A a kid, I remember Jim Rice's broken hand costing the Sox a World Series title, and Darryl Stingley's career ending on a preseason gridiron. I watched the corpus erodus of Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Bill Walton during what could have been productive years breaking in kids like Len Bias and Reggie Lewis. And … Continue reading Week Log: Sportsual Healing In Order For Boston
Celtics Take The Heat
The Celtics, playing without Paul Pierce, had enough to hold off Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat last night at the Garden. Frank Dell’Apa has Tony Allen making a big play on Wade with the game on the line, ensuring the Celtics victory. Mark Murphy has the Celtics making the needed plays in the fourth quarter - … Continue reading Celtics Take The Heat
Back In Business
First of all, I apologize for the lack of a post yesterday. 1) I'm sick and 2) because of recurring problems with the core database, an impromptu migration to a new server took place. Hopefully things will be back to normal. Let's get on to the top ten of this morning. Selfish trend top item … Continue reading Back In Business
Groundhog Day Is Early For Celtics
The Celtics once again held a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter on their opponent, yet could not finish the job. This time, it was Kobe Bryant sinking them with a jumper with 7.3 seconds to go, and the Celtics finished their "rivalry week" set of games again Orlando, Atlanta and the Lakers at 0-3. … Continue reading Groundhog Day Is Early For Celtics
Celtics Don’t Have The Magic
The Celtics lost a double-digit lead last night, and fell in Orlando to the Magic, 96-94. Kevin Garnett looked bad, failing to finish at least two lobs in front of the hoop, and getting beat baseline by Rashard Lewis on the game winning hoop. Garnett says his knee isn't a problem, but it sure looked like it … Continue reading Celtics Don’t Have The Magic
Week Log: Where The Games Went On
We're going to open the doors and let in a few more national bloggers than usual this afternoon as we take a brief look at the aftermath of last Sunday's AFC and NFC conference championships, then it will be back to Boston where no such game was held. NFL Neither championship game disappointed National Football … Continue reading Week Log: Where The Games Went On
Celtics Hitting Big Stretch
The Celtics tip off a stretch of three games in four days tonight against three of their biggest rivals in the league. Tonight's game against Orlando is followed by Atlanta tomorrow night and the Lakers on Sunday. Scott Souza wonders why the league just didn't go ahead and schedule the Cavaliers in for Saturday while they were … Continue reading Celtics Hitting Big Stretch
Afternoon Notes
A couple of notes from today: The Beanpot is coming up over the next two Monday nights, and once again NESN has the complete coverage. Coverage begins with Beanpot Hockey Tournament presented by SBLI beginning on Monday, February 1st. The first game pits Boston College against Harvard at 5:00 PM followed by Boston University battling … Continue reading Afternoon Notes
Still Reviewing A Patriotic Decade
With the 2009 season coming to a close on Sunday Bowl Sunday, and thus putting the wraps on another decade of football, there is still quite a lot of looking back over the last 10 years by the media. Today, Ron Borges names his all-decade NFL team, with former Patriot players Ty Law, Adam Vinatieri and Larry Izzo on the … Continue reading Still Reviewing A Patriotic Decade
NESN Announces Red Sox Spring Training Plans
We're just a few weeks away from the start of spring training, and this afternoon, NESN announced their plans for expanded Red Sox spring training coverage which will begin with an evening edition of Red Sox Spring Break LIVE on February 18th at 7:00pm. The show will be hosted by Tom Caron and Peter Gammons. … Continue reading NESN Announces Red Sox Spring Training Plans
Boston Sports Media Watch 