Before Nathan Eovaldi tried to be the stopper Wednesday night in the Bronx, there was a startling symmetry to the Red Sox awful start to the 2019 season. They were on course to lose 108 games. Folks will be forgiven if they don’t recall the 108 regular-season games won by the 2018 Red Sox. ...
Not since friend and fellow New Englander Carlos Pena retired in 2014 have I admired a Major League Baseball player like this. And here early in 2019, this 53-year-old hacker has a pair of new heroes, Chris Sale and Luis Severino. Yes, the Red Sox lefty Sale, complete with his 0-3, 9.00 ...
There must be a good reason to believe that the Boston Celtics can brush off the Indiana Pacers the way a purebred brushes off a flea. Six months ago, doubting the Celtics' ability to sweep past such a bastion of sheer adequacy would've been considered laughable. Of course, six months ago the ...
Here's your weekly serving of tids and bits while yours truly is hoping today's warmth completes the thawing out process from the chill of softball/baseball openers a few days ago: ---- Isn't it good to be Craig Kolek right now? The Rivier University coach recently became the fourth head coach ...
The moment you start to overlook the Nashua North boys track program, you get stung. And again in 2019, the Titans are certainly a most intriguing bunch as the spring season gets underway this week in New Hampshire. This is supposed to be a down year for North, which graduated distance ...
The pucks will begin to drop on Wednesday at some select National Hockey League locations, and they'll have a different bounce. Hello again, Stanley – as in Stanley Cup Playoff time. It's the best. The hits will be harder, the saves more dramatic, and those made-for-TV shootouts a thing of ...
