Blast photographer Sarah Gordon shares some visuals from the 2009 Boston Marathon
Iverson out for season, hopefully forever
April 4, 2009 9 Comments
The most selfish player to ever play in the NBA, Allen Iverson, is out for the remainder of the season for the Detroit Pistons with a so-called ‘hurt back.’ Earlier this week, Iverson whined about coming off the bench and that he’d rather retire than become a team player. Throughout Iverson’s career it has always [...]
Schilling calls it quits
March 23, 2009 Leave a Comment
Three-time world champion Curt Schilling has announced that he will retire. “This party has officially ended,” Schilling wrote in an email. “After being blessed to experience 23 years of playing professional baseball in front of the world’s best fans in so many different places, it is with zero regrets that I am making my retirement [...]
Panini buys Donruss
March 14, 2009 Leave a Comment
After announcing that it would be the exclusive printer and supplier of NBA/basketball trading cards next season, Panini announced another coup Friday, buying Donruss Playoff L.P., a major cards producer in its own right. Arlington, Texas-based Donruss produces cards under the Playoff, Leaf and Score labels. It was established in 1954 and was known throughout [...]
Baseball for the 21st Century
March 8, 2009 Leave a Comment
Fifty years ago, David A. Mullaney was playing baseball in the backyard. To prevent dented siding and cracked windows that resulted from using an actual baseball, he and his friends used a tennis ball and a broom handle bat. His mother happened to be hanging laundry in the yard when he hit a pitch and [...]
Terrell Owens signs with the Bills
March 7, 2009 1 Comment
The Buffalo Bills have signed former Cowboy, Eagle and 49er WR Terrell Owens to a one-year $6.5 million deal. Owens was released last week by the Dallas Cowboys and many teams publicly said that they had no interest in adding the problematic wideout. If T.O. couldn’t get along with Jeff Garcia, Donovan McNabb and Tony [...]
In Vegas, Kyle Busch becomes a hometown hero
March 2, 2009 Leave a Comment
While the Las Vegas Motor Speedway was being created before his very eyes, NASCAR Sprint Cup and Vegas native Kyle Busch was cutting his racing teeth at the half-mile short track right next door. The younger brother of 2004 Sprint Cup champion Kurt Busch‚ won two track championships at the “Bullring” in Legends cars before he [...]
Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen tie the knot
Feb. 26, 2009 Leave a Comment
Us Magazine is reporting that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele Bundchen have said “I do.” Bundchen and Brady, according to the celebrity magazine, got married Thursday in a Catholic wedding mass in Los Angeles. The bride, 28, donned a form-fitting ivory lace strapless gown with a trumpet skirt, scalloped edges, long [...]
NL West Preview: Colorado Rockies
Feb. 25, 2009 Leave a Comment
We have established the Padres are the front runners for the worst team in the NL West, but I could be wrong. I have been before. Ask my girlfriend. What makes a topic for interesting conversation and debate is where the other teams in the division fall into place. With the Dodgers ability to potentially [...]
Colts release Harrison
Feb. 24, 2009 Leave a Comment
Indianapolis Colts GM Bill Polian announced today that the Colts have released WR Marvin Harrison. “We today have released Marvin Harrison because of salary cap considerations,” Polian said. “Marvin let us know his preference was to be released. Both Jim Irsay and I felt very strongly that after Marvin’s long and dedicated service to the [...]
Cole Hamels talks about the Mets
Feb. 24, 2009 Leave a Comment
Months ago, Cole Hamels went on New York radio and agreed with the host’s assertion that the Mets were “choke artists.” Of course, this got Mets fans whining and crying, much like they did when Jimmy Rollins said “finally, we’re the team to beat” before the 2007 season. Well, after Cole Hamels was shown the [...]
NU football star Brian Mandeville told to retire
Feb. 23, 2009 3 Comments
Northeastern University football player Brian Mandeville received devastating news on Friday at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis during routine physical examinations. The star tight end, who missed a third of his senior season with knee injuries and even survived a brain tumor while in college, was told by Combine doctors that he has a heart [...]
Part II: National League preseason preview
Feb. 20, 2009 Leave a Comment
Dream teams, disasters (we mean you, Padres) and Manny being Manny. Just in time for the start of spring training, it’s time to make quick judgments and hasty generalizations about how the 2009 baseball season will shape up. Today, we bring you a quick National League preview, with just enough names and numbers to impress [...]
Just enough MLB speculation to digest at once
Feb. 19, 2009 2 Comments
Is this season locked up, or is it too early to tell? Just in time for the start of spring training, it’s time to make quick judgments and hasty generalizations about how the 2009 baseball season will shape up. We start with an American League preview, giving you just enough baseball fodder to sound smart [...]
Brady donates laptops, talks of return
Feb. 19, 2009 Leave a Comment
A media circus surrounded Patriots quarterback Tom Brady yesterday as he visited the West End House Boys & Girls Club to donate 1,000 laptops through the One Laptop Per Child program. More interesting, however, had to be Brady’s comments on his rehabilitation and expected return to football next season. “I’m going through as if this [...]
Oil Can Boyd wants to pitch again
Feb. 16, 2009 1 Comment
I realize I am probably dating myself when I say I couldn’t believe when I heard that Dennis “Oil Can” Boyd wants to pitch again. Some of you Red Sox fans remember him and others that are too young have probably just heard the stories. Just for reference, Boyd pitched for the Red Sox in [...]
Izzo to testify against Bonds
Feb. 16, 2009 1 Comment
Former New England Patriots LB and special teamer Larry Izzo will be the only football player to testify against Barry Bonds in his perjury trial. Izzo will tell the courts that he received steroids shipments from Bonds’ trainer Greg Anderson and BALCO, proving that Anderson was indeed in the steroid business. Some seem to think [...]
Impressions from Daytona
Feb. 15, 2009 Leave a Comment
Just like many aspects of everyday life, auto racing can come down to being in the right place at the right time. So it went for Matt Kenseth in Sunday’s Daytona 500. With rain threatening to shorten The Great American Race, the Wisconsin native and former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion managed to take the [...]
Rare Joe DiMaggio cards coming from UD
Feb. 11, 2009 Leave a Comment
Upper Deck and the estate of the great New York Yankees slugger Joe DiMaggio reached an agreement to produce trading cards that include DiMaggio memorabilia and cut signature cards. To commemorate the exclusive deal for UD, a limited Joe DiMaggio card, #0, will be packed inside 2009 Series One Baseball packs coming out this week. [...]
