Hell yeah!

BOSTON UNIVERSITY CLAIMS 26TH BEANPOT TITLE WITH 3-2 OVERTIME WIN AGAINST NORTHEASTERN

Freshman Chris Bourque scored with 5:50 remaining in the first overtime to lift Boston University to a 3-2 victory in the title game of the 53rd Annual Beanpot Tournament in front of 17,565 fans at the FleetCenter. It marks the 26th time that Boston University has captured the Beanpot title.

Wow. Ray's boy does us proud with the Beanpot winner? Good times.

Mind you, that's 26/53... I call that half (with a little rounding) out of a four team tourney — Wow! Go BU!

The Grand Old Tradition

Train kills 2 BU students

Yesterday, the commuter rail engineer told T police he saw the students through the darkness at around 1 a.m. when they were about 50 feet in front of him, as his train hurtled inbound from Worcester at 50 miles per hour. At that speed, a train takes a half-mile to stop. He did not have time to hit either the horn or the brakes, said the engineer, who was not identified and has been operating T commuter trains since 1991.

"It's the worst part of the job without question, and I think every engineer will agree with that," said Walter Nutter, a T engineer who has hit and killed three people over his 32-year career. He now leads a counseling team for engineers involved in similar incidents.

It may be exagerated in my memory, but it seems like BU kids get killed by the T almost every year. Usually it's because the new crop of freshmen assume the Green Line trolleys will actually stop at the crosswalks.

Crawling through a hole in the fence to hang out in an active rail yard is just asking for trouble of numerous possible descriptions, if you ask me.

Go Pats!

DYNASTY: Patriots beat Eagles for third Super Bowl victory in four years

The legend grows. Brady goes to 9-0 lifetime in the postseason, Bill Belichick moves ahead of Vince Lombardi with a playoff record of 10-1, Sam Adams gets bragging rights over Ben Franklin, and the Patriots are a gaudy 32-2 since Sept. 28, 2003. The Patriots tied a Packers record with their ninth consecutive playoff win. New England's stretch of domination includes an NFL-record 21-game winning streak, and a model of selflessness and teamwork for any coach who ever lived.

Very nice. Especially since so many people I know were rooting against the Patriots just because of the whole "Dynasty" thing...

It must be getting old hat for the folks in Boston, however. They didn't even riot this time around.

B Tom still alive?!

This Red Sox update caught my eye for completely non-baseball-related reasons:

With nearly all of his free agent comings and goings completed by Christmas, Epstein actually found time to take a few days off around New Year's, play some guitar with rockers Buffalo Tom and devote his Sundays to following his beloved New England Patriots.

What?! Buffalo Tom is still kicking around?! Cool!

B Tom was one of my favorite Boston bands during my college years. One of my best concert experiences was seeing them at the Paradise — My buddy and I ended up sitting on the stage, Indian-style, for the whole show. Bill Janovitz could have spit on us, but luckily he's too nice a guy to do that. ;)