For those of you still fruitlessly perusing the back page for "Purple Pennings," thoroughly unsatisfied with Nick Traicoff's recent string of useless fantasy football advice (tell me, Nick, how did Matt Cassel and Sam Bradford do last Sunday?), despair no more.
Part II of II: The 10 greatest moments in Boston sports in the past 10 years. On to the top five: 5) It was business as usual for Adam Vinatieri: little to no time left on the clock, tie game, Superbowl title on the line. But even before the football soared through the uprights in all of its spheroidal magnificence, clinching New England's second Lombardi Trophy in three years, the events leading up to the game's defining moment were what provided the most entertainment--and cardiac arrest--for viewers.
Who doesn't like lists? They're easy to read, easy to write, and they're useful tools for engaging a reader in debate. So, I've decided to list my top 10 New England sports moments of the past 10 years, in two separate parts. Now, I realize that not everyone here is a New England sports fan.
Scattered applause. Patches of empty seats in a dim arena. A few fans doing. . . the wave? At a hockey game? That's what you saw if you tuned in to the Bruins' season-opening doubleheader against the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday, Oct.
with Joe Ballway
I usually watch football alone on Sundays. It's not that I don't like hanging out with people—in fact, it's pretty much the opposite. No one likes hanging out with me. Alright, so that makes me sound like a complete tool.
is a member of the 
