Results tagged “nascar”

A lot happened on Sunday, sports fans. We found something good to lead-off with. Jacoby Ellsbury. The Sox speedy centerfielder saved the team after, we think, they were close to hitting rock bottom in Sunday's doubleheader. Ellsbury finished the games with a 5-11 performance with three home runs and five RBI. Ellsbury joined the 30-30 club, a first in franchise history. They lost game one, 6-2, and needed a three-run home run in the 14th inning from Ellsbury to win game two, 7-4. more ›

Before the Red Sox even took the field against the San Francisco Giants, they managed to move up in the standings. Edwin Jackson and the Arizona Diamondbacks no-hit the Tampa Bay Rays, 1-0, which puts the Sox into the wild card spot for the first time since April 6. And then they went out and lost a game in San Francisco that they could have won and gained nothing. Actually, they could have lost a lot more than one interleague game as Dustin Pedroia left the game with a possible foot injury. Don't think about it. more ›

Bostonist never uses the N-word. Some people unfortunately still choose to use it. A yet unnamed member of the Boston Celtics entourage dropped the n-word during Game 2 of the 2010 NBA Finals. We clearly heard it - so did the person who put it on YouTube - being used in an apparently positive way by the speaker (we didn't recognize the voice) as ABC was headed to a break. Surprisingly (to us) the media is ignoring this despite being unable to ignore such pressing topics as Doc Rivers hiding money at the Staples Center. There's a second N-word we rarely use: NASCAR. Yes, the cars riding really fast in circle. Well, we're using it today because 20-year old Sprint Cup driver Joey Logano produced a quote-of-the-year candidate by calling out Kevin Harvick's wife after an on-track incident. Logano said "It's probably not his fault. His wife wears the firesuit in the family and tells him what to do." more ›

• Governor Deval Patrick may have signed a bill to eliminate the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority but the Pike might cost us even more. [Boston Herald]

Fox usually receives umbrage for its political coverage, but they made an absolutely insane, incomprehensible decision last night that has local bloggers up in arms. Last night, during the Red Sox-Yankees game, when Papelbon was against Cano, Fox 25 switched to NASCAR. more ›