Announcer boy is up next. Don Orsillo is the play-by-play man on NESN's Red Sox telecasts, he's done most of the games starting in 2001, and has done all of the local non-national broadcast games since the 2005 season. Orsillo's first game was Hideo Nomo's no hitter in Baltimore in 2001, and he received some criticism … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Don Orsillo
The Celtics had to hang on for dear life last night, but they did the job at the free throw line in the final minutes and closed out the Detroit Pistons 106-102 in last night's game five of the Eastern Conference Finals. Mark Murphy says it was a night of transformation at the Garden. Marc … Continue reading Celtics Hang On, Take Game 5
Daisuke Matsuzaka left the game after four innings in Seattle last night, for what is being described as "fatigue." At the time, the Red Sox were trailing 3-0, and they tied it up in the sixth inning on a three run home run from Manny Ramirez, number 499 in his career. With the score tied … Continue reading Manny Hits Number 499 in Sox Loss
Yes, the day is finally here. The Boston Globe clearly considers Dan Shaughnessy the star of its sports department, putting the columnist front and center whenever a big sports event is catching the attention of even the most casual of sports fans. Shaughnessy gets the call for all the front page stories during the baseball … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Dan Shaughnessy
Well, I had a full post almost ready to go this morning, but darn it, the save button wasn't my friend this morning. As an update, today will be the final day of the BSMW Memorial Day Mystery Sale. There's still plenty of good stuff to fill 15 or so more boxes with stuff. Most of the boxes … Continue reading Celtics Look Bad in Game Four, Series Tied 2-2
Edit: For the latest links on Celtics/Pistons check the post below this one. For an update on the Mystery Sale, we've sold exactly 25 35 of the 50 available slots. We'll keep this running today and through the weekend...thank you again for your support! It's a really busy time here in the BSMW household. We're getting … Continue reading BSMW Memorial Day Weekend Mystery Sale
If the Celtics are going to win banner 17, they're going to have win on the road. The Detroit Pistons made that a reality last night as they won game two of the Eastern Conference Finals at the Garden, 103-97. Mark Murphy says that defensive breakdowns was what did in the Celtics last night. Marc … Continue reading Celtics Lose Game Two, Homecourt
Dickerson has done a little bit of everything in his career. He's been a radio host (WWTM, WBZ, WEEI), a television host (FSN/Comcast SportsNet), a PA announcer for two of the local professional sports franchises (Celtics, Patriots) and is currently the sideline reporter for the Celtics broadcasts on CSN. On the national level, Dickerson has … Continue reading Approval Ratings – Greg Dickerson
The Celtics took it to the rested Pistons last night, scoring an 88-79 win in game one of the Eastern Conference Finals. Mark Murphy notes that the Celtics might just want to keep this play-every-other-day rhythm going. Marc J. Spears has Kevin Garnett continuing his success against the Pistons this season. Kevin McNamara has the … Continue reading Celtics Take Game One Against Pistons
Lets get this out of the way first -Bill Belichick and the Patriots broke the rules. There is no disputing that. They were punished for it. Yes, I'm trying to put this all behind me, but I think it's important to review just how disgraceful the behaviour of national media was during this whole episode, and attempt … Continue reading Why Spygate Is The Most Disgraceful Episode In Recent Sports Media History
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