Archive for August, 2006

Sweden’s Prince Carl Philip (who really should have been the Crown Prince but was cheated out of it) has won an internship at “the magazine National Geographic” in Washington, D.C. Quite remarkable how a Swedish prince of all people would get that internship. Yay for meritocracy! To be fair, National Geographic Society can only worry [...]

New England Patriots defeated Washinbgton Redskins 41-0 in their third pre-season game. Quarterback: Tom Brady was brutally efficient. he completed 17 of 30 passes for 231 yards and a touchdown. Offensive line: Looking good. It hit the right guys even though it wasn’t able to create much running room early in the game. Solid pass [...]

The Boston Herald reports that Boston has fallen from fifth to seventh on Nielsen Media’s list of television markets, partly because of Boston’s stagnating population and partly because of growing populations in Dallas-Ft. Worth and San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, the two markets that have overtaken the Hub of the Universe. Some in Boston are displeased and [...]

Today’s amusing exchange from New England Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick’s press conference: Q: For guys who are maybe on the bubble, is each day more valuable? BB: That’s probably fair. I’m sure there are a lot of players in there that are feeling the pressure, that are feeling the urgency of the final roster [...]

Corey Dillon’s touchdown run against Arizona Cardinals last Saturday has created some confusion, all of which is centered on Garrett Mills. Here’s how I described the play: [Garrett Mills] threw a good block at the edge on Corey Dillon’s touchdown run. Rookie tight end David Thomas had a good kick-out block on the same play [...]

The Atlanta Falcons had a beautiful sweep in its preseason game against Green Bay Packers last Saturday, the best I’ve seen in a long time. The runningback, and I can’t remember who he was, was able to get outside untouched for a major gain after the offensive line, tight end and wide receiver at the [...]

The Boston Globe‘s Mike Reiss fields a question from a reader on August 22: [H]ow does Ryan O’Callaghan not get in the ups? He had a very solid game — a couple mistakes, but overall a good performance. As for O’Callaghan, it looked like he played a solid game. Those “ups & downs” are done [...]

Here are some pieces from Bill Belichick’s Wednesday press conference that I think are interesting: On this week’s opponent, Washington Redskins: Q: You said the Redskins were a challenge on third down. What are some of the challenge that you face defensively? BB: The Redskins, in longer yardage, have a tendency to keep a lot [...]

Here’s a pretty fun exchange from Bill Belichick’s press conference last Tuesday’s : Q: Is Chad Jackson ready to practice today? BB: He’s day-to-day Q: So that means that he’s probably not ready to practice today. BB [Sounding pretty irate]: It’s no different than any other of the day-to-day situations that we’ve talked about for [...]

Good end-of-summer article in Boston’s bilingual Chinese-American newspaper Sampan in which five Asian-American kids in Boston are interviewed. Sample quotes: Finance “seems boring to me,” said Lee. “My dream for a long time has been to become a computer engineer.” … She said she likes the U.S. and the schools here, which she said have [...]