I happened to be watching ESPN the other day, and Steve Carrell was on doing a bit for Sportscenter and how he is an avid Boston sports fan, and as I watched this unfold, Carrell still brings up the ‘pain’ of losing the Super Bowl last year, and cannot spit out the words Bill Buckner.

This past weekend I was in Las Vegas, and noticeably there was more green showing at the Sport books, with shirts and jerseys that said “Celtics” on the front. I was able to easily spot these jerseys and shirts due to the new shirt smells and tags cut off from the apparel that resonated throughout the casino.

As I took all this in, I thought to myself enough of the lies. Enough of the past. Boston fans, who ESPN will report can walk on water and cure the common cold, are still portrayed as ’suffering’ fans, fans that still have dark images from the past failures of teams.

This is mostly a lie.

The Boston Red Sox are the defending World Series Champions, the New England Pats* are 3 time Super Bowl winners this decade, and now after a former Celtic hooked up his former teammate with a package and Kevin Garnett popped out of the box, the Boston Celtics are back and are NBA Champions.

You want suffering Boston fans? Go West on 1-90, and stop in cities like Buffalo NY (4 Super Bowl losses, 2 Stanley Cup losses) and Cleveland (Browns move, lose heartbreakers in the 80’s, the Indians in 1997, the Cavs). Or, go down 1-95 to Philadelphia (Eagles zero Super Bowls, Phillies 1 World Series in 100 years, Flyers no Cup since 1975). So winning 6 professional championships since 2000 still deems your city as ’suffering?’ Please, and we have not even moved onto Chicago yet!

Ok, show of hands Celtics fans: How many of you knew who Rajon Rondo was this time last year? My money would be on you probably thought he was a prospect for the Pawtucket Red Sox before he was a Boston Celtic. And now we have to hear about the ‘mystique’ of the TD Bank and Waterhouse (I’m sure E-Trade will buy the naming rights soon!) Boston Garden?

Lakers fans have a reputation for being fake, and that is true to a point. Let’s just give some fake credit where it is due in Beantown as well. Just admit some of you dusted off the Bird jerseys, or ran to a Sports Authority sometime this year to fetch that Pierce jersey, and end the lies.