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  • 18 2020 October

    Why Covid is killing the NFL

    Imagine an Olympic athlete getting out of the pool, off the ice, off the track or permanently down the mountain with the Games just several months away. These elite athletes all having something in common....

  • 14 2019 October

    Getting to know Kyle Van Noy

    Some fun facts that might surprise you about the Patriots linebacker. Van Noy was born in Reno, Nevada and was adopted at age 4 months by Kelly and Layne Van Noy. He went to Brigham...

  • 29 2019 July

    Scott Hamilton the survivor and optimist

    I interviewed Scott recently for WBUR’s “Only a Game.” He and I go way back in the world of figure skating. Scott won Olympic gold, I was just happy to be there. In this interview...

Who in sports this week deserved a standing O and whose behavior had us saying "heck no"?...

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In what has become a wonderful tradition on Mother’s Day, Major League Baseball players are set to don pink bats, wristbands and cleats to raise money and awareness for breast cancer. Unfortunately this season, the...

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By now, everyone in the hockey community has taken notice of Jack Jablonski, the paralyzed high school hockey player from Minnesota. Apparently, the Chicago Steel of the United States Hockey League (USHL), the country’s top...

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Last night, I found myself fighting off sleep as the Red Sox fought to hang on to a 5-4 lead over the Minnesota Twins in the top of the ninth inning of the game. The...

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The weekend might be over, but that means it’s time for the best and worst in sports last week. Per usual, we’ll be highlighting our favorites in the “Standing O” section, and the things that...

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Fresh off their Game One win, the Bruins started Game Two of their first-round playoff series on a high note by having Boston bombing victim Jeff Bauman wheeled onto the ice in the pregame ceremony....

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In nearly every playoff series in every sport, there is always bound to be some off-court or off-field trash talk, but the New York Knicks may have crossed a line before Game 5 of their...

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Tweet of the Week: With all of the media talk about NBA’s Jason Collins being the first pro athlete to announce to the world that he is gay, naturally he’s become the topic of conversation....

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The shortened NHL season came with the caveat of no inter-conference play. If you’re a fan of an Eastern Conference team, you likely haven’t caught more than a few Western Conference games all season. Many...

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Jason Fowler is paralyzed from the chest down. A motorcycle accident when he was 17 made it so that his mobility was limited to his arms, but that doesn’t stop him from being an elite...

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