BC hockey to play at Fenway in New Year’s Day Winter Classic
Comcast SportsNet New England » Wicked Good Sports —
... first college hockey team to participate in the NHL’s Winter Classic , set for Fenway Park on New Year’s Day, when the Bruins will also face either the Flyers (most likely) or the Capitals. BC’s opponent has not been determined, but Boston University has been mentioned as the most likely candidate. Other links of note today: * Celtics shopped Allen and Rondo the Pistons? (Yahoo!) * How the Patriots morphed from a Cape house into an NFL titan (USA Today) * Bob Ryan jumps on the Dice-K hog pile (Boston Globe)
Rolling the Dice
It's About The Money - A New York Yankees Blog —
Have the Sox come up snake-eyes with Dice-K? Bob Ryan seems to think so: There's a lot of financial craziness out there in modern professional sport, but we have not yet reached the point where a third or fourth (and in this case, fifth) starter is worth a total investment of $102 million for six years. There's really not going to be any kind of debate about this, is there? [...] He’s not what he was supposed to be; this much we know. He was billed as a superpitcher, a guy who threw in the mid-to-high 90s and who augmented ...
Daisuke worth $103 million?
Fire Brand of the American League —
Bob Ryan wrote an article, and Rob Neyer blogged about it. And now I am blogging about it. The article suggests that Daisuke Matsuzaka has not been worth the money. It is hard to argue with that early-drawn conclusion. But a few things... 1) There are still three more seasons on the contract. And although it doesn't look too good right now, it may get better. Things must play out before a definite conclusion can be drawn. 2) Matsuzaka has pitched fairly well thus far in his ...
