After 15 long years, the wait is finally over for Jim Rice. In his final year of eligibility, the former Red Sox slugger was finally elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame yesterday. Alex Speier looks at a puzzling episode finally coming to a close for Rice and the HoF. Dan Shaughnessy looks at the long road … Continue reading Jim Ed Hits HOF, Celtics Beat Raptors Back-to-Back
NESN with Bonus Rice Coverage
With Jim Rice finally being elected to the baseball Hall of Fame this afternoon, NESN will be having a special block of programming today/tonight covering the achievement. NESN studio analyst Jim Rice is now a Hall of Famer and NESN is covering today’s announcement with a number of special interviews and live programming. Below is … Continue reading NESN with Bonus Rice Coverage
Celtics Get Off Slide
Ray Allen scored a season high 36 points and Rajon Rondo dished out 11 assists as the Celtics stopped their losing streak with a 94-88 win over the Raptors in Toronto. Marc J. Spears notes that Allen wasn't able to get his usual pregame shooting routine in because of the early start to the game. Steve … Continue reading Celtics Get Off Slide
Gil Santos Retiring from WBZ, Remaining on Pats Broadcasts
Yesterday, Jessica Heslam reported that Gil Santos will be retiring from WBZ radio at the end of this month. I figured Santos would remain as the radio play-by-play voice of the Patriots, and in today's Herald, Renee Nadeau has Santos saying that he plans to remain in the Patriots radio broadcast booth for WBCN for next season … Continue reading Gil Santos Retiring from WBZ, Remaining on Pats Broadcasts
Your Friday Megalinks Late, But They’re Here
Ken from Fang's Bites with your links on this early Saturday morning. I was about to do the megalinks this afternoon, but got called away to my home office where I didn't finish work until after 8 p.m. Yes, it's Friday, but sometimes you have to work late. Let's do the Weekend Viewing Picks. It's … Continue reading Your Friday Megalinks Late, But They’re Here
Molori on Favre, FCP on Celtics
A few technical snafus derailed the morning links today, but I wanted to pass along a couple of links from the BSMW network. John Molori writes about the Foolish Fanfare for Fraudulent Favre among the mainstream media. As far as Favre being amongst the greatest ever at his position, Molori names 25 quarterbacks he would take … Continue reading Molori on Favre, FCP on Celtics
Week Log: Show Me The Anger
For nearly seven years, BSMW has been your reliable one-stop for Hub sports happenings. We've been your blog for newslinks, and now we'll be your blog for bloglinks. Boston has an unbridled passion for sports that overflows our Main Street media and spills into the off-Broadway network of blogs. Along with point-of-play reporting - for … Continue reading Week Log: Show Me The Anger
Herald Off Base on Pioli Talks
The Boston Herald continues to struggle in its coverage of the New England Patriots. The Herald reported that the Browns had given Scott Pioli a January 1st deadline. That story is already in the archives, but this Point After blog entry confirms that the Herald had reported about the deadline: The Herald had reported in … Continue reading Herald Off Base on Pioli Talks
Houston, We Have a Problem
The Celtics continue to sputter since their Christmas day loss to the Lakers, losing their third game in a row and sixth of their last eighth with last night's 89-85 loss to the Houston Rockets at the Garden. Frank Dell'Apa has the Rockets shutting down the Celtics in the stretch last night, sealing the victory for … Continue reading Houston, We Have a Problem
Man Arrested For Making Threatening Calls to WEEI
David Frank of the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s news blog alerted me to a story this afternoon about a Cambridge man facing charges for making a series of obscene calls to WEEI last year, mostly in reference to the Dennis and Callahan radio show. Jessica Heslam also has a report on the story, in which the … Continue reading Man Arrested For Making Threatening Calls to WEEI
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