Category: Week Log

With the conclusion of last weekend's NBA All-Star Game, we can now bring closure to Fake Sports Month. If late October is the Hope Diamond on the sports calendar, this four-week chunk is its cubic zirconia. We've had a 12-11 NHL All-Star exhibition and the modified-football Pro Bowl. NASCAR is back for the next 38 … Continue reading Week Log: Let the Real Games Resume

Everyone is outside draping lawn reindeer in Hefty bags and applying a fresh coat of Turtle Wax to the house. The family Camaro has been taken off blocks and pushed 'round back, and the town's three liquor stores have sold out of Wild Turkey. Yes, Daytona Party Weekend has hit rural New England, and us … Continue reading Week Log: Strike One, Called

Blame it all on Punxsutawney Phil. The little rodent sees his shadow on Monday morning and everyone's mood sours. Sure enough, by Tuesday night I'm out shoveling more snow. And I'm mad. Not Batman-raving mad, but definitely something north of plain-vanilla peed off. For one thing, there's Phil's droppings all over my driveway. Then, there's … Continue reading Week Blog: Hot Tempers, Cool Weather

We're quickly approaching Super Bowl Sunday and that means the first anniversary of The Catch. They said it would go away, the pain of that play and a few like it - the Manning scramble, Meriweather's dropped pick, Samuel's misplayed pick - during the drive that tripped up the greatest season in pro sports history. … Continue reading Week Log: Still Stings Like Yesterday

I woke Sunday morning to four inches of powder on the driveway. Make it six more down at the trout pond, where I cleared a patch of ice big enough to teach my son to skate, then needed to sit and watch him learn from the younger guys who just came with a snowblower. On … Continue reading Week Log: The Snow From Within

Second week brings first tweak. Bloglinks are being delivered a little earlier. Apparently, the Evening Drive slot is not the same in blogging as it is in radio. Go figure. It was a pretty busy week in all four major Hub pro team camps, but we've got to lead off with the hottest of them … Continue reading Week Log: Fire on Ice

For nearly seven years, BSMW has been your reliable one-stop for Hub sports happenings. We've been your blog for newslinks, and now we'll be your blog for bloglinks. Boston has an unbridled passion for sports that overflows our Main Street media and spills into the off-Broadway network of blogs. Along with point-of-play reporting - for … Continue reading Week Log: Show Me The Anger