It was one of those terrific nights in Boston sports, as all three active local teams were in action - two of them in playoff games - and all three were victorious. The New York Knicks ran their mouths often as they jumped out to a 3-0 series lead on the Celtics. Even after dropping … Continue reading Perfect Night For Boston Sports
WEEI announced this morning that John Ryder has been named as the pre and post game host of the station's Red Sox radio broadcasts, replacing Jon Rish, who left to pursue a career as a computer programmer. Ryder will also continue his duties of hosting Red Sox Review and Celtics Rewind. In addition, the station … Continue reading Celtics Voice Sean Grande ( @SeanGrandePBP ) To Fill In On Red Sox Radio Broadcasts
Celtics (2-0) vs. Houston (0-2) April 13, 1980 The Summit The Celtics took command of the Eastern Conference semi-finals series against the Rockets with a 100-81 victory at the Summit in Texas. Led by 20 points and 10 assists from Nate Archibald, the Celtics moved one step closer to advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals. … Continue reading Bird’s Rookie Year — Game 3 vs. the Rockets (M.L. Carr Speaks With BSMW)
New England has made an annual habit of holding on to at least one undrafted free agent (UDFA) who had to wait out seven rounds of the draft before booking a plane ticket. Below, we review some of the guys reportedly signed by the Pats who might want to check out properties in the Foxboro … Continue reading Who’s The FA? UDFA!
We at Boston Sports Media Watch couldn’t do much without the actual Boston sports media, so we figured we’d get a few of our locals involved in a New England draft review. Joining Bruce Allen and Chris Warner in the discussion are Mike Reiss of ESPNBoston’s Patriots blog, Chris Price of WEEI.com’s It Is What It … Continue reading Patriots Draft Review Panel
Way back in February, we wrote about the various draft modes Coach Bill Belichick could choose. Of those, we’ve decided to stay put with the five picks available to New England this year for our very own, very serious mock draft. Not much room to move around the board? Fine. Clean slate in 2014. For now, … Continue reading The Pats Draft We’d Like To See
98.5 The Sports Hub announced today that Bob Socci (pronounced SO-See) will be the new radio voice of the New England Patriots, replacing the legendary Gil Santos. Socci has been the radio voice of Navy football for the last 16 years and also was the lead voice CBS Sports Network's Patriot League college basketball telecasts. … Continue reading Navy Football Voice Bob Socci Is The New #Patriots Voice
No, the two parts of that headline are not related. It was a rough night in Boston sports, as all three teams lost and looked bad doing it. The Celtics appear to be at the end of the line, (wait, are they really not better without Rajon Rondo????) the Bruins are disappointing, and Alfredo Aceves … Continue reading Globe Hires Ben Volin, Locals Crushed
Quick Note: Shooting for another mailbag this week. To contribute, either shoot me an email at Hadfield.Ryan@gmail.com, hit me up on Twitter @Hadfield__, or leave a response in the comments section of any one of my columns. ***** http://youtu.be/sO4sSzEf4LU "AGAIN, WITH THE TWEETS! IT'S ALWAYS THE TWEETS!" Mike Francesa (still) hates Twitter. The rant above came after the AP's … Continue reading Sports Media Musings: Mike Francesa Still Hates Twitter, Bob Lobel Tries His Hand In Blogging
New England begins this week with five draft picks: one each in the first, second and third rounds, plus two in the seventh. No one can read Bill Belichick’s mind (we imagine it’s full of X’s, O’s, and secret fishing spots off of Nantucket). What we can do, however, is look at some of his … Continue reading A Belichick Draft: The Tendencies
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