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Boston, The largest city in the commonwealth of Massachusetts and one of the oldest cities in the United States, offers a rich and inviting history.  Part of this history involves three storied sports franchises; the Patriots, Celtics, and Red Sox. All three are recent World champions in Football, Basketball and Baseball, respectively.   The hype surrounding each franchise reaches a fevered pitch once their season starts and that level of excitement is unlikely to die down anytime soon.

The Patriots are in the process of writing their story and three Super Bowl wins in the last decade is a great introductory chapter.  The Celtics are reviving their past glory and still remain the franchise who has won the most NBA Championships in history.  The new tandem of All-Stars Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen have already won a  championship ring together in 2008, but can’t wait for you to come watch them win a few more. Boston loves their baseball and the Red Sox have not disappointed in recent years. 2004 and 2007 were championship years for the Red Sox and they are in the hunt again this year.

The Patriots actually play about 45 minutes outside of the center of Boston, in Foxboro. However, there are many great apartments within minutes of Boston’s Td Garden Arena and Fenway Park.

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Remember in January, we wrote an article ‘5 Reasons to Get Fit in 2009′? The whole premise of that article was to give you five reasons why working out at your apartment community fitness center provides you with great benefits. Well, we’ve gone a step further to break down how doing other activities in your apartment community can really add up for shedding calories this year!

These numbers are for a 150 lb person and based on a work-out for 30 minutes.

**information collected from HealthStatus.com

 It’s the most wonderful time of the year…  March Madness is in full effect with the Final Four coming up this weekend, Saturday, April 4.  As everyone’s noted, there are no Cinderella’s this year!  In fact, the lowest seed, Villanova (#3) comes from the Big East, which was clearly the strongest conference this season.  The Wildcats, champions of the East Region will face the South Region’s champions, North Carolina (#1) with tip-off at approximately 8:47 PM.  The Tar Heels are heavily favored to take out Nova in this showdown, but we’ll see.  Fellow Big East team and also a #1 seed, Connecticut comes out of the West Region to face off the tough Spartans of Michigan State (#2), coming out of the Mid-West region with tip-off scheduled for 6:07 PM.

This will be nothing short of an epic Final Four battle.  This is the first time in a long time I can honestly say that the National Champion crown is up for grabs.  A legitimate argument can be made for any one of these teams to win this year.  Villanova has been playing defense like nobody’s business since the second half of that round 1 game against American University.  North Carolina is once again a complete team with the return of Ty Lawson from that nagging foot injury.

The early game will be a showcase of defense.  The Huskies hail from the Big East, by far the toughest conference in the land this season, where defense is the only way to survive.  Lead by the 7′3″ force in the middle, Hasheem Thabeet, UConn is not a team to take lightly.  On the other side, Michigan State, coached by Tom Izzo always brings strong, suffocating defense to each and every game they play.  No one comes close to their level in the Big Ten.  But in order for the Spartans to win, they will have to put some points on the board.  Connecticut is not the most offensive-minded team in the league, but they can put up some numbers.  In this match-up, I’m going to have to go with the Huskies.

Now for the moment of truth…I’m biased in the second match-up because Scottie Reynolds, star guard for Villanova hails from Herndon, VA.  That’s right.  He graduated from Herndon High School, my alma mater.  This is a proud day for anyone who attended Herndon High School.  Now don’t get me wrong, I love the Tar Heels, but I love the Wildcats more right now.  The Reynolds vs Lawson guard match-up is going to be one for the ages.  I’m excited to see how this game will play out.  Carolina is unarguably a team who will put points on the board in a hurry.  But it’s going to come down to how hard Villanova can play D against this high-powered offense.  I’m going out on a limb in this game and picking Villanova.  Don’t let me down, Scottie!

With that being said, and continuing with my bias, I’m declaring that the Villanova Wildcats will be the 2009 NCAA Men’s Basketball National Champions.  That’s it.