Coyne's Clippings

Shaughnessy - They're letting their hair down

Then Pedro Martinez, last night's starter, stopped cutting his now jerri-curled hair, believed to be a tribute to a retro-haired Boston Globe columnist who was once labeled "Curly-Haired Boyfriend" by Carl Everett.

A reference to the origins of "C.H.B."! I think it came from the 1999 Ron Kulpa head-butting season.

And I would be remiss if I didn't note our Bryant women's soccer team, which rolled up a 21-0 win over the weekend. Their assistant coach assured me they were NOT running up the score though. He is also a Yankees fan though, and thinks Roger Clemens thought the bat was a ball when he hurled it at Mike Piazza.

Patriots - No flash in the plan

Soft spoken Joe Burris with an interesting piece talking about Tom Brady, and the psych of the game. The meat of the article where it discusses Winning Traits is pretty interesting.

"A winner has that Paul Silas, Bill Russell, Hondo [John] Havlicek ability to be ferociously competitive yet in full control, particularly at critical junctures of the game," Doyle said. "During competition, winners employ the sports psychology mantra of staying in the present, they don't worry about what just happened or what will happen.