Sunday Notebooks
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4.1K53PatriotsNFL Notebook: Power ranking the teams after the offseason and heading into training camps next month
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 7:58 AM June 7, 2020Look, I get it. Brady's gone. The offense was bad last year and on paper shouldn't be improved. Lost some defenders. Tough schedule.
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3.3K18Red SoxMLB Notebook: On the damage already done and why these failed talks are just a preview of coming attractions
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 3:34 PM June 6, 2020Two questions (and some answers) on the currently stalled negotiations between owners and players: Can an agreement still salvage things? Technically, there’s still time to reach a deal and get...
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2.5K4BruinsNHL Notebook: Bruins 2019 1st-round pick Johnny Beecher talks development, future after promising season at Michigan
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 12:48 PM May 31, 2020Johnny Beecher is still a few years away from donning a black and gold sweater. But these days, his routine isn’t all too different from those up in the NHL...
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1.6K2CelticsNBA Notebook: 5 pressing questions about the NBA restart format
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 6:00 AM May 31, 2020The NBA took another big step towards finalizing a structure for the NBA restart of the regular season on Friday following a Board of Governor’s meeting. While no final decisions...
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3.7K31PatriotsNFL Notebook: Ranking the NFL starting quarterbacks heading into the 2020 season
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 5:28 PM May 30, 2020Breaking news: the quarterback position is important in football (although it’s not the end-all, be-all to playing winning football that talkers make it out to be). Might as well see...
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1.8K7Red SoxMLB Notebook: Hoping for a chance to manage, Ron Roenicke is philosophical on his own lack of job security and possible return of Alex Cora
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 3:12 PM May 30, 2020The deep chasm that exists between Major League Baseball and the MLBPA threatens to wipe out the 2020 season. The clock is ticking. Unless the sides arrive at some common...
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1.7K9CelticsNBA Notebook: What revamped NBA playoff format would benefit the Celtics?
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 3:02 PM May 24, 2020It’s been a busy weekend in NBA circles as more concrete plans begin to emerge regarding the potential restart of the 2019-20 season. The NBA confirmed in comments by league...
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3.9K15PatriotsNFL Notebook: Cap discipline, lack of on-field practice should limit names available among June 1st cuts – this year
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 2:32 PM May 24, 2020Patriots right tackle Marcus Cannon is one example. If the Patriots were able to have rookie camps and some offseason practice sessions, they might have seen that Yodny Cajuste —...
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2.2K15Red SoxMLB Notebook: A non-basketball fan wonders — Why can’t MLB be more like the NBA?
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 9:32 AM May 24, 2020I’m not much of a fan of the NBA, and that’s probably an understatement. Basketball has always been my least favorite sport and I haven’t followed the league at all...
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3.1K4BruinsNHL Notebook: NHLPA approves plan to move forward with 24-team playoff format – will it help or hurt Bruins?
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 7:25 PM May 23, 2020Let’s be frank — it was a given that concessions were going to have to be made when the NHL and NHLPA finally sat down to hammer out the details...
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1.8K2CelticsNBA Notebook: 3 potential solutions to the NBA’s looming salary cap problem
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 1:46 PM May 17, 2020A drop-off in the NBA salary cap from year-to-year has happened before, mostly recently in 2010. However, the biggest drop-off in NBA history since the cap has been implemented has...
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1.7K5BruinsNHL Notebook: Revisiting 25 Bruins predictions, observations before 2019-20 season – which held up? (Part I)
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 11:14 AM May 17, 2020It remains to be seen if we’re going to receive some sense of finality for the 2019-20 NHL season — a campaign filled with plenty of promise for a motivated...
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2.1K12Red SoxMLB Notebook: Former teammates look back on the big league debut of Roger Clemens
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 6:00 PM May 16, 2020It was 36 years ago this past Friday that Roger Clemens made his major league debut, starting against the Cleveland Indians at Municipal Stadium. For some ardent fans who studied...
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17.1K52PatriotsNFL Notebook: Tom Brady exits same way as many great NFL quarterbacks
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 2:50 PM May 16, 2020Shortly after witnessing Brett Favre‘s surprise retirement announcement on March 6, 2008, in the Lambeau Field Atrium, I had a conversation with a longtime NFL executive. At the time, there...
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10.3K51PatriotsNFL Notebook: The truth about Jarrett Stidham’s readiness, Cam Newton and the Patriots
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 7:00 AM May 10, 2020There were hardly any reports before Tom Brady became a free agent about Jarrett Stidham's possibility of success. But after Brady left and the Patriots, by virtue of their cap...
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1.7K4Best of BSJ Free PreviewNHL Notebook: 50 years later, Bruins legends re-live and reflect on Bobby Orr’s memorable flight
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 8:51 PM May 9, 2020Harry Sinden doesn’t need to look through the lens of Ray Lussier to re-live the afternoon of May 10, 1970. He did have a front-row seat from the Bruins’ bench, after all. “I can...
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1.5K2Celtics
NBA Notebook: 5 Takeaways from Adam Silver’s conference call on potential return of season
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 8:39 PM May 9, 2020The NBA took a very small first step towards an eventual resumption of NBA play later this summer or fall by allowing teams to open up their practice facilities for...
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2.8K12Red SoxMLB Notebook: Terry Francona on re-watching 2004, viewing ‘The Last Dance’ & managing Michael Jordan
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 1:59 PM May 9, 2020In recent weeks, networks like ESPN, for whom Terry Francona once worked, have, in the absence of live sports programming, dug into their archives for vintage classic games to fill...
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1.9K1CelticsNBA Notebook: What would revamped NBA calendar look like?
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 1:19 PM May 3, 2020It was only two months ago when one NBA executive was publicly making the pitch at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference for an NBA regular season calendar that kicks...
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