It's actually been a fairly busy week in terms of media news and happenings. ESPN extension is good for baseball - Chad Finn looks at a number of things, starting with the extension between ESPN and MLB. He also looks at the interest in Ryen Russillo from WEEI, the continued slippage of Don Criqui and … Continue reading Labor Day Weekend Media Notes
Week Log: Grabbing a Gators Cap and a Beer
Red Sox Payback can be a bitch. Following the Angels' 3-0 sweep over Boston last October, the Red Sox have responded with a vengeance. Although most fans would prefer the ALDS win, the Sox have taken nine straight when it counts the most - i.e., lately. On Tuesday, Ryan Kalish and Clay Buchholz did the … Continue reading Week Log: Grabbing a Gators Cap and a Beer
Week Log: Ready For Some Football
Welcome back for another Week Log and, more importantly, another NFL campaign. The always controversial preseason kicks off for the Pats against the defending Super Bowl-champion New Orleans Saints at Gillette Stadium tonight, so let's start in Foxborough. Patriots Pats Fans give you five good reasons for watching this game tonight, as if you needed … Continue reading Week Log: Ready For Some Football
Week Log: Seven And Fading
Beantown Sports Observer gripes that after an early summer flood of interesting topics, there is zilch gong on now unless you count baseball. Fortunately, Week Log does count baseball so let's get started there, where the count is presently at seven games back - eight in the lost column, five in the Wild Card. Red … Continue reading Week Log: Seven And Fading
Week Log: Second Half Kick-Off Edition
It's the dog days all right. NHL and NBA hot stoves have cooled; NFL OTAs are done and training camp awaits; and the three-day MLB All-Star break has just concluded. We stand ready to roll into the official start of the second half of the Red Sox season, so let's kick it off there. Red … Continue reading Week Log: Second Half Kick-Off Edition
Week Log: A Few Good Men . . . Still Standing
Welcome to July. This weekend marks the midpoint of the MLB season, so it's time do something we haven't done all year. That's right: we're leading with the Red Sox. Red Sox July 1 is marked on my calendar as the sixth anniversary of the night Jeter dove into the stands in the Bronx while … Continue reading Week Log: A Few Good Men . . . Still Standing
Week Log: Draft Days of Summer
Lots of action in the blogosphere this first week of summer, with the C's drafting tonight, the B's tomorrow, the U.S. taking on Guana in World Cup action Saturday, and the Sox looking for something positive on any or all of those days. We left you on the threshhold of Game 7 of the NBA … Continue reading Week Log: Draft Days of Summer
Week Log: Firing On One Cylinder
Welcome to Thursday, and the question everyone wants answered tonight: how many starters will show up against the Lakers in a must-win Game 4 at TD Garden? Be it bad shooting, good Lakers defense, or ridiculously zealous zebras, the C's are getting big-time play from only one of the Big Three each game, so let's … Continue reading Week Log: Firing On One Cylinder
Week Log: It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again
There was once a day when a 3-0 lead in a best-of-seven series was considered commanding. This season, the B's and C's have made it anything but. In a one-month stretch, can one city beget two of the five most colossal chokes in the history of professional sports? After the Celtics' Game 5 drubbing at … Continue reading Week Log: It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again
Week Log: Lightning Crashes
A mixed bag this week. The Celtics' angel has opened their eyes and brought them the postseason they've been wating for, while the confusion still belongs to the Red Sox down the hall. For the Bruins . . . well, an old mother dies. Celtics Having unceremoniously dispensed the Cleveland Cavaliers last Thursday, the Celtics … Continue reading Week Log: Lightning Crashes
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