Boston Reporter Says Pats Fans Are "Smarter, Classier, And Healthier" Than New Yorkers
Sunday, January 27, 2008
I linked to one of her pieces the other day, but obviously The Herald's Jessica Heslam didn't want to end the war of words there. Ms. Heslam decided to take the war to a new level actually....
Pats fans consistently show better taste than their Gotham counterparts, according to Nielsen.Well then. If the studies say that's the case it has to be true. Although I think this guy might have something to say about that article.
We drink Amstel Light, not Bud Light. Giants fans slug back lots of whiskey.
We are likely to read connoisseur magazines like Wine Spectator. Gotham fans like to pig out on junk food like pretzels, chips and nuts. They’re also less likely to favor organic food than other New Yorkers.
Giants tailgaters are conspicuous consumers who party off the backs of Land Rovers and showy BMW SUVs. Pats fans are more likely to tailgate off the back of an understated Lexus or a sturdy Volvo SUV.
Pats fans a cut above (Boston Herald)
Newspaper Fight! (Awful Announcing)
Going Undefeated Makes Your Fans Want To Off Themselves (Awful Announcing)
25 Comments:
Sounds like Michigan vs Ohio State. :>
Didn't know where else to post this, but I was watching the Cavs-Lakers game today, and is it just me, or does Jeff Van Gundy sound disturbingly like Pam Ward??
Ha...good one Anon. I just love how he and Mark Jackson go at it every game. God I can't stand Jackson.
I prefer Sam Adams, myself. The beer, of course, not the gigantic defensive tackle.
No worse than this horrendous article that takes the opposite position: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22792627/
I'm glad to see this. It validates years of personal research, in which I arrived at the conclusion that New Englanders (sports fans or otherwise) are arrogant, pretentious assholes.
Man, PETA's "study" that those who hunted had small penises was more scientific than this.
Light beer is shit, no matter the brand.
Does anyone know if Erin Andrews is dating a black dude? I hear she is and is close to being engaged...anyone know?
Oh goody- more Boston/New York shit; just what this world needs.
Just want to say, as a MA native (though not a big Pats fan).. I love pretzels and I hate Volvo drivers.
It's really futile for Boston to try to one-up NY. Let's just take what we got and go with. As FJM pointed out, whether the rest of the country loathes us for it or not, this is a special time for Boston sports fans. Sure, there will be bandwagoners, just like every winning franchise has. It comes with the territory.
On the contrary, it's a crappy time for NY sports, other than this semi-miraculous Giants postseason. Mets had an epic blow up. Yanks struggling in the postseason. The Knicks have been the laughing stock of the NBA for most of the decade now.
As for the people.. I mean, it's six in one hand half a dozen in the other. The accents are different, but they're all basically the same typical north east ball bustin' assholes.
And as for the cities.. I love Boston, it's my favorite city.. but it ain't no NY, and even most Bostonians will concede that. So no need to bark up that tree.
I sorta can't wait for Boston to hold all 3 sports trophies (fuck hockey). We'll be epic douches. Maybe south park will write an episode about it. That'd be pissah.
Heslam is the "media reporter" for the Herald and she doesn't really report on much. This is the problem when you get to the Super Bowl or the World Series or Final Four. Editors start assigning reporters to write about things they have no clue about and TV statins send out the feature reporters for similar pieces.
Who cares about this? I don't. I haven't been this disinterested in the Super Bowl...EVER.
I'll still watch...but for the commercials...
this is a joke right ?
More fricking East Coast bias?
Yeah, sounds like the shiznit.
Every time you see one of these Boston-NY oneupmanship type of things and you begin to getted annoyed and pissed, just remember: it could've been a Brett Favre farewell montage, backed by a James Blunt song. It helps, people, trust me.
I just types "getted." It should be "get."
/chagrined/
/winces/
/hides in corner/
BTW, this stuff is coming from NY people, as well. Here's a nice takedown from KT over at FJM one such piece: http://www.firejoemorgan.com/2008/01/i-am-being-baited.html
The only thing I look less forward to is "New York Is Better Than Boston (or vice versa)" posts is Media Day.
I don't know which thing I loved better from last night, the fact that NBC chose to show Men's Figure Skating over the NHL All-Star Game (at least the NHL signed an extension with Versus), or that ESPN had Keyshawn interviewing Bill Belichick.
I had no idea that the NHL All Star Game was even played this weekend until I saw the Alyssa Milano post on TBL.
And yet, I know every single place Tom Brady went to this week, and whether he was or wasn't wearing a boot, and whether he did or didn't have a noticeable limp.
Lexus and Volvo? Yep, those are the autos of the average person.
Giants fans may have their faults (like miles and miles of back hair), but it's still better than being classified as a Boston sports fan.
I think I'd rather eat pretzels than the huge helping of crow that 90% of Patriots fans are having today.
...and she is working for a Boston newspaper because she couldn't get a job for a New York newspaper, so she writes a column for shock value hoping to get a little publicity for herself to help her lousy career.