Archive for September, 2007

[9/14 Update: New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick did not alter the way he conducts press conferences one bit today even as news reporters (as opposed to the usual gaggle of football beat reporters) hammered him with what I suppose passes for hard-hitting questions. He essentially dismissed all questions related to the Commissioner's ruling [...]

Apparently, NECN should no longer be referred to as “necken” but rather as N.E.C.N. On a related note, Daisuke Matsuzaka – the best AAA pitcher $300 trillion can buy – is properly pronounced Die-suck-ee Matsu-suck-ah.

That was fun. New England Patriots opened their 2007 regular season by clobbering New York Jets 38-14 on the road. Wide receiver Randy Moss caught nine passes for 183 yards. Runningbacks Laurence Maroney and Sammy Morris combined for 126 yards on 31 carries. Cornerback Ellis Hobbs returned the second half kick-off 108 yards for a [...]

On September 2, Boston Globe sports columnist Mr. Dan Shaugnessy wrote the following regarding the suspension of New England Patriots safety Rodney Harrison for using human growth hormones: The Patriot public relations machine, an estimable force that includes a substantial number of people who speak into microphones and send words into cyberspace, will be in [...]

Like most Boston-area metal fans I listen to not only WBCN and WAAF but also WJIB,* the commercial-free one-man station that plays the dopest music from the 1940′s and 50′s. A few days ago I tuned in just in time to hear some announcements by that one man. He talked about the programming choices he’s [...]

Washington Post columnist Mr. Courtland Milloy has some much needed criticism of the expensive technophile policing that law enforcement in Washington, D.C., has become heavily vested in: With all the high-tech crime-fighting gadgets and gizmos being deployed throughout the District in the past couple of years, you’d expect to see at least a dent in [...]

New York Jets have put New England Patriots training camp cast-off Mike Elgin on the practice squad. Elgin is an undersized but skilled interior offensive lineman who played second and third string guard and center during the pre-season. He was a bit in over his head physically against Carolina Panthers – on one play Carolina [...]

[Mid-day update: Looks like they have deigned to add a style sheet for FireFox. Order restored. 9/6 update: Not quite, actually. Among other things, items are date stamped in a weird way. For example, there's a piece up tonight that's dated 9/7. The same item will often have different date stamps on different pages.] I [...]

It may be that Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress has gotten a small token of revenge for the abject humiliation the schematically far superior New England Patriots handed him in a 31-7 blow-out in the Twin Cities last season. Childress also got a solid player in fullback/tight end Garrett Mills while doing so. Patriots [...]

MetroWest Daily News football writer Mr. Albert Breer posted the following on Boston Herald‘s The Point After blog today: As I’m sure many of you know by now, the content-sharing agreement between the MetroWest Daily News and the Herald comes to an end tomorrow, and that means I’ll be leaving the blog and, in a [...]