Posted in Hub Hoops on Sep 30th, 2008 Comments Off
WALTHAM — Playing for coach Bob Huggins wasn’t exactly a warm and fuzzy experience, but Celtics rookie Bill Walker’s lips are sealed.
“I can’t incriminate him like that,” he said with a smile.
A torn left ACL ended the 6-foot-6, 220-pound swingman’s first season (2006-07) at Kansas State, but that didn’t save him from Huggy Bear’s wrath.
“I [...]
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Posted in Hub Hoops on Sep 30th, 2008 Comments Off
Camp opened today in Newport, R.I.
Sorry it’s taken so long to get going. It’s Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. My temple doesn’t have Wi-Fi.
Anyway, let’s celebrate by toasting to the best Jewish ballplayer of all-time. Dolph Schayes everybody!
This guy isn’t too shabby either. Neither was she.
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Posted in Hub Hoops on Sep 29th, 2008 Comments Off
WALTHAM — Ray Allen wants his championship ring. He’s fielded too many questions about it since June.
“You know, I didn’t mean to disappoint (you), because I’ll probably never see you again,” he’s told many who’ve asked, “but I don’t have it.”
The ring ceremony, likely to be held before the home opener against Cleveland on Oct. [...]
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Posted in Hub Hoops on Sep 28th, 2008 Comments Off
A few leftovers to get you ready for media day.
Kendrick Perkins is still healing up. The big fella will reportedly be ready for the season opener.
SI.com’s Steve Aschburner has a good breakdown of the Eastern Conference.
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Posted in Burt Talks Sports on Sep 27th, 2008 Comments Off
Here are my NFL picks for tomorrow and Monday night:
Sunday
Buffalo 31, ST. LOUIS 17 … Bills speed built for this turf
CAROLINA 38, Atlanta 31 … Will be best game of the day
CINCINNATI 20, Cleveland 16 … I pick Carson Palmer over Derek Anderson
DALLAS 27, Washington 24 … Will be close, but Cowboys win
Denver 23, [...]
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Posted in Burt Talks Sports on Sep 25th, 2008 Comments Off
Here are some Troy Brown career highlights. Get a cup of coffee before reading because it’s going to take a while.
Brown:
Finished his career as the Patriots’ Patriots all-time leading receiver with 557 career receptions. He placed second on the franchise’s receiving yardage list with 6,366 yards.
Is the Patriots all-time leading receiver in the postseason with [...]
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Posted in Burt Talks Sports on Sep 23rd, 2008 Comments Off
I have to head to Boston thus we will move this to Thursday.
I will update with a time.
It will be Patriots and Sox-related.
So get ready to bring them on.
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Posted in Burt Talks Sports on Sep 23rd, 2008 Comments Off
Well, it’s not quite “spygate,” as we know it, but apparently Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis has some explaining to do after a laptop was seen in the coaches box at their game in East Lansing, Mich. against Michigan State on Saturday.
NCAA rules state coaches are not allowed to use a working laptop during the [...]
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Posted in River Rivals Report on Sep 22nd, 2008 Comments Off
Wilmington 3, Newburyport 1 Tom Svirsky scored the lone Newburyport goal. The Clippers (3-2-1) plays at Rockport Wednesday night.
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Posted in River Rivals Report on Sep 22nd, 2008 Comments Off
The Newburyport girls’ soccer team beat Wilmington, 4-1. Veronica Poirier notched a hat trick, giving her nine goals for the season. I’ll get you a Newburyport boys’ team score as soon as I have it. The game started at 7 p.m.
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