The Boston Celtics righted the ship in Game Five in Boston as they took it to Atlanta 110-85 at the TD BankNorth Garden Wednesday night to take a 3-2 series lead.
The Celtics built a 15 point half time head and maintained it for most of the 3rd quarter despite the fact that Atlanta’s Joe Johnson [...]
Entries from April 30th, 2008
Celtics Smoke Hawks, Take 3-2 Series Lead
April 30th, 2008 by Steve · Comments Off ·
Category: Atlanta Hawks · Boston Celtics · NBA · Playoffs
Déjà Vu: Walk-Off Single Wins It Again for the Red Sox
April 30th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·
Last night, Kevin Youkilis was the hero with the walk-off single. Tonight, the hero was Jason Varitek as his single with 2 out in the 9th inning brought home Manny Ramirez to give the Boston Red Sox a 2-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in front of yet another sold-out crowd at the Fens. [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · MLB · Toronto Blue Jays
Yea I’d Hit It
April 30th, 2008 by Steve · 10 Comments ·
Can you blame Roger Clemens for bustin’ a few inside on Mindy McCready?
Category: Boston Red Sox · Houston Astros · Music · New York Yankees · Random Thoughts · Toronto Blue Jays
Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 4/30
April 30th, 2008 by Ian · 4 Comments ·
“My goal was just to try to hit the ball back up the middle. I saw it get by him, and then I saw Superman at second base. He made a great play and the rest is history.” – Vernon Wells
Cue the Superman Theme.
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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · MLB · Toronto Blue Jays
Paw Prints – Men’s Paradise Jam Field Set
April 30th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·
Ooh, yeah! All right!
We’re jammin’:
I wanna jam it wid you.
We’re jammin’, jammin’,
And I hope you like jammin’, too.
(Bob Marley)
The UConn Huskies men’s basketball team will be spending the weekend before Thanksgiving in warmer climates as they are heading to the U.S. Virgin Islands to participate in the 2008 Paradise Jam from November 21-24.
Joining the [...]
Category: Men's Basketball · UConn Huskies
Randy Moss To Join the World of NASCAR
April 30th, 2008 by Ian · 2 Comments ·
New England Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss is heading to NASCAR later this season. No not as a driver but rather as an owner of a Craftsman Truck Series team. It turns out Moss is a big fan of NASCAR and like a few NFL athletes before him, wants to try his hand at owning [...]
Category: NASCAR · NFL · New England Patriots
Fitzy Goes To The 2008 NFL Draft
April 30th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·
Everybody’s favorite Boston sports fan, Fitzy from the Townie News, took in the NFL Draft this weekend in New York and of course suffered the wrath of New York sports fans. Surprisingly enough, Fitzy was on his best behavior with the language. Unfortunately, a dumbass Raiders fan had to make the video NSFW.
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Category: Blogosphere · Draft · NFL
Destination Red Sox Nation – 4/30
April 30th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·
Destination Red Sox Nation is our look at how the minor league teams of the Boston Red Sox fare each night. Game story links and links to team stats and league standings are after the jump.
Pawtucket Red Sox
The Red Wings beat up on the PawSox 9-3 last night.
Team Stats
International League Standings
Pawsox website
Portland Sea Dogs:
The Bowie [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · Greenville Drive · Lancaster Jethawks · Lowell Spinners · Minor Leagues · Pawtucket Red Sox · Portland Sea Dogs
Boston Red Sox News & Notes – 4/30
April 30th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·
While I was watching last night’s Boston Red Sox game, I kept saying to myself “here we go again”. What I mean by this is that the Red Sox are getting great pitching from a starting pitcher only to probably have it wasted because the bats are as cold as the chill that’s running through [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · MLB · Toronto Blue Jays
National League News – 4/30
April 30th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·
Astros OF Darin Erstad works daily on his fielding skills.
John Smoltz and Tom Glavine flip-flopped spots on the Braves disabled list.
Derrick Turnbow is having a rough season out of the bullpen for the Brewers.
Yesterday was the one year anniversary of Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock’s death.
Alfonso Soriano will return to the Cubs lineup on Thursday.
Micah Owings [...]
Category: MLB · National League
Youkilis Wins It In The 9th
April 29th, 2008 by Ian · 6 Comments ·
Before I get into any recap here, I have to say that was one of the best games I’ve seen in a long time. An absolutely brilliant pitching performance by Boston Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester and an equally good one from Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay.
Kevin Youkilis drove in David Ortiz from second [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · MLB · Toronto Blue Jays
Picking Up The Blitz Ver 5.4 (Uh Yea its NSFW*)
April 29th, 2008 by Steve · Comments Off ·
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The Mid Summer Classic. Major League Baseball’s all-star game is the all-star game of all-star games. It’s the one all-star game most people seemingly pay attention to and have an interest in. And no the interest isn’t because of Bud Selig’s lame ass idea of “this one counts”.
People always have had an interest in the [...]
Category: All-Stars · MLB · Random Thoughts
Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 4/29
April 29th, 2008 by Ian · 1 Comment ·
Balloting has gotten underway for the 2008 MLB All-Star Game to be held at Yankee Stadium. Let’s get voting to make the Boston Red Sox have a huge presence at our hated rival’s stadium. Make sure that you include Jacoby Ellsbury on your list by putting him in the write-in category.
Bryan Corey is having a [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · MLB · Toronto Blue Jays
Big East Announces Home/Away Opponents For Women’s Basketball
April 29th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·
The Big East Conference announced today the home/away opponents for the women’s teams in the conference. Each team will play 7 home Big East games and 7 road Big East games plus a home-and-home series with one opponent.
Shockingly enough but should come as no surprise to you, the UConn Huskies and Rutgers Scarlet Knights will [...]
Category: Big East · UConn Huskies · Women's Basketball
Destination Red Sox Nation – 4/29
April 29th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·
Destination Red Sox Nation is our look at how the minor league teams of the Boston Red Sox fare each night. Game story links and links to team stats and league standings are after the jump.
Pawtucket Red Sox
The PawSox held on to beat the Rochester Red Wings 8-6 after getting out to a 7-1 lead.
Team [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · Greenville Drive · Lancaster Jethawks · Lowell Spinners · Minor Leagues · Pawtucket Red Sox · Portland Sea Dogs
Boston Red Sox News & Notes – 4/29
April 29th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·
The Boston Red Sox enjoyed a much needed day off on Monday as they just finished up a 20 games in 20 days stretch which ended with a sweep at the hands of the Rays. With the flu bug that ravaged the Red Sox clubhouse in the past week, the timing of the day off [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · MLB
In The Red Zone: Patriots Sign Rookie Free Agents
April 29th, 2008 by Steve · 2 Comments ·
The Patriots signed the following rookies to free agent contracts:
East Carolina OL Josh Coffman
Georgia Tech LB Gary Guyton
Illinois DL Chris Norwell
Liberty OLB Vince Redd
Alabama DE/OLB Keith Saunders
Virginia TE Jonathan Stupar
Portland State DL Casey Tyler
The following rookies will be at rookie minicamp on a tryout basis:
North Dakota State P Michael Dragosavich
Troy RB Kenny Cattouse
Colorado TE Tyson [...]
Category: Contracts · NFL · New England Patriots
American League News – 4/29
April 29th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·
The Boston Red Sox should break Cleveland’s consecutive games sold-out record in September.
The Angels brought up Brandon Wood and Bobby Wilson from Triple-A Salt Lake City.
Emil Brown has been a big part of the A’s success early on.
Blue Jays 2B Aaron Hill’s success can be attributed to his listening to advice from others.
The Indians gave [...]
Category: American League · MLB
Hawks Even Series With Celtics
April 28th, 2008 by Steve · Comments Off ·
The Atlanta Hawks decided not to be satisfied with winning one game in the series against the Boston Celtics and they overcame some early misplay to turn the game around and beat Boston 97-92 at the Phillips Arena on Monday night.
The Boston came out aggressive tonight and jumped out to as much as a 13 [...]
Category: Atlanta Hawks · Boston Celtics · NBA · Playoffs
In The Red Zone: Former Patriots Punter Passes
April 28th, 2008 by Steve · Comments Off ·
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Former New England Patriots punter Mike Patrick has died, the team announced on Monday. He passed away Sunday morning at age 55 at his home in Biloxi, Mississippi from unknown causes.
Signed as a rookie free agent in 1975, Patrick spent his entire career with New England from 1975-78. In his first career game, he had [...]
Category: Alumni News · Deaths · NFL · New England Patriots
