A poor shooting night by both clubs kept the game low scoring as the Cleveland Cavaliers came away with a 5-point win over the Boston Celtics, 74-69 at the Quicken Loans Arena Friday night in Game Six of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Game Seven will Sunday afternoon at the TD BankNorth Garden in Boston with [...]
Entries from May 16th, 2008
Cavs Force Game 7
May 16th, 2008 by Steve · Comments Off ·
Category: Boston Celtics · Cleveland Cavaliers · NBA · Playoffs
Friday Night Fenway Park Weather Update
May 16th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·
This is from the Boston Red Sox concerning tonight’s game:
The current weather forecast (provided by the Red Sox private weather service, Meteorlogix) in the vicinity of Fenway Park calls for a possibility of some light rain showers during the late afternoon and evening hours.
The Fenway Park gates will open at the regularly scheduled time of [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · MLB
Red Sox Minor Leaguer Diagnosed With Cancer
May 16th, 2008 by Ian · 1 Comment ·
I just caught this over on the Bradford Files.
Here is the release just issued by the Red Sox:
“Boston Red Sox minor league first baseman Anthony Rizzo has been diagnozed with Limited Stage Classical Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. At the present time, he is being treated as an out-patient at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Oncology Unit by Dr. Ephraim [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · Greenville Drive · Minor Leagues
Belichick Talks Tonight On CBS News…(Updated)
May 16th, 2008 by Steve · Comments Off ·
Tonight at 6:30 p.m. New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick sits down for an exclusive interview with Armen Keteyian on the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric.
In the interview conducted earlier today, Belichick discusses charges made by his team’s former video assistant that he knew the taping of opposing teams was wrong.
Here is the [...]
Category: Camera-gate · Interviews · Media · NFL · New England Patriots
Now Patriots Have An Ortiz Too
May 16th, 2008 by Steve · Comments Off ·
The New England Patriots signed free agent wide receiver Robert Ortiz to a contract. The former San Diego State University product will add more competition at wide receiver for the team.
Ortiz, who is 6-foot-1 and 191 pounds, was originally signed by the San Diego Chargers as a free agent in 2006 but was released and [...]
Category: Contracts · Free Agents · NFL · New England Patriots · SDSU Aztecs · San Diego Chargers · Seattle Seahawks
Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 5/16
May 16th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·
The weather for tonight’s Boston Red Sox versus Milwaukee Brewers game isn’t looking pretty but according to an earlier report from the Red Sox, they will try to get this one in. I guess when they issued it, they hadn’t seen this yet.
Terry Francona, who is back after leaving the team due to death of [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · MLB · Milwaukee Brewers · Videos · Women's Basketball
The Mea Culpa March Continues
May 16th, 2008 by Steve · 1 Comment ·
We at Sox & Dawgs have been on Camera-gate since the very beginning and you can see everything we’ve written on it. While in the beginning I thought the magnitude would in no way be what it became, we were there and we will continue to be because as we all know this may fade [...]
Category: Camera-gate · Media · NFL · New England Patriots
Destination Red Sox Nation – 5/16
May 16th, 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
Bartolo Colon threw a gem in the first game of a doubleheader for the PawSox and they went [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · Greenville Drive · Lancaster Jethawks · Lowell Spinners · Minor Leagues · Pawtucket Red Sox · Portland Sea Dogs
Boston Red Sox News & Notes – 5/16
May 16th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·
Now that order has been restored here at SOX & Dawgs (once again I apologize) as you can tell by the inundation of blog posts, it’s time to move back to the Boston Red Sox for a moment.
The Red Sox had a rough road trip in which they went 4-6 and saw 3-0 leads slip [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · MLB
Gibson Out For Cleveland
May 16th, 2008 by Steve · Comments Off ·
The Cleveland Cavaliers will be without the services of point guard Daniel Gibson for one to two weeks after a MRI determined he separated his shoulder in the Cavs Game Five loss Wednesday night in Boston.
Gibson left in the fourth quarter after a collision. He is one of Cleveland’s best perimeter shooters and his injury [...]
Category: Boston Celtics · Cleveland Cavaliers · NBA · Playoffs
AL & NL West News – 5/16
May 16th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·
Diamondbacks 1B Conor Jackson missed yesterday’s game with a sore hamstring.
The Angels and Dodgers are playing this weekend for bragging rights of Los Angeles.
The Giants called up Alex Hinshaw from Triple-A Fresno.
The A’s pitchers will have to bat this weekend in interleague play.
Glendon Rusch declined the minors assignment given to him by the Padres.
Mariners reliever [...]
The Tomase Statement
May 16th, 2008 by Steve · Comments Off ·
Here is the statement by the Boston Herald’s John Tomase on CameraGate. It runs in it’s entirety here at Sox & Dawgs after the jump.
While I commend Tomase for wanting to set the record straight his explanation seems a little weak. As Dave Scott at Scott’s Shots points out he failed to answer some questions [...]
Category: Camera-gate · Media · NFL · New England Patriots · St. Louis Rams
Senator Kennedy Talks Patriots
May 16th, 2008 by Steve · 2 Comments ·
After US Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) said he favors a Mitchell Report type independent investigation, US Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA), who sits on the 19-member Senate Judiciary Committee had this to say about his favorite NFL team.
“With the war in Iraq raging on, gasoline prices closing in on $4 a gallon, and Americans losing their [...]
Category: Camera-gate · NFL · New England Patriots
Milwaukee Brewers vs Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups
May 16th, 2008 by Ian · Comments Off ·
Friday, May 16th @ 7:05 PM
Jeff Suppan (R) (2-2, 4.63) vs Daisuke Matsuzaka (R) (6-0, 2.45)
TV: NESN, MLB.tv
Radio: Red Sox Radio Network, MLB Game Day Audio
Saturday, May 17th @ 3:55 PM
Dave Bush (R) (1-4, 6.06) vs Tim Wakefield (R) (3-2, 4.25)
TV: FOX
Radio: Red Sox Radio Network, MLB Game Day Audio
Sunday, May 18th @ 1:35 PM
Carlos [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · MLB · Milwaukee Brewers · Pitching Matchups
