http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/ en Copyright 2009 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:29:24 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Isuzu pickup truck in Jonesborough, Tenn. Turns out, it was actually in the form of Ted Ginn Jr. ]]> http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/11/06/hyperbole_by_henning/ http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/11/06/hyperbole_by_henning/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:29:24 -0500 Our roundup of picks for this week's Dolphins-Patriots game. http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/11/06/week_9_prediction_roundup/ http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/11/06/week_9_prediction_roundup/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:30:49 -0500 I was living in New York the last time the Yankees won the World Series. Yankee fans celebrated that title by crowding the local speakeasies and carousing with flapper girls, dancing the night away to the controversial lyrics of Rogers and Hammerstein. http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/11/05/feast_off_famine/ http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/11/05/feast_off_famine/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:03:48 -0500 Not sure where to begin with the New York Post's front page this morning. http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/11/04/baby_daddy/ http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/11/04/baby_daddy/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:17:30 -0500 The delicious thought of the Yankees franchise following up the greatest choke in baseball postseason history with another to rival it just five years later is one that we're going to have a difficult time repressing until the time is right. http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/11/03/six_on_the_reach/ http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/11/03/six_on_the_reach/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:05:47 -0500 We can assume the layout folks at the Philadelphia Inquirer aren't big baseball fans. http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/11/02/no_truth_in_advertising/ http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/11/02/no_truth_in_advertising/ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:48:32 -0500 Part of the pleasure in sports isn't only devotion to your team, but the fun in loathing your enemy. Red Sox fans rooting for the Yankees would be like Bill Belichick having Eric Mangini over for a friendly game of Twister or Deadspin and ESPN going into business together. http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/10/29/deep_roots_will_not_bend/ http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/10/29/deep_roots_will_not_bend/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:53:40 -0500 They brought joy and satisfaction to Red Sox fans everywhere, and made a fat, dead ballplayer cry when his mythical curse came to an abrupt halt. http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/10/27/world_off_their_shoulders/ http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/10/27/world_off_their_shoulders/ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:41:16 -0500 The NFL does a cute job of patting itself on the back overseas, but wait until London suffers some of the other downsides to the league. http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/10/26/foreign_departure/ http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/10/26/foreign_departure/ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:07:30 -0500 The experts have weighed in, and not surprisingly, the Patriots are big-time favorites vs. the Bucs. See what they're saying about Sunday's game. http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/10/23/week_7_prediction_roundup/ http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/10/23/week_7_prediction_roundup/ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:51:21 -0500 Breaking down spit-gate, Fox's burning desire to see the Yankees in the World Series, and Matt Holliday's attraction to "mystique." http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/10/22/short_hops/ http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/10/22/short_hops/ Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:58:45 -0500 Oh, the psychological damage that the Patriots must have inflicted on the poor Tennessee Titans. http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/10/21/fisher_nuts/ http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/10/21/fisher_nuts/ Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:31:11 -0500 Five hundred twenty-six saves, 36 postseason saves, four World Series titles. That, my friends, is one magic loogy. http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/10/20/spit_decision/ http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/10/20/spit_decision/ Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:40:33 -0500 Normally the NFL trading deadline is about as exciting a day as the NFL players' association tax deadline day. Still, here are some names Patriots fans can dream about. http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/10/19/trade_wins/ http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/10/19/trade_wins/ Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:01:50 -0500 Our roundup of picks for this week's Titans-Patriots game http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/10/16/week_6_prediction_roundup/ http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/wilbur/2009/10/16/week_6_prediction_roundup/ Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:11:23 -0500