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Gordon Edes Officially In at ESPNBoston.com

Gordon Edes has his first post up at ESPNBoston.com today: Back where I belong New England is my home, baseball remains my game, and after being away, I am even more persuaded that there is no better place to talk, write, blog, tweet, text, chat and care about baseball than right...
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Time For the Friday Megalinks

Let’s do the Friday megalinks as we steam into Thanksgiving holiday week. Lots of links to get to so let’s not waste any more time. The Weekend Viewing Picks have what’s in store for college football, college basketball, NFL, NASCAR and plenty of other sporting and...
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The Friday Top Ten

So another Friday is finally here (was it me, or was this a LONG week?) and I’ve got another edition of the top ten from this morning’s sports stories. Consider this one a periodic credit report - Chad Finn is going positive this morning, giving out props in his Friday...
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Nov 19

Yes, I hurled all manner of verbal abuse at my TV on Sunday night and, yes, my wife walked out on me for the last 13 seconds. In fact, she got so flustered that she forgot to take our youngest with her, leaving him to ask to no one in particular, “Why is daddy so [...]Nov 19...
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Celtics Wake Up In Second Half vs. Warriors

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Frank Dell’Apa says that despite the margin of victory for the Celtics last night (109-95) the Celtics never appeared completely certain of themselves. Robert Lee has the road-weary Warriors, who only dressed eight players, worn out in the end. Mark Murphy has Rajon Rondo picking...
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“Instigators” Returns, Comcast Offers More Celtics On Demand

A couple of quick programming notes:  The Instigators Returns to NESN The Instigators presented by Cadillac Village of Norwood returns for its second season on Thursday, November 19th at 6:00 pm. The Instigators is an Original NESN Entertainment (ONE) production that was first introduced...
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Red Zone = Red Light for Patriots

 Things appear back to normal on the written side, I’m still on the sports radio blackout, and will likely be all week… Albert R. Breer has a look at the Patriots continued struggles in the red zone, where they sit 25th in the league, behind such stalwarts as Detroit...
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Still Too Much Noise

The media is a strange, yet pretty predictable group. they’re almost always going to go against the tide, trying to buck popular opinion. This means that nationally, where most people loath and despise Bill Belichick, writers and columnists are coming out and supporting the...
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Making Sense

That’s something very few people are doing today, as they attempt to discuss the perhaps the worst loss (right up there with the Giants Super Bowl) of the Bill Belichick era. I’m keeping it short and simple this afternoon, even as I duck out on listening to any sort of...
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The Calm Before the Storm Friday Megalinks

As we wait for that huge storm to come up the East Coast from North Carolina and Virginia, I’m just waiting for the rain and wind this weekend. Anyway, let’s provide the sports media stories for today. But first, for the weekend sports including college football, NASCAR...
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Friday’s Top Ten

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It’s another busy Friday here on the sports scene in Boston, here are the highlights from today: 1) Being Tom Brady - Ron Borges with a feature on Tom Brady, his love of the game, and what motivates him to succeed. 2) Butch Stearns’ Goodbye - The FOX25 Sports Anchor...
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Patriots/Colts Preparation Heats Up

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Over on Patriots Daily this morning, we’re Trading Places with the Colts bloggers from 18to88.com, and you might be surprised (or not) to find out that Colts fans still think Tom Brady is just a product of the Belichick system, and that they guy they really fear is Randy Moss...
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Celtics Play a Sweet Tune on Jazz

We’ll lead off here with Jessica Heslam and her story about the back-and-forth war of words between Bill Simmons and Glenn Ordway. The last line is a bit inaccurate. Perhaps Ordway took the high road when asked for comment by the Herald, but he certainly hasn’t done so...
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Veteran’s Day Top Ten Links

We’re sticking to “only the best” today, so no muckraking, no cheap shots, no agendas, just pure unadulterated sports coverage: 1) Albert R. Breer enlists the help of three NFL scouts to define five factors that could determine how this Sunday night’s Patriots...
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Patriots Grade Out Well vs Miami

The grades are in, and they’re looking pretty good for the Patriots this week. Ron Borges even admits that he finds it “difficult to hand out anything but nearly perfect grades” for the Patriots 27-17 win over the Dolphins. What an unabashed homer that Borges guy...
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“Content Sharing” Agreement Between Boston.com and SI.com

In a post by Chad Finn on the Boston.com Extra Points blog, the following “Editor’s note” appears: Through a content-sharing partnership with Sports Illustrated and SI.com, occasional articles and information from the magazine and its website will be used on Boston...
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The Rest Of Monday’s Sports

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The Patriots dominated 90% of the sports coverage this morning, but there are a few other articles out there this morning as well: Alex Speier says that even with Jed Hoyer as the new GM of the Padres, there is a good chance that Adrian Gonzalez could remain off-limits to the Red...
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Patriots Prepared For Wildcat, Disarm Pistol

Since the Dolphins debuted their “Wildcat” offense last year against the Patriots in Foxborough, it seemed natural that with a whole year gone by, that the Dolphins would use yesterday’s game in Gillette as an opportunity to introduce a new aspect of the formation...
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Another Friday Megalinks Edition

Time once again to provide the Friday megalinks. Lots of links to get to. Don’t forget to check out the Weekend Viewing Picks for your sports and primetime viewing. To the links. National One story that’s developing this afternoon. Pro Football Talk goes after ESPN...
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WEEI Holds Steady, 98.5 Continues Rise, FOX Dumps Butch Stearns

The latest radio ratings are out, and 98.5 continues to surprise with their solid gains in the sports radio market. WEEI is doing just fine, though, actually moving up a bit from 5.2 in September to 5.3 in October. The station is fourth overall on the chart while WBZ-FM, 985TheSportsHub...
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Week Log: Another Little Souvenir of a Terrible Year

If part of your life is defined by the Boston sports experience as is mine, then any year involving both a Lakers and Yankees championship can’t be completely good. Sure, if the other guy wins, that means our guy doesn’t, but it’s also very much about who that other...
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Was Joey Porter Baited By the Boston Media?

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I hate to do this, I really do, but I think Joey Porter needs to be defended a little bit here… This morning’s articles, and in sports flashes and reports over the air since yesterday afternoon have, with a couple of exceptions, painted Joey Porter’s conference call...
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Celtics Fight Off T-Wolves

The Celtics got their most strenuous test of the young season last night, holding off the Minnesota Timberwolves last night 92-90 to stay perfect on the season at 6-0. Frank Dell’Apa has the Celtics unable to find and offensive flow for most of the game, but able to get the hoops...
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Developing: Gordon Edes to ESPN Boston?

Fang’s Bites has learned from multiple sources and The Big Lead is reporting this as well, that former Boston Globe Red Sox beat writer Gordon Edes will join ESPN Boston after the World Series. For his part, Edes did not confirm or deny the story when contacted by The Big Lead...
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Wednesday’s Best

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After an unscheduled day off from posting yesterday, here’s the top articles from today. Pedro Martinez is no goat - Gerry Callahan, Dan Shaughnessy and Steve Buckley all wrote articles on Pedro Martinez’s start in tonight’s game six of the World Series. Callahan...
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