BPD just started taking WHDH's camera away... while still on camera

neighbors going nuts

Somebody just drove by pounding their horn and yelling out the windows.

No that'd be everybody. Just like when the patriots won, just like when the sox won. What sucks is when it goes on, and on, and on until 3AM with complete morons thinking it's so cool to honk their horns and wake up everyone.

So happy for Paul Pierce - he deserves it. For someone who toiled in the mire that was the Celtics through most of the 90s, this is the icing on the cake.

And KG is super HOT!

How will Dan Shaughnessy spin the Celtics victory to maximize his own schmuckitude?

And the second is like unto it: how long will it take for some random idiot caller to WEEI to say the Cs ought to fire Doc anyway because he didn't like how the first round of the playoffs played out?

Inquiring minds want to know.

And some property damage on Canal Street.

I hate to rain on anyone's parade. I do like all of the excitement outside every time a local team wins. But I'm here at work with maybe two hours of sleep and I work with inner-city kids. I see two possible solutions: Make the following day after a big sports win a holiday. Or, start fining people for blaring their horns needlessly and lighting off fireworks, which people are not supposed to do anyway. I like the holiday plan, myself.

To add to the excitement, most of the streets in my area were closed already this morning for the filming of that Bruce Willis movie and that's the reason I was late!

Jason reports on the eerie calm in South Boston:

... Way too quiet for a city with yet another championship victory. I remember people screaming and cars blaring their horns down my street when both the Sox and Pats won, and figured the Southie faithful wouldn't disappoint.

Perhaps we're expecting wins too readily? Or, perhaps in being a Tuesday night at midnight, people were just ready for bed.

Compare with Quasify's report from Allston Rock City, where, apparently, a lot of out-of-town kids are already up for summer session:

... [T]he kids are straight up rioting in Allston Village. There are multiple paddywagons down at Harvard and Brighton, horns going nuts and screaming runners heading up the side streets, a mass of dancers blocking traffic lanes and motorcycle cops unsuccessfully trying to break things up. This town hasn't felt this hopped up since the Sox did that little thing back in 2004. ...

Michaela summarizes, also notes how the paper's Web site buried the story way, way down: "looks like they're trying to make it seem that the game never happened."

Bruce Allen posts a copy of the ESPN "expert" predictions.

At 11 this morning, workers were already starting to take down the huge Larry O'Brien Trophy replica overlooking the Zakim Bridge. I would have thought they'd want to leave it up until tomorrow's parade, or even all summer long.

Boston Police post a list of 23 people, 14 of whom are not from Boston, and one of whom is charged with A&B by Means of a Dangerous Weapon on a Police Officer and another of whom is charged with A&B resulting in injuries to a police officer.

Boston Police report they were attempting to subdue David Woodman, 22, of Southwick for drinking in public:

The suspect began struggling with the officers as they attempted to handcuff him.

At that time, officers realized that he was in medical distress; they immediately began to administer CPR and summonsed EMS to that location. An ambulance arrived on scene and took over emergency CPR. He was rushed to Beth Israel Medical Center where he is listed in critical, but stable condition.

Homicide and Internal Affairs detectives are now investigating the incident.