James Taylor who played Tanglewood last night and will again tonight paid a touching tribute to the late Senator Ted Kennedy. With over 50,000 people showing up at the JKF Library, today was a day to remember the Senior Senator. What a great song this is too. Enjoy and remember.



By the way, if you missed our tribute to the late Senator, please take a listen and share it with your friends. Click here to listen. GO SOX and PATS!!

- Adam

Labels: Boston Red Sox, James Taylor, New England Patriots, Tanglewood, Ted Kennedy

This summer has been the most ridiculous summer of all time. It started out with nothing but rain and rain and rain, until none of us could take it anymore. Then, in between that, there were sunny days, but during those sunny days, buckets of people died. Let's quickly recap.

In no particular order:

1.) Michael Jackson
2.) Farrah Fawcett
3.) Billy Mays
4.) Eunice Kennedy
5.) Ted Kennedy
6.) Don Hewitt (creator of 60 Minutes)
7.) Robert Novak
8.) Les Paul
9.) Walter Cronkite
10.) Steve McNair

When Uncle Teddy is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetary on Saturday, hopefully with him will go 2009 The Summer of Death, but before that happens I would like to take this opportunity to lay one more thing to rest.

First of all, I take no pleasure in the deaths of these greatly talented people who have passed away this summer, but I will take pleasure in hopefully laying to rest one of the most annoying topics of discussion in the history of Boston sports and I am talking about Super Bowl XLII.

The New England Patriots will play their third pre-season game tonight against the Washington Redskins, but all the pundits are chomping at the bit for their final pre-season game at Gillette Stadium against the NY Giants.

People can't wait to talk about Tom Brady's rematch or Eli Manning proving his worth. Guess what, neither of them will play more than a few snaps and it will likely be the most boring "re-match" in the history of the NFL. So let's all agree to lay to rest talk of Super Bowl XLII and move on to the 2009-2010 undefeated New England Patriots season (there I said it!!)

- Adam

Labels: Billy Mays, farrah fawcett, Les Paul, Michael jackson, New England Patriots, Ted Kennedy, walter cronkite

August has brought us passing storms and as it would appear storms of passing. The senior Senator has gone to join his sister Eunice as well as the rest of the Kennedy clan. Another storm is headed up the coast as Danny draws closer to New England and that is just the action off of the field of play this week.

Timmy and Billy will get into the Sox and the Pats, as well as how they are doing in the world of fantasy sports. It's all right here on the newest edition of the TNA on Wicked Pissa Dude. Thanks for listening and tell your friends to join the nation too. Have a great weekend.

Labels: august, Boston Red Sox, edward kennedy, eunice kennedy, Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Nascar, fantasy sports, new england, New England Patriots, storm season, Ted Kennedy, tna, weekend

I know this is a Boston sports blog and that we spend a lot of time talking about how Tom Brady's injury will impact the New England Patriots season or whether or not David Ortiz's career is over, but Tim and I are both passionate about politics as well and when it comes to Massachusetts politics there was no other like Edward M Kennedy.

I haven't discussed it with Tim, but I can be 100% sure that we both disagree on Uncle Teddy's politics (I think we've made our sides known in the health care debate and so has Sen. Kennedy to give you an idea) but I for one think that Senator Ted Kennedy was one of the greatest public servants that this nation has ever seen.

In a day and age when bickering and name calling are the order of the day, Ted Kennedy got legislation through the US Senate at an amazing rate and did it all while remaining civil and friendly with the other side.

This is how I think his approach relates to Wicked Pissa Dude. Tim and I typically disagree about most everything when it comes to politics, but no matter how heated the discussion gets, we remain friends until the end. There needs to be more of this attitude in Washington, where civil disagreement is the approach rather than civil unrest in politics.

Ted Kennedy was a giant among men. He was the least polished of his brothers, but he probably achieved more in his life then any of them ever did. He was a champion for the less fortunate and will be truly missed on the Senate floor, the streets of Massachusetts and in our hearts.

- Adam

Labels: Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, New England Patriots, Ted Kennedy, Tom Brady, US Senate