Beantown in Beverly Hills...

Winning doesn't need friends...

2012-02-08T07:59:00.000-08:00

I grew up watching my dad watch Larry Bird. I never really liked basketball - I played hockey but my dad loved Bird and one year in an awkward attempt to make my dad proud, I agreed to play one year of youth basketball with my dad as coach. I went to the draft night for all the teams and like a twelve-year old GM, I selected every kid for our team - even overrode my dad on a few choices. I

10 reasons why Every Boston Sports Fan Should Be Happy Today...

2012-02-06T22:23:00.000-08:00

1. We were playing with House money. If you were asked after the Steelers game whether or not you thought the Patriots were going to be in the Super Bowl, chances are, 99.5% of us would have said, “No” and if you were one of that .5%, then let me just say: Billy Cundiff. Come on, 99 times out of a hundred, Cundiff makes that chip shot and we head into OT with the momentum-heavy Ravens. I

The BIGGEST question facing the Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI

2012-02-03T18:13:00.000-08:00

Gronk will play. Brady and Belichick are both first ticket Hall-of-famers, regardless of what happens on Sunday. But the biggest question that won't be answered until the Patriots bring home the Lombardi trophy for a 4th time this century has to be: "Is the Patriots mystique back?" The greatest byproduct of all those Super Bowl victories for the Patriots has to be the creation of "The Patriot

Hey, Young Thespians, want to star in movies and TV -here's how...!!

2011-09-20T18:31:00.000-07:00

They call it Jack-Ass for good reason.... So, I guess Charlie Sheen wasn't the only one to take a beating at his roast Monday Night - it turns out Steve-O - one of the young "actors" of the TV & film series, Jack-Ass, - ran full steam into Iron Mike Tyson's fist ... and broke his nose. As Steve-O wobbled to his feet and gurgled out a sad, "I bwoke MY NOOOZE" - I couldn't help but think, "

It's New York's Day...

2011-09-11T18:03:00.000-07:00

Boston is my hometown but I spent two of the greatest years of my life in NYC. On August 28, 2001, I was getting ready to fly out of NYC and head back to LA - haven't been back since but I still remember the feeling of walking through that city - greatest in the world...

Remembering 9/11

2011-09-11T09:38:00.000-07:00

I was fast asleep - the phone rang - my brother, "Bro, turn on the TV - I think we're at war...!" It was three hours later in LA, my wife and I had gone out the night before to see a band, got into a huge fight and came home... all that was forgotten as we turned on the TV to see the horror that was taking place in NY - I thought of an old college friend who I knew worked in the towers, I

Hey Plaxico: "First, you have to get mad!"

2011-09-10T09:31:00.000-07:00

I want us all to open our windows, stick our heads and yell: "Hey Plaxico, just shut the fuck up!!!" Can we all just agree that Mr. Burress represents everything that is wrong with sports and athletes today. Let's look at the facts: 1. Enjoying some snacks at the Gentleman's Club ... 2. The gun which he possessed illegally went off inside the club... 3. He shot himself, went to jail for two

PATRIOTS... seeing '03 all over again...!

2011-09-07T23:21:00.000-07:00

Can't wait...something big is brewing for this season - it's starting to look a lot like '03 - the parallels are there: a real chip on their shoulder from a disappointing previous season, picking up a couple of battle-tested veterans - in '03 it was Rodney Harrison and BIG Ted Washington - this year it's Ocho Cinco and BIG Albert Haynesworth (who is drinking the lemonade and wishing he had a

MOUFY - BOSTON LIGHTS

2011-09-06T21:19:00.001-07:00

I'm doing it for my city .... BOSTON.

Bruins Ice Girls auditions - Boston.com

2011-09-06T21:00:00.000-07:00

Bruins Ice Girls auditions - Boston.com Even with the Stanley Cup safe in our mitts( except for Michael Ryder knocking the thing over in his backyard or wherever) I haven't given much thought to the Bruins, hockey or the upcoming season but with the Ice Girls getting ready to lace 'em up, you gotta represent - so here they are - depending on who makes the final cut. Can you imagine Bill

Why The Rocket MUST go to jail....

2011-09-04T11:37:00.000-07:00

I always liked Roger Clemens. But it's time for professional sports to make a statement: NO ONE is above the law. I know it's Sunday and I don't want to preach from the pulpit today but there is too much disregard for rules in society today and it's time that those people who try to follow the basic rules of kindness, honesty & respect, stand up to those who don't. I just came from my son's

Patriots cut Meriweather or as it's known in the Music Biz: R.I.P.V.I.P.

2011-09-03T17:17:00.000-07:00

Brandon, we hardly knew ya'.... Felony suspect, gangsta rapper and Ghetto Celebrity, not to mention enough blown coverage to make Tebucky Jones jealous, Brandon Meriweather's Patriot career came to a sad ending today. Given the fact that he's a two-time Pro-bowler and the state of the Patriots Safety situation, I wasn't sure about this cut until I saw this.... Maybe Bill didn't see this

Insomnia, Al Pacino & Roger Clemen's monster season in '86...

2011-09-03T08:45:00.000-07:00

Can't sleep... Al Pacino made it look cool. In my world, there's just a lot of stumbling around at 2:30 in the morning, picking up kids toys, eating whatever is left over in the fridge and a whole host of other mundane activities hoping to get tired enough to fall asleep. The funny thing about insomnia is that it's not that you don't feel tired - YOU DO. you just don't fall asleep. It's

The Boys of Summer

2011-09-03T01:26:00.000-07:00

Well August has come and gone, September is here and Autumn waits around the corner... but what happened to the My Boys of Summer? The Red Sox started Spring Training with such promise, started off the year so miserably and then marched to first place with a team that looked dominant at times and at least play-off worthy at others. Now it's September 3rd, they've just fallen out of first,

My lady wants a commitment...

2011-09-02T11:34:00.000-07:00

It's time to commit. It's been time for a while but I've been putting it off and it looks like that it all about to come to an end. For the past ten years I've been casually seeing Healthy Living on the side - she's a great gal - I love her friends Yoga, Fitness and Looking Good at the Beach however I just haven't been able to commit. When we first started dating, I thought, "This is it!"

Bruins fan in LA

2011-06-12T07:49:00.000-07:00

Ever since Wayne Gretzky hung 'em up, the LA Kings have never been able to step to the Los Angeles sports forefront. Now, most of this problem falls onto the shoulders of many non-talented, underachieving teams but even in the past few years, the Kings have been unable to generate the kind of attention saved for the likes of the LA Lakers - even the Dodgers, Angels and USC Football have

Up to the Celts now...

2011-04-17T09:00:00.000-07:00

Okay, Pats broke our hearts last year, the Bruins have failed miserably, Claude Julien is dusting off his resume and the Red Sox are dancing in the streets over their 3rd win before the end of April, so it's down to the Celts to bring a little Beantown pride back to Boston.

PLAYOFF HOCKEY IS BACK!!

2011-04-14T16:53:00.000-07:00

Yeah, yeah, I know it's been a while since we had championship hockey in Boston but why the hell not this year? Chicago took it all last year, why not the boys from the Hub - starts tonight...

A Miracle on Ice - pt. 2

2010-02-22T12:30:00.000-08:00

Okay, okay, maybe it wasn't exactly a miracle like twenty-five college kids going up against the red monsters of the U.S.S.R. Hockey powerhouse but it was still pretty good. Team USA - a very young collection of NHL pros going against the Team Canada powerhouse with the likes of Sidney Crosby, Joe Thornton, Martin Brodeur and all the rest... and when you add Canada's Olympic Theme of "Own the

LAKERS-CELTICS - pt. ...?

2010-02-19T17:33:00.000-08:00

I'm just saying ....

Running the In-Law Marathon

2010-02-17T07:22:00.000-08:00

I ran a marathon today – – no, not the Boston or LA marathon – my wife did that - that’s just 26 miles. I ran the "In-Laws-In-Town-and-Staying-With-You-In-Your-Two-Bedroom-Apartment" Marathon. You want to know pain? You want to feel suffering? Try 8 long nights, 9 torturous days of fake smiles, polite banter and holding that bladder busting pee while your mother-in-law takes that, “Good long

Selling Lemons

2009-11-17T23:02:00.001-08:00

Okay, that title just fucks me right off the bat because my car isn't a lemon - it isn't however a free Honda mini-van and it certainly isn't * Miley Cyrus *. (I'm hoping having Miley's name in this blog beefens up it's Google search appeal) The fact that my life now includes a mini-van aside - let me just say that Honda makes a great car and when someone offers me a free car (which is what

Candy Economics in a Beverly Hills Halloween

2009-10-31T21:49:00.000-07:00

Just got home from taking the kids Trick 0r Treating in BH this evening on my surgically repaired knee. The funny thing about arthoscopic surgery is that they say you'll be up and walking in days which is true it's just that you'll be in extreme pain and your knee will swell up like a mushy grapefruit but that's neither here nor there.Any it's Halloween - the kids have their Batman and Witch

Single Fatherhood

2009-07-01T00:24:00.001-07:00

This is an old article I wrote for an online magazine a while back...SNAPSHOTS FROM SINGLE FATHERHOOD, USA The night I found out I was going to be a father I was making twenty-five cent stacks of pennies for my laundry while heating up three day old thirty-nine cent McDonald Cheeseburgers. “Hi, it’s me. I know we haven’t spoken in a while but I just came back from

Chris Rock

2009-07-01T00:21:00.000-07:00

Watching Chris Rock - funniest person on the planet. that's it. Nothing else needs to be said.