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A couple of Staties visited David Portnoy of Barstool Sports and suggested it might be best for all concerned if he took down the nekkid photos of the Brady kid, if you know what they mean, and they think you do, so he did. At least, for today.

Meanwhile, Glenn Ordway, apparently tired of driving more people to Portnoy's site through his anti-Barstool radiothon, turned his sputtering mike and frothing listeners on Bruce Allen of Boston Sports Media Watch for daring to suggest Ordway just shut up already about the whole thing. Allen returns fire today:

Had WEEI just condemned and moved on, would this story have gotten as much attention as it did? While plenty of other media outlets did pick up on the story, there is no doubt that WEEI's incessant banging of the drum increased the visibility of the story.

I heard you state that the extended discussion of the topic had nothing to do with ratings. That is a boldface lie. Everything done at WEEI is for ratings. Are you claiming that this was some sort of selfless public service you were performing here?

Pats Propaganda posts a photo of Sarah Palin in a Patriots hoodie:

I don't know what bothers me more, that the shirt says "Once a Patriot always a Patriot" (because when was she ever a Patriots fan?) or that she's just another politician stealing our name to appear "patriotic."

David Portnoy at Barstool Sports discusses how Glenn Ordway tries to get me murdered (literally) over Brady Babygate.

The page at the center of it all (contains photo of naked kid).

When Ordway went after Universal Hub - no calls to murder, though.

PaulSF ponders whether the rivalry is, finally, dead:

In the end, this was bound to happen, wasn't it? We all suspected the passion with which Red Sox fans hated the Yankees would dissipate once the Sox got the monkey off their backs. The manner of disposing of the monkey in 2004 pretty much ensures it will never return in our lifetimes.

Boston Police report a Vermont woman who jumped into the Red Sox bullpen last night looking for a Sox pitcher to hug her instead found only the long arm of the fist-bumping detail cop, who arrested her on a charge of disturbing a public assembly.

Don't even think of calling him Elf.

JetBlue found a way. The Toronto Star reports that when Nathan Horton got off a JetBlue plane in Buffalo on his way to his hometown to show off the Cup, the Cup's designated guardian got off, too. But the Cup was nowhere to be found:

"They tried to locate it," said [the minder]. "It wasn't in Buffalo. They called Boston. They did find it. It was on the very next flight."

H/t Kevin Vahey.

WBZ reports the Bill Russell statue will be built in City Hall Plaza, just up the steps from the Red Auerbach statue in Faneuil Hall Marketplace.

It's probably a good thing baseball players aren't hockey players when it comes to landing punches.

WBUR reports the death of Dick Williams, 82.

Jeter Filter does just what it says on the box, at least for Chrome users: It either warns you when a page you're on has a mention of the Yankees shortstop or just deletes all references to him. Bonus:

Jeter Filter anonymously reports each webpage found to contain Derek Jeter to the awesome open metadata service FluidInfo. This means the more you use the Jeter Filter, the easier you make it for other developers worldwide to filter Jeter from their apps.

It was developed by a guy from Brooklyn, no less:

Jeter Filter was conceived in the wee hours of the hackNY Spring Hackathon and eventually coded over a series of Red Sox games in June 2011. The Red Sox winning percentage at the beginning of the project was .439 and was .611 at time of 1.0 release. Sam Adams was primarily consumed during initial coding, followed by Templeton Rye during skinning and/or during Red Sox losses.

Via Texas Gal.

Black & Gold by JP Lime.

Via Boston Reddit.

Poor little Philadelphia columnist (who thinks Bostonians pronounce "waiting" as "wahtin"):

The people in Boston have become obnoxious, arrogant, condescending. And those are just my friends up there.

The awesomeness that is the Stanley Cup Champion Bruins bar tab.

Via Scully's Evil Twin.

Biggest victory parade ever? That's what BPD is saying. Sure felt like it at Government Center, where a sea of jumping, chanting, happy people waited in the melting sun for the Bruins and the Cup - and then exploded into a chant of "We got the Cup!" when they arrived in a cloud of black and gold confetti.

Photo gallery: 2011 Bruins victory parade

Photo copyright Jeff Tamagini. Tagged as universalhub on Flickr.

Biggest victory parade ever? That's what BPD is saying. Sure felt like it at Government Center, where a sea of jumping, chanting, happy people waited in the melting sun for the Bruins and the Cup - and then exploded into a chant of "We got the Cup!" when they arrived in a cloud of black and gold confetti.

Photos from the parade.

Wouldn't it be something if he wore it during tonight's game?

The Paper of Record acknowledges:

[T]his city has ridden an unprecedented wave of success over the past decade: the Bruins' victory in the Stanley Cup finals on Wednesday night made Boston the first city to win championships in all four major sports within a 10-year span.

However, the paper forgets about the Celtics, when it writes:

For decades, New England fans sported a collective identity as losers — the timeworn phrase had been "long-suffering losers" - while the Red Sox, the Bruins and the Patriots delivered many calamities, but zero championships.

The Herald has a similar article, but limits its observations to the young set, who have grown up watching their teams win. And win. And win. The Globe gets all dour:

Should local fans mourn the loss of a true title drought?

Michael Ratty was at Tia's at Long Wharf this afternoon when Bruins showed up with the Cup (Marchand kissing it).

Some 21 years ago, Don Martelli and his brother got their father a battery-operated Bruins clock. But dad vowed he would only actually put a battery in after the next time the Bruins won the Stanley Cup. Guess what he did last night?

Bruins Clock: The Movie.

That's a custom-sewn T Red's wearing at Faneuil Hall Marketplace today.

Photo by Faneuil Hall Marketplace.

The carpenters' union building by the Expressway in Dorchester this morning. Photo by Peter the Gr8.

Tanya Ray Fox sums up:

They have been tired, beaten, disrespected and doubted. They've been bitten, taunted and criticised for their style. Yet they fly back to our city Thursday with the Stanley Cup: the 7th time a major Championship will belong a Boston team since 2002. It wasn't easy, it wasn't pretty, and Boston fans wouldn't have it any other way.

Rollzroix tweeted from the Orange Line this morning:

Pulling into N. Station Orange Line conductor announced "transfer to commuter rail and home of the Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins."

4-0! City of champions once again.

Black and gold celebrations off Causeway. Photo by Laura J. Nelson.

From people gathering by the Garden to the Unitarian Universalist Church in Medford, where the bells rang, we reveled in yet another championship title by a Boston team. Fireworks exploded across the area, people yelled "Woo!" out car windows in Davis Square.

Stanley Cup on the Red Line. Photo by Shawn Granniss.

So just cut that out! Brendan alerts us there was a total lunar eclipse on Dec. 21, 2010.

Nor is it the first Total Eclipse of the Heart since the Sox won.

The Vancouver Sun reports:

Vancouver city crews are working to set up the massive viewing screens on Georgia, Homer and Hamilton, as devoted fans are already beginning to gather for Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final. ...

Fans are expected in the tens of thousands, but numbers could double if the game goes well. One hundred thousand people flooded the area during Friday's game.