My friend and esteemed colleague Ken Fang put together a post over on Fang's Bites entitled Why Do We Hate Chris Berman? The post includes a lot of feedback from readers indicating just why they, in fact, hate ESPN's Chris Berman. The first one is particularly nasty, and it continues through many of the rest … Continue reading Why I Don’t Hate Chris Berman
The Celtics introduced Shaquille O'Neal to the Boston market yesterday, and the Big Shamrock did not disappoint, showing respect and humility at joining the storied Celtics franchise. Everything’s great about this move - Dan Shaughnessy plays it straight today, as he often does when writing about the Celtics, and submits a very good column on Shaq's … Continue reading Shaq Set For Final Chapter, Glory
Thanks to strong pitching from Jon Lester, Daniel Bard and Jonathan Papelbon, the Red Sox managed to hold off the New York Yankees yesterday afternoon 2-1to earn a split of their four game series. The Sox are still 4.5 games behind Tampa for the Wild Card playoff spot. The Patriots are practicing with the Super Bowl Champion … Continue reading Sox Manage Split With Yankees, Still 4.5 Out of Wild Card
I'm on the road today, so no links this morning, but wanted to pass along this link. Joseph P Kahn with a look today at the battle between WEEI and 98.5 The Sportshub. Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
Ok, we have time during the time where I can do the Friday media links. Nice to be able to them earlier than late at night. Before we get to the links, there's the Weekend Viewing Picks and you can see what's on tap in sports and primetime right here. National Starting with USA Today, … Continue reading Time For Friday Megalinking
Adrian Beltre hit a grand slam last night, the eighth of his career, as the Red Sox beat the Indians 6-2at Fenway Park. Daisuke Matsuzaka went eight strong innings to improve to 8-3 on the season. Earlier in the day, the Red Sox received official word that Kevin Youkilis will need thumb surgery and is … Continue reading Beltre Grand For Youk-less Sox
I thought this was a bit of interesting information. This chart breaks down what the average Red Sox ticket prices have been this season in games started by each member of the rotation. There isn't a huge flucuation, especially between the last four, but people obviously seem more interested in starts by Beckett and Lester, perhaps even … Continue reading Red Sox Prices, Per Starting Pitcher
From August 5th, 1982. Ray Fitzgerald Is Dead at 55; Sports Columnist in Boston UPI Ray Fitzgerald, an acclaimed sports columnist for The Boston Globe, died Tuesday at Brigham and Women's Hospital after a long illness. He was 55 years old. Mr. Fitzgerald, a versatile writer, covered many sports for the newspaper for 17 years. … Continue reading Today in Boston Sports Media History – Remembering Ray Fitzgerald
Jon Lester and the Red Sox took a pounding last night at Fenway Park, falling 9-1 to the Indians. After it was stated and speculated all day that Jacoby Ellsbury would get booed in his return to the lineup, Ellsbury actually received a very strong ovation in his first at-bat. Sports talk rado, wrong again. Shocking, I … Continue reading Sox Battered At Fenway
With the news that Shaquille O'Neal has agreed to join the Celtics, he becomes a member of that relatively rare group of NBA players who will have suited up for both the Celtics and Lakers. Between the two franchises, they have won 33 of 64 possible NBA Championships. As far as I can tell, there … Continue reading BSMW Trivia – Name That NBA Player
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