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Bruins Play Caps not Sens

After a wild day of hockey yesterday, the Capitals jumped up to the number seven seed and will play the Bruins in the first round.  For the last month it looked like the Bruins would be playing the Ottawa Senators in the first round of the 2012 playoffs, but after Ottawa’s loss yesterday and wins

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Flashback… Saturday?: Bobby Doerr is born!

My bad… Went on a mini vacation and didn’t realize that not everyone in the world has internet! So today I bring you Flashback Saturday! On April 7th, 1918 Robert Pershing Doerr was born and the Red Sox would never be the same. Doerr spent his entire fourteen year career playing for the Sox. The Hall of Fame

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Ottawa Is the Perfect Matchup For Bruins

                  The Bruins should handle Ottawa fairly easily in the first round of the playoffs. The Bruins could not have asked for a better first round matchup than the Ottawa Senators.  Boston has owned Ottawa this year winning five out of their six games against each other.  Ottawa

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Packers Reject Nike Uniforms

It seems like the Packers will be sticking with their old uniforms for this season. Breaking news is that the Green Bay Packers have rejected the new Nike NFL uniforms.  Nike’s only comment thus far is that “The Green Bay Packers have chosen to stay with their traditional design aesthetic as well as their former

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Rondo An Elite PG?

Due to Rajon Rondo’s success over the past couple of weeks leading the Celtics to a season turnaround, including his more recent performance against the Heat in which he recorded 16 points, 11 rebounds, and 14 assists, the young point guard has to be considered among the NBA’s elite at the position.  This has been a widely-debated topic

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Flashback Friday: Boston… I mean New England Patriots

Hola amigos, this week is the 41 year anniversary of the Boston Patriots becoming the New England Patriots! When the AFL and the NFL merged in 1970 the Boston Patriots moved from playing in Boston to the suburb of Foxborough twenty two miles outside of the city. With this relocation happening the ownership wanted the team

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From The Fans’ Perspective

At the Providence Bruins game on March 23rd against the Manchester Monarchs, I sat down with a few season ticket holders, who answered my questions and gave their opinions about  the 2011-2012 team and season. The first question I asked was about pre-season expectations.  In response, they agreed that they expected the team to make

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Ex-Ref Donaghy Speaking Up About NBA Officials

Tim Donaghy’s book, titled Personal Foul: A First-Person Account of the Scandal that Rocked the NBA was released in 2009, detailing his betting scandal along with evidence pointing towards gambling in the league being fairly common.  According to the former referee, it is not going to be his last attempt to speak out on this corruption either. Many of

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Flashback Friday: Another Score for Orr

Hola amigos, going with the theme of two weeks ago we will be talking about the birth of a New England sports legend. On March 20th, 1948 the one the only… Bobby Orr was born! Bobby played ten seasons with the Boston Bruins and made the playoffs eight times. Orr in my eyes the most recognizable Bruin

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Local Kid Playing with Revs

After reading this article in The Valley Breeze last week, I decided it would be relevant to post to the site.  According to the publication, 16-year-old Greg Forgue is one of the youngest members of the New England Revolution Youth Development soccer team and will be traveling to Johannesburg, South Africa relatively soon to play in the Future Champions Gauteng Tournament.  He is

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