Category: Week Log

Today feels a little like sitting in the middle of a busy intersection. We've got a Super Bowl just concluded, both the B's and C's on the eve of a winter interlude, and the engines turning over to start a new baseball season. And, of course, the Olympics are torching up tomorrow, which is where … Continue reading Week Log: One Flame Extinguished, Another One Lit

A a kid, I remember Jim Rice's broken hand costing the Sox a World Series title, and Darryl Stingley's career ending on a preseason gridiron. I watched the corpus erodus of Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Bill Walton during what could have been productive years breaking in kids like Len Bias and Reggie Lewis. And … Continue reading Week Log: Sportsual Healing In Order For Boston

We're going to open the doors and let in a few more national bloggers than usual this afternoon as we take a brief look at the aftermath of last Sunday's AFC and NFC conference championships, then it will be back to Boston where no such game was held. NFL Neither championship game disappointed National Football … Continue reading Week Log: Where The Games Went On

Moving from season to season is becoming a bit like an episode of The Road Runner and we the fans got stuck with the part of Wile E. Coyote. First, anemic bats and a Jonathan Papelbon collapse fell on our heads like a giant boulder, causing the thin overhang of a Patriots season to dislodge … Continue reading Week Log: From Road Runner To Coyote Across Boston Sports

After watching victories by both the greasy Cowboys and greasier Jets the day before, I couldn't wait for a Sunday morning shower. Somewhere between the soap and shampoo my wife broke in with good news: a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to sit in the third row on the 50-yard line for the Ravens game at Gillette. Yeah, … Continue reading Week Log: Eulogy For The Common Team

Today is a birthday of sorts as Week Log is now one year old. Not to go all Thanks For Playing on you, but we published 41 editions over the past year, bringing you 1,761 links. We're now following about 160 New England-based blogs each week. When Bruce and I first discussed the concept of … Continue reading Week Log: Happy Birthday, Bloggers

This week is not the misery Michael Felger makes it out to be, but between bumper-to-bumper traffic, long lines at the register, and various ill-wills we hurl at each other in a Christmas panic exacerbated by last weekend's snowout, one thing is alarming. Folks, when did Boston become a five-team sports town? Parking lots with … Continue reading Week Log: Dreaming of a Partisan Christmas

It had been a slow first month of the free agent season for the Sox - including a non-event at the winter meetings in Indy - but the stove is heating up now with one trade in the works, another on everybody's minds, and two big free agent signings formalized yesterday. The Sox make a … Continue reading Week Log: The Ink Is Flowing At The Fens

Unless you're the President of the United States or the engineer who figured out how to fit all that cheese into a Cheez-It, you've probably awoken to days when you feel like Just Another Guy or Just Another Gal, as Felger might say. On Tuesday morning, I woke to the realization the Pats are Just … Continue reading Week Log: Patriots Are Just Another Team

The only thing better than watching the NYJ take a beating on an autumn Sunday afternoon is watching the Patriots give it to them. After nine weeks out of alignment, the football world has righted itself again as the Pats redeemed their Week 2 loss to the Jets with a 31-14 win in Foxborough on … Continue reading Week Log: Big Guys Don’t Cry