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Friday, June 10, 2011
Keri: F.U. Boston… it’s 2011, not 2000
Or words to that effect, as Keri noted what a decade of winning does a town:
Sure, Boston was once a suffering sports town. Injuries derailed Larry Bird’s career, and Lenny Bias’ tragic death sent the Celtics into mediocrity for nearly two decades. The mismanaged Red Sox ran out a series of bloated, overpaid veterans, only to see the rest of the division—Toronto, Baltimore, and the hated Yankees—stomp all over them. Curse or not, 86 years without a title would wound any sports fan. The Patriots? They just sucked. So yeah, those were tough times for Boston sports fans.
Now? You sound like the douchebag who bitches that, after the three-bedroom in Tribeca, the place in the Hamptons, the kids’ boarding school, the annual trips to Paris and Aruba, the four cars, and two alimonies, you’ve barely got enough left for that third bottle of Dom at Per Se.
The vast, vast, vast majority of Bruins fans are also Sox fans, C’s fans, and Pats fans. The Celtics won the city’s most recent title, in 2008. If the Bruins win the Cup this year, the Boston pro sports team with the longest championship drought will be the Patriots, who won the Super Bowl in...2004.
Meanwhile, the Canucks have existed for 41 years and haven’t won jack. Vancouver had an NBA team once. They were run into the ground by an incompetent stooge, then shipped off to Memphis.
Read More http://www.gq.com/sports/profiles/201106/boston-bruins-sports-drought#ixzz1OvLK4npP
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