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We celebrate The Miracle on Ice with a few fun facts

Do those of you, specifically fellow AARP card carrying folks, remember what you were doing in the late morning/early afternoon 40 years ago today? You were likely glued to your TV sets. It's gotten a lot of attention over the last week, the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Olympic men's hockey ...

Red Sox fans finally learning how to protest

Finally, as that old New England saying goes, dawn breaks over Marblehead. Red Sox fans are protesting the only way fans can effectively protest: They aren’t buying tickets. Well, at least they aren’t buying as many tickets. It seems sales are down at the Fenway Park box office, ...

Scouting combine has hidden meaning in Indy

Got your 40 time where you want it? Working on that bench press/squat weight/reps? It's time to put that all to good use, as the National Football League's unofficial off-season convention, the NFL (Draft) Combine is set to begin this coming week in its usual home of Indianapolis. To the ...

Fewer may be better in state wrestling meets

It hurts to write these words. You spend enough time around wrestling rooms or mats at the local high schools and your heart grows with each wrestler, good or talent-less. They all pay serious dues, even in this era with coaches correctly shackled when it comes to weight requirements. I ...

Manfred leading baseball’s ship of fools

Once again, we bring further evidence that baseball must be a great game to survive the fools who run it (not to mention the fools who play it): Commissioner Rob Manfred is under fire from big-league ballplayers for referring to the World Series trophy (ironically enough, officially called ...

Red Sox fans: Don’t buy what they’re selling

So, where are you? Come on. I need to know. Which ones of you out there actually bought the Boston Red Sox’ attempt at camouflaging the Mookie Betts salary dump? At one point, club president Sam Kennedy turned the press conference into a late-night infomercial, pitching those chilly April ...