Morning Sports Update: Tom Coughlin regrets not signing Julian Edelman
Boston Red Sox trade rumors continue, Celtics rookie RJ Hunter is done with social media, and Tom Coughlin admits he wishes Julian Edelman was a New York Giant.
Tom Coughlin wishes he’d signed Julian Edelman in 2013: “He was serious, he was serious about his business and the game of football and what he was looking for’’ Coughlin said of Edelman. “I certainly regret the fact that he’s not in this uniform but that’s the way it goes.’’ (ProFootballTalk.com)
Red Sox trade rumors of the day: San Diego starters Tyson Ross, James Shields or closer Craig Kimbrel could fit: “So far, the general managers’ meetings have consisted of a lot of discussions and even a few that advanced a little further, but nothing more.’’ (MassLive.com)
Celtics rookie R.J. Hunter has sworn off Twitter and social media: “When you are hot, Twitter is on you. When you are down, Twitter is killing you,’’ Hunter explained Wednesday night before hosting the Indiana Pacers. “I need balance in my life and that’s not it. So I’m off of it.’’ (MassLive.com)
Two years ago, Tom Brady said the 2007 Patriots were ‘greatest team that ever played in the NFL’: “We had such a great team. To me, the greatest team that ever played in the NFL,’’ Brady said. “We won so many games against the toughest competition that year by big margins.’’ (New York Daily News)
Here’s the complete transcript for Greg Hardy’s closed-door NFL hearing: “On March 4, the NFL conducted a reinstatement hearing for Greg Hardy, who had spent most of the previous season on the Commissioner’s Exempt List after he was accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend, Nicole Holder.’’ (Deadspin.com)
Larry Bird thinks Deflategate was a bunch of nonsense: “I thought it was a bunch of lying, if you want to know the truth,’’ said Bird. “That’s something [Bob] Kravitz [Indianapolis sports columnist] came up with, and I never believed any of it.’’ (The Boston Globe)
Photo finish: Boston MVPs through the years
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