UPDATE: No doubt spurred by thousands of calls from outraged Pats fans, Amazon has pulled the pre-order page down.
19-0: The Historic Championship Season of New England's Unbeatable Patriots (Paperback) - Now available for pre-order.
Via Peter N, who is aghast.
The New York Times throws in the towel, declares us winnahs:
Yet as the Patriots enter Sunday’s Super Bowl as heavy favorites - over the New York Giants, naturally - to win the city's sixth championship in seven years, "Not so, Boston" seems as outdated as those Pilgrims. Backward is forward, and Boston is first.
No, not where he's been the last two days, but where he buys those flowers for Gisele. Would you believe the Stop & Shop on Newport Avenue in Quincy? How else to explain the sign Anali spotted there?
It's one-stop shopping at Boston Sports Media Watch, where Bruce Allen compiles all the links.
Soxaholix asks, strictly hypothetically, of course:
If I were given a chance to manipulate historic events, would I willingly sacrifice the Pats 19-0 season in exchange for a guaranteed Red Sox World Series victory in 2008?
But what would Bill Swerski's Super Fans say?
Exclusive pre- and post-game field access, plus some playoff tickets, to make up for the station's loss of what it had thought was exclusive rights to broadcast the Patriots game.
What do you mean we can only see the Pats game on four stations tomorrow? What's wrong with the other stations?
CBS AND NBC to carry game against the Giants. ABC, PBS just give up all pretensions of caring.
Jay Fitzgerald hears from a blog reader of his now living in Madagascar - the guy now has a satellite radio that lets him get NPR and he wonders if he'll be able to get Patriots games:
... Imagine sitting on a lawn chair in Madagascar, sipping Three Horses Beer and listening to Gil Santos and Gino Cappelletti call a Pats game. Talk about heaven. ...
Kristen sure wishes so:
... They're so good at doing their talking on the field, as it were, but you just know that they let loose occasionally and I would LOVE to hear it. Just once. Especially Rodney. 'Cause you know Rodney was preachin'. After that 4th down stop at the goal line? ...
Jeff: Another week, another heart attack for Patriots fans.
Kristen: Lazarused:
... After last week's slugfest with the Eagles, Tedy Bruschi predicted that the rest of the games would be dogfights. And if there's one thing Tedy Bruschi is not, it's a liar. ...
Denton: Thank you Brian Billick.
Thankfully, some things around here have gotten better since the Patriots' first Super Bowl appearance back in '86, including our grammar and our hair (oh, yeah, and the Patriots):
Posted by Jim Lehmann, who's been busy posting and linking enough Boston TV promos and commercials to keep you busy for awhile.
DJDiva frets:
OMG this Pats game is the worst ever. WTF is going on?? ...
Miss von Schtoop explains how you can tell she's from Boston:
[I]nstead of reveling in Patriot wins, I am living in fear of their inevitable loss.
Jason Butler marvels at the score of the Pats/Bills game:
... And we don't even hate the Bills. How many points will we score on Shula's "Asterisk" Dolphins? On the "You cheated, so you didn't really beat us all those times" Steelers? On the Jets? Can the scoreboards roll triple digits?
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