Category: Morning Links

While nothing is official yet, indications seem to be that the Red Sox need to start thinking of the rotation for 2015 and beyond without lefty Jon Lester at the head of it. Ken Rosenthal had reported yesterday that Lester would likely choose between the Cubs and Giants, though Lester's agents quickly refuted that report … Continue reading Red Sox Need To Prepare For Rotation Without Jon Lester

After the Patriots squeaked by the lowly New York Jets at home on October 16th, focus turned to the just-completed six-game stretch for New England, which experts said, would make or break this team. Some leaned towards the latter, predicting doom, even 0-6 over this stretch. After going 5-1 over the six games, you'd think … Continue reading Slugfest in San Diego Latest Win For Patriots

On Sunday at 3:00pm (ESPN) the New England Revolution will be playing in the MLS Cup final for the fifth time since 2002. This despite having the worst owners in Major League Soccer. I won't pretend to know a ton about the Revs or how the Krafts have done as owners to the franchise, but … Continue reading Worst Owners In Major League Soccer Look For Title Win Sunday

It seems like some of the most influential conversation-makers in town would rather talk about how Josh Boyer is ruining the cornerbacks, or worrying about several Patriot players going to the Clippers game last night and ending up hanging out with Justin Bieber or drooling over the prospect of Bill Belichick being called to testify in … Continue reading Patriots/Packers Still Worthy Of Discussion, But…

https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/536895598327496706 https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/536739121721769984 Meanwhile the Patriots play the waiver wire, picking up castoffs and trading for players who would've been cut by their teams anyway. It remains to be seen how the Red Sox roster will shake out, there appears to be a lot of redundancy at certain positions, but Ben has a plan. In Ben … Continue reading Unlike Patriots, Red Sox Going “All In.”

I've gotten a number of emails and commenters asking about the status of Pete Sheppard, who has been absent from Glenn Ordway's Big Show Unfiltered for some time now. Sheppard took to Facebook yesterday to clarify his status: My friends...I will make this fairly short and sweet as I have gotten a number of mostly … Continue reading Where’s Pete Sheppard? Shaughnessy Wrong Again, And Other Friday Notes

The Patriots just continue to roll on, continuing to make the dire predictions of doom from after week four look silly. The criticism of the team and how they played at Kansas City at the time certainly was legitimate, but what was ridiculous was the assumption that they wouldn't get any better. I've been consistent … Continue reading Gray Matters

WEEI officially announced yesterday what Chad Finn had reported weeks ago - that Jerry Thornton would be joining the Dale and Holley show as the "permanent" third host. One head-scratcher from the release: Thornton says he's honored to join WEEI as a full-time cohost and writer. "It's not often a cultural institution like 'EEI takes a … Continue reading WEEI Still Shuffling The Deck Chairs

The baseball general managers meetings start today in Baltimore, and the Red Sox have plenty of work to do to put 2014 behind them and look to rebound in 2015. Red Sox have pieces to retool roster - Peter Abraham looks at the roster and the possibilities. Red Sox setting up for busy offseason -Gordon … Continue reading Red Sox Set To Light The Hot Stove

Enough with the Mike Felger Pity Party! Enough with the Tim Benz pity party! Enough with the Gary Tanguay pity party! I'm not sure where the basis of the pity party comes from other than here: https://twitter.com/985TheSportsHub/status/530460920699314176 Amazing. Gary Tanguay web articles are now used as show fodder. All of this while the hosts who … Continue reading Bye Week Banalty