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Boston Bruins Hold Winter Classic Breakfast For Season Ticket Holders
Posted: 15th December 2009 by Christopher Leone in NHL
Earlier today, the Boston Bruins welcomed about 200 season ticket holders to Fenway Park as part of a VIP breakfast in relation to the 2010 Bridgestone Winter Classic.
Held in the State Street Pavilion overlooking the field, attendees were treated to a continental breakfast as NHL Executive Vice President Brian Jennings and NBC coordinating producer Sam Flood led presentations about the event, the festivities surrounding it, and NBC's television coverage.
Fans were ...
ESPN's Adam Schefter reports that embattled wide receiver Braylon Edwards has been traded by the Cleveland Browns to the New York Jets for two players and a draft pick.
The move gives the Jets and QB Mark Sanchez another top receiver to line up alongside Jerricho Cotchery and TE Dustin Keller.
Thus far this season, Edwards has 10 receptions for 139 yards and zero touchdowns. That's about on par with the numbers ...
Hey, everybody. This is a post from my Bruins-centric blog, Dennis Wide Right. I don't usually post these hereùnot only are they blog posts, they're incredibly biased in favor of the black and gold, and that's not what sports journalism should be, in my opinion. On Bleacher Report (and almost everywhere else), I do my best to be objective and not show allegiances. This one, though, was special, and I ...
Browns, Panthers Face Quarterback Controversies Coming Out Of Week Three
Posted: 30th September 2009 by Christopher Leone in NFL
After accumulating a combined 0-6 record, with their quarterbacks amassing three combined passing touchdowns and 13 interceptions, the Cleveland Browns and Carolina Panthers find themselves in similar holes: at the bottom of their divisions.
Behind the poor play of Brady Quinn in Cleveland and Jake Delhomme in Carolina, neither team has gotten much going on offense. The Browns have only scored two touchdowns all year, and one wasn't an offensive score: ...
Every year, a handful of NHLÆers on the brink of calling it a career head to training camp with new teams on tryout contracts, hoping to stick in the league for just one more season. These players, once leaders and solid contributors with their former teams, had a couple of sub-par seasons to put them in such a position. Looking to rebound, they sign with whatever club is willing to ...
The Kansas City Chiefs have just traded quarterback Tyler Thigpen to the Miami Dolphins for an undisclosed draft pick.
Thigpen, 25, was the Chiefs' starting quarterback for much of last season, scoring 22 touchdowns (18 passing, three rushing, and one receiving) after supplanting the injured Brodie Croyle and Damon Huard.
However, Thigpen was supplanted in the offseason by former New England Patriot Matt Cassel, who filled in admirably for Tom Brady when ...
Terrell Owens and the Media: Who’s Goading Who?
Posted: 29th September 2009 by Christopher Leone in NFL
Love him or hate him, Terrell Owens is one of the most prominent players in the National Football League. Number 81 is known for being a big-play wide receiver, from stints in San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Dallas, to today, when he suits up for the Buffalo Bills.
The occasional hands of stone aside, Owens has a history of making big plays. He has the third-longest streak of consecutive games with a ...
The five quarterbacks selected in the first round of the 1999 NFL Draft are collectively regarded as busts. Given the failures of Tim Couch, Akili Smith, and Cade McNown, and the eventual disintegration of Daunte Culpepper's career, it's hard to disagree.
Ten years removed from that debacle, however, two of the three quarterbacks selected in the first round of this year's draft are already asserting themselves as future stars.
More surprising, of ...
Patrice Brisebois Takes “Multi-Sport Athlete” to a New Level
Posted: 25th September 2009 by Christopher Leone in NHL
In the tradition of Michael Jordan, former Montreal Canadiens defenseman Patrice Brisebois has retired from one sport in order to pursue dreams in another.
The 38-year-old defenseman, who played for the Habs for 16 seasons of an 18-year career, announced his retirement on Thursday, in order to pursue dreams of a NASCAR career.
Currently, Brisebois is looking for sponsors to join the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, which has seen the likes of ...
Phoenix Coyotes’ Disintegration Continues As Wayne Gretzky Steps Down
Posted: 24th September 2009 by Christopher Leone in NHL
ESPNEWS reports that Wayne Gretzky has stepped down as the Head Coach and Director of Hockey Operations for the hapless Phoenix Coyotes.
In four years as the team's fifth head coach since its 1996 relocation, Gretzky accrued a 143-161-24 record as the team lingered at the bottom of the Pacific Division. They missed a Western Conference playoff spot in all four years that the Great One helmed the team.
Over those four ...