Joe Thornton Traded, Bruins still suck

BOSTON (AP) The struggling Boston Bruins traded away captain Joe Thornton, once thought to be the future of the franchise, to the San Jose Sharks for three players, a Bruins spokeswoman confirmed late on Wednesday night.
The Bruins get Marco Sturm, Wayne Primeau and Brad Stuart in return for Thornton, who in August signed a three-year, $20 million contract, said team spokeswoman Heidi Holland.
The 6-foot-4, 225-pound Thornton, 26, is the key to the Bruins offense. He has scored more than 20 goals in each of his last five NHL seasons, including two with 30 or more. In 2003-04, he led the team in scoring with 23 goals and 50 assists.

Who did they get? Click on the player for the profile...Click on Joe above and compare...

Left Wing Marco Sturm

Center Wayne Primeau

Defenseman Brad Stuart

Remember the glory days?

WWE needs smaller championship belts

Bruins sold, moving to Florida to play for retirement home, a'la Slap Shot

Reporter Dickie Dunn says the Boston Bruins are moving to Florida due to lack of interest in the team after falling to 8-13-5, including several gut wrenching losses in the final seconds of the game. Dunn reports that fans have hand enough of ownership and management after they were given what they had been asking for for years, a salary cap, and still produced a crummy product.

When asked about the article Dunn said, "I tried to capture the spirit of the thing."

Denis Lemieux: Who own de Bruins? McGrath: OWNS, OWNS!

The Hansons: Eddie Shore? Old time hockey?

Time to play, name that line: Here's to all that beautiful _____ in FLA!! (If you said "weather", you loose).

Reg: Well since we're not exactly the Boston Bruins...oh wait...scratch that...

Kick stop your heart

So after the Patriots loss yesterday, what else was there for UB to do but...watch more football. On WBZ there was the Pats post game show: 5th Quarter, now UB knows they have to review each game, but UB can't imagine more people want to see Steve Burton's "insight" rather than a different game...Meanwhile on WFXT the New York Giants were taking on the Seattle Seahawks, in a game that carried some importance for the NFC playoff picture...The game was moving along late into the 4th and the Giants were driving for what appeared to be the game winning 40-yard field goal...

Woops, what do you know...Giants kicker Jay Feely missed the kick, sending the game into overtime, tied at 21...In OT the Seahawks get the toss but go three and out. Eli Manning gets the Giants in FG range to win the game...

Woops, Feely missed another one, this time from 54-yards...Hum, if the Giants get another shot at this they may want to go for it, I don't think Feely has a lot of faith in himself right now...

HAHA, DUDE ARE YOU KIDDING UB? HE MISSED IT AGAIN!!! THIS TIME IT WAS 45 YARDS AND SHORT...

Seattle Seahawks kicker Josh Brown finally shows Feely how its done, hitting a 36 yard field goal. Wow what a sad finish. Now UB knows what you're thinking..."He hates the Giants, so this is funny and fun to him." Well UB does hate some NY teams, but in all honesty he could care less about the G-Men. Actually UB was pulling for Big Blue since he picked them to beat Seattle...But even UB couldn't not laugh at watching Michael Strahan run out on the field after one of the kicks, thinking he had won, only to realize Feely missed...And before that this display by Giants TE Jeremy Shockey right before Feely's missed 4th quarter kick...

KO'd in KC, Pats lose meaningless game

So the Patriots defense got lit up again, and like previous games it was the banged up secondary that was the biggest problem. But after a loss that dropped them to 6-5 on the season, your Uncle Buck says the game was meaningless and the Patriots are still headed to the playoffs.

Cornerback Asante Samuel was continually burned for big plays and the rest of the D was unable to stop the KC running game, as Larry Johnson ran for 119 yards on 31 carries, including a touchdown.

On the offensive side of the ball the Pats never really got it going. Trailing 26-3 in the 3rd Quarter, they finally got it together, but Tom Brady threw four picks on the day. While those balls were tipped, Brady was throwing high and was wild on other throws.

The Patriots now look to the last 5 games starting next week with the New Jersey Jets. The Pats are still on the fast track to the AFC East title, and barring a major collapse will make it 4 out of 5 years as Division Champions. That will leave them with the home Wild Card game. The biggest hopes for a Patriots fan now is that they can figure out some sort of consistency in the defense and get players like Corey Dillon healthy for the playoffs. By then UB has to hope the "O" is on a roll...Dick Vermeil, your thoughts...

"You guys are the greatest friends I could (sniff, sniff) ever hope for (inaudible crying sounds)..."

"That was the best play I've (sniff, sniff) ever called to start a drive (inaudible crying sounds)..."

"I forgot to tell my cat I loved him before I left this morning (inaudible crying sounds)..."

"I want to (sniff, sniff) dedicate this win (sniff, sniff) to my mailman Craig...(wipes away tears), who just retired after 12 years (sniff, sniff). I love you Craig! (Inaudible crying sounds)..."

UB's 10 Year Reunion

10 years later and UB was forced to relive his "Glory Days" of High School Saturday night. While it went a little smoother than the reunion in "Beautiful Girls" (above), since no one got their asses handed to them, it ended the same way...with all those involved being hung-over the next day. (Isn't that how that movie ended?)

Here a few of UB's closest friends (Crazy Cousin, JC, Panda, Sheablade and DA) who were nice enough to pose for this photo. (UB was a little to into getting his drink on so wasn't as vigilant with the camera as Dinjian.com, where this photo was stolen from).

It was a "crotch-grabbingly" great time for Crazy Cousin, while LT dances, or pukes or both...

Erin, a pregnant Christina and Brooksie made it back to join the fun...

Mr. Adams is surrounded by Goldie, Sheablade, Sarah, Trish and Shayna.

A Goose was spotted at the reunion, with DA and LT...

Griff and Pan are attacked by an unidentified assailant...(UB's photos got a little more out of frame as the night went on...)

Griff and Panda apparently survived the attack, most likely rescued by Goldie, Goose and Sarah...

Ah the glory days of the Chowdaheads...(above and below, minus Bone)...

"Stay cool, man. Stay cool forever."

Next for the Celtics...Cheerleaders?

The Celtics finally gave in to the NBA Friday night when they unveiled their new alternative jerseys. Your Uncle Buck remembers the days when Red would only allow Celtics players to wear black shoes with the uniforms and now we're on to a 3rd jersey...Anyway they won the game against the Charlotte Bobcats with a last second layup by Paul Pierce, 90-89.

The Celtics have been pretty exciting to watch at the end of games, as it seems like they win or lose each game on the last shot...But now they do it in solid green with some black and Boston on the front and a shamrock...By the way that photo is not the winning layup, but you get the idea...

UB heard that the Bruins played a home game earlier in the day, losing their 8th strait...That may be true if they Bruins were not dead to UB...

Bill Russell's Celtics were the last to wear the green away jersey with "Boston" on the front...

...and he got a lot of rings...Hum, does this mean the same thing for these Celtics? Green 17?

You know, cheerleaders might not be a bad idea...