Blog Title: Random Thoughts

Dustin Pedroia’s MVP Acceptance Speech Fitzy Style

As always, Fitzy’s videos are NSFW.

Durand Scott Chooses Miami Over UConn, Pittsburgh

UConn Huskies men’s basketball recruit Durand Scott has spurned the Huskies and the Pittsburgh Panthers and has decided to attend the University of Miami.

Coco Talks About Trade To Kansas City

Coco Crisp just held a conference call with reporters talking about his trade from the Boston Red Sox to the Kansas City Royals for Ramon Ramirez. Here is what Coco had to say courtesy of Alex Speier of WEEI.com. On the trade: “My agent told me that there was a possible trade in the works within read more..

Coco Crisp Traded To Royals For Ramon Ramirez

There has a been a rumor going around this morning that started on a Kansas City radio station that the Boston Red Sox were set to trade Coco Crisp to the Kansas City Royals for reliever Ramon Ramirez. According to Amalie Benjamin of the Boston Globe, the rumor has now been confirmed as the Red Sox read more..

WTF? NESN Gives Watney An Extension

NESN has extended the contract of Boston Red Sox field reporter Heidi Watney.  Here is the press release: NESN SIGNS HEIDI WATNEY TO CONTRACT EXTENSION BOSTON, MA – NESN, New England’s most watched sports network, announced today that Heidi Watney and NESN have agreed to a multi-year contract extension. Watney joined NESN in May 2008 and served read more..

Paw Prints - The Daily Roundup - 11/19

Chip Malafronte of the New Haven Register, Neill Ostrout of the Connecticut Post, Desmond Conner of the Hartford Courant and John Silver of the Journal Inquirer all have notes from UConn Huskies head coach Randy Edsall’s weekly Tuesday press conference. Randy Edsall wouldn’t answer any questions about the Syracuse opening at yesterday’s press conference. He also read more..

Boston Red Sox News & Notes - 11/19

The big news of the day yesterday was the announcement of Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia being named American League MVP. I gathered up some reaction from the announcement last night and you can see it by clicking here. The other news of the day involving Pedroia and the MVP vote was the fact read more..

No Garnett…No Problem

The Boston Celtics minus suspended star Kevin Garnett downed the New York Knicks 110-101 Tuesday night at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston MA. Garnett who was unable to play because of the one suspension for an altercation on Saturday in Milwaukee with Andrew Bogut was hardly missed as other players stepped up in absence.  Brian Scalabrine read more..

Reaction To Boston Red Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia Winning AL MVP

Here is a sampling of the reaction to Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia winning the 2008 AL MVP. First up is the man himself: (Please open the article to see the flash file or player.) video courtesy of WBZ Statement from the Boston Red Sox: The Boston Red Sox congratulate Dustin Pedroia on winning the American League Most read more..

NCAA Men’s & Women’s College Basketball Polls - Week 1

Here is a look at the NCAA Men’s and Women’s College Basketball Polls after one week of action. The men’s is up first and the women’s poll is after the jump. The UConn Huskies men’s team is ranked second in both polls and the UConn Huskies women are ranked first in both polls. Men’s AP Top read more..

Dustin Pedroia Wins AL MVP

He did it folks! He did it!! Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia was named American League MVP this afternoon by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Pedroia is just the third person, Cal Ripken and Ryan Howard are the others, to be named MVP and Rookie of the Year. Fred Lynn (1975) and Ichiro Suzuki read more..

Patriots Cheerleader Auditions Announced

Not all the New England Patriots cheerleaders are as infamous as Caitlin Davis and each and every year the team scours the planet or least most of New England looking for the new crop for the following football season. So if you think you have what it takes to be a Patriots cheerleader here is the read more..

Eckersley’s Contract Extended By NESN

For those of you who enjoy the musings of Dennis Eckersley on the Boston Red Sox Pregame Show on NESN don’t you worry one bit. Eck will be sticking around for a little while longer as NESN announced today that Eckersley had agreed to a multi-year contract extension. “We are thrilled that Dennis will continue to read more..

Paw Prints - The Daily Roundup - 11/18

The biggest news of the day yesterday for the UConn Huskies was that head football coach Randy Edsall has taken his name out of the running for the Syracuse Orange opening. Steve and I both agree that until someone not named Randy Edsall signs a contract to coach the Orange, that he will still be read more..

In The Red Zone - 11/18

Hard to believe it’s been five days since the Patriots played on Thursday night losing in overtime to the New York Jets, 34-31.  The game wasn’t without excitement though as Matt Cassel led the Patriots back from deficits of 24-6 and 31-24 to end up tied with just 0:01 left on the game clock when read more..

Boston Red Sox News & Notes - 11/18

Is today the day we will be calling either Boston Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis or second baseman Dustin Pedroia MVP of the American League. Unless it leaks out early, we will know who is named the AL MVP at 2 PM. My money is on Pedroia to win it. Dan Roche of WBZ-TV caught read more..

Jerome Dyson Has Some Skills

Here’s a pretty slick behind the back dribble and finish from UConn Huskies guard Jerome Dyson during the Huskies 99-56 win over the Hartford Hawks on Monday night at the XL Center. (Please open the article to see the flash file or player.)

Garnett Suspended

Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett was suspended by the NBA for one game for his conduct in Saturday’s game in Milwaukee when he struck Andrew Bogut in the face.  The league changed the fouls on Garnett and Bogut to Flagrant Foul Penalty One for their actions in the fourth quarter. But it appears only Garnett was read more..

UConn Takes Care Of Hartford 99-56

The final score may have shown the No. 2 UConn Huskies won 99-56 but this game was tight through the first 24 minutes. After that it was all Huskies as they used a 33-5 run to put away the Hawks in front of 11,849 at the XL Center in Hartford, CT. Craig Austrie and Kemba Walker read more..

Wheatley Placed On IR

The New England Patriots have placed rookie CB Terrence Wheatley on the season ending injured reserve with a wrist injury he suffered against Indianapolis.  It was reported last week that Wheatley had surgery on torn ligaments in the wrist.  TE Tyson DeVree was activated from the practice squad to take Wheatley’s roster spot and the team read more..