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Joe Torre Says The Baseball Season Is Too Damn Long To Ask Players Not To Drink Through It

Sports Radio Interviews — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:25:59 EDT

Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Torre steps back from policing beer in the clubhouse. More »

Now Kevin Youkilis Is Maybe Dating Tom Brady's Sister, According To Mysteriously Deleted Article

Barry Petchesky — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:40:16 EDT

The Boston Herald went to sleep proud of itself for landing the scoop that Theo Epstein is on his way to Chicago. They woke up to the Globe's comprehensive hit on the hard-partying 2011 Red Sox that's the only topic in town. More »

Yes, ESPN Is Really Producing A Sitcom About Four Longtime Guy Friends Who Live Outside Of Boston And Watch Sports

Jack Dickey — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:30:00 EDT

My God, my God, thou hast forsaken me. [Deadline, h/t Patrick] More »

Dan Shaughnessy Wants The Red Sox Barred From The Playoffs Even If They Qualify

Jack Dickey — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:50:00 EDT

Here's the CHB: "How about banishing the 2011 Red Sox from postseason play on the grounds of horsebleep play for the entire month of September? More »

ESPN The Magazine Invites You To Read An Entire Issue About How Good Boston Sports Teams Are

Emma Carmichael — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:50:00 EDT

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This month, ESPN The Mag unveiled the most unnecessary public service announcement in the history of sports: Boston teams are good at sports! They win championships quite often! And Tom Brady is pretty! It doesn't matter if Captain Obvious already informed you of these things with a giant neon sign over your television for the past decade—here are 100-and-something more pages about it. More »

No, Wait, Maybe This Is The Worst Thing Ever To Come Out Of Boston

Barry Petchesky — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:35:52 EDT

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Reader Jeremy took issue with our description of this morning's Bruins/Ke$ha abortion, and sent along this Stygian nightmare. Did you know the Patriots had a musical response to the "Super Bowl Shuffle?" Now you do. More »

Biz Markie; And Other Things That Happen In Eight-Hour Baseball Games

Barry Petchesky — Thu, 05 May 2011 10:15:13 EDT

There's a special kind of masochism that comes with staying up to watch a marathon baseball game, like last night's Angels/Red Sox tilt that didn't wrap up until 2:45 am. You know you're going to feel like shit in the morning, and you can only pray your team wins so it wasn't all for naught. More »

This Office Prank Is A Good Argument Against Ever Working With A Bruins Fan

Emma Carmichael — Wed, 04 May 2011 17:20:00 EDT

We're told that the prankster in this video, who hopefully still has a job, is Kelly Park, son of NHL Hall of Famer Brad Park. He promised the CFO of their company that he would "prank" him should the Bruins knock out the Habs in the first round. They did, somewhat dramatically, and Park chose to overhaul his boss's office with the smug, blinding yellow of the Boston faithful. So that's where all of the useless shit you see in team stores always ends up. More »

Jack Edwards: Homer To End All Homers

Kate Shapiro — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:05:00 EDT

Last night, NESN's Jack Edwards reminded us that he is still the ultimate homer of the hockey commentating world — hockey's Tommy Heinsohn, if you will. In Game 3 of the Bruins-Canadiens series, Edwards screamed at Montreal's Roman Hamrik to "GET UP!" after he tackled Michael Ryder to the ice. He then accused the Canadiens of "trying to nurse ridiculous calls out of the referees." More »

If Boston Gets Swept By Cleveland Today, Red Sox Nation May Implode

Emma Carmichael — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:05:00 EDT

The Red Sox, predicted by many to win it all this year, are still without a win five games into the season. Naturally, there's a discussion board up on the Globe website today titled "Panic Time?" Is it? Last night against Cleveland, Kevin Youkilis attempted to intentionally drop a line drive to turn a double play. He didn't make the tag on Travis Buck, Jason Varitek did not get the memo, and the Sox gave up a sixth-inning run to fall behind 4-2. The WTAM announcers were thrilled to have witnessed such a catastrophe (you can find video of the play here; our MLB friends have requested that we pull our clip). More »

Kobe Bryant Sees Laker Fans Everywhere — Even In Boston

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:20:03 EST

Bat-Wielding Vigilante Takes On Boston Troublemakers (Video Back Up)

Barry Petchesky — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:00:05 EDT

A group of punks are terrorizing passing motorists, until they mess with the wrong guy. He steps out of his car...metal bat in hand. This shit is bananas. (NSFW language) More »

Last Night's Winner: Boston Self-Pity

A.J. Daulerio — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:35:03 EDT

In sports everyone's a winner — some just win better than others. Like Boston pity-partiers ready to commemorate their return to being sad-sacks after a glorious run of over-confidence. More »

Boston Mayor Needs A Refresher Course On Boston Sports

Dashiell Bennett — Mon, 10 May 2010 20:45:29 EDT

Confused Mayor Thomas Menino reminiscences about some of Beantown's "ionic" sports moments: "Havlicek stole the ball, Fisk waiving the ball fair, Flutie launching the Hail Mary pass, Varitek splitting the uprights." No mention of Antoine Walker's bloody shoulder pads? [Globe] More »

Boston Radio Wars Get Stalkerish

Barry Petchesky — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:00:00 EST

Boston sports talk radio station the Sports Hub received so many obscene text messages from one phone, they red-flagged the number. The phone turned out to belong to a producer at rival - ~~and ESPN Radio affiliate~~ - WEEI. [Herald] More »

Boston Fans Perfect The Art Of Self Parody

Dashiell Bennett — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:00:31 EST

This custom Beruit table perfectly crystallizes the essence of why the stereotypical Boston sports fan is so universally loathed. Naturally, the stereotypical Boston sports fan who created it could not be prouder. [BarstoolSports] More »

Boston's "Santa Speedo Run" Brings Out All Sorts Of People

A.J. Daulerio — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:00:29 EST

And not just ones who like to celebrate Christmas by showing off how a corporate membership at the Boston Sports Club has sculpted their bodies. No, it also brings out the lurking perverts. (Not Jay Mariotti.) [Boston.com] More »

Finally, The Harvard Crimson Will Get Some Media Attention

Dashiell Bennett — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:30:00 EDT

ESPNBoston is live. No, the URL does not just redirect to "Sports Guy's World." [ESPNBoston] More »

Crafty Magic Marketing Team Successfully Added Insult

A.J. Daulerio — Mon, 18 May 2009 08:45:40 EDT

Enter a New England zip code dressed in opposing team colors and you risk dismemberment. Enter Boston sticker-sniping and you risk death. This group survived and came home with a win. [SpartyAndFriends] More »

Boston Cream Party

A.J. Daulerio — Fri, 15 May 2009 09:17:14 EDT

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Patriots' Day Gives Boston A Reason To Feel Special For Once

Dashiell Bennett — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:45:32 EDT

On this day, 342 years ago, a group of bloodthirsty Welsh mercenaries attacked defenseless Pilgrims with boiling tea kettles, winning the War of 1812 so that Boston could have day baseball on a Monday. More »

Is Boston Ready To Host A Championship Celebration?

Will Leitch — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:30:50 EDT

As mentioned last week, the Leitch family is heading to Fenway Park this Saturday — tentative pitching matchup: Josh Beckett vs. Mitchell Boggs. You're toast, Sox! — and we are hopeful that the Yawkey Way faithful will show us the appropriate respect. That is to say: We hope they won't throw anything heavy at us. If the Celtics can win either one of these two home games this week, we have to think they'll be in a good enough mood, right? Right? More »