Favorite Athletes

I'll stick with athletes from my lifetime here, and in no particular order: Tom Brady, Paul Pierce, Michael Jordan, Pedro Martinez, Cam Neely, Andy Roddick

Favorite Sports Teams

Professional Boston sports teams: Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins and Patriots

Favorite Coaches

Bill Belichick, Doc Rivers

All-Time Sports Moment

10.17.2004 - 10.20.2004. And the following week, too.

Most Unbreakable Sports Record

This is pretty tough, I would say Cal Ripken's consecutive game streak. Not only because 2,632 is an enormous amount of consecutive games, but also because -- it's just not "necessary." If you played 160 games a year, your team would likely see just as much success as if you played the full 162, so I don't see anyone approaching that record, especially in an age where players are encouraged to take an occasional day off and are often rested to gear up for the playoffs. So, I think the Iron Man status is a bit overrated. I'm more impressed with Gretzky's total points record. That's going to be around for a while I think. He averaged 1.92 PPG for his entire career. The only player that has ever even come close in terms of PPG is Mario Lemieux., at 1.88. I didn't get to see much of Gretzky play, and I really can't even imagine what 1.92 PPG looks like when you are watching it. Consider this: Today's most dominant players in Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin average 1.4 and 1.3 PPG, respectively.

Ruth or Mays?

Ted Williams? ;)

Unitas or Montana?

Montana

Jordan or Russell?

apples to oranges

Gretzky or Orr?

After all that about Gretzky's records -- I still like #4. After all, I imagine Paul Coffey converted more than his fair share of Gretzky's feeds into assists by putting them in the back of the net -- and it's hard to imagine Paul Coffey being the player he was without Bobby Orr reinventing the position. But, really, it's more apple and oranges.

Federer or Sampras?

Federer