Things are looking pretty grim for Howie Carr.

According to the Herald, a state Appeals Court judge ruled today on Carr’s request to work the morning drive time show at WTKK while he and his lawyers attempt to distance him from his former (and current?) employer, WRKO.

The verdict? Not happening. (more…)

We love watching the World Series in a bar. Hearing a room full of people involuntarily groan when plays go wrong assures us that we’re not alone in our slavish devotion to the Red Sox. But while most bar patrons make us happy, there’s always one group who works our last nerve. Unfortunately, we were seated near the worst offenders this weekend.

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Taking you around the internet for your afternoon enjoyment.

They’re taking the World Series victory sitting down: Jordan’s customers who bought furniture during a promotion this spring now get it for free. Those of us who didn’t buy anything now feel like idiots, and we don’t mean Kevin Millar. [Herald]

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Our friends have already started complaining about the World Series celebration being held tomorrow at noon. Because they are gainfully employed, they’ll be forced to sit in meetings as the conquering heroes of 2007 roll down the streets of Boston in Duck Boats. Our natural reaction is to blame poor city planning, but the only people to blame for the weekday rally are the players themselves.

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Now that it is over and we don’t have to worry about Tim McCarver’s insipid blathering, or Fox’s rapid-fire cut-away montages of the ugliest fans in the universe for the rest of the winter, it’s time to take stock of what we just saw. Apart from the Red Sox winning the World Series for the second time in four years, of course, because what fun is that?

The story today in every major newspaper outside of Boston and Denver is the stunt that uber-agent and Friend of the Devil Scott Boras pulled last night. (more…)

Shortly after being sworn in, Gov. Deval Patrick got beaten up by the press for a number of things, not the least of which was his use of a state police helicopter to travel around the Commonwealth. Back in February, when the story was first reported, it was noted that Gov. Mitt Romney used the helicopter just once during his four years in office, while Patrick used it multiple times in his first few months as governor.

Thereafter, Patrick — who was dubbed “Air Deval” by Boston Daily’s favorite out-of-work radio host, Howie Carr — decided to ground himself until a formal policy on how best to use the helicopter could be created. You’ll be excited to know that such a policy now exists.

You’ll be even more excited to learn how the governor is using the chopper. (more…)

Boston Daily was in Kenmore Square last night, doing our Papelbon jig in front of a line of stoic police officers on Brookline Avenue. After celebrating, we remembered that it was the wee hours of Monday morning and we’d have to be at work in a few short hours. As the college students came toward Fenway, we tried to get home. It wasn’t easy.

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A few weeks ago, when Sports Illustrated put the glowering mug of Jonathan Papelbon on the cover, it signaled a new era in postseason baseball. With his cap pulled down tight and his eyes narrowed and full of bad intentions, this was the face of baseball, as well as an organization poised to rule the sport for the next generation.

To justify this unofficial anointing, Papelbon would have to do something extraordinary. Something like take the ball for the third time in four days to record five outs with no margin for error on the road to close out a World Series. And so, here we are, starting at the best team in baseball, and possibly the best franchise too.

So, how does it feel? (more…)

Your condensed guide to today’s daily papers.

Rocky Mountain High: The Red Sox beat the Colorado Rockies last night to win World Series. Now we can all start sleeping again. [Herald, Globe]

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Chronicling the past week via quick links and pithy commentary (T Radio, we hardly knew ya edition).

Evil Empire? Us? No, not really.

Went to an Obama rally, and a whole bunch of intolerance broke out: Note that’s Obama, not Osama Mitch, we mean Mitt.

But where will we go for our agit-prop fix? A conversation with Jimmy Tingle after his agonizing decision to shutdown his theater.

Our short city nightmare is over: T Radio goes back to the circle of hell from whence it came. (more…)