Who needs The Grinch when you have Bill Belichick?
The Patriots' curmudgeonly coach softened up beat reporters by asking if they'd finished their holiday shopping, then quickly let slip that "Christmas comes at an inconvenient time, right in the middle of the football season."
Responded Frank Schwab of Yahoo Sports: "There might not be a better Belichick quote, unless he has one somewhere telling Santa Claus, 'Do your job.' "
