At 10 a.m. Saturday, NESN will break its infomercial programming to air the press conference introducing outfielder Carl Crawford to the media and Red Sox fans. Crawford was signed earlier this week as a free agent. NESN will air the program live with Tom Caron hosting.
At least early for me. Hoping to get these done to free myself for the evening. Lots of stuff to get to. Your Weekend Viewing Picks give you sports and entertainment viewing suggestions. Let's do your links now. National USA Today's Michael Hiestand talks with NFL Films president Steve Sabol about the new HBO Sports … Continue reading Doing Your Friday Megalinkage Early For A Change
The Celtics struggled much of the night last in Philadelphia, looking like a tired, beat up team. Missing much of their front line, and with Paul Pierce battling the flu, the Celtics struggled to the finish with the upstart Sixers and a fired up Philly crowd. With the Celtics trailing by a point with 6 … Continue reading Celtics Edge Sixers On Last Second Hoop
The Red Sox made a surprising signing last night, agreeing to terms with former Tampa outfielder Carl Crawford on a seven year contract that will pay out about $142 million over that span. Peter Abraham and The Boston Globe were the first to report this story last night around midnight. [blackbirdpie id="12725805905879040"] With Crawford and … Continue reading Sox Nab Crawford, Willingness To Spend No Longer Questioned
As I mentioned the other day, Monday night's Patriots/Jets game did a 42.2 rating (62 HH share) in the Boston area. That number is combined between ESPN and WCVB-TV. The Patriots-Jets game was the highest-rated game of the season in the local market and the third-highest all time, topping the Patriots Nov. 22 victory over … Continue reading Patriots TV Ratings Update
I had seen William Rhoden's column in The New York Times yesterday, and like this emailer, I was somewhat surprised to see it get remade at the same URL following the Patriots beatdown of Jets. Hi Bruce, I'm a regular BSMW reader, and as such I thought you might be interested in something I caught … Continue reading Odd Column Changes From NY Times
Yesterday will go down as one of the better days in the history of Boston sports, with Adrian Gonzalez being introduced as a member of the Red Sox in the morning, and the Patriots absolutely crushing the New York Jets, 45-3 before a national audience on Monday Night Football. Overnight numbers have the game doing … Continue reading Patriots Dominate Ryan, Jets, 45-3
Here is a little bit of fun, that might pass a few minutes of your time this afternoon as we wade throgh the buildup to Patriots/Jets tonight. I meant to mention this a ways back, and it slipped my mind. Alfred Thomas Catalfo is a New Hampshire-based filmmaker and attorney, and recently released the following … Continue reading BIGHORN – A Twilight Zone-ish story about the Patriots and Adam Vinatieri
Yesterday's coverage of the Adrian Gonzalez trade to the Red Sox was the rare one that would've benefited from the old 24-hour news cycle. Why is that? When 2:00pm yesterday came without an agreement or announcement of a trade, the world of Twitter exploded. Some reports had the trade dead, others said that a trade … Continue reading Sox Get Their Man, Patriots Get Back To Work
The Red Sox appear to make their biggest trade since Curt Schilling was acquired with the news from Buster Olney this morning that Boston has agreed to terms with the San Diego Padres on a deal with will bring slugging first baseman Adrian Gonzalez to the Red Sox. More coverage: Red Sox close in on … Continue reading Red Sox Make That Big Splash, Set To Aquire Adrian Gonzalez
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