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Boston Herald Give Belichick A Pass
Tim Tebowpalooza gets plenty of play in today’s Boston Herald, from Page One to the double-barreled columnists here to this Sports Section piece to the back page of the feisty local tabloid . . . Read the rest at It’s … Continue reading
Gronkocalypse 3!! (Globe Rips Off Herald Division)
From our Gronkmageddon desk Sunday’s Boston Herald played its New England Patriots scoop Gronk-and-center in the Sports section: The Ron Borges/Karen Guregian report . . . Read the rest at It’s Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town.
Cash ‘n’ Kerry (Patriots Playoff Edition)
So there was Sen. John Kerry (D-Am I Secretary of State Yet?) at Gillette Stadium rubbing elbows in the owner’s box with Robert Kraft and, presumably, girlfriend Ricki Noel Landed – sorry, Lander – and rubbing etc. on the field … Continue reading
Gronkpocalypse 2! (Formerly Gronkmageddon 2!)
The Boston Herald is a bit bipolar in its Gronkoverage of the Patriots tight end, who broke his arm on a meaningless play in Sunday’s rout of the Indianapolis Colts. (Front page: THE GRONK CRISIS. Back page: GOTTA MOVE ON.) … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Gerry Callahan, Gronk, IGTLTDT, New England Patriots, Rob Gronkowski, Ron Borges
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Jason Gay Ol’ Time (Baseball Uniforms Edition)
From our Late to the Party desk On Thursday the always readable Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Gay served up this ode to the baseball uniforms of the Detroit Tigers and San Francisco Giants. A Perfect Uniform Series: Giants vs. Tigers … Continue reading
WSJ’s Jason Gay Rushes To Gisele’s Defense
While New York Giant doofus Brandon Jacobs apologized for telling Gisele Bundchen to “stay cute and shut up” after her post-Super Bowl outburst defending hubby Tom Brady and dissing his Patriots teammates, lot of other folks have labeled the Brazilian supermodel the … Continue reading
The Unkindest Newspaper Cuts Of All For Patriot Nation
The New England Patriots’ Super Bowl loss to the New York Giants hurts enough. But it hurts even more in the Big Town’s newspapers. Here are just two of many examples. From Monday’s New York Times: Just as they did … Continue reading
It’s Good To Live In A Three-Daily Town (Super Bowl Hand-Off Edition)
Super Bowl Fever Grips Hub! And the hands doing the gripping belong to Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski, whose outsized mitts were the subject of a story in Thursday’s New York Times (an honorary local daily by way of its … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Gronk, hands, New England Patriots, New York Times, Rob Gronkowski, Super Bowl
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Bob Ryan v. Jason Gay On Pats v. Jets
Compare and contrast in clear idiomatic English: Bob Ryan’s Boston Globe column on the New England Patriots-New York Jets rivalry: It rivals anything we’ve seen Excerpt: Now while we can’t see Coach Bill and Regal Rex wrestling at the 50 … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Belichick, Bob Ryan, Boston Globe, Charlie Sheen, Jason Gay, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Rex Ryan, Wall Street Journal
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New York Times 28, Patriots 21
All you masochists out there in Patriot Nation, check out this New York Times Magazine cover story from four months ago: Rex Ryan: Bringing It Big TRUE ORIGINALITY IS rare to come by in football coaches. Years may pass with … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Belichick, New England Patriots, New York Jets, New York Times, Rex Ryan
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