Rhody bling

In today’s Monday Morning Quarterback column for si.com, Peter King wrote that “Super Bowl rings have gotten as big as Rhode Island.” Oddly enough, for years Providence was the bling capital of the world, a city as synonymous with making costume jewelry in America as Detroit was for manufacturing cars. King’s timing, however, was brutal. The day after New England Patriots’ QB Tom Brady went down with a season-ending knee injury in the first quarter of the first game of the year, King may as well have written that New England sports fans are suffering from a state of depression as big as Rhode Island. Just 35 seconds away from taking home the hardware during the last Super Bowl, the Pats were primed and motivated to add to their jewelry collection this year, before Brady tore his ACL. No doubt it’s small consolation to Pats fans, but the season isn’t a complete loss. Brady’s gone, and the economy is just as bad here as in Detroit. But at least we don’t have to watch the Lions.