Category: Morning Links

What? You were expecting Bill Belichick to do something sexy and unexpected last night? The Patriots used the 17th pick in the first round last night to select massive Colorado tackle Nate Solder. By all accounts he's a "Patriots type" of guy - smart, versatile, athletic, and of good character. The Patriots then traded their … Continue reading Patriots Add Good Solder To Front Line

The Bruins jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead last night, only to see Montreal tie things up and send the game to overtime, tied at 3. Nathan Horton, who had been one of the Bruins big offseason acquisitions last year did what the Bruins got him to do, putting the puck in the net … Continue reading Bruins Take Game 7 In OT, Eliminate Canadiens

The Bruins could not overcome penalties, and once again could not get a single thing working on their own power plays, and fell to the Canadiens 2-1 up in Montreal last night. This forces a deciding game 7 at the TD Garden tonight. Get the full coverage over at BruinsLinks.com. Special Teams Cost Bruins As … Continue reading Bruins Can’t Close Out Habs, Game 7 Tonight

With no games for the locals last night, and a couple of appointments this morning, I'm falling back on delivering a few random thoughts, news items and observations from recent days. I've had three separate sources, all very solid, tell me of a New England sportswriter recently fired for plagiarism. The sports editor of the … Continue reading Tuesday Ramblin’

What a difference a week makes. After seeing the Red Sox flop out of the gate, the Celtics fizzle down the stretch of the regular season, and the Bruins fall 0-2 to the hated Montreal Canadiens, things were pretty grim around here. Now the Celtics have finished off a four-game sweep of the (non)rival New York … Continue reading Celtics, Red Sox Finish Off Sweeps

Both the Bruins and Red Sox needed some extra time last night, but they both managed to pull out road wins. The Bruins evened up their first round series with Montreal at 2 games apiece with a 5-4 OT win. The Red Sox beat the Angels 4-2 in 11 innings. This is a little late, but … Continue reading Bruins, Sox Go Extra For Big Wins

More meetings this morning make for short links. Get all the Red Sox coverage of their 5-3 win in Oakland over at RedSoxLinks.com. Red Sox back on track, if not full speed - John Tomase says that now we can start seeing what this Red Sox team is really all about. Closers future, past and … Continue reading Sox Finally Get a Road Win

It was crucial for the Bruins to score first last night if they wanted to have any chance of staying in this first round series with the Montreal Canadiens. They did just that, scoring the first three goals of the game, and hanging on to win 4-2, to make the series 2-1 in favor of Montreal. … Continue reading Bruins Score Early, Hang On To Get Back Into Series

It was a bit of a struggle at times, but the Celtics made enough big plays down the stretch to beat the New York Knicks 87-85 on a Ray Allen three-pointer with 11 seconds to go. Get the complete coverage at CelticsLinks.com. Celtics Ray-se the roof - Mark Murphy says that this game was about revival, and … Continue reading Celtics Get It Done In the End, Beat Knicks In Game One

The Montreal Canadiens stuck early last night, and it stood up the rest of the way as they blanked the Bruins 2-0 to take game one at the Garden of the opening round playoff series between the two clubs. Get all the coverage at BruinsLinks.com. Nice to see that Dan Shaughnessy has the bus to loserville all … Continue reading Canadiens Shut Out Bruins in Game One