Tag: Bob Ekstrom

It's the game you've had circled on your Bruins schedule for the 12 days since Pittsburgh Penguins forward Matt Cooke cheap-shotted Marc Savard right out of the season. In fact, According to Cameron Frye says we've been waiting for it like an expectant mother. Yes, the Penguins come to TD Garden tonight, and there are … Continue reading Week Log: Screw the Two, Get Sid The Kid

There's something about the two-year period between Olympic games. It sneaks up on me, I get excited for the events, then I never watch enough of them and they're gone. Suddenly, two years feels like a long time when it lies ahead until the next games. Well, today we'll start with one final look back … Continue reading Week Log: Winter Cedes To Spring

Driven by an intense Olympics spirit, we headed north last weekend for some skiing on the final days of school vacation. For my seven year-old, it was his fifth outing - all with me, all in the last 12 months - and, although I was initially cool to the realization, there was no more denying … Continue reading Week Log: Of Public ‘Thanks’ And Public ‘Sorry’s

If the Olympics can be seen as the sports world's melting pot, they're certainly one in the blogging world as well. We've got an interesting bag of blogs today and things kick off in Vancouver. Winter Olympics We'll start with the almighty buck, as The Sporting Blog has NBC flexing some muscle after the Winter … Continue reading Week Log: From Melting Pots To Potholes

Today feels a little like sitting in the middle of a busy intersection. We've got a Super Bowl just concluded, both the B's and C's on the eve of a winter interlude, and the engines turning over to start a new baseball season. And, of course, the Olympics are torching up tomorrow, which is where … Continue reading Week Log: One Flame Extinguished, Another One Lit

A a kid, I remember Jim Rice's broken hand costing the Sox a World Series title, and Darryl Stingley's career ending on a preseason gridiron. I watched the corpus erodus of Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Bill Walton during what could have been productive years breaking in kids like Len Bias and Reggie Lewis. And … Continue reading Week Log: Sportsual Healing In Order For Boston

We're going to open the doors and let in a few more national bloggers than usual this afternoon as we take a brief look at the aftermath of last Sunday's AFC and NFC conference championships, then it will be back to Boston where no such game was held. NFL Neither championship game disappointed National Football … Continue reading Week Log: Where The Games Went On

Moving from season to season is becoming a bit like an episode of The Road Runner and we the fans got stuck with the part of Wile E. Coyote. First, anemic bats and a Jonathan Papelbon collapse fell on our heads like a giant boulder, causing the thin overhang of a Patriots season to dislodge … Continue reading Week Log: From Road Runner To Coyote Across Boston Sports

After watching victories by both the greasy Cowboys and greasier Jets the day before, I couldn't wait for a Sunday morning shower. Somewhere between the soap and shampoo my wife broke in with good news: a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to sit in the third row on the 50-yard line for the Ravens game at Gillette. Yeah, … Continue reading Week Log: Eulogy For The Common Team

Today is a birthday of sorts as Week Log is now one year old. Not to go all Thanks For Playing on you, but we published 41 editions over the past year, bringing you 1,761 links. We're now following about 160 New England-based blogs each week. When Bruce and I first discussed the concept of … Continue reading Week Log: Happy Birthday, Bloggers