Comcast SportsNet announced this morning the official hirings of Sean McAdam, Tom Curran, Art Martone, Sherrod Blakely and Joe Haggerty as they relaunch their website and partner on-air with NECN to provide broadcast and internet coverage of Boston sports. CSN's online presence at CSNNE.com will now feature the following lineup: Veteran MLB reporter Sean McAdam … Continue reading Comcast SportsNet Announces Web, Broadcast Overhaul
According to former Boston Globe NBA writer Marc J. Spears, Rajon Rondo and the Celtics have agreed to a 5-year, $55 million extension. The Celtics made it 4-for-4 on the season with their 97-87 win over Chris Paul and the New Orleans Hornets at the TD Garden last night. Julian Benbow says that Paul Pierce was … Continue reading Celtics Get Win, Rondo Gets Deal
Time for the Friday Megalinks as usual. Let's get to these while we can. You can always check out the Weekend Viewing Picks for the sports and primetime viewing for Saturday and Sunday. Let's go to the links. National USA Today' Michael Hiestand says we may have not have seen the last of Steve Phillips … Continue reading On A Friday Megalinks Roll
Changing things up a little here and for today, I decided to just bring you the best of what out there in the Boston newspapers/websites. If it's not here, you're not missing much. (These are not in any particular order) 1) How Welker Became Mr. Reliable for the Patriots - Christopher Price has a look at … Continue reading Only The 10* Best Links Today
Forget the killing frost and stockpiling cases of dry gas for optimal winter performance. Ease up on closing that pool and racing down to Burlington Coat Factory ahead of everyone else. It's going to hit 70 degrees this weekend and that means it's NBA time again in Boston. Tossing Batting Practice is thrilled that the … Continue reading Week Log: No Frost on the Pumpkin
A night after beating the Cavaliers on the road, the Celtics returned to TD Garden for their home opener last night. Was there any chance of a letdown with the Charlotte Bobcats in town? I think the score of the 92-59 Celtics win speaks for itself. Julian Benbow has the Celtics lockdown "D" completely stifling the … Continue reading Celtics Maul Bobcats
The Cleveland Cavaliers came out of the gate smokin' last night, hitting six of their first seven shots, and running out to a 13-2 lead. A few minutes later, the Cavs led by 14 at 19-5 and 21-7, but the Celtics rebuilt bench led a comeback, and the Celtics took the lead in the second quarter and never looked back in a 95-89 … Continue reading Celtics Opener a Success
If you didn't read Bob Hohler's column this morning - Really big news - I highly recommend that you do so. The article looks at some of the media pressure that the Red Sox had to overcome en route to winning the 2004 World Series. It seems that much of that "media pressure" came from an … Continue reading Was Jonny Miller a bigger “Curse” Pusher than Shaughnessy?
The Celtics tip off the NBA regular season tonight with a game in Cleveland against the Cavaliers. The Celtics will be without reserve forward Glen "Big Baby" Davis, who broke his thumb following an "altercation" with a former teammate who was up visiting him. Steve Bulpett was on the story yesterday, and he says it appears … Continue reading Baby Tantrum Could Cost Celtics
The Celtics start their regular season with a nationally televised game in Cleveland tomorrow night against LeBron James, Shaq, and the rest of the Cavaliers. Paul Flannery wonders if this is the end of the line for the big three. Bill Doyle says that this might be the last hurrah for the 30-something Celtics. Dan Duggan has one … Continue reading Celtics Prepping for Opener in Cleveland
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