The Red Sox got some revenge on the Toronto Blue Jays and Paul Byrd got his first win in a Red Sox uniform last night, when they beat the Jays 8-4. Paul Byrd pitched for six innings, got tagged for 4 runs and struck out 4. Alex Rios and Lyle Overbay both got homeruns off of Byrd in the first and fourth innings. Dustin Pedroia started off the night with a homerun and the Red......

Hank wasn’t there to get the crowd going and the normally loud crowd at Gillette seemed to have taken a Quaalude before the game. But then again, it’s not a real game. Nothing was at stake; even Tom Brady was bundled up on the sidelines like Nanook of the North. (Tom, it was 70 degrees.) Maybe it was the cool crisp air that got to the Pats, but even a push at the end didn’t......

Two Red Sox may have moved themselves off the "what's wrong with this guy?" list in Kansas City last night. Well, nothing's really been wrong with Tim Wakefield; although he went into last night 6-8, he's gotten miserable run support and has had to deal with the constant emotional roller coaster that is the lot of the knuckleballer. But he was awesome last night (6 innings, 4 hits, 1 ER, 6 Ks), even though Royals......

It's been a month and a half since any of our local teams even competed for, let alone won, a championship. And while the Revolution will soon have to get back to work to finally get over the hump and claim their first MLS Cup, they can at least bask in the glow of the SuperLiga title. The tournament, featuring a few MLS teams and a few Mexican teams, came down to the Revs vs.......

Reporting on the Red Sox these days is starting to feel like reporting the weather (80s, humid, thunderstorms, and anyway, what happened to "if you don't like the weather in New England, wait five minutes"? Three months of continued 40 and windy, five nice days, and now two months of continued hot and sticky. I'm Andy Rooney, and this is 60 Minutes.) Again, there was a lack of timely hitting. Again, a decent outing by......

Guess it was too much to expect for James Posey to be a Celtic for life. The C's didn't want to commit to a fourth year, the Hornets did, and Posey's on his way to New Orleans. We'll miss you, BGJ (Big Game James). You were a fantastic sixth man and a defensive killer, you sparked some of the most critical rallies of the playoffs, and you were an integral part of the soul of......

When Bostonist were kids, there were two nights a year we were permitted to stay up wicked late: New Year's Eve, and the baseball All-Star Game. We don't think we would have been allowed to stay up 'til 1:47 A.M. as kids. But that's what it would have taken to make it through last night's game. When it finally ended, in front of about 20,000 people who paid hundreds and hundreds of dollars a ticket......

Hey, these are starting to look like the good Red Sox again! Except for one bad inning by Jon Lester, the Sox looked pretty good last night, beating the Twins 6-5. Lester pitched a mostly solid game, and the Sox once again found some clutch hitting and took advantage of another team's shaky bullpen. Lester, in fact, had some in the crowd buzzing early about a repeat performance of his May no-hitter (well, a few......

Tim Wakefield deserves better. He got the loss and was technically outpiched by Tampa Bay's Matt Garza, but if you give up five hits and only one earned run, you deserve better. That's our opinion, anyway. Wake was the victim of a 3-1 loss to the scorching hot Rays, mostly due to a couple of ill-timed wild pitches. The first TB run scored on a walk, a groundout, an error, and a wild pitch. Not......

We guess if they'd come into the league as just the Rays (no Devil), they'd probably be working on their sixth pennant this year. But better late then never for Tampa Bay, who extended their AL East lead by dispatching the Red Sox, 5-4, in front of probably the largest assemblage of Rays fans ever. Things started off badly for Justin Masterson and the Sox, as B.J. Upton hit a leadoff home run. The Sox......

Paul Pierce proved you can get stabbed early in life, then come back and win an NBA title, as long as you're commited to playing good defense. Maybe that crossed Danny Ainge's mind as he used the 30th pick in the NBA draft to pick J.R. Giddens of New Mexico. "He has a chance to fight for minutes right away because of his defense," says Doc Rivers. "When he had structure and organization in his......

We know that Randy Johnson is a sure-fire first-ballot Hall of Famer. We understand, with our heads if not our hearts, that the only way Tim Wakefield gets to Cooperstown is down Route 80. But last night, they matched up for the 1,334th time in their storied careers, and Wake got the better of the Unit, twirling seven marvelous innings en route to a 5-0 shutout and a 2-1 series win over the Diamondbacks. Wake......

-- Bostonist was emailed a photo of Celtics' Glen Davis getting all "Big Baby" with the Trophy and thought it was photoshopped. We were wrong. [Yahoo/Getty Images] -- It might be time for another parade: Sean Sears of Chicopee, MA clinched the Rock Paper Scissors League Championship on Sunday. Aaaand he gets to compete for the international title in Beijing during the Olympics! It's only a matter of time before the tiddilywinks title is ours!......

It's hard to live in Boston and not be excited for the Celtics. From rallies to baseball games, our World Champions are everywhere, and we love it! To honor our finals MVP Paul Pierce (whose favorite thing to eat is rumored to be soul food) here is a fantastic soul filled recipe for a BBQ pulled pork sandwich. For more of Lisa's recipes visit her blog Transplanted Taste Buds.......

OK...did everyone take a deep breath last night? The parade is over, there were no vital basketball events to watch last night, and we just have to bide our time until Opening Day when they raise the banner. Opening Day, by the way, might be the first time Kevin Garnett puts down the trophy. So let's check in on the Red Sox; you remember them. Of course, the Globe, which has an ownership stake in......

OK, Bruins. You're on notice. After a bunch of Patriots parades, and a Red Sox rolling rally that seemingly everyone in New England came to (and then a second), the Celtics got to climb on the Duck Boats this morning (like Leon Powe, pictured) and roll from the TDBNGarden to Copley Square. (We were camped out in front of the Orpheum, snapping everything in sight.) This is the highlight of the C's complete Life of......

CelticsBlog and Adam at Universal Hub have pointed us to plenty of reading material today. We thought we'd spotlight some of our favorite bits: -- "Garnett, close to tears, said to Russell, 'Did I make you proud? Did I make you proud?' Russell said, 'Yes, you did.' Garnett embraced Russell even harder, leaned in close to his ear, and said, 'I got one of my own. I got one of my own.' I bet I......

This was just about as sweet as anything could ever be. Was there a time when we wondered if Danny Ainge knew what he was doing when he swung the Ray Allen trade on Draft Day? (Well, yes, we did.) Was there any worry that three guys, who were used to being the big dog, would learn to share the ball? Was there frustration and terror after being pushed to the brink by a neophyte......

This past weekend, concertgoers at the Bonnaroo music festival didn't show much love for Kanye West, but they did show a surprising amount of love to the Celtics on that Tennessee cow farm. The festival organizers played Game 4 to a packed tent full of cheering fans. This Bostonist spotted several Celts jerseys over the weekend, not to mention Red Sox paraphernalia, and some B tattoos to round out a weekend full of half-naked......

This striking photo from minutemen1775 is Red Sox-related, but also has that lucky number 7 for 17 on the 17th.......

Thank god George W. Bush isn't a Celtic. On a visit to Ireland (a prime example of using the presidency as an excuse to travel the world before he gets kicked out), Dubya tried to shoot hoops with some Irish youngsters, but missed four of four shots. As The Independent puts it, "His sporting aim was far from true." We think his aim has been off in some non-sporting situations, too. (The video is......

Philly is a city filled with angry and bitter fans who threw snowballs at Santa. Is it even a shocker that they relished last night when the Sox lost to the Phillies 8–2? Bartolo Colon was pulled after 4 innings, complaining of back stiffness. The Cy Young winner was tagged for 4 runs, 2 walks, and 4 strikeouts, giving up 3 home runs, 2 of them to 2006 NL MVP and former Dunder Mifflin......

Objectively, the Celtics are right where we want them. They did their job and took one in LA, and have two chances to finish the Lakers off at home. Realistically, though, the C's had a golden opportunity - just waiting there - to snatch another game, and thus the series, away from the Lakers last night, but just couldn't finish it off. The Celtics did themselves no favors by digging another monster hole in the......

12:02: Allen fouls Kobe to stop the clock. He's gone, and so is this game. Anyone who really thinks this LA team can win two at the Garden? We see a Game Six where the Celtics don't dig themselves into an early 19-point hole, and this sucker ends Tuesday night. We'll keep our fingers crossed... 12:01: Fisher's free throw makes it a 5-point game. Good thing each team has 14 timeouts, there was a chance......

NOTE: We're going to try to liveblog the Finals again tonight, so check in around 9 to make sure everything's working. It may get a little incoherent near the end. We hope so, anyway. With the Red Sox doing their Interleague Tour, Terry Francona has to juggle the lineup a bit, and give guys days off that they don't need or want, since they have to play by National League rules, which don't allow the......

DBomb Photography too shows her Celtic pride. Let's wrap it up this weekend boys; this city needs another Championship.......

All right, fess up. Who went to bed at halftime? We confess, we spent a good chunk of time planning to ditch the bar (sorry the liveblog didn't work out, but the first hour would have just been a steady stream of cuss words anyway), as the Celtics played a first quarter that would have shamed the 1997 "let's get Tim Duncan" team. The offense was inept, the defense was inept, Doc stood there watching......

Bullpen troubles? Late inning collapses? The Sox have been dealing with these issues lately, so the offense did the helpful thing and staked starter Bartolo Colon to a 5-run first-inning lead last night at Fenway. Jason Varitek, woozy and eventually replaced, capped the first off with a 3-run homer (his seventh) and JD Drew (now hitting 1.043 in June) doubled in a run as well. That gave Colon all he needed, as he cruised through......

We, to be honest, had the exact opposite of high hopes for last night's game. The Lakers were going to be in front of their home crowd, energized, with the referees desperate to be on their side to avoid another four-hankie Phil Jackson press conference. And if you'd told us before the game that Paul Pierce would be a train wreck, KG would be way off his shot, and Rondo would get hurt, we'd assume......

It was night of rest for the hometown teams. The Celtics are leading the NBA Finals 2 – 0 and they’ll be live from The Staple Center tonight for Game 3. If the Celtics were looking for another reason to beat the Lakers, they can look no further than Lamar Odem. Lamar is selling 'Boston Sucks' shirts. He's teamed up with Undefeated (a sneaker store) to sell shirts at $20 a pop, with a......