We were going to create our own Men of the Year list from scratch, but we're too freakin' lazy. So instead we'll just quibble with a few from GQ's annual list. By Jordan Burchette
CHAMPIONS PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES/NEW YORK GIANTS/DETROIT RED WINGS—REALLY, ANYONE BUT THE BOSTON CELTICS
GQ Pick: Boston Celtics What a powerful statement of triumph over adversity that a team which replaced 40 percent of its starting lineup with career all-stars should win a title nine months later. When the Lakers, Cowboys or Yankees undergo this kind of rosterectomy, they're hegemons. When Boston does it, the Sports Pity Conspiracy that has inexplicably embraced the city for the last decade celebrates it. The Phils, Jints and Wings, by contrast, built winners the old-fashioned way: by boring casual fans to death.
