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Another Friday Megalinks Edition
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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...
WEEI Holds Steady, 98.5 Continues Rise, FOX Dumps Butch Stearns
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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...
Week Log: Another Little Souvenir of a Terrible Year
2 days ago by
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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...
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...
Celtics Fight Off T-Wolves
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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...
Developing: Gordon Edes to ESPN Boston?
3 days ago by
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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...
Wednesday’s Best
3 days ago by
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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...
This Morning’s Top Five Articles
5 days ago by
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I already did the complete morning links today, and thought I’d try something out by giving you what I think are the top five must-read articles posted this morning. Here they are, in no particular order:
1) Patriots were big winners - Albert Breer’s look at how the...
Comcast SportsNet Announces Web, Broadcast Overhaul
5 days ago by
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Comcast SportsNet announced this morning the official hirings of Sean McAdam, Tom Curran, Art Martone, Sherrod Blakely and Joe Haggerty as they relaunch their website and partner on-air with NECN to provide broadcast and internet coverage of Boston sports.
CSN’s online presence...
Celtics Get Win, Rondo Gets Deal
6 days ago by
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According to former Boston Globe NBA writer Marc J. Spears, Rajon Rondo and the Celtics have agreed to a 5-year, $55 million extension.
The Celtics made it 4-for-4 on the season with their 97-87 win over Chris Paul and the New Orleans Hornets at the TD Garden last night.
Julian Benbow says...
On A Friday Megalinks Roll
8 days ago by
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Time for the Friday Megalinks as usual. Let’s get to these while we can.
You can always check out the Weekend Viewing Picks for the sports and primetime viewing for Saturday and Sunday.
Let’s go to the links.
National
USA Today’ Michael Hiestand says we may have...
Only The 10* Best Links Today
9 days ago by
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Changing things up a little here and for today, I decided to just bring you the best of what out there in the Boston newspapers/websites. If it’s not here, you’re not missing much. (These are not in any particular order)
1) How Welker Became Mr. Reliable for the Patriots ...
Week Log: No Frost on the Pumpkin
9 days ago by
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Forget the killing frost and stockpiling cases of dry gas for optimal winter performance. Ease up on closing that pool and racing down to Burlington Coat Factory ahead of everyone else. It’s going to hit 70 degrees this weekend and that means it’s NBA time again in Boston...
Celtics Maul Bobcats
10 days ago by
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A night after beating the Cavaliers on the road, the Celtics returned to TD Garden for their home opener last night. Was there any chance of a letdown with the Charlotte Bobcats in town?
I think the score of the 92-59 Celtics win speaks for itself.
Julian Benbow has the Celtics...
Celtics Opener a Success
11 days ago by
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The Cleveland Cavaliers came out of the gate smokin’ last night, hitting six of their first seven shots, and running out to a 13-2 lead. A few minutes later, the Cavs led by 14 at 19-5 and 21-7, but the Celtics rebuilt bench led a comeback, and the Celtics took the lead in...
Was Jonny Miller a bigger “Curse” Pusher than Shaughnessy?
11 days ago by
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If you didn’t read Bob Hohler’s column this morning – Really big news - I highly recommend that you do so.
The article looks at some of the media pressure that the Red Sox had to overcome en route to winning the 2004 World Series. It seems that much of that “...
Baby Tantrum Could Cost Celtics
12 days ago by
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The Celtics tip off the NBA regular season tonight with a game in Cleveland against the Cavaliers. The Celtics will be without reserve forward Glen “Big Baby” Davis, who broke his thumb following an “altercation” with a former teammate who was up visiting him...
Celtics Prepping for Opener in Cleveland
12 days ago by
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The Celtics start their regular season with a nationally televised game in Cleveland tomorrow night against LeBron James, Shaq, and the rest of the Cavaliers.
Paul Flannery wonders if this is the end of the line for the big three. Bill Doyle says that this might be the last hurrah for...
Patriots Have A Jolly Old Time
13 days ago by
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The Patriots took care of business in Wembley Stadium yesterday, routing the toothless Tampa Bay Buccaneers 35-7.
Chris Warner has a few observations from New England’s second straight stress-free victory.
Christopher L. Gasper has the Patriots finding the end zone just as...
Your Friday Megalinks
15 days ago by
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Here we go with the Friday megalinks. Of course, there’s the Weekend Viewing Picks which contain the sports viewing for the weekend. Let’s do the links.
National
USA Today’s Michael Hiestand and Mike McCarthy debate on whether to move up the start of the World Series...
Tom Curran Says Farewell to PFT, Hello to CSNNE.com
15 days ago by
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In a blog post this afternoon on ProFootballTalk.com, Tom Curran said good-bye to that site, and announced officially that he is heading over to Comcast SportsNet New England where he will be covering the NFL and the Patriots for the new CSNNE.com, which I’m hearing is set for...
Patriots Head Out On Business Trip Overseas
16 days ago by
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The Patriots left on their “business trip” to London yesterday, as they get ready for Sunday’s game in Wembley Stadium against Tampa Bay.
Chris Warner, the Patriots Daily Worry Wart has a few concerns for Sunday. Greg Doyle gives us some First Impressions on the...
Charity Notices
16 days ago by
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Here a couple of sports-related charity items involving the Patriots and Celtics:
The 2nd Annual New England Celebrities Tackle Cancer Gala To benefit the Joe Andruzzi Foundation
November 2, 2009
MANSFIELD, Massachusetts – The Joe Andruzzi Foundation will host the 2nd Annual...
Patriots Set To Take Off To The Old Country
17 days ago by
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The Patriots will head out to London later today as they get ready for Sunday’s game with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Over on Patriots Daily we’re Trading Places with not one, but two Bucs bloggers. Jeremy Gottlieb goes around the league and isn’t impressed with...
Book Review – Game Six
18 days ago by
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Sure, yesterday was a big anniversary in Red Sox history, but today is another one.
What were you doing 34 years ago tonight?
If you can remember that far, (I can’t) no doubt you were engrossed in a little baseball game that was taking place over at Fenway Park. The date was...
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