Sunday Notebooks
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2.0K3BruinsNHL Notebook: Examining the cases for Bruins 7th Player Award candidates
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 11:19 AM March 29, 2020It remains to be seen if/when the Bruins will announce the winner of the club’s 7th Player Award — doled out annually to the player who exceeded the expectations of fans...
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6.4K60PatriotsNFL Notebook: The case for and against the Patriots signing Cam Newton
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 4:06 PM March 28, 2020At first blush, the idea is crazy and doesn’t make a lot of sense. Cam Newton signing with the Patriots? Watching No. 1 lined up under center — actually, mostly...
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3.1K7Red SoxMLB Notebook: What the new agreement between MLB and the MLBPA means for the Red Sox
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 3:21 PM March 28, 2020We don’t know when the 2020 Major League Baseball season will start. OK, that’s not quite accurate. We don’t know if the 2020 Major League Baseball season will start. But...
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2.1K10Red SoxMLB Notebook: A look back at another “second spring training” year; an All-Time Sox-only team
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 1:24 PM March 22, 2020In a best-case scenario, baseball will resume from its stoppage and the 2020 season will be held, albeit shortened. That will eventually necessitate a second spring training to prepare for...
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3.9K13NFL FREE AGENCYNFL Notebook: Taking stock of the AFC contender picture, AFC East after first wave of free agency; How Covid-19 could change QB landscape
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 11:09 AM March 22, 2020The first wave of free agency is over — and it might have skipped all the way through to the third phase — with all the big money doled out...
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1.7K2BruinsNHL Notebook: In wake of shutdown, a flat or reduced salary cap could thwart Bruins’ offseason plans
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 9:24 AM March 22, 2020You know, aside from the whole suspended season, threat of no Stanley Cup and a looming expansion draft in 2021, Don Sweeney and the Bruins should be breathing a little...
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2.7K2CelticsNBA Notebook: Taking stock of the Celtics’ draft stash if NBA regular season doesn’t resume
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 8:43 PM March 21, 2020The 2019-20 regular season is on hold until further notice and it won’t be back anytime soon according to top health experts. There is a high chance that even if...
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4.1K16BruinsNHL Notebook: Looking ahead at another major hurdle for Bruins – Seattle’s expansion draft
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 3:48 PM March 15, 2020We aren’t breaking any new ground when we say that Don Sweeney and the Bruins have their work cut out for them in the coming months — to put it lightly. ...
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1.3K1CelticsNBA Notebook: Exploring a revamped NBA postseason option
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 1:23 PM March 15, 2020The NBA world is on hold for the foreseeable future in the wake of the spread of the coronavirus and that is creating an unprecedented period of stoppage as the...
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5.5K26NFL FREE AGENCYNFL Notebook: Top 50 targets for the Patriots heading into free agency (updated)
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 1:38 AM March 15, 2020Legal tampering is set to begin at Noon on Monday with free agency next at 4 p.m. Wednesday. To help you along, what follows is our Top 50 Patriots-centric free agents who fit what...
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2.0K4Red SoxMLB Notebook: Taking some guesses about what the 2020 baseball season may look like
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 5:21 PM March 14, 2020For now, we don’t know what we don’t know. We don’t know when baseball will return, and when it does, what it will look like. Will it have its standard...
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3.7K3CelticsNBA Notebook: A Celtics’ scouting secret on Jayson Tatum revealed and other lessons learned at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference
at Boston Convention and Exhibition CenterPOSTED: 12:02 PM March 8, 2020BOSTON — The Celtics were front and center at the 14th annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference this weekend, with several members of the organization appearing across the 36 panels including...
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2.0K4BruinsNHL Notebook: A sizable salary-cap bump could make things much easier for Bruins this summer
at Warrior Ice ArenaPOSTED: 5:01 AM March 8, 2020Don Sweeney and the Bruins are going to have their work cut out for them this summer when it comes to keeping a roster currently on pace for a Presidents’...
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4.9K15PatriotsNFL Notebook: First full first-round mock draft giving Patriots an edge; Issues with the proposed CBA
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 4:59 AM March 8, 2020We interrupt the Tom Brady Sweepstakes/Countdown/Armaggedon/Drama to touch on the draft. We’ll be continuing to go heavy with the free agency for the next couple of weeks, but wanted to...
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5.5K11Red SoxMLB Notebook: If Chris Sale can’t pitch in 2020, a serious reappraisal is due for Red Sox
at jetBlue ParkPOSTED: 6:09 PM March 7, 2020FORT MYERS, Fla. — For the past two months, Major League Baseball’s investigation into allegations that the Red Sox illegally stole signs during their 2018 championship season has hung over...
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2.8K2CelticsNBA Notebook: Grizzlies pick trending back towards lottery, where will 76ers finish in East?
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 11:12 AM March 2, 2020With just over six weeks remaining in the regular season, playoff races for spots and seeds in both conferences are heating up. Several of those battles have an underlying potential...
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3.0K2BruinsNHL Notebook: Which Bruins prospects could join NHL ranks for stretch run?
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 10:30 AM March 1, 2020The NHL trade deadline has come and passed — and with it came the final chance for many Cup contenders to seek outside help before beginning their campaign toward hockey’s...
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4.5K18PatriotsNFL Notebook: Which combine tight ends and receivers have formula for Patriots?
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 2:27 AM March 1, 2020Everyone knows, besides quarterback in the event of the unspeakable, the Patriots are in desperate need of help at two positions in the draft: tight end and, perhaps, receiver. Actually,...
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3.3K15Red SoxMLB Notebook: Could Red Sox surpass low expectations and contend for postseason?
at BSJ HeadquartersPOSTED: 5:33 PM February 29, 2020A year ago at this time, the Red Sox were trying — unsuccessfully, as it turned out — to figure out how to defend their World Series title. The team’s...
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