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Bruins Go Down 1-0 In First Period; Young Fan Loses All Sense Of Chill
This kid is apparently six years old, and that is an unsettling piece of information given the fact that he sounds like a nine-week-old baby when he gets upset. Anyway, he's mad because he's just watched his beloved Bruins go down 1-0 to the Leafs in the first period. ...

Seth Griffith Scores Backwards, Through-The-Legs Wonder Goal
This is only the fourth goal in Boston Bruin Seth Griffith's young career, but he may never score a better one. Turned around by Devils defenseman Marek Zidlicky, Griffith still managed to get his stick on the puck and poke it into the goal. This came after Griffith blocked a shot on the other end, ...

Marcus Smart Carted Off Floor After Suffering Leg Injury
Medical personnel wheeled Marcus Smart off the court on a stretcher tonight after the Celtics rookie severely rolled his ankle early in the fourth quarter of tonight's game against the Pacers in Boston....

Boston Celtics To Wear New, Ugly Alternate Jerseys
We're often beaten over the head by basketball curmudgeons about Boston's deep respect for basketball history, but these new Boston Celtics jerseys look like something your well-meaning mother picked you up from the TJ Maxx discount rack and you wear only out of pity. ...

Rajon Rondo Says He's A Nap-Time Decision For Home Opener
Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo's status for Wednesday's season opener is still in question due to a broken hand he suffered after slipping in the shower. Rondo's hand is mostly healed, but there's still a chance he won't be able to go at tip-off. Naturally, people have a lot of questions about his ...

Danny Briere Nets Game-Winner With 0.5 Seconds Left
It's early, but Colorado Avalanche center Danny Briere has already given us one of the craziest highlights of the year, swatting home a game-winning goal against the Bruins today with just milliseconds remaining on the clock. ...

Bob Ryan: Scribe
Over at Grantland, Bryan Curtis has an entertaining feature on Bob Ryan:...

So Did Rajon Rondo Break His Hand At A Trampoline Park Or Not?
The controversy over just how Rajon Rondo broke his hand, which should be nicknamed "TrampGate" but probably won't be, has entered its fourth day. And on Day 4, as these things usually go, the trampoline park manager has spoken....

Kosmic Mother Funk Grand Cru: A Sour Beer Worth Road-Tripping For
The Boston Beer Company confounds me. I do like their most famous and best-selling beer, Samuel Adams Boston Lager: It's a seminal brew in many a Masshole's drunken coming of age, mine included, and a large, unbalanced load of the Internet holds this fact against us. I can't swing a dead Yuengling a...

Derek Jeter Hits RBI Infield Single In Final At-Bat Of Career
Derek Jeter took his final at-bat in the third inning at Fenway Park today. He hit an RBI infield single before being subbed out for Brian McCann. Never again will Jeter have to play one of those 10-hour Yankees-Red Sox games....

Red Sox Hire Fake Aretha Franklin To Serenade Jeter With "Respect"
What better gift to give a departing Derek Jeter than a cheap Aretha knockoff? Observers are unimpressed:...

Rajon Rondo Has A Mysterious Broken Hand
This has not been a great week for Rajon Rondo. On Tuesday, Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck called the point guard "stubborn" and said he wasn't sure how "coachable [Rondo] really is."...

The Most Accurate Depiction Of Red Sox Fans
"Mets do suck, Baltimore does blow, but Boston? That's a team and a half."...


BC Coach Steve Addazio's Vine Account Is A Wonderful Relic
Boston College head football coach Steve Addazio hasn't uploaded anything to his Vine account in over a year. That is very sad, because before abandoning the medium, Addazio spent one fateful day in June of 2013 creating some of the best Vines I have ever seen....
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Red Sox AAA Affiliate Is Into Big Boobs On Twitter [NSFW]
Reader Charlie spotted this very interesting item while browsing the Pawtucket Red Sox Twitter favorites: a tweet from "Sloppy Cock Gagger" featuring a huge pair of breasts. Read on for the uncensored and very NSFW screen shot:...

Runners React To First Day Of Registration For Boston Marathon
It seems like just a few months ago that we watched Meb win the Boston Marathon, mostly because it was only a few months ago. But here we go again with the first day of registration for the 2015 edition of the race, which opened at 10 a.m. EST. ...

Young Red Sox Fan Hands Foul Ball To Girl Behind Him, Is The Realest
This kid was the smoothest person in Fenway Park Friday night. The 12-year-old got a foul ball in the fourth inning of the Blue Jays-Red Sox game, and handed it back to the young girl behind him without any hesitation. She was pretty happy....

Rays' Kevin Kiermaier Turns Normal Fly Ball Into Terrific Highlight
Yes, Rays outfielder Kevin Kiermaier screwed up his read on this fly ball in today's game against the Red Sox, but he compensated for it with a twisting, falling, over-his-head catch for the final out of the sixth. We're better for it. Thanks, Kevin....