The Bruins are back tonight less than four months after winning the Stanley Cup and bringing it back to Boston. The summer-long Cup fun is over, the players got their much-earned rings - 505 people got rings, even Tomas Kaberle, we think - that are almost as big as the Cup. Okay, not quite.
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The Patriots complex, record-making offense can also run the football effectively. Just ask the Oakland Raiders who got whipped, 31-19, on Sunday by a balanced attack led by Stevan Ridley and BenJarvus Green-Ellis (172 yards, two TDs combined). It comes at a great time, too. The Jets come to town for the first time since January's playoff win over the Pats. Brady knows they need every bit of the playbook on Sunday. He said: "We've got a huge one this weekend. This is one we've got to go get."
Whatever ailed the Patriots a week ago in Buffalo vanished in a convincing 31-19 victory on the road against the Raiders on Sunday. Tom Brady reverted to his error-free play with an efficient 16-30, 226-yard performance that included two more touchdown passes. While Brady's interception-free game gets the headlines, the Patriots benefitted from a balanced offensive attack. Oakland led early, by a 10-7 score early in the second quarter. The Patriots, who gained 184 yards on the ground, scored the next 17 points thanks to rushing touchdowns from BenJarvus Green-Ellis (75 yards) and Stevan Ridley (97 yards), and a field goal from Stephen Gostkowski.
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.
We're as surprised as anyone is to say it. Tom Brady cut his hair. It took a four-interception loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday to cut his shaggy 'do, but #12 reverted to the All-American short look. His two-year experiment with a hairstyle we'll forever call The Gisele is part of history and was given a tasteful obituary by the Globe. Think he got permission from the Mrs.? If not, we'll take credit.
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.
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.
Tom Brady, to the surprise of nobody, was named AFC offensive player of the week for the second week in a row. Brady, of course, deferred credit to the entire Patriots offense. Starting center Dan Koppen highlights a slew of injuries for the team. Koppen's broken fibula earned him a season-ending spot on injured reserve despite a slight chance he could return late in the season.
Last Monday, Bostonist figured we'd seen it all from Tom Brady. But, Brady was at his best again with three touchdown passes and 423 yards in a 35-21 victory over the San Diego Chargers yesterday in Foxboro. Brady is the first quarterback to ever throw for 400+ yards a week after throwing for over 500 yards. He had a quarterback rating of 135.7 against the Chargers.
Fourteen games remain in 2011 regular season and the Red Sox lead the Tampa Bay Rays, in town for four games, by four in the A.L. Wild Card race after a 5-4 loss to Toronto last night. If you thought Tuesday's rout of the Blue Jays ended their September skid, well think again. Yesterday, the Bruins finally signed Brad Marchand, the pesky rookie who developed into legit goal-scoring in the team's Cup-winning playoff run, to a two-year, $5 million contract.
Mike Dowling seems okay to Bostonist. He's honest, and there's no reason for us to doubt him. He produced a truly great tweet. He wrote: "Patriots just try to clarify Tom Brady's quote ",w/ 4 O'clock start, their is plenty of time for fans to start drinking","he meant hydrate"." Look, this is not a big deal. Football fans drink before games. Brady knows this. He's joking, and we assume this is part of a longer exchange that led up to what Brady said. But, the excuse the Patriots gave Dowling is so dumb it's insulting. Hydrate? Really? Nobody believes that.
We were reading something about Tom Brady being old this week. Brady looked as good as ever last night, leading New England to a 38-24 win over Miami that might have been one of the most one-sided 14-point wins you'll ever see. With the score tied at 14-14 in the third quarter, the Patriots routed Miami, 24-3, over the next 15 minutes to take a 38-17 lead with about six minutes left to play. Brady finished with 517 yards, or the 5th highest single-game total in league history, the 11th 500-yard passing game in league history, the most yards in franchise history, the most yards ever on Monday Night Football, and the most yards in a game since Boomer Esiason threw for 522 yards in 1996. Phew. He had four touchdowns, too, and an interception. We didn't forget.
Patriots owner Robert Kraft is ready for some football. “Thank God for NFL football," he said after a tumultuous offseason in which his beloved wife, Myra Kraft, died. The entirety of Patriots fandom might say the same thing without having as significant a reason why. We have another matter of hours until the Pats open the season tonight in Miami so the anticipation has more time to build on already high expectations after another unsatisfying playoff exit earlier this year followed a 14-2 regular season. Bill Belichick reloaded with two high-profile players, Chad Ochocinco and Albert Haynesworth, who you'd think didn't fit with his style. He did manage to keep 18 undrafted players on the 53-man roster, the third most in the NFL.
The Red Sox September slump continued in Toronto with a sloppy, 11-10 loss on Wednesday. Boston is now 2-5 this month and now trails New York by 2.5 games in the A.L. East. Tim Wakefield's seventh attempt at his 200th victory was not any luckier than the previous six tries. He allowed five runs on three hits, two hit batters, and three walks in five innings. The Sox offense again battered the Blue Jays pitchers with 10 runs on 14 hits. The Sox scored three runs in the first and four more in the fourth for a 7-5 lead. Jacoby Elsbury was 4-5 with a home run on three RBI. Marco Scutaro was 2-4 with three RBI. Adrian Gonzalez and David Ortiz each homered.
The Red Sox responded to a two-game mini-slump with a resoundingly one-sided 14-0 victory last night against the Blue Jays. Boston scored early and often with four runs in the first inning and 10 runs off of Toronto starter Luis Perez, who lasted just 2.2 innings. Boston pounded the Jays for 20 hits. David Ortiz and Marco Scutaro combined for an 8-11 performance with six RBI and five RBI. Scutaro was 4-5 (three doubles) with four RBI.
CC Sabathia (18-7) beat the Red Sox for the first time in 2011 in a 5-2 decision on Tuesday. The Yankees now trail the Sox by .5 in the East. The Sox had plenty of chances to score with 10 hits off Sabathia during his six innings. They left, however, 16 runners on base on the night.
Jonathan Davis, 63, the MBTA's finance chief since 1995, has been named The Authority’s interim general manager until a permanent replacement is found for Richard Davey. Davey will become the state transportation secretary on September 2. Davis won't be the permanent T boss and said he'll focus on safety, customer service, worker morale, and financial stability. Davis worked for H.P. Hood, Inc. , of Lynnfield for 25 years before joining the T. [Boston Globe]Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
We all know Bill Belichick wants his varsity to get enough preseason work in order to be at their best when the games count. But, the first-line players certainly looked ready after just one quarter against a totally overmatched Tampa Bay Buccaneers club and closed out a 31-14 win.
Preseason game number two in Tampa Bay, just about two hours from now, represents the Patriots first road trip of 2011. Last week's 47-12 rout against Jacksonville was quite a success and we're not sure if tonight's game could possibly go as well. You might get to see Tom Brady in his customary spot under center.
Even Howard Stern, the poster boy for pushing the limits of tasteless media stunts, thinks David Portnoy of Barstool Sports crossed the line by posting a naked photo of Tom Brady's son on the Internet. "…I saw the picture and, quite frankly, I do think it's kiddie porn," Stern said to Portnoy on his satellite radio show on Tuesday.
The Red Sox lost their first series since June thanks to a 5-3 loss in Seattle on Sunday to the Mariners. The Sox dropped two games and split their road trip 3-3. The Sox won or tied 11 straight series while posting a 26-10 record. Seattle struck for three runs in the third inning, took a 3-0 lead, and never looked back. That was the only bad inning of the eight Tim Wakefield (6-5) pitched. His complete game effort included five runs, four earned, on nine hits. Seattle's Charlie Furbush threw seven innings and limited the Red Sox to one run on four hits. Kevin Youkilis homered in the eighth inning with Dustin Pedroia to make the score 5-3. Adrian Gonzalez had two hits. Jed Lowrie had an RBI on a sacrifice fly in the fourth.
David Portnoy of the Boston Bar Stool Sports blog posted naked photos of Tom Brady's 2-year-old son Ben, whose mother is Giselle Bundchen. Portnoy, unbelievably, sees nothing wrong with what he did and is surprised at the controversy, but will remove the photos only because a cease and desist was sent from Gisele’s modeling agency.
In less than 90 minutes, we'll all be getting some football, even if we're not ready for it. Bostonist is ready, however, and we are wondering if the Patriots are ready for the Jacksonville Jaguars. The lockout-ravaged off-season might leave some doubt about how prepared teams are. Just look at the injury report. Bill Belichick doesn't give a crap about such concerns.
How do Patriots fans know Bill Belichick did something stupendous by trading for two players, Albert Haynesworth and Chad Ochocinco, who could make the New England Patriots much better? Well, the Ochocinco aspect got Aaron Hernandez mentioned on TMZ.com. Yes, the current owner of # 85 for the NEP, Hernandez, can expect to get paid to relinquish that jersey to Ochocinco, according to the new source for football news.
If the signing of a fifth-round draft pick named Lee Smith wasn't interesting enough, how does trading a fifth-round draft pick to the Washington Redskins for the problematic Albert Haynesworth sound? It's either going to be another stroke of genius by Bill Belichick or a disaster for his New England Patriots.
Football is barely back, and some of the usual in-season topics have emerged now that the business end of the sport has been resolved. Topic one, at least to Aol: Tom Brady's hair. (see picture) Naturally. Okay, Aol did get around to discussing three priorities for Brady - notably a third wide receiver after Wes Welker and Deion Branch - after saying he needs a haircut.
Tom Brady spoke to us in the realm of mortals on Wednesday in relation to the NFL lockout. Brady, Peyton Manning, and Drew Brees released a statement through the NFL Players Association saying, basically, the labor dispute should end. An agreement is reportedly not as close as the statement from the top players in the league implies.
Dick Williams, the manager of the 1967 'Impossible Dream' Red Sox team, died today at 82 of a brain aneurysm. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Over 400 people met at Old Silver Beach in North Falmouth on Wednesday to honor Matthew Gallagher, who was killed in Iraq on Sunday. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Randy Moss might be wearing green if and when the NFL resumes playing. Moss, who wore three different uniforms last season, could be ticketed for the New York Jets in 2011, or whenever. The New York Daily News reported it first and Jets fans panned the idea.