Good News in Boston and Washington

I'm referring to sports, not politics. It's the era of the bean--the Boston bean, that is. The city had a parade for the Patriots Tuesday, less than four months after the Red Sox championship parade. Still there were cries of "Yankees suck!" in the crowd. I caught some of the parade but was on my way to do an interview in the West End neighborhood near me just after noon, so missed most of the floats that were featured in a photo on the front page of the Boston Globe yesterday. And in Basketball, the Boston Celtics, even though they have the sixth best record in the East, are now in third place because they lead the fairly weak Atlantic Division. Because there's no hockey season, the Boston Bruins are undefeated; I know that's not very impressive.

Meanwhile, in Washington, my favorite NBA team is having its best season since the late '70s. As a show of great respect to the Wizards, the coaches voted two of their players, guard Gilbert Arenas and Antawn Jamison, to the All-Star team. It's the first All-Star appearance for either player.

I also just read that UVA won its second game in a row, this one by only two points! They beat Florida State in Charlottesville. Two in a row usually isn't huge, but the Cavaliers have really been struggle.

I wanted to report back and am glad I have. Sports have been a dominant topic this week, if you couldn't tell, and I promise I will talk more on something else next time. I just haven't decided what. Goodnight.