You probably have a better chance of winning the lottery, a Nobel Peace Prize, and a date with Bobby Knight on the same day than you do of scoring tickets for a sporting event in Boston. Seats are gonna be hard to find when the Patriots and Red Sox have delivered multiple championships this decade, and the Celtics are primed to get their first championship of the 21st century.

So what do you do when you wanna go to the game but seats are hard to come by? If you’re Taylor Roth, a senior inspector at the State Board of Examiners of Plumbers and Gasfitters, looking the other way during inspections is the answer.

A vice president of P.J. Riley & Co. allegedly gave inspector Taylor Roth two tickets to several games from 2004 to 2006 in violation of the state’s conflict of interest law, according to the Ethics Commission.

“Roth received the Red Sox tickets as a reward for permits he had issued and/or inspections that he had performed of P.J. Riley’s work as a senior inspector and/or to influence such official acts that he would perform as a senior inspector,” according to a complaint issued by the Ethics Commission.

What the State Ethics Commission is trying to say is that Roth did what 99 percent of us would do.. He got the hook up. Unfortunately for Taylor Roth, this hook up comes with a visit to the Ethics Commission and the possibility of a $2000 fine for every violation he’s found to have committed.. I bet he’ll hit up a scalper ticket broker next time. He’ll end up paying around the same amount without having to risk his job.

Red Sox tickets allegedly used to reward Big Dig inspector. Courtesy of The Boston Globe

Tags: Boston Red Sox, tickets, Baseball, bribe

Here it is. The moment we’ve all been waiting for. I’m not talking about the New England Patriots and their chance at perfection.. I’m talking about my season record. I’m 105-105-9 heading in to week 17 which means a flipped coin is just as accurate as I am.

The games are a crapshoot this week. Teams are resting guys, teams wanna play spoiler. Half of the games feature home dogs. None of that matters now.. It’s all about going 8-7-1/9-7 or better. If I do that I can hold my head high and say I had a winning season. If not, I’ll probably lean on Johnny Walker’s black shoulder Sunday night thru the New Year, leading me to go Najeh Davenport on somebody’s lawn New Year’s day morning.

As always, I don’t pick sides in games involving the Philadelphia Eagles. The home team is in bold type.

NYG +13.5 over New England

Atlanta -1 over Seattle

Pittsburgh -3 over Baltimore

Chicago +2 over New Orleans

Cleveland -11.5 over San Francisco

Green Bay -5 over Detroit

Jacksonville +6 over Houston

Indianapolis +5 over Tennessee

Miami +2.5 over Cincinnati

Carolina -2.5 over Tampa Bay

Dallas +9 over Washington

St. Louis +6 over Arizona

Minnesota -3 over Denver

Oakland +8 over San Diego

Kansas City +6 over NYJ

Tags: NFL, NFL Week 17, Free Picks

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Anybody that can work all 32 NFL teams into a rap while preppin his inspiration gets a post from me.. I know Nychee doesn’t exactly rhyme all the time (thank you), but let’s see how steady your flow is while you’re breaking down the Kush.

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Tags: NFL, Rap, You Tube, Sports, All 32 NFL Teams Rap