Having played their 41st game of the season – a 3-2 loss to the New York Rangers – the Boston Bruins are now halfway through their regular season and currently stand at 21-13-7, for a total of 49 points. Despite a sluggish start during which they alternated wins and losses (until they hit two three-game [...]
The Red Sox struck out on three blue chip free agents last season in Mark Teixiera, CC Sabathia, and A.J. Burnett and instead, tried to wring value out of three ailing veterans. John Smoltz and Brad Penny were coming off surgeries and each agreed to incentive laden contracts in the hopes that at least one of them would return [...]
It wasn’t pretty but, boy, was it sure exciting. Tom Brady’s magic worked once again as the Patriots came back from 11 points down with five minutes left to beat the Buffalo Bills on Monday night. Throughout the game, we saw a flash of what may be to come with both Ben Watson and Laurence Maroney, [...]
2009 Red Sox Midseason Report Card: Pitching | Hitting | Management The final part of our Red Sox midseason review deals with the men at the top: Manager Terry “Tito” Francona and General Manager Theo Epstein. For these guys, it’s the results that matter, and you can’t argue with the results that either of them [...]
2009 Red Sox Report Card: Pitching | Hitting | Management The Red Sox boast the second best team ERA in the American League (4.07), behind Seattle’s 3.73. Pitching is great and all, and it may be most pivotal to a team’s success, but you’ve got to admit: good hitting is sexy. The Sox have been [...]
2009 Red Sox Midseason Report Card: Pitching | Hitting | Management It’s been a year of ups and downs for the Red Sox pitching staff so far this season. We’ve had our top two pitchers struggle out of the gate only to find their strides and dominate for the last two months. We’ve had our [...]
OK, the hangover is over. It’s been a little while since the boys in Black & Gold hung up their skates for the season, so it’s time to find out who made the grade. It was the most successful season in 10 years for the Bruins, but many rightfully feel they didn’t go as far [...]
We’ve just passed the quarter mark of the NHL season, and it’s time to hand out grades to the Boston Bruins. The Black and Gold have started a revival of sorts in the Hub, and below you will find an individual report card for each Bruins player. Forwards Marc Savard – The nifty center has [...]
The Red Sox season is over, sooner than we all would like to have seen it end. It was an up and down season, with the Manny Ramirez saga captivating the Nation for a couple weeks in July. The Sox had key injuries to the likes of David Ortiz and Mike Lowell. They also had [...]