Photo by Stuart Cahill/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images No one is around the stove TGIF. It’s been another week and the Red Sox have stood pat. After a small flurry of activity it seems like this really could be it. The 2024 squad, credit to Craig Breslow, is definitely an interesting team on paper. …
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Photo by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Cubs beat Dodgers to a free agent! Happy Wednesday. Shota Imanaga Cubs deal is complicated and includes player/team options and escalators that could boost it to way up to $80M. Guarantee suggested to be somewhere around $30M for two years by @JimBowdenGM @jonmorosi 1st said $15M/year …
Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY Sports Game one is in the books. Not a pleasant result but plenty of positives. It was the first game for both teams and it was not a great start for the home team. Though in the entirety of the PWHL history no home team has ever won a game, in fact …
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Photo by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images The Patriots will travel to Highmark Stadium in Week 17. The New England Patriots are riding an active one-game winning streak over the Buffalo Bills into the two teams’ meeting on New Year’s Eve. Despite beating their division rivals 29-25 in Week 7, however, the two …
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David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports Let’s debate. Welcome to Pats Pulpit Debates, our series where we discuss all things New England Patriots — from burning topics, to controversial opinions, to random observations. Today’s topic of debate: Will J.C. Jackson be back with the Patriots in 2024? Please head down to the comment section below to …
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Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports The unheralded starter might be sneakily be a key piece of the 2024 rotation. 2023 In One Sentence Kutter Crawford is good. — Jake Roy (@Jake3Roy) March 26, 2023 2023 In Another Sentence Kutter Crawford once again found himself a key piece of the rotation in 2023 and responded by taking …
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Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Less than 24 hours after getting blown out 63-21 on national television, the Los Angeles Chargers are cleaning house. As was announced by the organization on Friday, it has parted ways with both head coach Brandon Staley and general manager Tom Telesco. “I want to thank Tom and Brandon for their …
Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports He had a roller-coaster 2023, but can he settle things back down next year? Who is he and where does he come from? He’s 29-year-old right-hander Lucas Giolito. He spent the first half of 2023 with the White Sox before embarking on a tour of the American League, moving from Chicago …
Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports It’s time for the defenseman to find a new home. Placed on NHL waivers today: Jakub Zboril (BOS). — Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) December 13, 2023 On #NHLBruins placing Jakub Zboril on waivers, I’m told the Bruins are accommodating his request to see if another team is interested in giving him an …
Which pitching prospect within the Red Sox organization possesses the best control? According to one prominent publication, it’s Hunter Dobbins. The Boston Globe’s Alex Speier, who compiles the Red Sox’ organizational rankings for Baseball America, recently identified Dobbins as having the best control of any Boston pitching prospect heading into 2024. Dobbins ended the 2023 …
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Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Throwback to winter Happy Thursday. There is no baseball today. The Red Sox are presumably interviewing replacements for Chaim Bloom. The Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Philadelphia Phillies won their Wild Card rounds and will advance to the AL and NL Division Series. With …
Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports End of the road (for now) for one high-end prospect. With just two preseason games to go, the Bruins are inching closer to an Opening Night roster. The took one step closer to that roster on Tuesday, announcing the latest round of training camp cuts. Players placed on waivers The B’s …
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Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports TIME TO PANIC. We’ve got a bit of a weird sequence here, as I planned to do a light recap/post-game discussion of Monday night’s game as a Morning Skate on Tuesday, but Angelina already has us covered with a morning preview of Tuesday night’s game against Washington. With that in mind, …
The Houston Rockets’ reported interest in suspended and fired former Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka “confirms” the franchise’s goals this offseason — this at least according to the Houston Chronicle’s Michael Shapiro. “Former Celtics coach Ime Udoka is slated to meet with Houston’s brass on Wednesday, according to The Athletic’s Kelly Iko, and his arrival further …
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Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports The Bruins will look to keep things rolling this afternoon! Just the facts When: Today, 1:00 PM Where: TD Garden – Boston, MA How to follow: ABC, ESPN+, SN, 98.5 The Sports Hub Rival SBN site: Blueshirt Banter Know your enemy 35-18-9, 79PTS, 3rd in Metropolitan Division Artemi Panarin: 62GP, 19G, …
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Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports Back at it! The Boston Bruins welcome the Toronto Maple Leafs to the TD Garden for a best of the Atlantic Division match-up tonight! Both teams lost on Thursday and will be looking to bounce back. Discuss!
Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Here’s a gamethread. I’m so fucking tired, man. Anyway, here’s a gamethread. Keep the Miller discussion in it’s own thread unless he gets released, please.
Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Why not? A Public Skate on the weekend?! What brave new reality are we living in? With another Prospects Challenge game on tap, it seemed like it’d be worth it to set up another Open Thread for you fine folks to use. Given that Friday’s game …