Formal Friday

You can pick up a lot and learn from the things you love and enjoy rather than just being a spectator and this is the exact case with me when it comes to sports. Growing up in New England I have seen the transformation of my favorite teams from the New England dynasty era, the glorious end of an 86 year old drought and the addition to a mean collection of banners that hang up there in that little place called the Garden. In retrospect I've learned I guess what you can call some gems to success; working hard and believing and if its one of the many central themes that has centered around these championships is belief. In a week where the Celtics have the best record in the East, Red Sox morphed into one of baseball's best hitting lineups, there was the blowout against the Greenbirds at Foxboro. But what made that night even more special was what happened at halftime when good old number 54 Tedy Bruschi was honored for his tenure of wearing the helmet with the flying elvis for his whole career. Coming in as an undersized defensive end, he starred on special teams and eventually became a captain and a household name leading a defense that would win three super-bowls albeit while being iconic and the heart and soul of the team. Bruschi is now an analyst for ESPN and thats how he has made it to being Formal Friday since he traded the 54 jersey for the pundit threads. Regardless much has to be said about his play; he played for the defensive and believed in togetherness and you cant question his passion the mane came back to play after a stroke. He excelled through the will of trying your best for the next man and has three rings from the five big games he went to just thinking like that and imagine if we all had that will.