Month: April 2012
Another Hall of Fame for Bob Uecker
Ho hum…another year, another Hall of Fame ceremony for Bob Uecker. Thankfully, this one is more relevant than the last…
Read more »Rays Win Pitcher’s Duel
Daniel Bard pitched six scoreless innings before running out of gas in the seventh inning today. Bard’s fastball had lost…
Read more »From their coaches: Nash, Duncan comparable through unselfishness
Before the San Antonio Spurs and Phoenix Suns faced each other on Saturday in a 14-point win for the Spurs,…
Read more »American prospects are coming to Buffalo
You can’t argue that Terry Pegula and the Buffalo Sabres aren’t interested in growing the game of hockey. The Sabres…
Read more »Bruins Have “The Chain”. We have “The Shirt”.
There’s something to be said about teams that band together. Last year the Bruins had “The Starter Jacket“. This year…
Read more »Chivas USA Continues Impressive Road Form
Chivas USA continued their impressive away form on Saturday afternoon when they ran out 1-0 winners over the still winless…
Read more »Photo Gallery: Celtics-Bobcats
Here are some GIF's from last night's victory over the Bobcats. We've got Rondo's alley-oop to Hollins, some GoldyBlocks and…
Read more »The Games of Our Lives: Tax Day Time-out
This week won’t feature a new game but will give you a chance to go back and read any stories…
Read more »Are Blair’s minutes in jeopardy with arrival of Diaw?
On Thursday night when the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Memphis Grizzlies, there was an interesting sequence to begin the…
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Photo: St. Louis Cardinals World Series ring features Rally Squirrel
Because any time a rodent jumps on the field and distracts your opponent, it’s cause for celebration. The St. Louis…
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Monday Morning MVP: Danny Briere
(Photo: philadelphia.cbslocal.com) The MMMVP for the week of April 9th-April 15th goes to Flyers C Danny Briere. Briere with a…
Read more »Alfredsson Passes Baseline Concussion Test
According to head coach Paul MacLean, Daniel Alfredsson has passed his baseline concussion test and depending on how the captain…
Read more »Game Recap 4/15/12: Job insecurity – Yankees 11, Angels 5
Apologies for the late and brief recap, but life got in the way (and probably will continue to do so…
Read more »Chris Stewart to Return in Game 3
Updated:Chris Stewart to Play in Game 3 Ken Hitchcock tried to send a message to Chris Stewart by benching him…
Read more »Spurs seeing mixed results against West giants
The San Antonio Spurs faced a new test recently. They played two teams with excellent front courts in back-to-back days. …
Read more »KG wins Player of the Week
Kevin Garnett has been as responsible for this Celtics resurgence as anyone, so this is quite fitting. Rondo's been getting…
Read more »It’s never too early to start worrying
When players struggle in the early part of the season, our primary instinct is to shake it off and to…
Read more »Point/Counterpoint: Is Percy Harvin More Trouble Than He’s Worth?
Welcome to Purple Jesus Diaries’ Point/Counterpoint, where we interview two experts on a hotly contested topic of interest for Minnesota…
Read more »2012 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals Game 3: Bruins at Capitals. Series tied 1-1.
The Bruins travel to our nation’s capital tied with the…err…Capitals 1-1 in the series. Kinda frustrating, and not because they…
Read more »Kamloops Takes Games 4 and 5; Shell Carruth and the Hawks
Hawks fans can be forgiven for thinking this series was over. The Kamloops Blazers were on the ropes, Mac Carruth…
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Promise and Disappointment in LA
Let’s start with the positives. Saturday night’s loss in LA against the defending league champion Galaxy was one of the…
Read more »Paw Prints – The Daily UConn Roundup – 4/16
Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams…
Read more »Injury Bug Bites Again
It is only fitting that this tumultuous season would be topped off by another injury. The season started off by…
Read more »Enemy Chatter: Rondo carved up Charlotte’s defense
I often wonder what opposing teams, their beat reporters and bloggers are saying about the Celtics after playing the Celtics….
Read more »Sports Week In Review 4-16-12
To describe the past week in sports as unpleasant wouldn’t begin to do justice to the silliness, the dishonesty, and…
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