Morning sports update: Bill Belichick explained what position Tom Brady would play in lacrosse
"You need to be able to run here."
The Bruins resume the Stanley Cup Final against the Blues on Monday night in St. Louis at 8 p.m. Boston leads the series 2-1 after Saturday night’s 7-2 win.
The Warriors won Game 2 of the NBA Finals 109-104 on Sunday night to the even the series against the Raptors at one game apiece. Golden State rode an 18-0 run to open the second half, and Andre Iguodala’s clutch three at the end of the game sealed the win for the defending champions.
Led by @andre‘s clutch trey, 👀 the TOP 3 PLAYS from Game 2 of the #NBAFinals presented by @YouTubeTV! pic.twitter.com/Uye4vmCq8i
— NBA (@NBA) June 3, 2019
Elsewhere, the Red Sox defeated the Yankees 8-5 to avoid being swept. David Price earned his first win at Yankee Stadium as a member of the Boston pitching staff.
And the Revolution won in new coach Bruce Arena’s first game in charge. New England defeated Arena’s old team, the Los Angeles Galaxy, 2-1 on Sunday night. Of course, the Galaxy’s lone goal was a spectacular bicycle kick from non other than Zlatan Ibrahimovic:
🚲 DARE TO ZLATAN 🚲@Ibra_official 😱 pic.twitter.com/pU4zVMqXbk
— LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) June 3, 2019
Bill Belichick gave possibly his happiest ever interview while at a lacrosse game: The Premier Lacrosse League got underway over the weekend, playing its opening slate of games at Gillette Stadium.
The league’s games are broadcast by NBC Sports, and has adopted some innovative coverage techniques, such as in-game mic’d up players.
One fan who was in attendance on the sideline was Bill Belichick. The Patriots coach has a well known love of lacrosse, and gave a cheery interview as the game was going on.
In the opening question, Belichick was asked to “compare his feelings” of coaching the Patriots and watching lacrosse.
“Well, this is a lot more enjoyable,” Belichick began, explaining that, “I don’t have to worry as much” at a lacrosse game.
“I love lacrosse,” said a smiling Belichick. “It’s a fun sport to play. You know it’s great in the spring, kind of at the end of the school year playing lacrosse and just being out there with all of your friends, playing on nice days like this.”
When asked what position Tom Brady would play in lacrosse, Belichick had an instant response.
“Goalie,” said Belichick. “You need to be able to run here. I think some of our players like Devin McCourty and Pat Chung, guys like that that are fast and have good quickness, could play at 200, 205 pounds, 210 pounds, somewhere in there that they would be pretty tough.
“I think [Tedy] Bruschi would’ve been a good defenseman, Rodney Harrison, those guys would’ve been pretty good. Vrabel [and] guys like that, that are long and tough.”
“Tom Brady would play goalie in lacrosse”
– Bill Belichick pic.twitter.com/pdWLkVX9ll— Premier Lacrosse League (@PremierLacrosse) June 2, 2019
Trivia: Who is the only Boston pitcher to ever throw a perfect game in MLB history? (Check the bottom of the article for the answer).
Hint: He holds an MLB record in one major statistical category that is unlikely to ever be broken.
More from Boston.com:
- Blues coach Craig Berube unhappy with officiating
- ‘We’ve got to go’: Red Sox know Sunday has to become the norm again
- Woman accuses Neymar of rape, player says he was set up
- Bruins staying composed through Blues’ physical temptations
- Sportsnet’s Don Cherry praises Zdeno Chara for ‘tormenting’ Blues’ top goal scorer
- Dallas Keuchel, Craig Kimbrel can sign without compensation Monday
- Gronk Bus arrives at Gillette Stadium for 10th annual One Mission Buzz Off
President Obama was at Game 2 of the NBA Finals and received a standing ovation
:
Presidential welcome.#WeTheNorth | @BarackObama pic.twitter.com/2F3iHQ9oHx
— Toronto Raptors (@Raptors) June 3, 2019
And Kendrick Perkins had him second on the Perk Power Rankings:
Top 5 Celebrities in the Building tonight!
1-Perk
2-Obama
3- Drake
4- @CassidyHubbarth/ @Rachel__Nichols
5- Steven A Smith
In that order! 😎— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) June 3, 2019
Maybe not the response Drake was looking for:
https://www.instagram.com/p/ByOpVX9AHgj/?igshid=1jtz4v6mbxn9y
Former Patriot Willie McGinest on the first time he met Bill Belichick:
“He is one of the most prepared people you will ever meet.”@WillieMcGinest talks about the first time he met Bill Belichick👇
📺: @NFLTotalAccess pic.twitter.com/k1GNsO4zQP
— NFL Network (@nflnetwork) June 1, 2019
On this day: In 1995, Pedro Martinez retired 27 consecutive batters for the Expos in what was technically a perfect game through nine innings. But in extra innings, Martinez (still on the mound for Montreal), gave up a single to start the 10th and was pulled. The Expos won, 1-0, but Martinez was denied an official place in baseball history.
And in 1997, Brazilian left back Roberto Carlos struck one of the best free kicks in history in a 1-1 draw against France. The replays are worth a watch, showing the physics-defying spin.
On this day in 1997, Roberto Carlos broke the laws of physics… pic.twitter.com/vGH6zpN88J
— 90s Football (@90sfootball) June 3, 2019
Daily highlight: Flamengo’s combination of beautifully weighted passing resulted in a simple tap-in for Gabriel Barbosa.
Zlatan’s goal was good, but goal of the weekend came courtesy of Flamengo and Gabigol. https://t.co/GwTlyLuzH9
— The Blizzard (@blzzrd) June 3, 2019
Trivia answer: Cy Young, who has 511 career wins.
