Mike and Jeremy Like Sports

Though the NFL’s Primetime Football Splosion (!!!) is barely over, sportswriters from around the country continue to remind David Stern and Mark Cuban that no one cares about a silly little basketball game by researching 2011 Mock Drafts. 2011. We haven’t started the 2010-11 NFL season. We have finished 2010 spring college football. And we’re [...]

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Patriots Day Part Deux: The Schedule is Here! The Schedule is Here!

OMG! The NFL released the 2010-11 schedule last night to much self-made fanfare. The question of course: if a schedule falls in April and nobody hears, does it make a sound? It does if NFL Network talking heads pop balloons. Highlights from the Patriots schedule for the upcoming season (only six months away! America! Football! [...]

It's Belichick's Birthday Let's Play a Party Game: Guess What The Pats Will Do in the Draft

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It’s Belichick’s Birthday Let’s Play a Party Game: Guess What The Pats Will Do in the Draft

With the NFL draft’s Thursday Night Offseason Footballsplosion! less than a week away, ESPNBoston.com’s Mike Reiss tries his hand at ranking the Pats’ needs with an in-depth look at the current roster. It’s a great piece and will get you a. pumped for football b. knowledgeable enough to enjoy draft day(s) c. remembering how the [...]

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Who’s Excited For Pick #22?

“On TV all these years, I never saw Bill Belichick smile,” he said. “But we had a great conversation, and he was smiling a lot. I really liked it there. I think I’d be a good fit there.” That quote, in case you didn’t read Peter King’s latest, comes from the draft’s most delicate prospect [...]

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I Bet He Loves Muscle Milk

These days, those of us with disappointing, dead-end, soul-crushing jobs count ourselves lucky. But, try as we might, we just can’t accept that we were meant to get up each morning and wish we were still asleep, no matter how rough the economy. In part, that’s thanks to Todd Carter. Months ago Carter was serving [...]

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The Bell Tolls for Maroney

With Fred Taylor out, it’s now or never for Laurence Maroney

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Back On Top

The Patriots beat one of the league’s most impressive teams through the first three weeks in an, as expected, closer than close football game. Although the offense is still not quite where it can be, it’s clear to see that Tom Brady and his receivers are improving each week. The return of Wes Welker obviously [...]

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15 Games, 15 Thoughts

(AKA: 15 More Coherent Thoughts Than Mike Has in a Month) Falcons 10, Patriots 26 Joey Galloway is a SICK receiver… in Madden 1998. I’m confident they’re a good team and confident that they’re not a great team. But, as they say, a little Wes can go a long way. Redskins 14, Lions 19 Usually [...]

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No Wes…No Problem…?

I attended the Pats game last Sunday in New Jersey. It was my first live appearance at an NFL/Patriots game and if there’s any justice in this life, I’ll also be in attendance Nov. 22 when the Jets travel to our house. The experience was, without risking obvious exaggeration, a revelation. Seeing the entire field [...]