"Brady bunch gathers for a good cause
Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen skipped the red carpet and snuck in the back door at the Hard Rock Cafe Monday night, where they lent their star power to the VIP lair at a Boston for Africa 2008 charity extravaganza. (Brady's sister, Nancy, was one of the event organizers.) The QB and supermodel snapped a few family photos, chatted up some fellow Pats, and quickly scooted, while finalists in a Guitar Hero jam-off were still trying to impress Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joey Kramer. The veteran rockers performed later, joined by Jeff "Skunk" Baxter and James Montgomery. The Dropkick Murphys' Ken Casey got into the act, too. Also in the house: guitarist Barry Goudreau, Bruin Phil Kessel, actor Kevin Chapman, and Patriots Eric Alexander, Ben Watson, Stephen Neal, and Wes Welker. In the auction winner department: Ernie Boch Jr.'s wife, Kristen, ponied up $16,000 for a set visit and lunch with Matt Damon, and an undisclosed donor spent a whopping $47,000 for a private half-hour throwing session with Brady. Blame emcee Lenny Clarke. "He was coaxing people into spending," said spokeswoman Kristen Hauser."
Tom Brady at the Boston for Africa event with (from left) his sisters Julie, Maureen, and Nancy, father Tom Sr., mother Galynn, and Gisele Bundchen. (Brian Malloy)
Yeah, yeah, it's all for a good cause, blah, blah, blah, blah. The distribution of wealth in this country is disgusting.
"Red Sox legends hit the greens
Red Sox legends and friends took to the links in Norton yesterday to help the PGA Tour pros tune up for this week's
Again, they foundation probably does good things; however, the whole monetary underpinnings of the "contests" leave the structural problems of society unresolved.
Sports always big on government's war agenda, and corporations who own, control, and advertise the same oil, war-profiteers, bankers, etc, that are the part of the overall problem with this nation -- as well as the bread-and-circuses of over-payed and over-priced modern-day gladiatoral matches?
