"The best decade in professional sports history" As a Boston sports fan thru & thru, I remember the days growing up, when I was only six or seven years old, and the Celtics won some titles with Bird, McHale, Parrish, D.J. and company. As I got older the Patriots didn't win much, if at all, with guys like Steve Grogan, Irving Fryar, John Hannah, and Andre Tippett. The Bruins would come close and not quite make it, with Cam Neely, mean hockey player, and Ray Bourque, old #77. And the Red Sox... With Jim Rice, a young Roger Clemens, and Wade Boggs before he defected to Yankee Stadium and rode the damn horse after they won one of their many World Series titles... well... let's just say I took my lumps from the Yankees more seasons than I'd like to remember. Things got a little better for the Pats, making it to the Super Bowl in 1985, and again in 1996, losing both of course. Rick Pitino came to Boston and ruined us for a while, though I am grateful that he did draft "Truth", Paul Pierce, the only good thing he ever did for the Celtics. But all of the sudden, out of nowhere, came Bill Belicheck, and a skinny little California kid, the #199th pick in the NFL draft, and we beat "The Greatest Show On Turf" in the Super Bowl in 2001, won it again in 2003 & 2004! The Red Sox became the only team in any sport to forge a comeback from being down 0-3 in a playoff series, vs the Yankees, going on to end the 86-year nightmare we endured for a few generations. The Celtics brought in Kevin Garnett, and Ray Allen to join Paul Pierce and won a NBA title in 2007. In that same year, The Red Sox won another World Series, the Pats went 16-0, broke a bunch of single-season records, made it to the Super Bowl, fell just short of the Perfect Season, so close! Then in 2010-2011, the Bruins won the Stanley Cup for the first time in 39-years, the only one I've seen in my life! People used to say, "Hey dude, you guys will do it next year, you'll be better...", it has turned from sympathy into hatred for Boston sports. I can't say I'm upset about it, from 2001-2011 we have one at least one title in every major sport! Whatta decade for Beantown!! As a Bostonian/New Englander I was born to hate New York sports teams, kinda like vampires and werewolves in the movies, we are natural born enemies. But no matter what anyone, from anywhere says or thinks, the City of Boston has the most professional sports championships of all-time!! I am proud of where I come from, and I will never forget the best decade in not just Boston sports history, but the greatest decade in professional sports history! Cheers to Beantown!!!

"LeBron vs Michael" I would like to point out some facts, then share my opinion about the recent LeBron James vs Michael Jordan comparison. First of all there is no real comparison. Jordan has six titles in which he won the Finals MVP in each series. LeBron has one title, he has been to the Finals three times. Now... Jordan did not win a championship til he had Pippen on the team, whom is also one the NBA's Top 50 Players of all-time. James needed help, he went to Miami, in an in-mature, arrogant fashion, to team up with Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh. One player cannot win a championship by himself in the NBA, but Jordan made all the players around him better, and never put blame on his teammates, unlike James. Let's go outside the titles to some other angles... LeBron James is 6'8, 270-lbs... Michael Jordan was 6'6, 225-lbs. I cannot name one instance when Jordan "Flopped", to where LeBron has made quite the impact doing exactly that, alot. James is two inches taller, and roughly 50-lbs heavier than Jordan. Jordan played in a center heavy league, against guys such as... Patrick Ewing(7'0), Hakeem Olajuwan(7'0), Dikembe Mutumbo(7'2), Alonzo Mourning(7'0), David Robinson(7'1), Rick Smits(7'4)... just to name a few, and he didn't flop, he just flat out took it strong to the basket against all of them, and successfully I might add. Defensively however, I think they are equally as great, Jordan has more Defensive MVPs, but he didn't have Dwight Howard to compete with for the award. As far as the business side of things, I can't recall Jordan ever having a contract issue, LeBron has his own stories in that department. Players wanted the opportunity to play along side Jordan, I don't see anyone lining up to be on the same team with LeBron James. If I recall correctly Jordan even went so far as to restructure his contract to make room for other players to sign on, regularly. Long story short... If you are going to compare anyone to Jordan, compare Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson, or Larry Bird. All are the type of players who played to win, not for some self-assurance from the media. Is Michael Jordan the best NBA player ever? Hard to argue against him, but LeBron James lacks the credentials to come close. Plus the lack of good big men in today's league, which makes it easier than what Jordan faced thru the late 80's and all thru the 90's. LeBron is an amazing player, but he's nowhere near the caliber of Michael Jordan. Numbers speak for themselves, and the level of competition is not close.