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A year ago Phil Kessel was benched in the first round series against Montreal. A lot has changed in a year, and that was symbolized pretty well by Kessel's two goals in last night's 4-2 opening game win by the Bruins. Fluto Shinzawa has the Bruins briefly getting off their game before getting the break they … Continue reading Bruins Take Game One

The Celtic- or really the Celtics sans the Big Three - closed out the regular season with a 115-107 victory over the Washington Wizards at TD Garden (see article on namechange). The win pushed the Celtics to 62-20 on the season, just four games behind their pace of last season. Julian Benbow has the Celtics finishing the … Continue reading Celtics Close Out With a Win

Daisuke Matsuzaka was handed a three run lead before he even took the mound last night, but he couldn't hold the lead, giving up five runs in the bottom of the first. He left the game following the inning, and the Red Sox bullpen did a great job, not giving up a run until the … Continue reading Sox Drop Another Out West

The Red Sox continue to stumble in the early part of the season, falling last night 8-2 to the Oakland Athletics out in the Bay Area. The Globe is running a "Sportstown USA" feature today showing how all four major Boston teams have a shot at winning a championship. John Powers introduces the series, and each … Continue reading Sox Still Haven’t Put It Together

The Bruins wrapped up the regular season yesterday with a 6-2 win in NY against the Islanders. Fluto Shinzawa and Stephen Harris have the Bruins taking care of business and now looking to extract some revenge against the Montreal Canadiens in the first round of the playoffs. Joe Haggerty has the Bruins getting one final bow in before … Continue reading Bruins Finish in Style, Not The Best From Celtics, Sox.

The Red Sox dropped their second straight game and are now on pace for a 54-108 season following a 4-3 loss at Fenway yesterday afternoon. Adam Kilgore has Daisuke Matsuzaka cramming the bases full of runners, as usual, but letting some of them score, which wasn't usual last year. John Tomase says that the cure for the … Continue reading Dice-K, Sox Can’t Get It Going Against Rays

Frank Dell'Apa has the Celtics surviving a strong surge from the New Jersey Nets last night, as Boston picked up its 59th win of the season. Rajon Rondo scored a career high 31 points in the win. Steve Bulpett has Eddie House and the rest of the reserves as the key to this victory. Kevin McNamara has the … Continue reading Celtics Win, Sox Fall

Josh Beckett went seven innings yesterday, giving up just two hits while striking out 10, and Dustin Pedroia and Jason Varitek hit solo home runs to lead the Red Sox to a 5-3 opening day win over the Rays at Fenway Park. Amalie Benjamin has Beckett and the Red Sox winning their renewal of acquaintances with … Continue reading Sox Open In Fine Form

Check the post below this one for the Blog Rally to Help the Boston Globe. After watching the forecast carefully, the Red Sox didn't waste any time in calling off yesterday's opening day. The game will now be played this afternoon at a little past 4:00. Michael Silverman has Josh Beckett not affected by having to … Continue reading Opening Day, Take II

Weather permitting, the Red Sox will begin the 2009 regular season this afternoon at Fenway Park. It kicks off a huge sports week, with the NCAA mens basketball championship set for tonight, and the Masters to start up later in the week. Sean McAdam explores how opening day is still special for Terry Francona. Joe McDonald says … Continue reading Play Ball! Sox Set for Fenway Opener