On the TV Paul Pierce is lighting up a cigar given to him by Red Auerbach. Thanks for sticking around PP, and thanks for #17.

The day after the championship I had an e-mail from my friend Trip quoting CHB’s article, “Kobe Bryant scored 22 for the losers, but ultimately LA just had too many Europeans.” Classic. I’ve been a bad Celtics fan over the last few seasons, so I’ll just let Bill Simmons do the rest of the talking. (the header is a shameless rip-off of a t-shirt I saw recently)