OK, let me state this. I would agree to a five-game suspension to Zdeno Chara, for his part in the devastating hit Montreal’s Max Pacioretty had with the padded pole on Tuesday night in Montreal. The one caveat is the NHL would then give Matt Coo…
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Folks, in case you haven’t been paying attention, you had better buy your Merrimack College hockey tickets or there’s a chance you won’t be able to see it in person. Merrimack clinched home ice in the Hockey East Tournament, which sta…
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OK, maybe it wasn’t supposed to be a compliment, but Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh threw the name of Patriots coach Bill Belichick into the mix after the delilitating loss to the Spurs last night, 125-95, just one night after the Heat blew a 24-p…
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It was a big night last night for UMass-Lowell men’s basketball, which not only upset No. 3 seeded Stonehill College in Easton, Mass., but the Div. 2 school got a little national exposure doing it. Junior guard Robbie Walton, of South Boston, was…
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From what I’ve been told, newest Celtic Jeff Green is going to be a keeper here. Checking from some old stories, I grabbed this quote from his hometown paper when he was drafted by the Celtics and immediately sent to Seattle. ‘‘I’m not real…
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Admit it, the Boston Celtics appear to be in a funk after their trading of Kendrick Perkins to the Oklahoma Thunder. Newly acquired Jeff Green looks like a fish out of water and center Nenad Krstic. In essence, it does feel like a great deal right now,…
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We trusted Bill Belichick on this one when he decided to trade Richard Seymour to Oakland two seasons ago. Seymour was getting old and he wanted to be paid like a superstar. The rumblings we got from Foxboro was that Seymour was good, but not great any…
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If you’ve got 30 minutes to kill, check out this thorough look at graduation rates at all of the major Div. 1 schools for football, basketball and baseball, and then a look at totals for all student-athletes. They break it down, first, by confere…
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It has already begun. See below. Good luck: Registration for the opportunity to purchase tickets in the 2011 Random Drawings presented by MasterCard begins today, Wednesday, February 9, at noon online at redsox.com. Fans may register for the chance to …
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Word on the basketball street is that Los Angeles Lakers are close to making a deal with the Denver Nuggets. The Lakers would get eventual free agent Carmelo Anthony and the Nuggets would get oft-injured, but young center Andrew Bynum. Personally, I li…
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