The Patriots are in Oakland and the team, and Boston's sports fans, need a win. The Pats, fresh off a surprising loss to Buffalo, need to find a defense to stop someone. As for fans, well, you were there last week and we're moving forward as Bill Belichick might say. We'll start with Tom Brady. He chopped that hair right out of his helmet and we hope he has met his yearly interception quota. He tends to respond well after having bad games. Brady is 4-1 in games after he throws four interceptions. He's 25-6 after a loss.
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The Red Sox late season downward spiral continued in New York last night as they were soundly beaten by a 9-1 score. The Sox lead in the Wild Card race is down to 1.5 games after Tampa Bay beat Toronto, 6-2. The Sox play two games tomorrow. Can't wait! Bostonist is, however, looking forward to seeing what Tom Brady will do next after two memorable performances that earned him back-to-back player of the week honors. Buffalo is 2-0 and Bill Belichick is downplaying the Patriots 15-game winning streak against the Bills. "That doesn't really mean anything," he said. Thanks, coach.
As if you needed another reason to go to the Public Garden on a warm, late summer day, now you may run into Bruce Springsteen. He chatted up regular public performer David Gonzalez and even briefly jammed for Bostonians. Bruce's son Evan goes to B.C. and dad and wife Patty Scialfa were dropping him off.
Boston College chemistry student Hee Yeon Cho suffereda cut and some burns after a small explosion involving thionyl chloride at the Merkert Chemistry Center. [Boston Globe] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Senate minority leader Bruce E. Tarr wants to block state agencies from using confidentiality agreements as part of severance agreements. The Museum of Fine Arts will spend $13 million to renovate the Edward Linde contemporary art wing. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Attorney General Martha Coakley is working with National Grid on a settlemnt over the power outages caused by the December blizzard. A fisherman spotted a great white shark off the coast off Martha's Vineyard. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
The Celtics (50-21) gave up a 66-53 third-quarter lead and lost to the Chalotte Bobcats by an 83-81 score, the team's sixth loss in their last 10 games. Paul Pierce scored 18 points to lead all scorers. Kevin Garnett scored 12 points and grabbed nine rebounds. Ray Allen finished with 14. Allen and Garnett both missed late shots to seal Charlotte's win.
Glen Davis and Ray Allen scored 20 points each as the Celtics overcame a 51-40 halftime deficit to steal an a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap?gid=2011031903">89-85 win over the New Orleans Hornets last night. The third quarter was crucial as the Celtics used a 23-6 surge to take a 67-64 lead they never gave back.
We love Glen Davis and Jeff Green and what they do for the Celtics. But, when they outscore the Big Three of Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett in a game then the Celtics are in trouble. That's what happened last night and the Houston Rockets took advantage of it with a 93-77 Friday night victory as Green (17) and Davis (16) had 33 combined points while Pierce, Allen and Garnett tallied 29. Houston led 62-40 at the half.
Tyler Seguin's shootout goal lifted the Bruins to a 3-2 win over Columbus. Seguin hadn't played in two games after back-to-back scratches, and the team had gone four games without a win. He's glad he contributed when given the opportunity. “I felt great,” he said. “It’s definitely nice to get back in the lineup and contribute to the team.”
Half of the field for the NCAA Women's Frozen Four at Tullio Arena in Erie, Penn. comes from the Hub. Yes, BC and BU are still alive in the chase for a women's hockey crown. On Friday, BC (24-6-6) meets top-seeded Wisconsin (26-4-4) at 5 p.m. and BU (26-6-4) faces Cornell (31-2-1) at 8 p.m. The national championship game is on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET. You can only watch the games at NCAA.com.
Boston University (21-13) is Massachusetts' lone representative in the NCAA tournament after winning the America East title on Saturday against Stony Brook, 56-54, thanks to 27 points, 11 rebounds, and two winning free throws from John Holland. The Terriers are rolling through March with an 11-game winning streak. They're now the #16 seed in Southwest Regional and play #1 seeded Kansas (32-2) in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Friday.
In games that counted on Friday, Boston was shut out as the Celtics, Bruins, and Boston College men's basketball team all lost.
A 2-0 advantage wasn't enough for the Boston Bruins as they dropped a 4-3 decision in overtime to Buffalo. Loads of penalties did not help one bit - Jack Edwards seemed convinced it was a conspiracy to balance the lack of a suspension for Zdeno Chara - as Boston twice gave away the lead.
Allowing 60 points in the first half is usually a good way to lose a game and last night was no different as the Clippers cruised to a 60-43 lead at the half and escaped with a 108-103 win at the TD Garden. Even 61 points in the second half wasn't enough as the Celtics fell to 27-6 at the Garden. Gary Tanguay said on CSN that every home loss has been to a western conference team.
Police found Boston College sophomore and Westchester County, N.Y., resident Alexander Grant's body in Putnam Creek in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., late Tuesday. David Mark, 24, the Albany, N.Y., man missing since last Wednesday who suffered from Asperger’s syndrome and diabetes was found dead Tuesday morning in East Boston.
See? No offense, Eagles or Terriers, but the Beanpot needn't always be all about the BC/BU matchup. Monday's Garden double-header offered a pair of thrilling hockey matchups for Boston-area hockey fans, and while the Boston University community is wincing today, at least they can take consolation in knowing that they were part of an exciting installment of the area college tradition.
The last time we saw the Bruins and the Celtics, they were leaving the TD Garden playing surface in defeat. Both teams hope to bounce back today as they have competing national TV games on tap. The Celtics hope to beat the Heat again today after losing to the Lakers, 92-86, on Thursday. The Bruins got embarrassed by the Detroit Red Wings, 6-1, on Friday night and complete the home-and-home set this afternoon. Coach Claude Julien expects the B's to put in a better effort today.
We know Boston College and Boston University will usually play a hockey game in February. They did it again last night at the Beanpot and it was a memorable battle, won by BC 3-2 on an overtime blast from Tommy Cross. Next week, top-ranked BC is the unfamiliar position of playing Northeastern in the championship game after the Huskies blanked Harvard, 4-0. BC reserved a spot in the Beanpot title game for the 31st time. Northeastern was in the Beanpot championship game in 2009 and hasn't won it since 1988.
Senator John Kerry joined the growing calls for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to relinquish his power after almost 30 years of unquestioned rule. Kerry, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called for Mubarak to resign in a New York Times op-ed column today.
The NFL keeps proving it's the best show in town. The Thanksgiving tripleheader turned into a preview for what could be the league's signature game of the entire season a week from Monday. Two 9-2 teams, the New York Jets and the New England Patriots, square off on December 6 in what might be a decisive moment in the fight for home-field advantage in the AFC.
The Bruins dropped consecutive games for the first time this season, losing 2-1 in a shootout to St. Louis Saturday. The Blues got a great performance from Jaroslav Halak with 33 saves on 34 shots as the ex-Canadiens goalie got his sixth straight win.
- John Kerry is visiting the Sudan ahead of a national referendum in January that could split the country in two. [The Hill]
- A Boston firefighter was injured by an electrical shock during a four-alarm fire in Allston. Eight residents were displaced. [Boston Globe]
-- Eva Flores,18, pleaded not guilty to dropping her newly born son out a window and down 17-feet into an East Boston alley on September 20. She is charged with reckless endangerment of a child and assault and battery of a child under 14. Flores is an illegal immigrant from El Salvador and is being held on a federal immigration detainer. [Herald]
Bostonist has been excited about spy stories (especially Russian spies) for a while now, so of course we eagerly anticipated the premiere of Covert Affairs, a new spy show on the USA network.
-- An MBTA trolley driver who was quietly suspended in May for his role in a crash involving a car full of BC students, including members of the hockey team, in April was suspended indefinitely on Thursday by the T. The trolley driver was speeding, and may face perjury charges over testimony at a hearing. A BC freshman who was driving had all charges against her dropped. She may sue. BC is upset. [Globe]
-- Sean Berte, a former Boston firefighter, was sentenced to eight months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for growing marijuana. Berte had pleaded guilty on February 10[Globe]
- Young people want better relations with the MBTA. [Boston Globe]
- Some juvenile offenders in Massachusetts are "sentenced" to learning about and acting out Shakespeare. [Boston Globe]
- The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe now wants to build a resort gambling complex in Fall River instead of Middleboro. [Boston Herald]
BC's most prominent men's winter sports teams are headed in different directions.
When your opponent is 7-30 on the road as part of a 24-49 record, you can still win a game without actually trying to win for 48 minutes. Boston beat Sacramento, 94-86, thanks in large part to a 57-37 first-half lead. Doc Rivers didn't even know the win clinched the team's third straight Atlantic Division title but insisted he'd remember it 20 years from now.