Ok. After hardly doing links this week, it's time to make up for it today. And I hope to finish this during the day. Let's get to it. First, the Weekend Viewing Picks. College Football has good matchups this weekend including USC at Washington on ABC, Michigan State at Notre Dame on NBC, and Texas … Continue reading Doing the Friday Megalinks
The Rex Ryan-led New York Jets continue to use every opportunity they can to talk about what they're going to do to the Patriots on Sunday. Yesterday, safety Kerry Rhodes talked about how the Jets will "try to embarass" the Patriots on Sunday, and to "make them feel bad." Rhodes says "enough is enough" when … Continue reading Jets Continue Brash Talk About Patriots
Josh Beckett held a 3-2 lead in the seventh inning last night with two outs and runners on second and third. With two strikes on Chone Figgins, Beckett unleashed his offering towards home plate. Figgins swung and missed for strike three, inning over. Except the inning wasn't over. The ball went between the legs of … Continue reading Angels Get One, Salvage Dignity
Peter Abraham, who covers the Yankees and writes a very good blog for The Journal News of the Lower Hudson Valley (Westchester, Rockland, Putnam) in New York, announced today on his blog that he is leaving to come join The Boston Globe: So here it is: I’m leaving The Journal News after nearly 10 years and … Continue reading Peter Abraham Joining The Boston Globe
It's been a week of comebacks, as the Patriots turned an 11-point deficit into a one-point victory in the final 2:06 on Monday and the Red Sox followed with three hits, two walks, and two runs - all with two outs in the ninth - to win last night. Let's go to the gridiron first. … Continue reading Week Log: One Good Turn Deserves Another
The Patriots are making their preparations for their game against the New York Jets on Sunday, and doing so without middle linebacker Jerod Mayo. Greg Doyle gives us his first impressions of the Jets, and looks at a few Jets who could figure big in this game. Christopher L. Gasper has Jets coach Rex Ryan doing all he … Continue reading Patriots Prepping Without Mayo
The Sox made a few comebacks last night, culminating in an unlikely ninth inning rally in which shortstops Nick Green and Alex Gonzalez both played key roles. The Red Sox beat the Angels 9-8 at Fenway, and coupled with another Rangers loss, now sit 6 ½ games ahead in the wild card. John Tomase says that the … Continue reading Another Comeback For the Sox
Daisuke Matsuzaka made his return to the Red Sox rotation last night, and had easily his best start of the season. He pitched into the seventh inning, allowing only three hits and no runs. The Red Sox beat the Angels 4-1 at Fenway Park last night. David Ortiz set the career home run mark for a … Continue reading Dice is Snake Eyes in Return
The Bruins Blog on Boston.com is reporting that Fred Cusick, former play-by-play voice of the Bruins has died this afternoon at the age of 90. Though best known for his Bruins calls, Cusick also was an analyst for the first ever Patriots game, and served as the PA announcer at Fenway Park for two years, and did … Continue reading Fred Cusick Passes Away at 90
The new ESPNBoston.com launched yesterday, coinciding with the start of the Patriots season on ESPN's Monday Night Football. This is the second localized ESPN site that the company has launched, following ESPNChicago.com. Dallas, Los Angeles and New York are planned in the next year. Regular initial contributors to the Boston site are as follows: Mike Reiss – … Continue reading First Impressions – ESPNBoston.com
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