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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...

This is clearly becoming part of Charles Barkley‘s “schtick.” The man once called the “round mound of rebound”  has  now insulted  the physiques of  the entire female population of San Antonio, and it’s not the...

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Wonder how Donald Sterling is feeling about right now?  Banned from watching his team play, fined over 2 million dollars, and told he is going to have to sell his team.   NBA Commissioner Adam Silver...

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There was no messing around this time. The Boston Bruins had a 3-1 series lead last year against Toronto and ended up getting pushed to the brink in a Game 7.  They learned their lesson  on how...

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  Nobody said it would be easy.  The Bruins are down 0-1 to the Red Wings after an opening game that seemed to be skated on eggshells.  It was a tight defensive showdown.  The lone goal was...

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    Tish Hamilton was talking to herself, as many distance runners do.  The 51 year-old was battling the hills of Newton for her 10th time, and she was promising herself this would be her final journey...

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Lean On Me

April 4, 2014

The Opening Day ceremony for the 2013 World Series Boston Red Sox Champions was simply brilliant. Dr. Charles Steinberg, the Red Sox executive Vice President and the mastermind behind the ring ceremony knocked one out of the park. The varied music that served...

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Revis can eat his words

March 13, 2014

This is how much Bill Belichick wants another championship.  He pays 12 million dollars to get a player for one year who once called him “a jerk,” “ignorant,” and “disrespectful.” One wouldn’t think of Belichick as...

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I saw Gisele Bundchen for the first time in 2007 outside the Patriots locker room after a game in San Diego. As reporters lined up for access to the players for post game reaction, I heard one...

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It’s that time of year.  The NFL  has gone dark.  The torch has been extinguished.  March Madness is still weeks away.  Opening Day is way down the road, and so are the NBA and NHL playoffs....

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The Sherman side of things

January 23, 2014

For a week now every time I turn on Sportscenter or even a social network, I’m being thrust back into the moment when Seattle shutdown cornerback, Richard Sherman surprisingly shocked the world with his passion...

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