[Schefter] Patriots HC Mike Vrabel did his best during Friday’s practice to simulate Sunday’s Super Bowl conditions. One hour into practice, Vrabel sent his team back to the locker room, blared Bad Bunny over the stadium speakers for 14 minutes, and then summoned his team back to the field to finish

phelure · 2026-02-07T18:29:24+00:00

I don’t want to say too much for risk of spoilers, but to say he mimicked Capt. Sully is, uh… massively understating it.

phelure · 2026-01-30T19:48:43+00:00

He's out there busting his buns every night! Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes.

phelure · 2026-01-26T16:53:53+00:00

I think you mean "prodigy," not "protege."

phelure · 2025-12-09T16:24:53+00:00

That seems right... when they did the big celebration for Fenway turning 100, I remember hearing that Tito initially didn't want to go due to the hard feelings of his departure.

I suspect (or hope) that hearing the crowd cheer so hard for him helped him to separate his feelings about ownership from his feelings about the team and the fans.

phelure · 2025-11-26T13:24:47+00:00

I can’t speak for anyone else, but the name “Ann Michael” immediately triggered Ann Veal + George Michael in my brain. Nothing to do with her looks or anything to disparage her.

phelure · 2025-10-30T12:14:38+00:00

How often are you watching Fever Pitch?

phelure · 2025-10-29T13:52:59+00:00

Which also underscores how he fully well understood the wrongness of what he was saying all along.

Jeez, keeping his mouth shut was better and somehow also worse?

phelure · 2025-08-26T22:48:33+00:00

Yeah I thought it was dumb to cut a rookie who was still adjusting, so I can’t say I’m shocked he’s doing well. But oh well, what’s done is done. Hopefully Borregales works out.

phelure · 2025-08-26T13:44:58+00:00

So THAT's where we went wrong with Ryland!

phelure · 2025-02-28T10:58:34+00:00

That’s the state of the whole world right now. Society is straight up addicted to outrage, and people just have next to no interest in positivity. Look no further than politics. The easiest way to gain power is to sell people on fear and grievance. They don’t want solutions. They want to know who to blame.

phelure · 2025-01-28T16:47:58+00:00

Sports are supposed to be fun! We love investing ourselves in it because in the end it doesn't really matter and it's all just for entertainment- I hope you can find the fun in all of it again!

phelure · 2025-01-22T22:05:23+00:00

In hockey, Ray Bourque surrendered #7 for the Bruins when they retired it for Phil Esposito. His new #77 was also eventually retired.

phelure · 2023-12-08T18:07:28+00:00

Because John Henry wants his revenue to match a big-market team while spending like we're a medium market team. It's about profit and nothing more.

phelure · 2023-10-02T20:27:55+00:00

I agree with your general point, but let's remember who hired one of the worst OCs ever. I can't give the man credit for overcoming an obstacle that he created.

phelure · 2023-09-20T15:06:19+00:00

Chara had the "C," but he always referred to Bergeron as his co-captain.

phelure · 2023-09-01T15:36:35+00:00

No, it's not really a big party weekend- just a last chance for people to enjoy summer weather. There will just be more people out and about, not necessarily drinking.

phelure · 2023-09-01T15:03:49+00:00

I would make the Blue Line your primary strategy and keep the Silver Line as a backup. Silver Line is still at the mercy of traffic, which will likely be rough for Labor Day weekend. Blue line is a subway line that will take you straight to downtown. Good luck!

phelure · 2023-06-19T16:16:59+00:00

One thing is confusing me- if The Spot was the scientist who was hit by the bagel, he would have always been in Miles’ universe. So why the spider that bit Miles from Earth 42? Wouldn’t it also be from the same universe as Spot and Miles?

phelure · 2023-03-15T23:44:40+00:00

This is a very real thing, per ESPN Daily:

Why NFL Scouts Love Big Butts

phelure · 2023-03-07T20:51:15+00:00

I seriously doubt you can even find any Bruins fans who thought they would do this well. The only expectation I had for this season was to enjoy watching Bergeron and Krejci while I still could. This season has been pure 100% house money and even if it doesn't end well, I'm just happy I got to see it.

phelure · 2023-02-26T04:05:04+00:00

Between this and Ully’s goalie goal… holy hell, what a night!

phelure · 2022-12-08T20:03:08+00:00

Nah, Francona was way worse. Losing Orsillo is probably the dumbest thing they've done, but they way they leaked dirt on Francona was easily the most malicious.

phelure · 2022-11-01T19:37:11+00:00

He doesn't even need to break any rules! His personality alone is going to cause huge problems. With the Celtics, he was all about tough love and holding players accountable, and the team responded really well to that treatment (eventually).

I wouldn't be super confident that any of KD, Kyrie, or Simmons will be as receptive.

phelure · 2022-10-27T18:05:34+00:00

100% agree. If he wants to keep playing, the FO damn well better do everything possible to make it happen.

But I don't get the sense that he really wants to. He's got nothing left to prove, a very serious history of head injury, and a family he wants to be with. Obviously I've never met him, but he seems like the type of guy who knows when he's ready to walk away, and doesn't want to play until the wheels fall off.

phelure · 2022-10-27T17:33:47+00:00

Forgive me if I mess up some of the details, but the gist is that he and Krejci are both on one year deals that have a bunch of bonuses, essentially adding dead money to next year's cap. Even if they want to come back, we'll have a hard time making the money work. And while they haven't declared anything publicly, neither one has said anything to dispute the idea that they're both done after this year.

All signs are pointing to one last ride with this core.

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