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Rondo Triple-Double Leads Celtics Over Bulls

After stumbling in their last two games, the Celtics responded yesterday with a much-needed win on national television over the Chicago Bulls. Even though the latter was playing without MVP guard Derrick Rose, this was still a big win for the Celtics, who were without a couple of key cogs of their own. The 95-91 win was paced by Rajon Rondo, who put in 32 points, dished off 15 assists...
Via Boston Sports Media Watch  |  10 hours ago
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Lakers Drop Celtics In OT, DeOssie Defended

Pau Gasol blocked a Ray Allen putback at the buzzer to give the Lakers an 88-87 win over the Celtics at the Garden last night. Get all the coverage at CelticsLinks.com. It’s no surprise that Glenn Ordway completely circled the wagons yesterday around Steve DeOssie. He’s his friend and business partner. In the Globe, Chad Finn defends DeOssie’s right to root for the Giants: Root...
Via Boston Sports Media Watch  |  3 days ago
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Mike Reiss Rants on Negativity, Legacies and Anger

Mike Reiss is as even-keeled a guy as you’ll find in the business. He stepped out of that demeanor in his ESPNBoston chat today, and delivered a welcome rant on a few of the topics that have bothered me, and plenty of others recently: Dave (Elmira) Mike, Another All Pro season of reporting. Thanks for the great work. Less of a question than a rant; ” Gronk disrespected...
Via Boston Sports Media Watch  |  4 days ago
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NESN’s Spring Training Coverage Announced

Here is NESN’s press release for upcoming spring training coverage. NESN TO DELIVER 46 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF SPRING TRAINING COVERAGE FROM RED SOX NEW COMPLEX FENWAY SOUTH AT LEE COUNTY 67 Hours of Live Programming Begins with Red Sox LIVE from Fort Myers on February 19 at 6:00 PM February 8, 2012 – NESN, New England’s most watched sports network, will deliver forty-six...
Via Boston Sports Media Watch  |  4 days ago
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Back In the Spotlight, Bruins Trounced By Sabres

The Bruins have had the benefit of flying under the radar here in recent weeks, and it’s probably for the best, as they’ve been scuffling a bit after that impossibly hot streak earlier in the season. Last night things might’ve come to a head though, as the Bruins were beaten by the Buffalo Sabres 6-0. Bruins take big step back – Steve Conroy has the Bruins...
Via Boston Sports Media Watch  |  4 days ago
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Boston Sports Moves On, Pierce Passes Bird On Celtics Scoring List

While New England continues to try and recover from Sunday, the sports world moves on. Last night at the TD Garden, Paul Pierce passed Larry Bird on the Celtics all-time scoring list, and now sits in second place, behind only John Havlicek. Speaking of Larry Bird, I found Bill Simmons podcast with the Celtics legend to just be tremendous and just the thing I needed to get my mind...
Via Boston Sports Media Watch  |  5 days ago
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Super Bowl XLVI Sets Boston Ratings Record

The end result wasn’t what Patriots fans were hoping for, but Super Bowl XLVI did give Boston one milestone, a ratings record. According to Nielsen, the local rating for the Big Game between the Patriots and Giants was a 56.7 with an 81 share. That means 56.7% of all Boston homes were watching the game and 81% of homes with a TV had the game on. Boston was the highest rated...
Via Boston Sports Media Watch  |  7 days ago
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Giants Walk The Talk, Break New England Hearts All Over Again

You gotta hand it to the Giants. What a team. They backed up all their talk and guarantees from the last two weeks and Eli Manning came through once again as the New York Giants won their second Super Bowl in the last four seasons, beating the Patriots 21-17. There isn’t much more to say. Well, actually there is, plenty of it, just not by me. Crushing loss leaves Patriots feeling...
Via Boston Sports Media Watch  |  7 days ago
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Ryen Russillo, John Dennis Light Up Super Bowl Weekend With Another War of Words

You likely remember the threatening voicemail John Dennis left for Ryen Russillo back in 2005. It still gets referenced on WEEI from time-to-time, and people bring it up to Dennis occasionally on Twitter. It seemed to been put on the back burner after Russillo gained a national name for himself working alongside Scott Van Pelt on ESPN Radio. Until today. Around mid-day today, Russillo...
Via Boston Sports Media Watch  |  8 days ago
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The Super Bowl Weekend Megalinks

Let’s do some linkage on this Super Bowl Weekend. The Weekend Viewing Picks have my sports and entertainment suggestions. Time for your links. As you can imagine, many of the stories will deal with Sunday’s Super Bowl. National Michael Hiestand of USA Today talks with NBC’s Bob Costas about his past experiences in hosing a Super Bowl pregame show. The Nielsen Wire...
Via Boston Sports Media Watch  |  10 days ago
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Giants Confident/Trash Talk Roundup

View the story “Giants Trash Talk” on Storify Storified by bruceallen Fri, Feb 03 2012 12:19:41 · 5 views 15 1 4 Giants Trash Talk like 0 Share Email Embed Are the Giants talking trash, or just extremely confident? Share Nydailynews Wed, Feb 01 2012 17:25:08 This is what their coach, Tom Coughlin thinks about what his team...
Via Boston Sports Media Watch  |  10 days ago
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Super Bowl Week Drawing To A Close

By this point, most of the storylines are set, the trash talk is done with (more on that later) and the silliness sets in. Whether it is reporting that a rhinoceros has picked the Giants to win, or a caller telling Dennis and Callahan that through extensive film study he’s determined that 90% of the time that Tom Brady licks his fingers, he’s going to throw the ball...
Via Boston Sports Media Watch  |  10 days ago
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Felger and Mazz Reverse Course, Now Support Patriots

I guess Felger and Mazz are finding that it is impossible to be both a contrarian AND say that the Giants are going to roll, since everyone seems to be saying the Giants will win. They’ve now changed course and are talking like the Patriots might actually have a chance in this one. It’s  easy to be a popular radio host in Boston apparently – just figure out what...
Via Boston Sports Media Watch  |  11 days ago
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Super Bowl Week – Wednesday Recap

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Via Boston Sports Media Watch  |  12 days ago
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Giants Victory Train Rolls On During Super Bowl Week

Mention that the Patriots seem like underdogs in this Sunday’s Super Bowl, and you’ll be mocked, likely by someone citing the Vegas line that has established the Patriots as favorites. Meanwhile, look around listen to analysis and predictions from around the country and tell me 75% of ”experts” aren’t saying that the Giants are going to win this thing...
Via Boston Sports Media Watch  |  12 days ago
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Super Bowl Week – Tuesday Roundup

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Via Boston Sports Media Watch  |  13 days ago
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Patriots Settling Into Indy

Super Bowl week gets into high gear with local radio stations beginning their radio row broadcasts and media day this morning. Just because they’re saying it about Super Bowl XLVI doesn’t mean it’s true - Jonathan Comey looks at a few myths being perpetrated this week, including the oft-repeated statements about the Patriots awful defense. Dispatches from Indy...
Via Boston Sports Media Watch  |  13 days ago
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Victor Cruz Guarantees Giants Win

I post this only as an example of how silly all of this is. In the NY Post, which boasts this back cover today: Steve Serby says that the Giants will make Brady pay for planning Patriots victory party. What did Brady actually say? “We’re going down there, and we’re going down there for one reason. We’re going to give it our best and hopefully we’ll have a lot more people...
Via Boston Sports Media Watch  |  14 days ago
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Let The Madness Begin

Super Bowl week is finally upon us, and the insane hype and media madness that comes along with it. Lots of material out there, I’ll try to sort it out and get you some of the better stuff. Bowl of Crow served - On November 7th, Ron Borges declared the Patriots Dynasty dead. Today, he says he was wrong, and in fact, even with a loss to the Giants this Sunday, he says the dynasty...
Via Boston Sports Media Watch  |  14 days ago
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Doing Some Friday Megalinks

With a rainy day in Southern New England, it’s time to provide you with some media links. Lots of them on a Friday. You can check out the Weekend Viewing Picks for the sports and entertainment programming suggestions. Now to the links. National USA Today’s Michael Hiestand talks with NBC’s Al Michaels about calling his 8th Super Bowl and 2nd for NBC. Mike Ozanian from Forbes...
Via Boston Sports Media Watch  |  17 days ago
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Celtics Storm Back From 27 Down To Beat Magic

Following Monday night’s beatdown by the Celtics of the Magic at the TD Garden, most expected Orlando to come back with some pride last night at home in the rematch. They did. For a half. Orlando ran out to a 27 point lead last night, and then just shut down. The Celtics held the Magic to 25 points in the second and stormed back for a going-away 91-83 win. The Celtics are not...
Via Boston Sports Media Watch  |  17 days ago
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On “Eager Reporters” with “Well-Intentioned” Questions

The latest masterpiece from Boston.com/Boston Globe is a slideshow entitled Why Everyone Else Hates The Patriots. Gee, I’m shocked that Joe Sullivan would green-light something like this. How come this hasn’t been on the front page of the Globe sports section for 10 years? I’ll spare you having to click through it all. The reasons are: Pollard’s comments...
Via Boston Sports Media Watch  |  18 days ago
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Brady Didn’t Play That Bad In AFC Title Game. Wait, What?

When Tom Brady asserted that he “sucked” in Sunday’s AFC championship game, not many people were in a rush to disagree with him. Upon a second look at the game, perhaps Brady was being a bit hard on himself, or so at least one Patriots reporter believes. Brady got the job done - Greg A Bedard’s game review, which has consistently been one of the best weekly...
Via Boston Sports Media Watch  |  19 days ago
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Patriots Savor AFC Win, Get Ready For Super Redux

The Patriots took a day to recover from and enjoy their AFC Championship win over the Ravens, while begining to turn their attention to the NFC Champion New York Giants. The Super Bowl XLII replays have already begun on NFL Network. View at your own peril. Some of us still can’t stomach it. Super Bowl may be a rematch, but teams are not the same - Tim Britton says that for...
Via Boston Sports Media Watch  |  20 days ago
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Pathetic Pats Back Into Super Bowl, Stand No Chance Against G-Men

Is there anything more miserable than a sports-talk radio caller? Holy crap. I’ve actually heard yesterday’s win described as “disappointing” and that the Super Bowl rematch with the Giants in two weeks “won’t even be competitive.” (with the Giants killing the Patriots) Both of these calls came from self-described “long-time Patriots...
Via Boston Sports Media Watch  |  21 days ago
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