There are some great public schoolboy football rivalries that date back to the 1800’s. Wellesley MA vs Needham MA in 1882. Boston Latin MA vs. Boston English in 1887. Medford MA vs Malden MA in 1889. Beverly MA vs Salem MA in 1891. Newburyport MA vs Amesbury MA also in 1891. And my most [...]
Happy 90th Birthday Johnny Pesky our beloved “Mr. Red Sox!”
Last year the Red Sox retired his number “6.” Tonight Johnny Pesky was on hand at Fenway Park to celebrate his 90th Birthday.
I think people who display admirable qualities and achieve great things should be heralded. I dont subscribe to the notion that if someone is an athlete, artist or politician that they are put on a pedestal.
Derek Jeter is one such person who appears to me to be the real deal. I am a lifelone Red [...]
Spy Optic, Inc., a leading action sports eyewear brand, has become well known for running an annual “Spy Boot Camp Contest.” Spy Boot Camp offers contestants the opportunity to share the experience of a lifetime with Spy world-renowned action sports athletes in their environments.
This year Spy had thousands of entries pour in from all over [...]
Boston sports fans have nothing to complain about. In the last decade the Patriots, Red Sox and Celtics have given us six championships and many runs in the playoffs. There is overwhelming sentiment with the Bruins as they are having their best season in many wiht a real team oriented approach to hockey. This era [...]
Big news today in sports marketing out of New York.
Tony Ponturo, said to be the “most powerful man in sports,” due to his long tenure as the head of Anheuser-Bush sports marketing, has agreed to invest and become Chairman of Leverage Agency. Leverage Agency was founded just three years ago and has been run by [...]
The NHL kicked off their use of Twitter with a “Tweetup” celebration on the opening night of the NHL playoffs on April 15. That night over 100 Twitter personas gathered at the NHL Store in New York to watch playoff games. The NHL Tweet Up generated activity on Twitter for over 230,000 followers.
I contend that [...]
It is the Eve of Patriot’s Day. To most of the world this does not mean that much but if you are a Bostonian it means many things. First off it was tonight that Paul Revere and William Dawes made their famous horseback rides from Boston to the country towns of Lexington and Concord to [...]
The Boston Celtics open the NBA Playoffs on Saturday looking to defend their 17th Championship. The road number 18 got a little bumpy late yestereday as we learned that Kevin Garnet is unlike to play in the postseason due to an injury. It will be tough to win the Championship without KG.
We also learned that [...]
Former All-Star pitcher Mark “the Bird” Fidrych was found dead Monday in an apparent accident at his farm in Northborough, Massachusetts. Mr. Fidrych was 54.
The colorful right-hander was the American League Rookie of the Year in 1976 when he went 19-9 with a 2.34 ERA. He spent all five of his major league seasons with [...]
