Curt Schilling doesn't think much of Dan Shaughnessy's take on contracts in the Age of Coach Jags:

So CHB chimes in on the BC coaching fiasco in about as timely a fashion as reporting on the Lincoln Assassination at the outbreak of WWI. Sweet. In the world of hypocrites he’s vaulted to the top spot. ...

Oh, snap. Schilling, who sometimes maybe, just maybe, doesn't know when to shut up, then goes on and on about what a loser Shaughnessy is, with copious examples from his coverage of the Red Sox dating back to Roger Clemens days.

Become their next sports editor:

Ideal candidate should possess the ability to find ways to lure readers from other sections of the paper into sports and demonstrate the creativity and willingness to break through the standard elements of a sports page.

But Michael Berger reminds us that the last time two Boston teams had losing streaks at the same time (way back in October), it didn't last long.

Does anyone have any info on "Allegedly deceptive business practices" of LA Fitness?

I happened to find this petition site, Petition Site with a petition to stop the LA Fitness club from opening in W. Roxbury. These people seem to be very upset that the permits were fast-tracked by the city, and have lots of alleged problems with LA Fitness listed on the petition.

It's written by the "VFW Parkway Business Assoc" but I don't know if that's a real group or not.

I almost hate to give them any publicity but the petition has been signed by people in Australia and Romania (Romania?) so I guess it's out there.

I just don't get it. I know health clubs often have tricky or misleading contracts, but I don't know enough about LA Fitness to know if they are really that bad. Seems to me a new business in an abandoned building would be a good thing.

BC was on the verge of knocking over top-ranked North Carolina tonight. So what does NESN do with one minute left in the game? Go to commercials, Jessica Heslam fumes.

David Scott reviews the big local sports-media news of the past year, including the way NESN quietly dumped Bob Ryan's show this month:

... The move, initiated by NESN's higher-ups and delivered (awkwardly and clumsily, according to multiple sources) by Joel Feld, the network's executive vice president of programming and executive producer, was yet another sign of an eroding relationship between the Red Sox broadcast unit and the New York Times Company (dba here in Boston as the Boston Globe). ...

Hey, look at Brady and Bledsoe. Don Martelli explains why it might make sense.

Channel 4: Brady may not be 100 percent for 2009.

Rah!

Once the New York Times sells its stake in them. For one thing, we'll no longer be able to accuse the Globe of trying to drum up some business every single time it runs a fawning article about the new luxury boxes at Fenway or whatever.

Curt Schilling writes nobody should be surprised:

... Don't get me wrong, Mark Teixera is a damn good player, but let's look at this realistically. ...

Beth: Call me when the Yankees produce a Dustin Pedroia or an Evan Longoria (and please don't give me any of that crap about Joba equalling Josh Beckett):

That's when I'll really be shaking in my boots.

Michael Gee asks Hank and Brian: What made your deal for Mark Teixeira sweeter than those of the other teams?

Did you promise to take away the captaincy from Derek Jeter? Or was that you'd make A-Rod give him a free shot at Madonna?

Joy of Sox: After this off-season, will the Yankees continue begging New York City for more millions to finish the new stadium?

Speaking of new stadiums, Adam Reilly discerns a new effort by the Sox to get a new stadium in comments by John Henry about Teixeira.