Mon May 19, 2008 10:03 am EDT
Handsome
Tom was courtside at the Celtics Game Seven triumph over the Cleveland LeBrons
yesterday, and on his head rested a San Francisco Giants hat. It's not nearly as
scandalous as the time he donned a Yankees cap, but this time of year, there's
no bit of news too small to examine.
Possible explanations:
• The Giants, of course, were the long-time employers of Barry Bonds, who was just hit with 15 charges of perjury. And with Spygate dominating the sports headlines recently, Tom wanted to show solidarity among dirty, dirty cheaters in sports.
• Tom is enthralled at the height of basketball players, and roots especially for the really tall ones. Go giants.
• Tom will do anything to get young white children to gaze at him in amazement, and if that means a gaudy bracelet and the hat of a terrible west coast baseball team while attending an east coast basketball game, then so be it.
• Tom is from the Bay Area in California, has probably been a lifelong Giants fan, and being Tom Brady, can wear whatever he damn well pleases. It's still less embarrassing than the people who wear Red Sox jerseys to the most important game the Celtics have played in five years.
I like that last option the best.
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and speaking of the browns, belicheat was no genius when he coached them but he hadn't yet discovered the secret to sucesss, i guess.
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"18-1". ..... you sound like one-timers.
If Eli and the Giants accomplish anything more than 1 & done (on a miracle play no less), let alone go undefeated in the regular season, little men like you might be taken serious when you brag about being better than the big boys. Until then Brady and the Pats are the unmatched best. Period.
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