Thoughts

- I have been saying for years that Peter May was a moron. I even wrote about it in this space. After what happened Sunday, no one can argue with me. Boston Sports Media covered brilliantly what must have been the worst reporting mistake in quite some time at the Globe sports section. I personally didn't even read May's article because he's become so damn predictable you can pretty much write the column in your head. It's hard to take him seriously when nearly every Celtics-related column is negative. I've never put stock in what he says and now that he's proven that he doesn't know Paul Pierce's contract situation and doesn't care enough to spend two seconds checking it just proves that I haven't missed anything.

- I always knew the ESPY's was a big deal, but when did it get big enough to attract huge Hollywood stars like Greg Kinnear?

- The Redskins aren't going to pay a 3 million dollar cap hit to a fifth receiver coming off of an injury. Thus, I'm optimistic that one of my all-time favorite Patriots, David Patten, may be back in the fold before long. The Patriots are clearly at least one receiver short and DP would fit right in as a number 3, speed option at a cheap price.

- Football is in the air.The Pats' tickets have arrived. Syracuse has been unanimously voted last in nearly all Big East polls. Training Camp is only a week away. It won't be long until our weekends are two twelve hour days glued to the TV.

- I don't see any way the Timberwolves don't regret the Mike James deal. I like the guy and he played incredible last year to earn it, but it is too much money for a player who might be a backup now and definitely will be a backup in a couple years. With the trade kicker thrown in, this deal will hurt the Wolves in the future.

- I heard Red Hot Chili Peppers have a new song out. I wish the radio would play it.

- If my last name was Snow, I'm pretty sure I'd be General Manager of the Bruins. First, Red Sox beat writer Chris Snow randomly lands a high ranking job with the Wild. Now, Garth Snow makes the logical step from backup goaltender to general manager.

-Just starting Feeding The Monster. So far, so good, although I haven't got into any of the good stuff yet. One annoying thing is Mnookin wasting footnotes to explain things like On Base Percentage. He had to figure 95% of his audience would find such things elementary.

- I wonder how Matt Clement's back stiffness is doing. I hope it's not life threatening.

- It's really sad that not that long ago every big Pay-Per-View boxing match would be an event that filled bars or created family parties. The last two fights (Mosley-Vargas, Hopkins-Tarver), I have called a dozen "sports" bars and not a one carried the fight. Boxing is heading towards extinction.

-Random British Open pick: Nick O'Hern.

-Random B.C. Open pick: Bubba Watson.