Has there ever been anyone quite like Paul Pierce ? No.

I am old enough to remember every Red Sox season since 1975. Baseball is long. Baseball takes forever. It's day in, day out, for six solid months - seven if you're lucky. Winning is always fun.

The NBA and NHL have different agendas: The NBA is much more protective of its players and its brand; the NHL has less to lose, and it's in their best interest to generate buzz any way they can.

Don't worry about what other people are doing. Worry about what you're doing.

Anytime someone calls you and identifies themselves with their full name, odds are it isn't someone you want to talk to under any circumstances.

One of my favorite things about basketball is that you can't break it down into some sort of science that makes total sense.

Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing.