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Perkins vs. Griffin

Published on January 31, 2012, by in NBA.

I know this has nothing to do with Boston Sports, but did anyone see this dunk?  I mean it’s not even fair… Poor Perk.  So far this is probably the dunk of the year. What do you guys think? -John Bracewell

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Trivia Tuesday: Memorable Comebacks in New England Sports History

Published on January 31, 2012, by in Trivia Tuesday.

Hola, me llamo Zach!  In the spirit of Roberto Gronkowski, I figured I would introduce myself to start the post.  For this week’s edition of Trivia Tuesdays, I’ll be taking a page right out of the Boston Celtics’ most recent playbook.  We’re talking about comebacks… and big ones!  Here’s just a few of New England’s most memorable comebacks! Thanks for REACTING

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Yo Soy Fiesta! – Lets Get Pumped for Super Bowl XLVI

Are you guys excited yet? Its Super Bowl Week, and here at NESR we couldn’t be any more excited! As you can see Gronk is pumped, because we are going to the ship… Not really sure what that means, but its ok Gronk just keep doing what you do on Sunday and everyone in New

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Cardiac C’s Giving City Hope

Published on January 30, 2012, by in Celtics.

Kevin Garnett did a formidable job guarding Dwight Howard this past Thursday. As we all witnessed over this past week, a lot can change in the NBA.  Due to the early struggles of the Boston Celtics, rumors were circulating about trading the Big Three away to start the rebuilding process early.  Now we look at them after two convincing

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Keys for Bruins During Second Half of the Season

Published on January 29, 2012, by in Bruins, NHL.

          Toughness, goaltending, and scoring have all led to early season success for the Bruins.   The Bruins finished off the first half of the 2011-2012 NHL season with a lack-luster effort that resulted in a 5-3 loss to the Washington Capitals.  Even after the loss, the team still went into the

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Flashback Friday: Super Bowl XXXI

It’s Friday almost time to get weird! But before the weekend hits lets finish this work week off strong with a clip from our past. Here at NESR we aren’t one to bring up bad memories, but today is somewhat of a historically fitting one due to the Super Bowl being played next weekend. January 27th, 1997 is

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Reasonable Moves By Sox

Published on January 25, 2012, by in MLB, Red Sox.

Ben Cherington has made some good key moves as the Red Sox new GM. Watching key free agents this off-season end up in the American League may have you concerned for the Red Sox.  But despite what you think the Red Sox have set themselves up very well for success in this upcoming season. So they didn’t

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The Tim Thomas Issue

Published on January 25, 2012, by in Bruins, NHL.

As you all probably know Tim Thomas blew off the President when he honored the Champions on Monday.  Thomas  released a statement on why he didn’t go: “I believe the Federal government has grown out of control, threatening the Rights, Liberties, and Property of the People. This is being done at the Executive, Legislative, and

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5 Potential Trades for the Celtics

Published on January 24, 2012, by in NBA.

Paul Pierce and the Celtics just can not get anything going this season, and now contending teams are looking to add ‘The Truth’ to the roster. Browsing along our insider account at ESPN, we came along an article mentioning the possibility of having Paul Pierce be traded away from the Celtics. The article mentions 5 particular

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Trivia Tuesday: The Kick is Wide Left!

Published on January 24, 2012, by in NFL, Trivia Tuesday.

Howdy, folks!  In honor of Billy Cundiff’s missed 32-yard field goal Sunday against the Pats in the last 20 seconds of the AFC Championship game, I think it would be fitting to revisit some famous missed field goals.  Thankfully, none of these affected the Pats negatively.  And, before I forget…thank you for missing that kick, Cundiff! Thanks for

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