Here are some questions and answers about the NFL 2010 free agency period, which begins tonight:
Q. When does the 2010 free agency period begin in the NFL?
A. At 12:01 AM EST on Friday, March 5.
Q. When can players start being signed in the 2010 free agency signing period?
A. Beginning at 12:01 AM ET [...]
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The new facility planned in Lee County for the Red Sox is pretty impressive.
Yes, it’s a new version of Fenway Park … at least inside the white lines.
Check out the links below to see the designs from a few viewpoints.
1. View of the entire facility …
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2. View from first base seating.
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3. View from above …
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4. [...]
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I last saw ex-Patriot Mosi Tatupu at the Joe Morgan Walpole High Scholarship Fund golf touranment at Walpole Country Club last October.
Apparently, he saw my name on the “Long Drive” sheet — our group was second group to get to long drive hole — and he asked me where I hit it.
When I told him, [...]
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This is an interesting move as the Patriots look to fill the third and possibly fourth spots in the receiving corp with Wes Welker probably out for the entire season.
The New England Patriots announced today the signing of veteran WR David Patten. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. Patten previously spent four seasons with [...]
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While Vince Wilfork probably did come off as the consummate pro last week when he said the $7 million contract he possibly would get from the Patriots next season was “a slap in the face,” I have to say I am siding with Wilfork in this matter.
Wilfork signed a six-year deal as a rookie, a [...]
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Day 1 of the Nate Robinson experiment may not have gone as expected, but count me in on the side that … yes, Nate Robinson is just what the Celtics needed, beyond good health.
Robinson is not afraid to make plays and that’s exactly the problem with the Boston Celtics second unit. There haven’t been any [...]
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I forgot to put this in the newspaper and in my previous blog. So here it goes:
New Orleans 27, ATLANTA 13 … Falcons officially dead
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Sunday’s games
Carolina 24, NEW ENGLAND 21 … I hope I’m wrong
CHICAGO 23, Green Bay 16 … Bears will treat as special game
INDIANAPOLIS 31, Denver 27 … Close, but no cigar
Kansas City 26, Buffalo 23 … Probably goes OT
N.Y. Jets 27, TAMPA BAY 13 … Jets ‘D’ dominates
JACKSONVILLE 23, Miami 20 … Will come down to [...]
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The Red Sox have reportedly acquired Max Ramirez, the third-string catcher from the Texas Rangers in exchange for Mike Lowell.
It appeared inevitable that Lowell was going to be dealt. I will talk about Lowell, one of the nice guys in baseball, at a later date.
The Red Sox apparently have Ramirez slated as a first base-designated [...]
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New England pounds yet another NFL dreg. How did New York ever beat this team back in September?
21-0 early in the second, and it has the makings of ugliness.
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