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In The Red Zone - 10/23
2008-10-22 13:00:00 With the Patriots playing at home Monday night we’ve pushed the Tuesday “In The Red Zone ” feature back to Wednesday so without further audieu. The Patriots looked like last years team on Monday night in the 41-7 rout of the Broncos. It was New England’s fifth straight win on MNF to improve their overall record to ...
No Love For Pedroia From MLB Players
2008-10-21 22:36:00 The MLB players have spoken and their 2008 AL MVP in the Major League Baseball Players Association’s Player’s Choice Awards is Josh Hamilton from the Texas Rangers . He beat out of the likes of Minnesota Twins first baseman Justin Morneau and the Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia. Hamilton had a monster year for the ... More About: Love
Another Member of The Red Sox Heading For Offseason Surgery
2008-10-21 22:19:00 Another key component of the Boston Red Sox will be undergoing surgery in the coming weeks as skipper Terry Francona announced he will be undergoing to back surgery to repair a problem that’s been bothering him since May. Will you go to any Arizona Fall League games? I don?t think so. I need to probably have some ... More About: Surgery , Offseason , Heading
Patriots Tailgating Tidbits Week 7
2008-10-20 23:00:00 The Patriots will look to rebound from an awful beating last Sunday night at the hands of the San Diego Chargers and they have to do it against their own personal nemesis, the Denver Broncos . The Patriots always have a difficult time with Denver whether it’s on the road or like tonight’s matchup at home ... More About: New England Patriots , Week , Tidbits
Celtics Say Goodbye To Darius Miles
2008-10-20 22:03:00 The Boston Celtics announced today that they had paired their training camp roster down to 15 players when they waived forward Darius Miles . “Darius was a model citizen during his time here in Boston. He showed that he still has a lot of basketball left in him,” said Celtics Executive Director of Basketball Operations/General Manger Danny ... More About: Goodbye
UConn-West Virginia Football Game Time Announced
2008-10-20 21:50:00 The Big East Conference announced today that the UConn Huskies vs West Virginia Mountaineers game scheduled for November 1st at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, CT will kickoff at 12 Noon. The game will be televised by the Big East Network by ESPN Regional Television. It will be available locally in Connecticut on My-TV9 (WCTX) and ... More About: Football , College Football , Time
Paw Prints - The Daily Basketball Roundup - 10/20
2008-10-20 16:40:00 As promised, here are the links from the past two days concerning the men’s and women’s basketball programs for the UConn Huskies. Could Elena DelleDonne be returning to UConn next season? The New York Times has an article on Elena Delle Donne and her being burned out from playing basketball. Jess McCormack will spend the season on the ... More About: Women , Daily , Basketball , Men , Roundup
Paw Prints - The Daily Football Roundup - 10/20
2008-10-20 16:00:00 Since I wasn’t feeling well yesterday and decided to rest, I skipped the UConn Huskies news. And with me doing that, there are a ton of links to get to so I decided to split them up into a football and other UConn sports post. The basketball links for the men’s and women’s teams will ... More About: Daily , Football , Soccer , College Football , Roundup
Boston Red Sox ALCS News & Notes - 10/20
2008-10-20 15:01:00 Once again, I’d like to offer up my congratulations to the Tampa Bay Rays for making it to their first World Series. So does this loss sting for the Boston Red Sox. Of course it does. They set a goal of getting back to the World Series and didn’t quite get there. Over time, the Red ... More About: News , Boston Red Sox , Playoffs , American League
Why Are You Always Picking On Me?
2008-10-20 07:35:00 Yesterday, I chronicled Dennis Eckersley’s whipping boy status during the TBS broadcasts of the ALCS. Well during the final broadcast for TBS after Game 7 of the ALCS, Eck was still not immune to any good natured ribbing as the fellas in the truck got him one more time. Maybe that was just Eck trying out ... More About: Videos , Boston Red Sox , Playoffs , American League , Tampa Bay Rays
Congratulations To The Tampa Bay Rays
2008-10-20 06:45:00 Everyone out there always says that the Boston Red Sox fans aren’t gracious in defeat but I will buck the trend by wishing my heartfelt congratulations to the Tampa Bay Rays on winning the American League Championship Series and earning your first ever World Series berth. Go out there and make the American League proud and ... More About: Playoffs , Philadelphia Phillies
Garza Pitches Rays To World Series
2008-10-20 05:59:00 Matt Garza outdueled Jon Lester and the Tampa Bay Rays bullpen made it hold up as they went to beat the Boston Red Sox 3-1 to earn their first ever berth in the World Series . The Rays and Phillies will kick things off on Wednesday night on FOX. David Price was back on in the 9th ... More About: Playoffs , American League
Sarah Palin Visits SNL On October 18th
2008-10-20 02:00:00 On last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey once again was back playing Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin. Only this time around, Palin herself was on the show. More About: Videos , October
For Those Who Blog We Salute You - 10/19
2008-10-20 01:15:00 Since I didn’t have time to post this yesterday, here are some links to enjoy before the start of Game 7 tonight. Guts [Center Field] OMG Celeb Dramz! [Yankees Chick] Breaking news: Pedroia’s kinda short, says SI [Red Sox Monster] This Could Be The Last Time… [Surviving Grady] The Cowbell Kid Goes into Panic Mode [Fenway West] Derek [Depth of Field ... More About: Blog , Blogosphere , Salute
Red Sox vs Rays ALCS Game 7 Notes and Lineups
2008-10-20 00:15:00 It comes to a point where there really isn’t much left to say but again the Boston Red Sox will try to get the World Series for the second straight season. The eerie thing about it is that last year in the 2007 ALCS, they were down 3 games to 1 to the Cleveland Indians ... More About: Playoffs , American League , Notes , Game
In The End, There Can Be Only One!
2008-10-19 22:50:00 GO RED SOX!!!! More About: Videos , Boston Red Sox , Playoffs , American League , Tampa Bay Rays
What Happened To The Red Sox And UConn News?
2008-10-19 21:17:00 My sincere apologies for those who have stopped by today looking for the Red Sox and UConn news that’s normally published in the morning. I woke up this morning feeling like crap and still feel like crap so I’ve been spending most of the day resting because there’s something important (Game 7) going on tonight. I will ... More About: News , General
Dennis Eckersley?s Had A Rough Week
2008-10-19 17:02:00 Much like Charles Barkley has been during the NBA on TNT, Baseball Hall of Famer and NESN anaylst Dennis Eckersley has been the whipping boy during the TBS Sports postgame shows during the ALCS. First it was Ernie Johnson throwing Eck under the bus then it was them picking on Eck on the 20th anniversary of ... More About: Videos , Boston Red Sox , Playoffs , American League , Week
The Digital Conversion
2008-10-19 16:32:00 As you all know in February 2009 all over the air television signals will be broadcast in digital. Analog sets will no longer be able to receive the OTA signal unless you have converted the television. The Federal Government has released a helpful, easy to follow, handy dandy video explaining how to do the simple ... More About: Videos , Humor , Digital , Conversion
Well How About That! We Got Ourselves A Game 7
2008-10-19 06:44:00 Jason Varitek broke out of his slump with a go-ahead solo home run and the Boston Red Sox got just enough from Josh Beckett as they went on to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 in front 40,497 at Tropicana Field to force a Game 7 in the ALCS Sunday night at 8:07 PM. Josh Beckett ... More About: Playoffs , American League
Tom Brady Issues A Statement
2008-10-19 05:52:00 The reigning NFL MVP, New England Patriots QB Tom Brady issued a statement on his website regarding his knee surgery. “I would like to thank everyone for the well wishes and support you have given me throughout my career. It has been particularly helpful during these past six weeks. It is great to know you are ... More About: Issues , Statement
Aye, Aye, Aye, Aye I Am A Fat, Drunken Nebraskan
2008-10-19 05:25:00 New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain was busted early Saturday morning for a DUI charge in his home state of Nebraska. The not so bright righty was stopped for speeding. When the officer approached the vehicle it was determined that there was a smell of alcohol and then an open container of alcohol was found in the front ... More About: Celebrity News , New York Yankees
TBS Issues A Statement
2008-10-19 04:46:00 Thanks to Ken at Fang’s Bites for providing me with this. It’s a statement issued by TBS spokesperson Megan Bondi: STATEMENT FROM TBS REGARDING ALCS GAME 6: Two circuit breakers in our Atlanta transmission operations tripped causing the master router and its backup ? which are necessary to transmit any incoming feed outbound ? to shut down. ... More About: Television , Sports Radio , Boston Red Sox , Issues , Playoffs
Harold Reynolds Finally Admits He Was Out
2008-10-17 08:24:00 If you’re like me, you’ve been enjoying the EJ’s Neat-O Stat of the Night portion of the TBS postgame show. It could actually be only exciting thing to talk about as far as the telecasts are concerned. Lately it’s been Dennis Eckersley bearing the brunt of the jokes but early this morning it was Harold Reynolds ... More About: Videos , Boston Red Sox , Playoffs , American League , Finally
Apparently Charles Barkley & Kenny Smith Were At Game 5 Of The ALCS
2008-10-17 08:10:00 If you’re a regular watcher of The NBA on TNT, you will know that they usually have fun with Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith by superimposing their faces on things. Well during the postgame last show last night after the absolutely amazing comeback by the Boston Red Sox in Game 5 of the ALCS, the producers ... More About: Videos , Playoffs , American League
Do You Believe In Miracles? Red Sox Come Back To Win 8-7
2008-10-17 07:09:00 The Boston Red Sox just completed the comeback of all comebacks as they rallied from 7 runs down to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-7 when J.D. Drew knocked in Kevin Youkilis from second base to send what was left of the 38,437 fans into a frenzy at Fenway Park. The win for the Red Sox ... More About: Playoffs , American League , Back , Miracles
Do You Believe In Miracles? Red Sox Come Back To Win 8-7
2008-10-17 07:09:00 The Boston Red Sox just completed the comeback of all comebacks as they rallied from 7 runs down to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-7 when J.D. Drew knocked in Kevin Youkilis from second base to send what was left of the 38,437 fans into a frenzy at Fenway Park. The win for the Red Sox ... More About: Playoffs , American League , Back , Miracles
Will Someone Drug Test Mercury Morris Please
2008-10-17 04:06:00 Seems that former Miami Dolphins running back Mercury Morris has told the Nashville City Paper that he hopes the 5-0 Tennessee Titans go undefeated and get the chance to join his 1972 Miami Dolphins with an undefeated season. ?I?ll be watching the Tennessee Titans, and I hope to see them go unbeaten,? Morris said. ?We?d like ... More About: New England Patriots , Test , Drug
The 8 Million Dollar First Pitch
2008-10-17 02:52:00 Before the season, Curt Schilling signed a 1-year $8 million contract with the Boston Red Sox and then the Red Sox found out he was hurt and probably wouldn’t pitch during the season. He did try to come back but ended up having surgery. As they have done in the past, the Red Sox have brought ... More About: Videos , Dollar , Playoffs , American League
Quenneville Takes Over Behind Blackhawks Bench
More articles from this author:2008-10-17 01:55:00 Former Hartford Whalers defenseman Joel Quenneville is back behind a NHL bench again when earlier today he was installed as the head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks replacing Denis Savard, a former Chicago great, who was fired just four games into the season. Savard knew he was on the hot seat this year but he was ... More About: Colorado Avalanche , New Jersey Devils , Chicago Blackhawks , Bench 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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