Storrs, Geno!
Material from interviews, wire services, Twitter, Meta, other writers, league and team sources, Joe Giza, and the members of #the15 were used in this column.Wash before wearing.
And happy birthday to Ukrainian-Canadian supermodel Daria Werbowy.
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