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The Boston College athletic department has followed through with its threat and fired head football coach Jeff Jagodzinski today. The firing comes on the heals of Jagodzinski - having just finished his second year at the helm of the Eagles - interviewing for the N.Y. Jets head coach position. ...
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Good thing the Celtics started the season an NBA-record 27-2, because they have really fallen on hard times with bad losses against bad teams. Recently, they lost to the reeling Warriors and Knicks, and Tuesday night fell to the lowly Charlotte Bobcats, 114-106 in overtime.
All five starters ...
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D.J. Augustin
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Ray Allen
Rajon Rondo
Tedy Bruschi signed a two-year contract last February, and as long as the Patriots want him back, the linebacker intends to honor that contract and return for a 14th season with the Patriots. The Boston Globe received this information from a source with knowledge of Bruschi’s thinking.
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Mike Vrabel
Jerod Mayo
Adalius Thomas
It’s been a ride of ups and downs for the wiggle man and past Celtics star, but Antoine Walker’s journey in the NBA seems to continue on…for now. His latest setback was a recent arrest on suspicion of drunk driving .
In case you are new to the world of Boston sports, Antoine ...
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Antoine Walker
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Miami Heat
Paul Pierce
Memphis Grizzlies
Dallas Mavericks
With football season over, the time has come for all of my energy to be focused on basketball. If you thought I was doing good before, just you wait. Actually, if you thought I was doing good before, then you are either very flattering or just not very good. I mean, I also have a public hockey ...
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Paul Pierce
Ron Artest
Vince Carter
Rasheed Wallace
Zydrunas Ilgauskas
According to the Associated Press, Former Celtics captain Antoine Walker was charged with suspicion of drunken driving in Miami Beach.
Police said Walker was driving a black Mercedes without the lights on when he was pulled over early Monday morning. Officers smelled alcohol and noted that ...
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Boston University moved up one spot to No. 2 in the latest USCHO.com/CBS Division I College Hockey Poll on the heels of its wins over Rensselaer and host No. 5 Denver in the Denver Cup. Vermont also inched up one spot after winning their own holiday tournament, the Catamount Cup, with wins ...
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The New york Knicks did somewhat of the unthinkable tonight by beating the Celtics 100-88. The Celtics continued this recent slump of losses since they lost their third game of the year to the Lakers on Christmas. They have not lost continually, but have only managed two wins against Sacramento ...
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Al Harrington
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According to an ESPN.com article , Boston College plans to fire Head Football Coach Jeff Jagodzinski Monday after going 20-8 over the past two seasons. Coach Jags guided the Eagles to consecutive ACC Atlantic Division titles and lost both title games to rival Virginia Tech. They also won the ...
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Jeff Jagodzinski
New York Jets
Jacksonville Jaguars
Dear Matt,
I am writing to you because you have managed to do something remarkable. You took a once semi-proud franchise and ran them into the ground. You took an enthusiastic fan base and made them more concerned about the Pistons and Red Wings than the Lions, in a country where that is very ...
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Detroit Lions
Matt Millen
Kevin Smith
Calvin Johnson
Dan Orlovsky
Daunte Culpepper
The Boston College Men’s Basketball team pulled off quite an upset Sunday as they try to prove they are worthy for a Top-25 ranking. The Eagles beat the No. 1 team in the nation, previously unbeaten North Carolina, 85-78 in Chapel Hill.
The loss almost certainly takes UNC out of the top ...
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Tyrese Rice
In a somewhat expected and necessary move, sources have told ESPN NFL analyst Chris Mortensen that the Patriots will slap the franchise tag on Matt Cassel, preventing him from becoming a free agent in March.
With inconsistent reports of Tom Brady’s rehab progress, many felt franchising ...
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The Celtics seem like the only team seriously interested in Stephon Marbury, and Marbury again reaffirmed his desire to play for the defending NBA Champions.
Marbury told reporters at Friday’s Timberwolves game (he was there to see his cousin, Sebastian Telfair) that he was interested ...
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After an NBA record 27-2 start, it seemed like the Celtics were destined to finished 73-9 on the season, beating the Bulls for the best record in league history. Then, on Christmas day, the Lakers beat the Celtics in a tough game that sent Boston into a tailspin.
After losing three of four on ...
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Antawn Jamison
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Brian Scalabrine
Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels interviewed Friday for the Cleveland Browns’ head coaching vacancy, and is scheduled to interview with the Denver Broncos this weekend, according to an NFL source.
McDaniels was the offensive coordinator for the record-setting 2007 Patriots, ...
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Before the season, the Sports of Boston staff filled out their NFL playoff brackets. Who was going to the playoffs?
We may seem a little dumb with our selections, but give us a break. We made these picks in early September. There was no way to know how good the Falcons would actually be, and ...
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A lot of what we do at Sports of Boston relies on big stories during the year. We create the articles so that major topics can be scrutinized, debated, and/or praised. 2008 was no different as there were many major sports stories that garnered tons of local attention, and national attention as ...
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Tom Brady
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Matt Cassel
Some reports had Sox prospect Nick Hagadone as a possible 2008 call-up. He was looking dominant enough to handle major leaguers even though he had only been drafted the year before. He’s a big tall lefty with a sick power slider and a developing change-up, and was looking solid.
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The regular season has only been over for a few days but, that doesn’t mean we can’t start thinking about next season. I pulled a similar stunt like this when I made a first round projection for the 2009 baseball season . So naturally, I am back again to do the same thing only this ...
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LaDainian Tomlinson
DeAngelo Williams
Brian Westbrook
Adrian Peterson
Michael Turner
Drew Brees
There was no “Music City Miracle” for BC as Vanderbilt upset the Eagles and won their first bowl since 1955. The Eagles brought in the nation’s longest current consecutive bowl game win streak at eight games, including a 2001 Music City win over Georgia.
The Eagles got ...
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