Not Again...

Boston sports fans could boast they made the greatest comeback in sports history coming back from 3-0 against the Yankees in 2004 to advance and later win the World Series. Heck, in 2007 against the Indians they came back from down 3-1. All of the sports karma in a city haunted by it has to come back and bite you in the rear eventually.

The football gods struck in 2007 when the Patriots lost the Super Bowl to the Giants with an act of god.

The hockey gods struck just a short time ago having the Bruins blow a 3-0 lead to the flyers.

Could the Celtics be the next victim?

The Celtics had a similar chance that the Bruins had; a chance to close it out in overtime in Game 4. The Flyers caught some momentum, got some Bruins injured, mounted pressure on Boston and like Eric Gagne in L.A. (not Boston) it was game over.

Now the Celtics blew a great chance in front of their home crowd in Game 4. The Magic shot the lights out in Game 5, even had a few Celtics banged up, and now it comes down to what is a de facto Game 7 in Boston Friday. If Boston cannot win in front of their home crowd in Game 6, they are done. The pressure of being like the Bruins will creep into their fans heads (if it hasn't already) and it will spill into the locker room, veterans and young stars alike. Not to mention the longer this series goes, the worse it is for the older Celtics who are no longer getting 2-3 days between every game to rest.

Game 6? Might as well be Game 7. Do or die for Boston.

A city that is more cursed in the world of sports than Captain Barbossa and his miscreats may be going through another lull that they are all too familiar with. While I was not alive for the near misses in the '67 and '75 World Series, nor the Bucky Dent Home Run or Buckner, or the too many men on the ice epic fail of 1979 against the Canadiens my generation has seen heartbreak. We have witnessed the 2003 collapse against the Yankees that could only be described as surreal (forever my favorite redsox team) and we witnessed the Patriots choke in the Super Bowl and the Bruins failure about two weeks ago. Although when I say I felt heartbreak the Patriots lost what I mean was I was like Ralphie on Christmas morning.

It seems like all of the good luck that had gone Boston sports way is coming back to bite them in the championship fanny...and hard. What goes around comes around.

Three Patriots Super Bowls.Two Red Sox World Series. One Celtics Title. Bruins Optimism. It's been a good run beantown. Don't get used to it; reality wants it's turn again.