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Chad Finn
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Columns: The Boston Globe, Boston.com. Editor: The Boston Globe Story of Celtics. https://shorturl.at/j7ozz
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Not sure why, but really appreciate Adam Vinatieri at the moment.
January 5, 2026 at 4:39 AM
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the Steelers may not be flashy, but they're about CONSISTENCY and GRIT and GRIND and DEVASTATING COVERAGE BUSTS FOR 70 YARD TOUCHDOWNS
January 5, 2026 at 4:20 AM
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Coach of the Year?

The Patriots Mike Vrabel, who regularly signs autographs and interacts with fans, took a moment before Sunday’s game for a selfie (or, for fellow Ted Lasso fans, an “ussie”).

Then his team went out and gave the entire home crowd a 14th win to celebrate.
January 5, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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I am so proud of Colin and Sophie. Nothing but good people who should not have to deal with this from the president of the United States.
mnhousedfl.bsky.social Minnesota House DFL @mnhousedfl.bsky.social · 6h
A must-read message from Colin and Sophie Hortman, Mark and Melissa's children:
January 5, 2026 at 3:13 AM
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One of the reasons the Falcons didn’t hire Bill Belichick in 2024, per me @dvnjr.bsky.social and Jeremy Fowler, is that they didn’t want to be searching for a new head coach in two years, after he’d presumably break the wins record.

www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Inside Bill Belichick's failed offseason job hunt
As the NFL has moved on from this year's firing-and-hiring cycle, two questions remain: Why is Bill Belichick suddenly and seemingly unemployable? And will he coach again?
www.espn.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:33 AM
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Colin and Sophie Hortman, the children of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, are asking Trump to remove the false posts about their parents' killing:
My father and mother, Mark Hortman and Melissa Hortman, and their dog Gilbert, were killed by a man who believed conspiracy theories and fake news. Words matter. Sharing fake news is dangerous. One part of my grief journey has been understanding the last conversation with my mother. She loved her job. People respected her job and what she did at her job. When I called her after the legislative session ended, I asked why she voted for the bill mentioned in the video shared by President Trump, and she wept. That bill and her vote had nothing to do with fraud. She voted for that bill because it was the only way to avoid a government shutdown. She had seen the impact of shutdowns: people lose their health care, their jobs, and in some cases, from a story she told me, have taken their own lives. She was in a very tough position on that vote. She had never really voted against her conscience like that. It was emotional and extremely difficult. Her struggle with that vote makes this conspiracy all the more painful for me. I am asking President Trump to remove the video that he shared and apologize to me and my family for posting this misinformation and for using my mother's own words to dishonor her memory. My sister Sophia Hortman (Sophie) asked me to share this on her behalf, she is off social media: "The video shared by President Donald Trump on Truth Social is a painful, false twisting of my mother's final vote. The vote she made was incredibly difficult for my mother; it was not a vote made lightly or with malice in her heart. She made the decision to prevent a government shutdown because she believed our great state protects and helps Minnesotans. We must create a society in which we do not harbor hatred and violence toward our political opponents, and this video promotes a false narrative which fuels the flames of political division. The video being shared by the president is another hurdle our family must overcome in grieving the loss of my parents, Mark and Melissa, and their beloved Gilbert. I ask President Trump to please consider the pain and sadness we have faced, and to honor the spirit of the holidays we have just spent without our parents by taking down the post on Truth Social." Please share our message and help us ask the President to take this down.
January 5, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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Greg Olsen talked about this on the Patriots-Dolphins game and said that it should entirely be based on what the player has done this year.
lostinthestatic.bsky.social A.Mac @lostinthestatic.bsky.social · 5h
The thing no one is talking about and I think is a huge deal for voters, is that this will be seen as a life time achievement award for Stafford just as much as how good he was this year. His Hall of Fame career is deserving of a MVP the narrative goes, plus Maye will get his later (plus many more).
January 5, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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Again: Item No. 2 is extremely relevant in the MVP race.
billbarnwell.com Bill Barnwell @billbarnwell.com · 2d
Two things on the Drake Maye-Matthew Stafford debate that I found for my All-Pro column this year (www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...)

1) *Three* different Pats are running otherworldly catch rates over expectation
2) Maye's been much better than Stafford against common opponents
Two other things popped up since writing that column that push me toward Maye. One is catch rate over expectation (CROE), a receiver stat from NFL Next Gen Stats. Using a model to estimate the likelihood of a ball being caught given the locations of the receiver and nearby defenders and various other factors, it can be a good way to begin estimating how much a receiver is doing in an offense relative to what an average receiver would do in the same attack. Typically, the best receivers in football rank among the league leaders in CROE and its sister stat, receiving yards over expectation (RYOE). There are six receivers who have run 300 or more routes this season with a CROE at least 10% better than average. Two of them are the obvious first-team All-Pros in Puka Nacua and Jaxon Smith-Njigba. Jake Ferguson is fifth, and George Pickens is just outside of that top six, a testament to what Dak Prescott can do for you at quarterback. The other three guys in the top six are all Patriots. Kayshon Boutte (plus-23.5% CROE), Stefon Diggs (plus-15.8%) and Mack Hollins (plus-10.2%) are all running what would comfortably be the highest catch rates over expectation of their respective careers. Three receivers in the top six is a Maye stat. A table comparing Maye and Stafford's numbers versus common opponents. Maye's Total QBR in those games is 23 points higher than Stafford's.
January 5, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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THE NEW YORK JETS HAVE DONE IT
AN ENTIRE NFL SEASON WITH NO DEFENSIVE INTERCEPTIONS
THE FIRST TEAM IN NFL HISTORY

Opposing QBs finish the year with 3,674 passing yards, 36 touchdowns, and no interceptions
January 5, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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Finally! A Jets pick!
news.optimusfantasy.com 🏈Optimus FF News @news.optimusfantasy.com · 6h
🏈 NFL DRAFT ORDER 🏈

1. Raiders
2. Jets
3. Cardinals
4. Titans
5. Giants
6. Browns
7. Commanders
January 5, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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Fine, here's Tom Brady using the phrase "piss missile" again
January 5, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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Imagine playing basketball against him.
rapsheet.bsky.social Ian Rapoport @rapsheet.bsky.social · 6h
Fresh off of recording sack No. 23 and setting the NFL’s single-season record, Jordan Brand has announced that Browns star Myles Garrett has joined them.

“It’s only right, as he set the record at 23…..a number that’s synonymous with Greatness.” — Jordan Brand
January 5, 2026 at 12:21 AM
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not taking away from Myles Garrett, but let's take a moment to celebrate Al "Bubba" Baker, who had 23 sacks in 1978 before sacks were an official stat.

@pro-football-reference.com ran the numbers in 2021, confirming his record. he was overjoyed to finally be acknowledged www.nfl.com/news/al-bubb...
And the former Lions standout who menaced and mauled opposing quarterbacks was brought to tears when he received word that he was finally being recognized for his astounding accomplishments all these years later. "For some reason, and I'm not kidding you, without any prompting, tears just started running down my eyes," Baker told Dan Hanzus, Gregg Rosenthal and Patrick Claybon on the latest Around The NFL podcast. "And my wife was inside, I opened up the patio doors. And my wife, first thing she said was, 'What's wrong?' And I said, nothing's wrong and I said come look at this. And, you know, we hugged and then I lost about an hour and a half, two hours. My daughter called. It was really emotional for my family. I guess at 6-foot-8, 290 pounds, that doesn't sound really tough, but, we were all crying."
January 4, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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"We're talking about a football team that won 8 games in 2 years. We're trying to create a culture of winning here." -- Mike Vrabel, to Scott Zolak on 98.5 The Sports Hub, on potential scoreboard watching today and how it might affect personnel usage in the finale
January 4, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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Topps don’t lie.
January 4, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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They do a hell of a job with player development.
girodstreet.bsky.social girodstreet.bsky.social @girodstreet.bsky.social · 11h
It just seems like every young player we get seems to get better when they get here. Must just be Celtics luck, right?
January 4, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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Officially hope the Celtics hang on to Anfernee Simons. He's at least trying on defense, and has Microwave potential off the bench. Seems to be a good fit chemistry-wise too.
January 4, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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NEW PODCAST: What's it like to be sports podcast producer?

The guest is Patrick Antonetti, longtime audio producer and the producer of the Sports Media Podcast.

TO LISTEN/SUBSCRIBE:
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January 1, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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considering the state of [waves hand] everything, surprised we still have so many people buying books. smallest of silver linings but I'll take it
January 4, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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OPINION: In retrospect, the decision to draft Jaylen Brown over Kris Dunn and Bubby Hield in the 2016 NBA Draft was a decent one, I guess.

(Just watched last night's game. Holy smokes, Jaylen.)
January 4, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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Sunday media: 26 good things about sports media heading into the New Year. Also: Fall radio ratings notes, and same lousy deal this week for local Verizon subscribers. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/03/s...
26 good things about 2025 in the sports media scene - The Boston Globe
National and local people, places, and things that were enjoyed or appreciated from the past year on the sports media beat.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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Patriots-Dolphins unconventional preview: On how much has changed since the first meeting, the Achane question, when Brady found Brown to end a drought, and much more. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/02/s...
Patriots’ Week 2 win over the Dolphins was the start of a memorable season. What will Week 18 bring? - The Boston Globe
It’s fitting that the Patriots wrap up their remarkable regular-season against the Dolphins, against whom they first showed flashes of excellence way back in Week 2.
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January 2, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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Rep. Seth Moulton comes on CNN and starts by saying: "Is anyone going to just stop for a second and be honest? This is insane. What the hell are we doing? We've got a lot of problems in America today, and invading / occupying / running Venezuela does not solve any of them."
January 3, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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Sunday Baseball Notes now posted.

This week: Ranking the top 20 most important people in the Red Sox organization. My formula was based on their importance to the team's success:

www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/03/s...
Who are the most important people in the Red Sox organization? Here’s our Top 20 list. - The Boston Globe
Garrett Crochet and Roman Anthony top the list, which also includes four more pitchers.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM