New Kids on the Block love “Wicked Good Year”

Last night’s Boston Celtics home opener at the TD Garden drew a full house whose fans included New England Patriots and Boston Red Sox team members and owners, local media personalities, and none of other than Celtics fanatic and former New Kids on the block Donnie Wahlberg and Danny Wood.

Wahlberg (pictured above, right, with Danny Wood) showed off his hot-off-the-presses copy of award-winning Boston Herald columnist Steve Buckley’s WICKED GOOD YEAR: How the Red Sox, Patriots, and Celtics turned the Hub of the Universe into the Capital of Sports. Buckley’s book, which goes on sale on Tuesday. is a behind-the-scenes look at Boston’s mega-successful 2007-2008 sports season, during which the Red Sox swept the World Series, the Patriots went undefeated during the regular season, and the Celtics won the NBA Championship.

“Step by step (ooohh baby), gonna get to our readers…”