Archive for March, 2009

Boston and surrounding areas were hit by a somewhat unimpressive Nor’easter today that dumped several inches of beautiful, fluffy white snow. Since the forecast had been for an End-of-Earth-like 12-18 inches schools had been closed and most people stayed at home. Below are a few pictures from the snow-besieged city, as well as from the [...]

Michale Hill of the Associate Press does a good job of describing the fiscal mess states got themselves into by acting as if the revenue windfall during the debt-fueled housing bubble was a new state of normal that would last forever: The decline in state tax revenue is expected to drag on even after the [...]

New England Patriots decision to trade veteran outside linebacker Mike Vrabel and backup quarterback Matt Cassel to Kansas City Chiefs for a second round pick in the 2009 draft has quite simply stunned many Patriots fans. So convinced were many fans that Cassel is a worth a first-round pick that some speculate that Patriots Head [...]

Here’s a handful of pictures from Boston University Terriers‘ 7-2 dismantling of UMass at Agganis Arena. The Boston Globe’s Nancy Marrapese-Burrell has a good write-up of the game. What I would add to it is that UMass scored its first goal after a BU defenseman fell when he tried to push the puck out of [...]