Packers on defense: The strength of this squad is the linebacking trio of Julius Peppers, A.J. Hawk, and Clay Matthews Packers on defense: The strength of this squad is the linebacking trio of Julius Peppers, A.J. Hawk, and Clay Matthews. A hybrid end/pass-rushing specialist, Peppers is lanky, athletic, and has impressive closing speed. Hawk possesses […]
When US Olympic Committee directors meet Thursday to likely choose their nominee to host the 2024 Games, they will likely find that the four competing proposals now have much in common. All four bids — from Boston, Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Los Angeles — will largely rely on existing and temporary facilities generally in […]
Long-term, big-money contracts, particularly for pitchers, almost always become a speedy recipe for disaster. But as he did with most conventional wisdom about his career, Pedro Martinez defied that norm. When the Red Sox traded for the Expos righthander following his first Cy Young season as a 25-year-old in 1997, they immediately locked him up […]
FOXBOROUGH — Disinterested, disgruntled, and on one memorable occasion completely disgusted, Rob Ninkovich had every intention of quitting. Ninkovich, then a teenaged eighth-grader in the Chicago suburb of New Lenox, Ill., exceeded the youth football weight limit, so he decided to give wrestling a try. He hated it from the start. As a 180-pound heavyweight, […]
New Baseball Hall of Famers Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, John Smoltz, and Craig Biggio presented the Top 10 segment on “Late Show with David Letterman” Wednesday night. The theme was their top 10 reactions to being elected to the Hall of Fame. Martinez spoke first, saying, “Maybe I should make baseball my career.” Martinez, who […]
Living 2,600 miles away won’t stop this die-hard Red Sox fan More proof that you can take the sports fan out of Boston, but you can’t take Boston out of the sports fan. Actor and Weymouth native Nate Corddry, the younger brother of fellow “Daily Show” correspondent Rob Corddry, left Massachusetts for college 20 years […]
Here’s a thought: Let’s step into the (imaginary) lab, dissect some of MLB‘s biggest stars (metaphorically) and build ourselves the ultimate hitter. Hey, it’s mid-January, otherwise known as not the best time to be a baseball fan. There’s another long, cold, soggy month until pitchers and catchers report. Other than obsessively warming our hands by […]