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  • 06 2017 June

    Carrie Underwood puts husband’s birthday gift on hold

    Carrie Underwood, all 5 foot 3 inches of her, stood tall in the NBC broadcast booth last night.  The reigning queen of country music is ‘married to the sport,’ and offered up some interesting commentary during Game 4...

  • 16 2016 November

    Touch Football: A time honored tradition

    We are exactly one week away from Thanksgiving Day.  It’s time to order the turkey, drop the tablecloth at the cleaners, and try to remember how to make the perfect pie crust. Thanksgiving is about...

  • 29 2015 September

    How to workout while watching the game

    How much time do you spend watching football?  Statistics say that almost two thirds of Americans watch NFL football. Three quarters are men (73%) and over half are women half are women (55%).  A survey by Adweek/Harris...

This week, Shanda sounds off on messy divorces, NBA floppers, Jay-Z's venture into becoming a sports agent and more. ...

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Tennis tournaments are always a great chance to analyze the latest fashion on the court, and the French Open certainly has a variety of good and bad fashion to comment on. See where your favorite...

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Video of the Week: Lakers’ Metta World Peace Turns Meteorologist on Fox There’s not too much I can say about Metta World Peace. He’s a great player but he’s an odd one. Kudos to him,...

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My 78-year-young mother has been a member of the “Fenway Faithful” since the 1930s, and she has a unique connection to the Sox: she had the privilege of having dinner with Ted Williams and Bobby...

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Shanda sounds off on everything from Tiger's drunken escapades to Spike Lee's bidding wars over Knicks tickets to a very hungry Bruins team's gift to a gracious restaurant owner. ...

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Major League Baseball offers multiple Mother's Day items that benefit charities, but how much do they donate in comparison to how much those items regularly cost? ...

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The strains of “My Old Kentucky Home” played by the University of Louisville marching band signaled the start of the Kentucky Derby last Saturday. The Derby, regarded as “the fastest two minutes in sports”, is...

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Among the celebrations at this year’s NFL Draft Week in New York, there were a number of great charitable events and fundraisers. One that specifically tugged at me was the Beyond the Boroughs/HOPE Africa NFL...

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There is a lot of buzz surrounding all Boston Strong merchandise. Most people buy it to help support the One Fund, but what people may not realize is that not every Boston Strong T-shirt sale...

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The tragedy at the Boston Marathon shook the country as images of the hundreds injured and heartbreaking memorials flashed across televisions throughout the nation. In response, many people from all over have tried to find...

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