http://www.metro.usen-us Can someone please explain to me what in the world ego had to do with Bill Belichick's decision to go for it on fourth and two Sunday night? http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/18/21/2944-72/index.xml Rooting for Bill Belichick is like pulling for Tim Donaghy, or hoping that the reign of the phrase, “It is what is,” continues. There’s something extremely distasteful about it.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/17/07/2718-82/index.xml Any day now, the Eagles are going to announce a major contract extension for coach Andy Reid. We can only hope the news is accompanied by a laugh track.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/17/05/1418-82/index.xml The year Jason Varitek first played for the Red Sox, Bill Clinton was sworn in for his second term. http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/16/08/0546-82/index.xml The disappointing ending to the 2009 season for the Red Sox signaled that this is a club in transition. While still very talented, they are fragile and thin in some crucial areas, and some changes are going to need to be made. Here are some possible "big splash" moves that the Red Sox will likely explore this offseason. http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/11/17/4116-72/index.xml The Eagles are a talented group compromised by the shortcomings of their quarterback and doomed by the stubbornness of their coach. They will never win a championship with Andy Reid and Donovan McNabb on board. http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/10/06/0950-82/index.xml Hideki Matsui stole the World Series MVP from Alex Rodriguez, who must have more issues with baseball writers than Mark McGwire. A-Rod bashed the biggest hit in both Games 3 and 4, the two Philly games that swung the series, and yet still falls short to a one-blowout wonder? http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/10/02/3340-82/index.xml One clear way for the Red Sox to improve this winter would be to upgrade at third base, where Mike Lowell has visibly lost a step since his hip surgery. Though Lowell was praised during the 2009 ALDS for snaring every ball hit to him, that’s actually the problem — at this point, he can only defend balls that are hit right at him. http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/09/04/4909-82/index.xml I've heard in on sports radio, and seen it on comment sections and message boards. The Celtics games are boring - they're all blowouts.  I'm only going to say this once: Complete and total annihilation is never boring. Especially when you're on the winning side.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/04/20/4002-72/index.xml Remember those old anti-drug commercials where you saw a guy holding an egg? He tells us, “This is your brain.” http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/04/07/4810-82/index.xml Forget Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Mariano Rivera. If the Phillies manage to come back and win the 2009 World Series, the biggest hurdle they will have to clear is lovable old Charlie Manuel. http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/04/06/0633-82/index.xml National sports columnists and commentators are useless. If you're knowledgeable about your local team, they will add absolutely nothing of value to your knowledge base. They're a waste of time. http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/03/21/3253-72/index.xml A-Rod isn’t a choker. Charlie Manuel isn’t always an idiot savant — sometimes he’s just an idiot (see pitching to A-Rod in a tie game in the ninth inning of Game 4). And the Yankees dominate in spite of their fans. As long as we’re shattering ridiculous myths this postseason, the last point can no longer be ignored. http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/03/08/0244-82/index.xml While the rational, Euclidean side of my brain has been looking forward to this World Series to see what happens when two stacked lineups collide, the emotional side of my brain has been less than enthused. It has no skin in this game. It is unsatisfied. It is bored.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/10/30/03/0146-82/index.xml We attempted to come up with a list of comparisons (with some “pushes”) that you probably haven’t seen on TV or read on that thing they call the Internet:http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/10/28/02/5639-72/index.xml Just when the rest of the NBA thought it had closed the gap, the Celtics muscled up in the offseason and might just be courting their best roster of the team’s new generation. http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/10/27/03/4151-82/index.xml While the postseason continues, Boston has already moved on to the post-postseason. http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/10/23/06/1703-82/index.xml Thank you, Phillies. Thank you for rewarding our patience with an extraordinary baseball team. Thank you for reminding us what a winner is. Thank you for giving us a ballclub worthy of the most loyal fans in sports.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/10/21/09/3221-82/index.xml Joe Torre pulled off a bigger hoax than Balloon Boy and Mark Sanchez put together. Guiding this aceless L.A. Dodgers team to the best record in the National League trumps them all. While it’s become trendy to use this postseason to point out Torre’s faults, the strength of his skills is actually becoming more and more obvious. Who else could have steered these fault-filled Dodgers to 95 wins?http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/10/20/07/2438-82/index.xml It’s pretty hard not to like the Minnesota Twins, but I don’t like ’em.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/10/20/07/1120-82/index.xml