Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Heh Heh (look at the photo)

- Interesting look at the effect the retired Dan Haren is having on the Diamondbacks pitching staff

- Might be in the minority but I love Rondo

- Great Larry Bird trash-talking story from Kevin McHale

- Got to remember this if I need a Halloween costume

- Love this! Sorry but I'm laughing at you Kareem not with you

- Love this even more!

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Interesting - Michael Jackson may have been the reason for the break-up of Guns and Roses

- Messed up - these two circles are perfectly round

- Holy crap - he does sound like Stevie Nicks

- 1,300-year old fortress in Siberia baffles archaeologists

- Honestly never thought of this before - masturbating birds (gonna file this one under "science")

- Cool Larry Bird / Kevin McHale story

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Ever wonder "How many people are in space right now"? There's a website for that.

- National Geographic gets serious about science blogging.

- Kevin Garnett and Kevin McHale share a very emotional moment last night. I watched that live and teared up.

- The story behind the Pogues' classic Fairytale of New York.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Bad Lip Reading of Twilight. These are always amusing.

- This is why I'm a fan of Mike Leach. Too bad he won't be available to fill the BC job.

- This is so sad - Kevin McHale's daughter passes away at age 23

- Rob Gronkowski buys $1.6 million bachelor pad in Tampa. I had him figured for a South Beach guy.

-  Big Stupid Tommy has his list of his 50 favorite books. I should do a list like this too. Of the books on Tommy's list -I've only read 16 but that number will increase as I take Tommy's recommendations to hear.

Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics won their 17th championship on Tuesday night and I was a little melancholy about it. Don't get me wrong - I was ecstatic that the Celtics beat the Lakers like a drum. Ecstatic!

It's just that I had to watch the game from my hotel room in Pennsylvania. Alone.

I received text messages from friends out at bars going nuts. I was alone in my hotel room just a little ticked off each time my phone beeped with a new message. I didn't even get to watch the victory parade due to work. Let's just say that I feel more than a little disconnected from the victory.

I guess that makes me a little sad if truth be told.

So where does this Celtics team stand in the pantheon of past Celtics Champions? Bob Ryan had a great piece examining just that question. Far be it for me to argue with Bob Ryan but I admit that I was surprised that he ranked this year's team as the second best Celtics team ever.

I think this team reminds me more of the 1983 Celtics than the 1986 team that is often called the best team in basketball history.

That 1983 team had some older guys. Robert Parish was 30, Dennis Johnson was 29 and Cedric Maxwell was 28. Of course Larry Bird and Kevin McHale we just entering their primes at 27 and 26-years old respectively. That team, however, had role players who were tough and reliable coming off the bench. Players like Quinn Buckner, ML Carr and Gerald Henderson. That team also beat the Lakers in the Finals with the signature play of the series being Kevin McHale clotheslining Kurt Rambis. (Those two have not spoken since that play - that's old school). The Celtics were tougher and had more heart than their Lakers' counterparts and they have rings to prove it.

Likewise this year's Celtics team won because they had more toughness and heart than the Lakers. The team may be slightly older than the 1983 vintage (with Allen 32, Garnett 31, and Pierce 30) but they also had those role players coming off the bench like Leon Powe, Eddie House and James Posey.

I just hope I can get to enjoy the next championship a little more.