Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump.
God pity them both! and pity us all,
Who vainly the dreams of youth recall.For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: “It might have been!”Whittier, a Massachusetts native, did not have Celtics fans in mind when he penned words that are perhaps a bit too rhymy for our modern ears, but the sentiment is appropriate.
We find ourselves gazing at our seventh-seeded team, which is about to be dispatched by the Nets, whom the C’s fleeced in a trade almost eight years ago and which finished the season far abaft of the Sixers and Doc Rivers.