Category: Week Log

To those of you not familiar with Week Log, Thursdays on Boston Sports Media Watch bring our weekly tour of the blogs in and around Boston. It's coming to you a little earlier today as Bruce enjoys his belated vaca, so sit back and check out some great takes along this off-Broadway of Boston sports. … Continue reading Week Log: On the Threshhold of Ignominy

No one knew what would happen if the Boston community of sports bloggers and podcasters made themselves an easy target by self-assembling. Like the President's Cabinet in a time of war, this group may be one that is better left ungathered. The fallout from some calamitous occurrence is unthinkable: a major market returned as the … Continue reading Week Log: Blogapalooza!

No surprise as to which team gets lead-off honors this week. For the third straight game, the Bruins reversed an early deficit to beat the Buffalo Sabres last night at TD Garden and take a commanding 3-1 lead in their opening-round playoff series. They are officially the talk of the town today. Bruins, baby! ESPN … Continue reading Week Log: B’s the Talk of the Town

After a week of filling out tax returns - mom's, family friends', kids', mine - everything is still flowing like a Form 1040 to me. That is to say, backwards. So, in honor of Tax Day, let's do things backward. We'll start with our most taxing problems, then deduct from them until we're left with … Continue reading Week Log: The Ugly, The Bad, And Then The Good

Last year, bloggers had a field day at my expense, enticing me into clicks where one April Fool's story after another awaited. This year, I will spare you the same fate. Pumping out your basements all week has been torture enough. So let's start off a fools-free Week Log with some baseball. Red Sox March … Continue reading Week Log: April Fools-Free Day

Maybe the Bruins' wimpy effort last Thursday against the Penguins was the low-water mark in Boaston's underachieving winter. Since then, the B's have beaten out the competition for the last playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, the C's have continued on their own renaissance, and hope is rising like the crocuses in my backyard. Well … Continue reading Week Log: The Tide Is Rising Again

It's the game you've had circled on your Bruins schedule for the 12 days since Pittsburgh Penguins forward Matt Cooke cheap-shotted Marc Savard right out of the season. In fact, According to Cameron Frye says we've been waiting for it like an expectant mother. Yes, the Penguins come to TD Garden tonight, and there are … Continue reading Week Log: Screw the Two, Get Sid The Kid

There's something about the two-year period between Olympic games. It sneaks up on me, I get excited for the events, then I never watch enough of them and they're gone. Suddenly, two years feels like a long time when it lies ahead until the next games. Well, today we'll start with one final look back … Continue reading Week Log: Winter Cedes To Spring

Driven by an intense Olympics spirit, we headed north last weekend for some skiing on the final days of school vacation. For my seven year-old, it was his fifth outing - all with me, all in the last 12 months - and, although I was initially cool to the realization, there was no more denying … Continue reading Week Log: Of Public ‘Thanks’ And Public ‘Sorry’s

If the Olympics can be seen as the sports world's melting pot, they're certainly one in the blogging world as well. We've got an interesting bag of blogs today and things kick off in Vancouver. Winter Olympics We'll start with the almighty buck, as The Sporting Blog has NBC flexing some muscle after the Winter … Continue reading Week Log: From Melting Pots To Potholes