Bill Simmons

But, um, in terms of like the craziest Boston stories ever, which I really try to put some time into thinking about, and I didn't want to put like dark stuff like Reggie Lewis, things like that, but just the, the kind of what the fuck,

the WTF Boston sports stories, a really great one.

When I was a, when I was a kid, the Celtics won the 1976 title.

And then they let Paul Silas go, who is their best rebounder.

It was my dad's favorite player.

And Dave Cowens, the center, who was, you know, one of the best players in the league just retired the next season in his prime and sat out like the first 35 games.

And at one point,

I can't remember.

I think he drove a cab one night, but then at one point he took a job working for Suffolk Downs, the racetrack.

And this was just being covered day to day in Boston.

Like, I'm trying to think if this happened now because the players didn't make that much money back then.

But I can't describe how fucking bonkers this was when it was happening.

Like Dave Cowens, he's just going to retire.

It's like Dave Cowens took a job at Suffolk Downs.

That story was nuts.

The Larry Bird 1985 bar fight that happened in the playoffs that we didn't find out about until all of a sudden he was having issues with his thumb.

And he was the best player in the league and he was in the hottest streak he'd ever had.

And then all of a sudden his shot was going sideways and he had an obviously swollen thumb.

And then it turned out he was in a bar fight in Boston.

And then it got reported by Dan Shaughnessy and everybody got mad at Shaughnessy that he kind of...