Some of you may have been wondering where the heck this Duke guy has been since my opening salvo against the all powerful Red Sox Nation. Well, Larry Lucchino did not have me “taken care of”, instead my wife and I elected to strengthen the ranks of Celtics Nation with the birth of our son William (and if you don’t think the guy below doesn’t have anything to do with that name, you’re crazy).

Will became a Celtics fan last Thursday at 9:43am, weighing in at a svelt 7 pounds 9.5 ounces. He’s a solid 20.75 inches, but he plays much longer than that. I can safely report the kid has Rondo like fingers, and I expect him to be able to palm a ball before he’s 3.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to get in contact with Eric Weiss and have him stop by during one of the three 15 minute periods a day that he is awake and put his profile up on DraftExpress.

Normally when a state names a state fish or flower there is very little fanfare or discussion, and nearly 75 percent of the time these decisions are so patently obvious they are adopted with unanimous votes of the legislature. One would think that a state that houses a sport’s hall of fame, is home to the winningest franchise in the sport’s history, and, oh by the way, is the birthplace of this sport… might make some room in their cabinet to recognize the aforementioned sport. This past week, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts recognized the contributions of the sport of basketball and named it the official sport from Sturbridge to Salisbury. So why did the Legislature and Governor do so by giving 100 percent of the credit for this designation to a group of school children? It’s because their afraid of being labeled traitors in Red Sox Nation. Read more »