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Boston Celtics

18 and Life

By Ryan McGowan

Dave Cowens, #18 himself, said it best on Friday night.

“Go out there on behalf of the NBA and Red Auerbach and all Celtics present and past,” he said, as he presented the Eastern Conference championship trophy to Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck, “and bring home No. 18.’’

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General Sports

5/27 Episode of Poor Man’s PTI: Choketown

Will the Celtics make Boston the biggest choketown in the history of sports?

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This week’s topics include:

  • Can the Magic come back from 0-3?
  • Two minute Stanley Cup preview
  • Who is more likely to owe $10M: Jamarcus Rusell or Albert Haynesworth?
  • Why is Yahoo trying to force Venus Williams’ “sexuality” on us?

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General Sports

5/20 Episode of Poor Man’s PTI: Bad Chokes and Even Worse Rumors

Ryan is back this week and we catch up on the Bruins collapse and how it ranks in the biggest chokes of all time.

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This week’s topics include:

  • Bruins big choke
  • Celtics unexpected lead on Orlando
  • Delonte West and LeBron James’ mom
  • The decline of HIMYM and bachelor party ettiquette

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General Sports

5/13 Episode of Poor Man’s PTI: Hockey rules

RJ Warner guests hosts in Ryan’s stead. It’s a short show as we talk NHL playoffs, NBA playoffs, and why hockey is so hard to understand for noobs.

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This week’s topics include:

  • NHL Playoffs
  • Penguins go down without a fight
  • Flyers might make history
  • Vin predicts Boston will close out Cleveland (finally got one right!)

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General Sports

May 21 2009 episode of Poor Man’s PTI

NBA and NHL conference finals are underway but we manage to spend 40 minutes figuring out which team Michael Vick might end up on. You can download this week’s podcast directly (running time 90 mins) or subscribe to the feed.

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This week’s topics include:

  • Recapping the Boston/Orlando series
  • NBA conference championships
  • Rooting interests and fan violations
  • Preakness
  • Michael Vick’s future team:  we examine the possibilities of all 32 NFL teams

This week’s trivia question is:  Who is the only Major Leaguer to have three 100+RBI seasons three years in a row with three different teams.   The answer after the jump.

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General Sports

May 14 2009 episode of Poor Man’s PTI

Two game 7s in hockey, NBA conference semis coming down to the wire, and some horse racing talk for you. You can download this week’s podcast directly (running time 90 mins) or subscribe to the feed.

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This week’s topics include:

  • Orlando blowing Celtics series
  • Will Denver beat LA?
  • Mark Cuban vs Kenyon Martin and his mom
  • Bruins vs Penguins (spoke too soon)
  • Ryan’s problem with Bill Simmons / Chuck Klosterman is king
  • Preakness Picks
  • Delaware legalizes sports gambling
  • Peter King is ridiculous/a douche
  • Maxim’s top 100 babes of 2009
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General Sports

April 30 2009 episode of Poor Man’s PTI

Lots of good playoff talk this week. You can download this week’s podcast directly (running time 90 mins) or subscribe to the feed.

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This week’s topics include:

  • NBA Playoffs – tremendous Bulls / Celtics series
  • Tommy Heinsohn biggest homer
  • How to pick a Kentucky Derby winner
  • NHL playoffs
  • Eagles draft
  • A-Rod fatigue
  • John Henry’s wife upgrade
  • French first lady’s sex tape
  • Trivia: who has the most balks in baseball history
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General Sports

Feb 26 2009 episode of Poor Man’s PTI

Vin and Ryan have more topics than they have time so this week’s show runs a little long. You can download this week’s podcast directly (running time 95 mins) or subscribe to the feed.

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This week’s topics include:

  • Jim Calhoun vs “Journalist”
  • The NBA’s $200M loan / Sixers business operations
  • Will Stephon Marbury ruin the Celtics?
  • Wait.  Telfair is still in the NBA?  And he’s starting?
  • What negotiating classes did the Dodgers take?
  • Who is going to pick up Michael Vick?
  • guess the state
  • Emmitt Smith’s greatest quotes
  • Will Matt Cassel be traded?
  • Apologies to Charlie Casserly on Reggie Bush
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General Sports

It’s a Boston Sports World- and Everyone Else is Just Paying Rent

By Ryan McGowan

Vin has been heckling me for the lack of quantity of my writing lately.

And by “lack of quantity,” I mean I haven’t posted a column since February 2007 when I wrote some diatribe about how NASCAR, and by extension the South in general, sucks.

Even though I’ve been a loyal and regular contributor to Poor Man’s PTI, my absence from the printed word has been somewhat unexplained.   So I think I owe it to the readers and especially to my colleagues Vin, Trevor, R.J., Billy, Kris, et al, to explain my writing void.

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NBA General

Still the King?

One off game. That’s all it was, right? Yeah, sure. Until game two rolled around and Lebron’s already suspect perimeter game was exposed for all the world to see.

Sure, he’s the most exciting player in the NBA, that is, if you haven’t already jumped on the Chris Paul bandwagon, but dear God, are we seriously going to overlook this?

Are we for real, in all our skeptical wisdom as fans and writers, going to look past a 19% shooting effort and 17 turnovers in two straight games? And not just any two games. We’re talking two straight games in the second round of the playoffs. You know, the series that, if you were to win it, you’re suddenly four wins away from the NBA Finals.

I mean, I hate to say it, but isn’t this kind of all sorts of hilarious? Bare with me folks, but I’m going to go out on a limb here. Despite what Stephen A. Smith (the A stands for something other than his parents intended) and others want you to believe, Lebron “King” James, is in full choke mode.