Interesting column from Charles P. Pierce on Grantland today. St. Patrick's Day With Manny Ramirez In the column, Pierce takes a few paragraphs to recall how things ended in Boston for Manny. (Emphasis mine) His last great run was in Boston, where he helped the Red Sox win the only two world championships that the … Continue reading Charlie Pierce on Manny, Boston Media
The Patriots had a busy few days, signing a number of free agents - safety Steve Gregory, receiver Anthony Gonzalez, defensive end Trevor Scott, Receiver Brandon Lloyd and tight end Daniel Fells. These signings, along with some re-signings and the deal with Jonathan Fanene earlier in the week give the Patriots some good depth and … Continue reading Busy Weekend For Patriots
Let's do some megalinks on this Friday. The Weekend Viewing Picks are up and running. Lots of sports as the winter NCAA Championships including the basketball tournaments are underway. Let's get to your links. National Michael Hiestand from USA Today praises CBS/Turner for bringing the NCAA head of men's basketball officiating back to explain controversial … Continue reading Doing Some Friday Megalinks Now
Danny Ainge stood pat at the trading deadline yesterday, and the Bruins were blasted 6-2 by the Florida Panthers. The Celtics not making a move was a mild surprise, if only for Ainge's past history at this period. Michael Felger and Chris Gasper were mocking Ainge yesterday for not making a move, even dumping their … Continue reading No Moves For Celtics, Bruins Blasted Again
The Celtics pulled out a second win on their West coast road swing, beating the Golden State Warriors 105-103 on a Kevin Garnett jumper with 5.1 seconds remaining. Talk about trading one of the Celtics four stars has changed into talk about what the Celtic can do to add a big body to help out … Continue reading With NBA Trade Deadline Today, Do The Celtics Make A Move?
The Bruins had absolutely nothing last night and were rolled by the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-1 in down in Florida. Bruins shockingly bad - Stephen Harris has the Bruins saying the right things before the game and still stinking the place up. Seriously, it looks like the Bruins are going to lose the division - DJ Bean says that it … Continue reading Bruins Rolled In Tampa
The Celtics played their second game in two nights out in Los Angeles, as they fought off a young athletic Lob City Clippers team who seemed more interested in posing after shots and trying to get tough with the older Celtics. The 94-85 win was paced by Paul Pierce's 25 points. This is the first west coast … Continue reading Celtics Get Good Road Win Against Poser Clipper Team
This week promises to be a lot of fun for sports fans, with NFL free agency starting up tomorrow, and the NBA trade deadline coming up Thursday. For fans, there is the anticipation that a move or signing can be announced at any time. For the media, it means a lot of working the phones, … Continue reading Fun Week Ahead For Sports Fans. Media, Not As Much
Linkage has been scarce around the Fang's Bites site this week, but I should be able to get a good set of megalinks in today as we head into NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday. You deserve the links and I thank you for your patience as I've been working around some server problems on my main … Continue reading Let’s Do The Friday Megalinks Again
After 25 games, the Bruins finally won back-to-back contests with a 3-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres last night at TD Garden. Johnny Boychuk played a huge role in the win with a thunderous hit and the game-winning goal. B's getting back on the right track - Joe Haggerty says that the Bruins are finally free … Continue reading Bruins Finally Streaking – And Media Links
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