Posted in Hub Hoops on Jan 30th, 2009 Comments Off
As soon as Jason Maxiell missed both free throws after Kendrick Perkins’ flagrant foul — unsurprisingly Perk got tossed — you had the feeling it just wasn’t Detroit’s night. Oh and that alley-oop from Rondo to Garnett out of a timeout in the fourth quarter? Once again a thing of beauty…
Make that 10 straight for [...]
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Posted in Burt Talks Sports on Jan 30th, 2009 Comments Off
Long-time Red Sox catcher, Jason Varitek, has agreed to one-year deal and an option to remain with the club.
Terms of the deal are yet to be released, but the Red Sox apparently offered $5 million in guaranteed money for 2009, and incentives that could push it up another $3 million to $5 million. He would [...]
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Posted in Hub Hoops on Jan 29th, 2009 Comments Off
Ray Allen didn’t make the East All-Star team as a reserve despite shooting a career best 50.3 percent from the field and averaging 18 points per game so far this season. That’s more than a point better per game than reserve Jameer Nelson (16.9 ppg) by the way.
Paul Pierce did get the call though. Rajon [...]
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Posted in River Rivals Report on Jan 29th, 2009 Comments Off
As February looms closer and closer, there is no mistaking who the most dominant wrestling team in the River Rival Region continues to be: the versatile Triton Vikings. The Triton Vikings (18-3) disposed of the Wilmington Wildcats (9-6) last night, 37-…
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Posted in Hub Hoops on Jan 29th, 2009 Comments Off
Damon Blust, who appeared at games as “Lucky the Leprechaun”, is no longer employed by the team. More on that here and here.
While most fans over the age of 13 probably don’t care, little kids definitely got a kick out of him.
A co-worker recently lamented that his son couldn’t find him at a recent game.
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Posted in Hub Hoops on Jan 29th, 2009 Comments Off
Eddie House is on fire. He’s hit 22 treys over his past four games.
That red, white and blue Money Ball would look pretty good in his hands in a few weeks.
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Posted in Hub Hoops on Jan 28th, 2009 Comments Off
Celtics vs. Kings
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Posted in Hub Hoops on Jan 28th, 2009 Comments Off
Brian Scalabrine says he’ll be out for a week 10 days with a concussion.
“I’m not really concerned,” he said. “I’m really not concerned. As athletes, we always just think we’ll just bounce back and nothing will happen again.
“My wife says she was concerned about my intelligence level though.”
Tony Allen will likely see some action for [...]
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Posted in River Rivals Report on Jan 27th, 2009 Comments Off
Newburyport: 11 – Joe Clancy – 18 pts, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 blocks, 2 steals 15 – Bruce Pollard – 11 pts, 2 rebounds, block, steal 22 – Nick Welch – 7 pts, 5 rebounds, 2 blocks, steal 21 – David Grabowski &…
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Posted in Hub Hoops on Jan 27th, 2009 Comments Off
Brian Scalabrine suffered a mild concussion at practice today, his second in three days.
“I don’t know if he was out (cold), but he was close,” coach Doc Rivers said of Scalabrine, whose noggin first took a beating against Dallas Sunday. “He’ll be out, probably, for quite some time because of that. ”
Doc claims he didn’t [...]
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