Sunday Notebooks
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7.8K53CelticsNBA Notebook: What options are left for Celtics in free agency after Gordon Hayward’s exit?
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 5:04 PM November 21, 2020The Celtics have put themselves in quite the pickle in free agency. Losing Gordon Hayward was a big enough blow, but while the Celtics were waiting for the veteran to...
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3.9K8Red SoxMLB Notebook: Optimism abounds at recent Red Sox Instructional League; don’t hold your breath for commissioner Theo
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 2:06 PM November 21, 2020For a team coming off its worst season in more than a half-century, it is not, in actuality, all doom and gloom for the Red Sox. Yes, there are a...
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2.8K2BruinsNHL Notebook: 16 players to watch in Hockey East this season
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 9:59 AM November 15, 2020It remains to be seen when the NHL will be back on our TV screens, tablets and computers in 2021, but no need to fret. We’re set to escape from...
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2.6K2CelticsNBA Notebook: Searching for veteran trade targets for Celtics (Western Conference edition)
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 9:55 AM November 15, 2020With the NBA Draft just four days away, decision week is here for the Celtics front office to finalize the best plan of attack to improve the team’s contender status...
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3.1K27PatriotsNFL Notebook: Giving out midseason awards and superlatives to the Patriots, NFL
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 5:46 PM November 14, 2020If in a normal season, it takes four games to truly know what a team is or isn’t, I think in the Year of Covid-19, we can extend that to...
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2.6K6Red SoxMLB Notebook: Red Sox executive Raquel Ferreira celebrates Kim Ng’s landmark hiring; Which players stand to benefit from Cora’s return?
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 1:34 PM November 14, 2020When the word began to circulate early Friday morning that Kin Ng was about to be the first woman appointed general manager of the Miami Marlins, Raquel Ferreira reached out...
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4.4K7CelticsNBA Notebook: Identifying realistic veteran trade targets for a Celtics draft deal
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 9:33 AM November 8, 2020With the NBA Draft just 10 days away, decision time is coming for the Celtics front office to finalize the best plan of attack to improve the team’s contender status...
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3.6K51PatriotsNFL Notebook: Do the Patriots still have a legit shot at the postseason?
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 8:46 AM November 8, 2020We went through the rest of the schedule for the rest of the NFL with our best guesses, and the AFC East could be decided by the narrowest of margins...
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3.6K5BruinsNHL Notebook: Ranking Bruins’ Top 25 Prospects (No. 10-6); Hockey East planning return on Nov. 20
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 5:39 PM November 7, 2020With the 2020-21 NHL season still a ways away, let’s spend this week assessing the state of Boston’s pool of prospects. The Bruins’ pipeline of young talent may not be...
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2.5K5Red SoxMLB Notebook: Ron Roenicke cheers Alex Cora’s return; a look at Cora’s to-do list
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 2:00 PM November 7, 2020Ron Roenicke came to Boston to be Alex Cora‘s bench coach. When Cora left, unceremoniously, Roenicke was named as his replacement. And when, in turn, Roenicke was dismissed as Red...
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5.2K6BruinsNHL Notebook: Which Bruins could be exposed in Seattle expansion draft?
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 8:38 AM November 1, 2020With most of the dust “settled” from a rather stagnant free-agent market and transaction wire, let’s take a look at Boston’s options when it comes to bracing itself for the...
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2.1K2CelticsNBA Notebook: What can Celtics learn from 2019 draft night trades?
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 8:33 AM November 1, 2020The 2020 NBA Draft is less than three weeks away and the Celtics are expected to be one of the busiest teams in the league on draft night with more...
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4.4K76PatriotsNFL Notebook: Bill Belichick doesn’t want to make excuses – except about the roster he controls
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 9:25 PM October 31, 2020There are so many things wrong with all of this — starting with the premise of the question and Belichick agreeing with it — that I don't even know where...
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6.6K8Red SoxMLB Notebook: Rumored RedBall merger could put Red Sox in position to pounce this offseason
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 3:37 PM October 31, 2020It’s plainly evident that when it comes to spending, Major League Baseball is about to enter a nuclear winter. With the coronavirus pandemic having reduced the 2020 season by almost...
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3.9K35PatriotsNFL Notebook: Depending on where you sit, Robert Kraft was either the hero, villain or a little of both in Jimmy Garoppolo trade
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 6:17 AM October 25, 2020Jimmy Garoppolo comes home today, as the 49ers visit the Patriots. The storylines are just too delicious. On one sideline you’ll have Bill Belichick watching the player he wanted to start Dynasty...
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3.9K8Red SoxMLB Notebook: Free agency on the horizon, but don’t expect big splurges by Red Sox
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 7:23 PM October 24, 2020Sometime soon — unofficially, the day after the final World Series game; officially, five days after — free agency will kick off, the most obvious sign that baseball’s offseason has...
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3.6K11BruinsNHL Notebook: Will a stagnant free-agent market open door for Bruins to sign scoring depth to bargain deals?
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 5:59 PM October 24, 2020The vacancy on Boston’s blue line left in the wake of Torey Krug’s departure remains Boston’s most pressing flaw to correct this offseason, but a B’s club felled up in...
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2.9K5CelticsNBA Notebook: How a revamped 2020-21 regular season format impacts the Celtics
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 1:28 PM October 24, 2020For weeks, the prevailing theory from league officials is there would be no more NBA basketball until at least January 2021 after the NBA Finals wrapped up in Orlando on...
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2.3K5BruinsNHL Notebook: Could Bruins find themselves in a drastically different regional alignment during COVID-impacted 2021 season?
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 12:50 AM October 18, 2020The NHL has kept its cards close to its vest when it comes to sharing details for the upcoming 2021 season, and for good reason. Yes, the league and the...
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