Boston Illustrated

For those keeping score at home, SI has published an absolutely unprecedented 4 cover stories in a row Boston related. And make it 5 of 7 for good measure. I get it it, Boston has had a lot of sports success recently. The Red Sox WS win was a must cover, fine. And one Patriots cover is understandable since they are destroying teams...but 2 Pats covers in 4 weeks? And not to mention the Celtics NBA Preview cover 3 weeks ago. SI, if you knew you were about to publish a Sox WS cover, on top of the Brady cover from the prior week, maybe, just maybe, you should have put a different team on the NBA Preview cover, c*cksuckers. Who's the next cover, Ben Assfleck and Matt Daaaaamon?

I don't know about anyone else, but I only read SI for readers mail and the pop culture grid. The mag sucks, and they are just the latest in a long line of Boston Bandwagon jumpers in America. So, F*ck Off SI. Consider this my cancellation.

Ballshots:

• What the hell is going on with The Office? Two bad eps in a row. Its still funny, but the last 2 have been way too unbelievable to be realistic.
• Onto Curb. Now that is a show that hasn't lost its fastball. LD and Leon are positively unstoppable. The therapist storyline last week was comedy gold.
• Don't worry Eagles fans. 8 more games (or less) of the McNabb era. Then we can move onto becoming the Gold Standard of the NFL yet again.
• ARod met with the Sox, big surprise. But don't rule out ARod in South Beach. He purchased Shaq's Miami home for $25 mil. I hear the 'Lins have presented ARod a deal worth upwards of $45 mil. Not annually. Over the 12 years he is looking for. Stay tuned.
• Yanks to 'go hard' after Johan Santana, according to SI.com local idiot Jon Heyman. What's next Heyman, is Bill Simmons going to put a column out that gets destroyed by message boards dedicated to him?
• College Picks: over 46.5 PSU at Temple, over 45 Ill at OSU, GEORGIA -2 Auburn
• NFL Picks: Den +3 @ KC, Cle +9.5 @ PITT, Phi +3 @WASH, OAK +3.5 vs Chi, SanFran +10 @ SEA