Work has been crazy the last few weeks which is why you haven’t seen the megalinks since the beginning of the New Year. I’m hoping next week will be easier. You have your Weekend Viewing Picks , of course.  National Starting with the Sports Business Daily, we have the full roster of...

So is this NFL offseason going to entirely consist of Boston media types tracking down former and current Patriots players to ask them to talk about the demise of the franchise, and ask how poorly they were treated and how everything in Foxborough is just a house of cards? Just wondering, since that...

The Celtics, playing without Paul Pierce, had enough to hold off Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat last night at the Garden. Frank Dell’Apa  has Tony Allen making a big play on Wade with the game on the line, ensuring the Celtics victory. Mark Murphy  has the Celtics making the needed plays in the...

The Celtics once again held a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter on their opponent, yet could not finish the job. This time, it was Kobe Bryant sinking them with a jumper with 7.3 seconds to go, and the Celtics finished their “rivalry week” set of games again Orlando, Atlanta and the...

The Celtics lost a double-digit lead last night, and fell in Orlando to the Magic, 96-94. Kevin Garnett looked bad, failing to finish at least two lobs in front of the hoop, and getting beat baseline by Rashard Lewis on the game winning hoop. Garnett says his knee isn’t a problem, but it sure...

The Celtics tip off a stretch of three games in four days tonight against three of their biggest rivals in the league. Tonight’s game against Orlando is followed by Atlanta tomorrow night and the Lakers on Sunday. Scott Souza  wonders why the league just didn’t go ahead and schedule the...

Why does Brett Favre have the undying support of so many members of the national media? Why, despite a full decade of coming up short on the biggest stage, or throwing an ill-advised pass which is intercepted at the worst possible time, does the national media as a whole love and worship him, and certain...

David J. Phillip / Associated Press So the Patriots’ first move of the offseason - whenever that begins - should be to sign Bernard Pollard. Sign him, and then immediately send him on a fact-finding mission to Micronesia or wherever the Red Sox stashed Julio Lugo. Because having Bernard Pollard...

Our late-ish Redux today has been preempted by Wes Welker limping off the field after like three plays with an apparent knee injury. So instead, we’re going to gather all the rosary beads and rabbits’ feet we can find. We advise y’all to do the same. Read more: Sports Redux: NOOOOOOOO

Keith Allison , Flickr, Used under Creative Commons license. Well, he’s gone. After the Red Sox spent the offseason thus far making it clear that resigning Jason Bay was Priority Number…let’s say Number 46…Bay took his act south, as we noted yesterday , reportedly signing with...