Isaiah Thomas and the lovable CelticsCeltics by Mike Cooney - April 30, 2017April 30, 20170 I'm sure, if you're a fan of a rival team, you can find reasons to hate the Celtics. So be it. Maybe a Bulls fan, or a Cavaliers fan. I get it. But if you're honest, you have to respect this team. I think I (gasp) love them more than the
Get to Know the 2017 Patriots Draft ClassPatriots by Mike Cooney - April 30, 2017April 30, 20170 The 2017 Patriots Draft Class The 2017 Patriots Draft class is now set. Belichick wheeled and dealed like never before - using picks as currency to got get players like Brandin Cooks, Dwayne Allen, and Mike Gillislee. As usual, he moved up and down in the draft to get the players
Sorting out the ESPN Firings from a Boston PerspectivePatriots by Mike Cooney - April 27, 2017April 27, 20170 Yesterday's ESPN Firings Much has been made about yesterday's ESPN firings. As a Fanbase, Patriots Nation will never have all that much sympathy for ESPN as an organization. But was this latest wave of layoffs good for Patriots fans as a whole? Is this really the pound of flesh that we
Best Case Scenario for the Patriots and LeGarrette BlountPatriots by Mike Cooney - April 26, 20170 Now that the Buffalo Bills have declined to match his offer sheet, and Mike Gillislee has officially signed with the Patriots it seems like a virtual certainty that the LeGarrette Blount's days in Foxboro have come to an end. So in that way, it's a sad day for Patriots fans.
Rest In Peace Jack GrinoldBostonPatriots by Mike Cooney - April 21, 2017April 27, 20170 In your life, sometimes you get to meet some really impressive people. You can tell in the way they carry themselves. One of those people that I was fortunate enough to meet was Jack Grinold. Jack died yesterday. He was 81. Naming The Patriots I was thinking of Grinold a few weeks
What the Mike Gillislee Signing Means for the PatriotsPatriots by Mike Cooney - April 18, 2017April 18, 20170 The Offer Sheet to Mike Gillislee The Patriots have reportedly signed Bills running back Mike Gillislee to an offer sheet. Here we go: #Patriots extended an RFA offer sheet to #Bills RB Mike Gillislee. It’s for 2 years, $6.4M, source said. $4M in the 1st year. — Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 18, 2017 The
Debunking the “If Not for Mo Lewis Argument”Patriots by Mike Cooney - April 18, 20170 You've heard this one a million times before. If Mo Lewis doesn't hospitalize Drew Bledsoe in 2001, Tom Brady never sees the field, and the Patriots never win a Super Bowl. People who are trying to minimize Brady's Hall of Fame career, after they've screamed "Tuck Rule" and "Deflategate" and are
The Best of New England – The Boston MarathonBoston by Mike Cooney - April 15, 2017April 15, 20170 The Boston Marathon The third Monday in April is special in Boston. It's Patriot's Day. Yes, there's a baseball game that starts at 11 am. Kids have the day off from school. But those aren't the most special things. There's the Boston Marathon. TV crews will come from all around the world
Why Fox Sports Is Wrong About the CelticsCeltics by Mike Cooney - April 13, 2017April 13, 20170 Bad Arguments from Dieter Kurtenbach of Fox Sports There's nothing more fun than a good old fashioned refutation, so here goes. The words of Fox Sports writer Dieter Kurtenbach will be indented in the block quotes. "But don't be surprised if the Bulls give the Celtics everything they can handle in the
Happy Birthday Wes ChamberlainRed SoxTime Machine by Mike Cooney - April 13, 20170 Nothing tells the story of the early 1990s Red Sox better than that of Wes Chamberlain. Most Red Sox fans under 35 have never heard of Chamberlain, but let's take a minute to look back on his working-class big league career, and see where he is today. The Red Sox of
