Monday Rants

The 2006 Red Sox are starting to take form. The team signed free agent reliever Rudy Seanez, further strengthening their bullpen, which was a major weakness in 2005. Now all they need to do is find a shortstop (Miguel Tejada looks like a long shot, Alex Gonzalez may be in), a lefty for the bullpen, and what to do with (or without) Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez... Congrats to the Pats for clinching their fourth AFC East Title in the last five years with an impressive 28-0 win over Tampa Bay on Saturday. The Pats were left for dead after getting hammered in Kansas City over the Thanksgiving weekend but they are building momentum as more players get healthy. Watch out for them in the playoffs... Remember when the NFC consistently dominated the AFC? Funny how things change... The fate of Sean Williams will be decided today in a Brighton, MA courthouse. The Boston College men's basketball center was suspended in May after being caught with marijuana and has been absent from campus ever since. The Eagles miss his presence dearly and they are not a legitimate threat in the ACC without him to complement Craig Smith and Jared Dudley. If the judge allows him to return to BC, coach Al Skinner may start to re-think his beliefs in Santa Claus... A report in Los Angeles over the weekend said that USC's Heisman Trophy-winning running back Reggie Bush will skip his senior season and turn pro. In a related report, alcohol impairs your judgement... Did you know that since 1940, the year Chuck Norris was born, roundhouse kick related deaths have increased by 13,000 percent? Neither did I... Eli Manning will play in a Super Bowl before Peyton does... For all my knocks on Paul Pierce the last few seasons, he is playing the best basketball of his career right now. Pierce should be an All-Star...