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Pro Bowl may (almost) be watchable

Floating down a lonesome stream of consciousness, curious as to the reasoning for the absence of an “X” next to Derek Jeter on one Hall of Fame voter’s ballot … While the football filler officially known as the Pro Bowl will never be more than that, at least the NFL has loosened up a ...

Now here’s a deal Celtics’ Danny Ainge should make

One 30-point win over listless LeBron and his Lakers cannot hide the fact that the Boston Celtics are muddled in the middle of the Eastern Conference pack. Second seed, sixth seed, it hardly matters in this bunch of also-rans. So we sit here in late January, one simple question is worth ...

For Moses, the Big Game in the Big Easy is a big memory

The holidays are long gone, but let's take a survey: What was your best Christmas present? Chances are, it would be tough to top the one former Bishop Guertin High School quarterback Hayden Moses received. If you're a local high school football fan, you know Moses' story by now. He tore his ...

Only Kyrie Irving could come up with something this delusional

Whenever you think Kyrie Irving has reached his peak of self-possessed jack-assery he manages to top himself. Irving’s highest peak came with exquisitely poor timing, an art he has perfected. Unhappy over criticism he took from teammates and media members after returning from seven weeks ...

Tough Conference Championship Weekend for Pats fans

It's a bittersweet Conference Championship weekend. Woe are New England Patriot fans, who have to endure the feeling of not watching an AFC championship game with your team in it for the first time since January, 2011. That's a streak of eight straight AFC title games, and you can bet it may ...

Sox brass have little enough to say

If Wednesday’s press conference at Fenway Park was meant to somehow punctuate this chapter of the sign-stealing mess, it failed – unless a stubborn question mark was its aim. This isn’t surprising. There really is no fire hose available that could douse a scandal that will blaze through ...