LATEST STORIES FROM DAN SHAUGHNESSY WATCH
Whither Shank?
5 hours ago by
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Maybe he's working on a follow up column in light of more information relating to the Tim Donaghy gambling scandal?
Shank on High School Football
4 days ago by
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Another good column by Shank today, focusing on the Reading high school football team and their former coach Mike Boyd, who succumbed to lung cancer earlier this year. The last line of the column takes the quality down a few notches, though.
No More Northeastern Football
6 days ago by
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Shank writes today about a made 4th down play by Bill Belichick the death of football at Northeastern University due primarily to financial reasons. Since there isn't a head coach to rip for making decisions of dubious merit, the result is a pretty good, well researched column.
Obligatory Larry Bird Column
9 days ago by
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Shank devotes today's column to Larry Legend and the book "When the Game was Ours", co-authored with Earvin 'Magic' Johnson and formally written by Jackie MacMullan. I have the book and I hope to read it over the holidays.Naturally, Shank has to screw up the premise...
Bad Call Belichick - II
12 days ago by
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There's something I forgot to mention yesterday - what's the over / under on how many columns will Shank wring out of this one call by Bill Belichick?Aside from some of Shank's standard lameness (Lucas Oil Can Boyd Stadium), bellyaching about lack of media access and a...
Bad Call By Bill B.?
13 days ago by
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I believe this is the column Shank has been waiting nearly a decade to write.INDIANAPOLIS - Ghastly.This was as bad as anything the Red Sox ever did. Had it been a playoff game, it would be right up there with Bucky Dent, Bill Buckner, Aaron Boone, and History Derailed in Glendale...
Choose
14 days ago by
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Leading up to tonight's Patriots / Colts game, there must have been dozens of articles comparing quarterbacks Tom Brady & Peyton Manning. Clearly thinking outside the box, Shank gives us... another Brady / Manning column!And what Shank comparison column would be complete without...
Overlooked No Longer
16 days ago by
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In today's column Shank profiles Dominic Randolph, a Division 1-AA senior quarterback with hopes of being drafted by the NFL. Since Dominic plays at Shank's alma mater (Holy Cross), we get a pretty good column out of it. Almost without exception, any Shank column that is not...
Smooth Shank
20 days ago by
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The Patriots win a tight game yesterday against a division rival and are currently 6 - 2 heading into next week's game against Indianapolis. Leave it to Shank to go negative and dump on Randy Moss!FOXBOROUGH - He comes off as rude, ridiculous, self-important, and difficult. And...
The Big Tuna
21 days ago by
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Shank pens an interesting column on Bill Parcells as a backdrop before this afternoon's game between the Patriots and the Miami Dolphins. He mentions many of Parcell's past efforts at rebuilding franchises (N.Y. Giants, Patriots, Jets) but may have ran out of column inches...
Theater Of The Absurd
25 days ago by
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Shank finally takes interest in the World Series, and that's because Pedro Martinez will take the mound tonight against the New York Yankees. That, or he's playing the New England angle. Some note the shameless appropriation angle of the column, while the rest of us bask in...
You Dirty Rat
29 days ago by
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Shank pads his expense account via TD Garden and examines the latest accusations by Tim Donaghy that NBA games aren't on the up and up. ...There is probably some truth in Donaghy’s new charges. The ref rat claims stars get special treatment - not exactly a “stop the presses’’...
Baby Bird
October 30, 2009 by
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Shank pens a pretty interesting comparison of the treatment of Glen Davis' recent brawl and the bar fight Larry Bird was involved in back in 1985 during the playoffs with the Sixers. I very vaguely remember that brawl, largely attributed to the lack of local coverage thereof. Shank...
Hands On
October 27, 2009 by
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There's one last dispatch from London from Shank, focusing on wide receivers Sam Aiken and Brandon Tate. The column is free of all the usual problems associated with a Shank column, and based on yesterday's woefully hideous column, I discover why at the end:Christopher L. Gasper...
Bloody Awful, Bloody Useless
October 26, 2009 by
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That's my reaction to Shank's third and hopefully last column on the Patriots game at Wembley Stadium. He's obviously bored writing it, and has a massively patronizing tone towards the fans who attended the game. There's far too much nonsense in this column to point...
The Inside Track?
October 25, 2009 by
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Our second London dispatch reads a lot like the inane gossip served up by these two broads at the Boston Herald. The brave may click on the link for the full drivel, but I will spare you and only offer a brief sample of Shank's man-crush on Tom Terrific:LONDON - Tom Brady, international...
Great Moments In Philadelphia Sports Fan History
October 24, 2009 by
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I expect no less from the city whose fans booed Santa Claus. Stay classy, guys!
Cricket
October 24, 2009 by
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We have our first London dispatch from Shank, which focuses mainly on the recent attempt to export the NFL overseas. Shank thinks this is a dumb idea, and I agree with him almost entirely. Anyone remember NFL Europe? It didn't have a lot of staying power, did it? You're also...
Multimedia Shank - III
October 21, 2009 by
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I just caught Shank on the local Comcast Sports Network channel, whch included a lack of support for Adalius Thomas. No argument against that position, but the pre-London trip talk was amusing (I'll look for video and post it if it's available).
Pieces Picked Up
October 21, 2009 by
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When you run out of major subjects for a column, write about a bunch of little ones instead. One would think Shank would cover the baseball playoffs in their entirety, but when you're jet setting across the globe, who has time for that?Picked-up pieces while packing for London...
Shaken
October 18, 2009 by
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Shank recounts his trip to the World Series in San Francisco twenty years ago this week. His column demonstrates 1) another good column and 2) how being through an earthquake sharpens the mind to many details of a natural disaster and its aftermath.A few asides:It was 20 years ago...
Hot Stove Is Fired Up Early
October 13, 2009 by
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Not just because of all the great weather we've been having, but Shank gets things rolling about who's likely to be off the team by spring training:Only four survivors remain from the Red Sox’ greatest season: Kevin Youkilis, Tim Wakefield, David Ortiz, and Jason Varitek...
Gloom And Doom Dan
October 12, 2009 by
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Shank delivers the post mortem on the 2008 Boston Red Sox. Shank also manages to work in an Animal House and a Creedence Clearwater Revival reference in a straight-forward column. I only watched one half of an inning, the top of the ninth. I sure know how to pick 'em.Speaking of...
Silenced
October 10, 2009 by
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If only!Shank recaps last night's 4-1 loss to the Angels. Now that the Sox are down two games to none, they have become...Your beloved Red Sox are reeling.At least he's consistent...
Happy 55th, Bruce!
October 09, 2009 by
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Just wanted to say 'Happy Birthday!' to the Dan Shaughnessy Watch's resident Globeophile. Write soon!
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