Larry Bird recently sat down with Grantland editor-in-chief Bill Simmons for an episode of Simmons’ B.S. Report podcast. The podcast itself isn’t out yet, but a segment of it has been getting a lot of play on TV this morning. That segment: Bird saying that Lebron James is “by far” the best player in the NBA. But.

Ah, the New York Giants victory parade. A time to revel in a shared feeling of victory among fellow fans. A time to take the kids out of school so they can enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime experience. A time — BRO, ARE THOSE GIRLS GONNA FIGHT?

You’re a Patriots fan. It’s February 5th, 2012, at 11 p.m., and you’ve just watched your team lose to the New York Giants for the second time in five years. You’ve just seen Tom Brady’s last-second hail mary attempt land harmlessly in the endzone, and that team from New York celebrate on a field covered in confetti — again. The guests at your Super Bowl party have all filtered out of your home, but you’re still sitting there in a haze of post-game disappointment. What do you do?

It’s a heartwarming story: Giants linebacker Greg Jones proposing to his girlfriend after his team just won the Super Bowl. But after looking at some photos of the proposal, and noticing Jones’ mom in the background (the woman wearing #53), we’re not so sure everyone liked this development.

The best assorted links from across the web (and what you should watch on TV tonight) for Tuesday, February 7th. If you’d like to see something on SportsGrid, send it to tips@sportsgrid.com. Here’s our starting five.

Jimmy Kimmel is a fan of unimaginably cruel stunts — he once famously asked parents to tell their kids that all of their Halloween candy had been eaten. But this latest concerted effort to get members of the same family to tear each other apart, in which he asks someone to pull the plug or turn off the TV before the deciding play of the Super Bowl, is really pushing the limits of what the average person can put up with. The last play, by the way: Tom Brady’s hail mary pass that ended up landing incomplete. Can you imagine being a Patriots fan — at a party no less — and your friend’s significant other shuts off the TV as that pass is in the air? That is grounds for a divorce on the spot. Video after the jump.

Yes, that’s Wizards center JaVale McGee running back on defense… while his team still has the ball. The failed alley-oop puts a nice little bow on things, as well.

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NBC went to one of their reporters in the crowd to gauge the fan reaction to this afternoon’s Giants’ victory parade. A young lady, who had another young lady on her shoulders, was asked who she was excited to see this morning. Her answer? Not someone who plays for the Giants.

“And when are they gonna play again? And I’m never gonna get to see them play against stupid New York. If we get there again they’re gonna beat us again because we’re so bad at the Super Bowl and I don’t even know why because we’re so good at every other game and then we’re so good and sometimes even though we have perfect seasons we still don’t win.”

The Giants are your Super Bowl champ-eens, meaning they get a big fat victory parade in New York’s Canyon of Heroes. But what to do if you’re at work? Or away from a TV? Fear not: you can watch the live stream of the Giants’ Super Bowl parade online. After the jump: where to watch.