A few quick links for this Monday afternoon: Tom Brady told Dennis and Callahan that he expects to be ready for the season opener, and wanted to play Saturday night, but it was a coaches decision to hold him out. Mike Reiss reports that Brady and Matt Light were both at practice today. Peter King has plenty of … Continue reading 8.25.08 Afternoon
Jeff Horrigan reports on the Red Sox 6-5 extra inning win over the Blue Jays in Toronto. Amalie Benjamin looks at the importance of the Sox winning their second straight series on the road. Joe McDonald looks at the list of heroes in yesterday's game for the Sox. Dom Amore says that the Sox had to have … Continue reading Sox Go The Distance In Toronto
Ken from the Fang's Bites blog with your Friday megalinks once again. This marks the final weekend of Olympics action and it's really time for the Games to end. I enjoyed the Games really up until Wednesday when I started to get burned out on the Mary Carillo puff pieces, the tape delay of track … Continue reading Last Olympic-Sized Friday Megalinks Until 2010
Christopher L. Gasper says that the Patriots need to show some progress in tonight's third preseason game. Mark Farinella says that the Patriots have work to do in tonight's third game of the summer. Douglas Flynn agrees that tonight's tuneup is a bit more important when it comes to games that don't really count. Rich Garven … Continue reading Time To Get Serious
The Boston Herald has been looking for an NFL reporter to take on the Patriots beat. The Heraldsports editor has already all but confirmed that John Tomase will be going over to the Red Sox beat, which is in need of help with both Rob Bradford and Tony Massarotti leaving. Tomase is also in need … Continue reading Who Should Be the Herald’s New Patriots Reporter?
The Red Sox were pounded by the Orioles last night, 11-6 in Baltimore. Amalie Benjamin has Clay Buchholz headed for AA after his latest poor outing. Jeff Horrigan has Buchholz collapsing again in embarrassing fashion, resulting in his demotion. Joe McDonald asserts that someday, this season will all be just a blur for Buchholz. Jeff Goldberg … Continue reading Clay Crumbles One Last Time
Douglas Flynn is an interesting guy, one with a background you might not see in many sports writers out there. He grew up in Massachusetts, and then went to Brown University, earning an honors degree in History as well as a second degree in Afro-American Studies. He then accepted a fellowship at Ohio State in … Continue reading Who Are These Guys? – Douglas Flynn
Scott Benson wants your opinion on which veteran free agent quarterback the Patriots should've added this offseason over on Patriots Daily. Get the rest of the Patriots coverage this morning at PatriotsLinks.com. Daisuke Matsuzaka was his usual self last night, which means the Red Sox won. Dice-K improved to 15-2 on the season in the … Continue reading Quick Wednesday AM
The ever-expanding empire of WEEI is on the move again, this time to Maine. From the Portland Press Herald: The owners of WJJB, a Portland sports talk radio station known as the Big Jab, will begin simulcasting Boston sports talk station WEEI in southern Maine on Sept. 1. WJJB's owner, Atlantic Coast Radio, has finalized … Continue reading Tuesday Quick Hits
Jon Lester came up big once again last night, as the lefty went seven innings, giving up just one run to improve to 12-4 on the season. Jason Bay hit a pair of home runs to lead the offense, and Jonathan Papelbon went four outs to pick up his 33rd save in the 6-3 Red … Continue reading Lester’s The Stopper Once Again
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