With the #Celtics season underway, which #Patriots player is the best at basketball? Jabrill Peppers claimed that unofficial title when he came to New England. Did Drake Maye take it over last year? Who is the King of the Court for the Pats in 2025?

Obviously, I don’t know the specifics of what Terry Rozier or Chauncey Billups or anyone else have done. But it does seem bizarre for anybody to truly care about sports gambling (on the surface) when these leagues are virtually run by sports gambling sites now.

Before Terry Rozier got arrested by the FBI, and before he made $20 million a year, he was just a Boston Celtics rookie talking about his love of spaghetti and sugar sandwiches. youtu.be/0Z7PG3T9Us8

Reports are that NBA player Terry Rozier was arrested by the FBI this morning in a sting related to sports gambling. Rozier has played for the Boston Celtics, Charlotte Hornets, and is currently a member of the Miami Heat. Obviously, more information will be coming.

Today’s Sports Trivia: what do these four former professional athletes have in common (it is something no others can claim)?

To put V.J. Edgecombe’s performance into perspective, prior to tonight only one player had scored more than 16 points against the Celtics in their NBA debut since 1958. Edgecombe just dropped 34 for the 76ers.

V.J. Edgecome becomes just the 9th player in NBA history to score 30+ points in his first career game. He joins (in chronological order): Frank Selvy, Maurice Stokes, Wilt Chamberlain, John Drew, Isiah Thomas, Allen Iverson, and Lamar Odom. First player to do it since 1999.

1st Half Statistics — 3-Point Shooting Boston 5-23 Philadelphia 7-19 Free Throw Attempts Boston 5 Philadelphia 15 An obvious losing formula for the Celtics, but the 76ers only lead 57-51 at halftime.

V.J. Edgecombe looks great in his debut for Philadelphia. I haven’t seen 76ers this excited about a rookie since Matisse Thybulle. #PHIvsBOS

Today’s Sports Trivia: what do these four former professional athletes have in common (it is something no others can claim)?

I won’t pretend the Patriots can’t improve at defensive edge, but New England’s K'Lavon Chaisson did just earn himselfAFC Defensive Player of the Week honors. Well deserved!

This should be the Class of 2026 for the Pro Football Hall of Fame: • COACH: Bill Belichick • CONTRIBUTOR: Robert Kraft • VETERANS COMMITTEE PLAYER: Stanley Morgan • MODERN ERA PLAYERS: Drew Brees, Larry Fitzgerald, Rodney Harrison, Adam Vinatieri, Vince Wilfork

How the Pro Football Hall of Fame treats NFL dynasties through Hall of Fame representation: 1960s Packers - 13 1970s Steelers - 14 1980s 49ers - 9 1990s Cowboys - 8 2001-2004 Patriots - 2 By comparison, the 1991-1994 Bills (no titles) have 8 Hall of Famers.

Amazing tribute from the Boston Bruins organization for Brad Marchand, and outstanding support from everyone in the arena. Love that they included some of his visits with children in the hospital. Very well deserved for Marchy.

In NHL history, a player has recorded 400 goals, 500 assists, and a plus/minus of +200 for a franchise only 12 times. The Boston Bruins are the only franchise to have three players do it: • Phil Esposito • Patrice Bergeron • Brad Marchand

Patriots PFF rankings through Week 7 — S Hawkins (42/83) S Woodson (49/83) S Dugger (62/83) CB Jones (32/112) CB Gonzalez (36/112) CB Davis (92/112) CB Austin (109/112)

Patriots PFF rankings through Week 7 — DL Tonga (26 of 124) DL Barmore (41/124) DL Williams (55/124) DL Farmer (109/124) ED Landry III (43/113) ED Chiasson (62/113) ED Murphy (109/113) ED White (111/113) LB Spillane (25/77) LB Elliss (60/77)

Patriots PFF ranks through Week 7 — QB Maye (4 of 37) RB Stevenson (46/53) RB Henderson (52/53) WR Diggs (7/127) WR Boutte (18/127) WR Douglas (52/127) WR Hollins (75/127) TE Henry (17/76) TE Hooper (24/76) C Bradbury (15/35) G Onwenu (14/82) G Wilson (69/82) T Campbell (30/77) T Moses (35/77)

If people are pretending the Pro Football Hall of Fame doesn’t have an anti-Patriots bias… Class of 2026 has 128 Modern Era candidates. Not even making the 128 cutoff: Ben Coates, Julian Edelman, Willie McGinest, Drew Bledsoe, Bruce Armstrong, Matt Light, etc.

13 years ago today the Boston Red Sox hired John Farrell as their new manager. He wasn’t my first choice (I wanted Brad Ausmus or Tony Pena) but was a huge upgrade from Bobby Valentine and won the 2013 World Series.

Julio Rodriguez is an unbelievable baseball player. Too bad he chased that last pitch. Would have been ball four and had Cal Raleigh coming to the plate as to go ahead run. Hopefully Rodriguez and the Mariners get another shot down the road. Congratulations to the Blue Jays!

The last time the Toronto Blue Jays played in the World Series was 1993. Star players acquired from elsewhere included: 2B Roberto Alomar LF Rickey Henderson CF Devon White RF Joe Carter DH Paul Molitor SP Jack Morris SP Dave Stewart

George Springer is clutch

Kevin Gausman’s delivery from the stretch drives me nuts. I’m not sure why it’s not a balk. #SEAvsTOR

100% of fans in attendance for tomorrow’s #Bruins-#Panthers game should be giving Brad Marchand a standing ovation. He is an all-time great Bruins player who never wanted to leave. And for Florida fans in attendance, he helped them win a Stanley Cup too.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. chose to wear an Auston Matthews jersey for ALCS Game 7? Matthews is 0-6 lifetime in Game 7’s, tying him with 3 Maple Leafs teammates for most Game 7’s without a win in NHL history. Apparently Vladdy is not concerned about jinxes.

When Matt Rhule leaves Nebraska to take the Penn State job, is Cornhuskers QB Dylan Raiola going with him? #BigRed #WeAre

Friendly reminder: the Boston Bruins get the Toronto Maple Leafs 1st round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft unless it falls in the Top 5. Then Toronto keeps it and Boston gets an unprotected pick in 2027. The Bruins also got Fraser Minten and a 4th round pick in 2025 for Brandon Carlo.

NFL kickers to miss multiple extra points in a 1-point loss: 🏈 1947 Phil Martinovich, Dodgers 🏈 1975 George Blanda, Raiders 🏈 1976 Bob Thomas, Bears 🏈 1979 Neil O’Donoghue, Buccaneers 🏈 2017 Matt Gay, Buccaneers 🏈 2025 Jude McAtamney, Giants

No team in the history of the NFL has ever had no points entering the fourth quarter and scored as many points as the Denver Broncos did today. They needed all of them for a 33-32 win over the New York Giants. Unbelievable!

Before the NFL season began, I predicted the New England Patriots would finish 9–8, finish 2nd place in the AFC East, and most likely barely miss out on a playoff spot. If that happens now, it would be a big disappointment.

I can’t believe it took me until today to realize Kayshon Boutte should be nicknamed Professor.

Surprised that Anfernee Jennings (65 defensive snaps all season, inactive today) & Keion White (100 defensive snaps in 2025) have made such little contributions for the Patriots this season. They have a combined 6 tackles & 0 QB hits. Had high hopes for both under Mike Vrabel.

Really unimpressive start for the #Patriots. If New England is taking any opponent too lightly, Tennessee included, they would deserve to lose. Fortunately, there is plenty of time to recover from this poor start. 10-3 #Titans lead. #NEvsTEN

I wonder if the Tennessee #Titans fired Brian Callahan prior to this week‘s game so that they didn’t have to watch Mike Vrabel coach the #Patriots against his replacement for Tennessee. 🤔 #NEvsTEN

Including postseason, Tom Brady passed for 102,614 yards during his NFL career. Only 12 QBs (Brees, P.Manning, Favre, Rodgers, Roethlisberger, Rivers, Marino, Ryan, Stafford, E.Manning, Elway, Moon) are closer to Tom Brady than to me, Dan Kelley. I have 0 NFL passing yards.

In the history of the NFL, including both the regular season and postseason, there are only 32 players who are closer to the total career receiving yards of Jerry Rice (25,140) than to me, Dan Kelley (0).

In the history of the NBA, 152 players played in at least 1,000 regular season games. However, only 4 players played in 1,000 wins… • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1,074) • Robert Parish (1,014) • LeBron James (1,009) • Tim Duncan (1,001)

NFL Trivia: Through 6 weeks, #Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs is on pace to finish 2025 with 91 receptions for 1,097 yards. Only 5 New England Patriots have finished a season with at least 91 receptions and 1,097 receiving yards. How many can you name? (answer in comments)

This was my view 11 years ago when the Patriots hosted the Jets on Thursday Night Football. One of the two times New England has come close to losing with me in attendance, but Chris Jones blocked Nick Folk’s potential game-winning Field goal as time expired. #Patriots win 27-25!

Of the 12 MLB Playoffs teams in 2025, only 2 had no players hit more than 25 home runs: • Boston Red Sox • Cincinnati Reds Both were eliminated in the Wild Card series.

This not being a Curb Your Enthusiasm clip is shocking.

The starting 6 of college hockey players I’ve watched who seemed too good to be playing college hockey: LW - Paul Kariya, Maine C - Jack Eichel, Boston University RW - Cole Caufield, Wisconsin D - Brian Leetch, Boston College D - Cale Makar, UMass G - Ryan Miller, Michigan State

Current FBS Playoff Picture — BYES #1 Ohio State #2 Miami, FL #3 Indiana #4 Texas A&M ROUND 1 #12 South Florida @ #5 Ole Miss #11 Tennessee @ #6 Alabama #10 LSU @ #7 Texas Tech #9 Georgia @ #8 Oregon MISSED THE CUT Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, BYU, Missouri, Vanderbilt

1st place in the AFC East after Week 6: New England Patriots

The AllState commercial with the Michigan fan stealing the kids cotton candy annoys me way more than it should.

I don’t think it’s even debatable the #Falcons red helmets and #Seahawks silver helmets are the best options for those teams.

Important questions to help solve a family dispute… A. How many times do you think you have called 911 in your lifetime? B. How many times have you done so in the past three years?

If the #Patriots really want to make a push for a deep playoff run, which players (or positions) should they be looking to add before the NFL Trade Deadline?

If the #Patriots really want to make a push for a deep playoff run, which players (or positions) should they be looking to add before the NFL Trade Deadline?