Three of a Kind
Tom Brady won this award three times with the Patriots...but never in the same season in which the team won the Super Bowl.
What is the Most Valuable Player award?
Tom Brady, Julian Edelman and Rob Gronkowski have guest starred on this HBO drama, based on the life of a Boston-based actor.
What is Entourage?
A perhaps overpaid right fielder on the 2007 Red Sox title team, and the first draft pick the Patriots made under Bill Parcells.
Who is J.D. Drew Bledsoe?
Through the 2019 season, he's the only quarterback drafted by Bill Belichick to earn a Pro Bowl nod other than Tom Brady.
Who is Matt Cassel?
"The Big Aristotle" went No. 1 overall to the Magic in the 1992 NBA Draft, finishing his career as "The Big Shamrock" with the Celtics in 2011.
Who is Shaquille O'Neal?
He's the only member of the Red Sox who was on the active roster for each of their first three World Series titles in the 21st century.
Who is David Ortiz?
Long before he joined the Celtics for their 2008 championship run, this former UConn guard starred as Jesus Shuttlesworth in Spike Lee's "He Got Game."
Who is Ray Allen?
"The Jet," who was traded to the Nets along with KG and Paul Pierce, and the two-time World Series champion manager of the Red Sox.
Who is Jason Terry Francona?
Despite being two years younger than Brady, this 2003 Patriots draft pick became a head coach in the NFL while Tom was still slinging it for New England in 2019.
Who is Kliff Kingsbury?
Known as much for being Astro's dad and his Fortnight exploits in Boston, this top pick in the 2007 MLB Draft won a Cy Young Award while still in Tampa Bay.
Who is David Price?
New England's first three Super Bowl appearances in franchise history came in this city down on the bayou.
Where is New Orleans?
Many years before he gift-wrapped Kevin Garnett to Boston as a GM, Kevin McHale guest starred on this sticom where everybody knew his name.
What is Cheers?
Two Patriots: an undrafted running back with many syllables, and the "sorriest corner in the league," according to Phil Rivers.
Who is BenJarvus Green-Ellis Hobbs?
Just months after winning Super Bowl XXXVI, the Patriots selected this QB out of LSU in the fourth round of the draft. He never did quite compete with Tom for the top spot.
Who is Rohan Davey?
This journeyman had a cup of coffee in Foxboro in his 20th year in the NFL, long after Tampa Bay made him the top pick in the 1987 draft.
Who is Vinny Testaverde?
The Celtics completely whiffed on Kedrick Brown and Joseph Forte in the first round of the 2001 NBA Draft. This third pick went on to make seven All-Star teams...just none in Boston.
Who is Joe Johnson?
He's the only member of the Red Sox to appear as himself in "Fever Pitch" and win two championships with the team as a player.
Who is Jason Varitek?
A former Patriots cornerback who went to -- wait for it -- Rutgers, and the son of another former Bruin who was traded to the Wild for Charlie Coyle.
Who is Logan Ryan Donato?
He made two starts for the Patriots in 2016, including one with a broken thumb, before the team shipped him to the Colts for Phillip Dorsett the following summer.
Who is Jacoby Brissett?
The top pick by the Blue Jackets in the 2002 NHL Draft, this winger joined the Bruins for the stretch run in 2018 before retiring in part due to concussions.
Who is Rick Nash?
He's the only Bruin to hoist the Stanley Cup three times with the organization, doing so as a member of the 1929, 1939 and 1941 championship teams. His No. 5 hangs in the rafters.
Who is Aubrey "Dit" Clapper?
The tribe didn't speak until Day 27 for this member of the 2008 Celtics while competing on the 32nd season of Survivor, resulting in an 8th place finish.
Who is Scot Pollard?
A trade deadline acquisition by the 2011 Stanley Cup champion Bruins, and "the Clinic" drafted by the Celtics in 2013 -- two picks before the Greek Freak.
Who is Chris Kelly Olynyk?
Even though he'd been a third-round draft pick just a year earlier, this disappointing passer out of San Diego State was cut prior to his second season in New England in favor of undrafted rookie Brian Hoyer.
Who is Kevin O'Connell?
The Celtics stole Paul Pierce with the 10th pick in the 1998 NBA Draft, but later wound up with this disappointing top pick from the same class on their roster as well from 2006-07.
Who is Michael Olowokandi?