By Sterling Pingree Last week began an idea, one to construct the Mount Rushmore of each of the Boston teams. Last week, I metaphorically carved Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski, Pedro Martinez and David Ortiz onto the Red Sox edition. This week I tackle those boys in green, the 17-time flag winners of the NBA: The […]
By Matthew Cunha I get it, hockey is the fourth sport in this country and that is not changing anytime soon. That’s the way it is. However, this year, there is no argument that can be made that the NBA’s edition of the playoffs have been better than the NHL playoffs. This year’s NBA playoffs […]
ESPN broadcaster Jon “Boog” Sciambi joined his good friend Maine men’s basketball coach Bob Walsh on the Tuesday edition of The Drive. Along with Jim Churchill and Aaron Jackson, the guy discussed the current state of the Red Sox/Yankees rivalry, the tipping point in the feud and who will win the American League in 2017. […]
By Aaron Jackson I’ll admit it. I fell into the Cavs’ trap. “They turn it on when they need to.” “There’s so much talent on this team.” “You can’t lose with LeBron.” These are all opinions I’ve heard and believed and against the Boston Celtics they weren’t wrong. But the Golden State Warriors are not […]
We are just under 100 days away from the start of the 2017 NFL season and to break down the Patriots mini-camp Jim Churchill, Aaron Jackson and Mark Paulette welcomed in Mike Reiss of ESPNBoston.com. Mike discusses the loaded Patriots back field, who could be the odd man out at wide receiver and picks sides […]
By Sterling Pingree Without much of a spring it is hard to believe it, but the dog days of summer are just about upon us. The Celtics did their best to lengthen the springtime to give Mother Nature a chance to catch up, but to no avail. The beckoning of these hot days spent playing […]
Scott Lauber of ESPNBoston.com joined Jim Churchill, Aaron Jackson and Ernie Clark to discuss David Price’s first start, what the future looks like for him in the Red Sox rotation and what possibilities are in play for the 3rd base situation now that Pablo Sandoval has been promoted to the major leagues. Catch […]
By Mark Paulette Tom Brady. LeBron James. The two most recognizable athletes in their respective sports per ESPN’s recently released “World Fame 100” and the two most polarizing athletes as well. For 17 years, Brady has been deified in New England and resented everywhere else. Since jumping from high school to the NBA in 2003, […]
By Aaron Jackson ESPN recently came out with its annual “World Fame 100” list, ranking the most famous athletes in the world. Topping the list are a number of soccer players, tennis stars and others that the US frankly doesn’t care a whole lot about. They use a number of different pieces of data to […]
By Sterling Pingree The 2016-17 Boston Celtics season has come to a close and with all of the potential that this off season could have for the Causeway Street Crew, next year this team could look very different than the one we just spent 6 weeks watching in playoff games. (The NBA playoffs are just […]
