The Daily Buzz – May 2

Last Night’s Highlights:

1. The Red Sox lose 3-2 to the Yankees and also lose C Ryan Hannigan to a displaced fracture on his knuckle.
   • Hannigan will need surgery and will miss substantial time. Blake Swihart was called up to replace Hannigan late last night.
   • A-Rod hit his 660th career HR to tie for 4th all-time with Willie Mays.
   • Allen Craig hit his 1st HR of the year.
2. Patriots draft DB Jordan Richards (Stanford) in the 2nd Round (Pick No. 64) of the Draft.
   • Patriots also selected DE Geneo Grissom (Oklahoma) at No. 97.
   • The Patriots traded picks No. 96/ 219 to Cleveland for No. 111/ 147/ 202.

Around the Nation:

1. The Hawks final eliminate Brooklyn in Game 6, 117-87.
   • Atlanta will play Washington in the 2nd Round.
2. The Lightning steal Game 1 from the Habs 2-1 in 2OT, while the Blackhawks get things done within regulation and win their Game 1 versus Minnesota 4-3.
3. The Cowboys selected Nebraska ILB Randy Gregory at No. 60 in the Draft.
   • Gregory was a project Top 10 pick but seemed to have some issues that teams were weary about.
4. QB Jameis Winston signed a 4-year deal with Tampa Bay.

Today’s Buzz:

1. Wade Miley (1-2, 8.62 ERA) looks for redemption as he faces Nathan Eovaldi (1-0, 4.15 ERA) in Game 2 of the Sox and Yanks 3-game series today at 1:35 PM.
2. The Capitals and Rangers play Game 2 of their series today at 12:30 PM [WSH leads 1-0].
3. The Clippers and Spurs will play a Game 7 to see who will move on to face Houston. Game starts at 8 PM.

***All times in EST

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Oh? Did I forget to mention there’s a fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather tonight? Whoops. Don’t worry you’ll be getting special coverage of coverage later, so stay tuned.

The Daily Buzz – May 1

Last Night’s Highlights:

1. The Patriots drafted DT Marcus Brown (Texas) at #32 in last’s night’s NFL Draft.

Around the Nation:

1. The Bulls not only eliminated, but embarrassed the Bucks on their home court 120-66.
   • Bulls win series 4-2, will play Cleveland next round.
2. The Clippers force a game 7 versus the Spurs, winning Game 6 102-96.
3. The Ducks beat the Flames 6-1 and the Capitals scored in the last second to win 2-1 over the Rangers in their respective G1’s.
4. Jameis Winston goes #1 overall to Tampa Bay in the NFL Draft and ate crab legs to celebrate (not joking he actually did this on camera, yeah he’s that stupid folks).
   • Marcus Mariota (Or Marioto if your Commissioner Goodell) went at #2 to Tennessee.

Today’s Buzz:

1. The Red Sox and Yankees begin their 3-game series tonight at Fenway. First pitch at 7:10 PM.
   • Justin Masterson (2-0, 5.16 ERA) will face CC Sabathia (0-4, 5.96 ERA) on the mound.
2. The weigh-in for Pacquiao v. Mayweather is tonight as the fights is a little more than 24 hours away.
3. Rounds 2-4 on the NFL Draft continue tonight.
   • Notables left on the board: Nebraska ILB Randy Gregory and LSU OL La’el Collins.
     • Collins is connected to (but not a suspect)  the murder of a pregnant women in Louisiana believed to be a former girlfriend of Collins.
4. Stanley Cup Playoff Games:
   • TB @ MTL (G1) 7 PM
   • MIN @ CHI (G1) 9:30 PM
5. NBA Playoff Games:
   • ATL @ BRK (G6) [ATL leads 3-2]

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The Daily Buzz – April 23

Last Night’s Highlights:

1. The Red Sox blew a 4 run lead, lost 7-5 to Tampa Bay.
   • Wade Miley goes 5 IP, 7 SO, and 5 ER.
   • Dustin Pedroia hit his 4th HR of the year and David Ortiz hit his 3rd.
2. MLB Jerod Mayo restructures his contract with the Patriots.
   • Deal is for 1-year, $4.5 million with the opportunity to make $6 million and with a two-year option.
3. .David Ortiz and Larry Bird were a few of the names added to the New Boston 2024 Committee Board.

Around the Nation:

1. Stanley Cup Playoff scores:
   • MTL 0-1 OTT (G4) [MTL leads 3-1]
   • STL 6-1 MIN (G4) [Series tied 2-2]
   • NYR 2-1 PIT [OT] (G4) [NYR leads 3-1]
   • ANA 5-2 WPG (G4) [ANA wins series 4-0]
2. NBA Playoff scores:
   • SA 111-107 LAC (G2) [Series tied 1-1]
   • BRK 91-96 ATL (G2) [ATL leads 2-0]
   • POR 82-97 MEM (G2) [MEM leads 2-0]
3. Dallas Cowboys’ Greg Hardy suspended 10 games by the NFL for conduct detrimental to the league.
   • Hardy was arrested earlier in 2014 after reports of him abusing his wife came out. The charges were later dropped.
4. The Dallas Mavericks ruled out PG Rajon Rondo indefinitely for a back injury.
   • This comes after reports of Rondo wanting the Mavericks organization to choose between either him or HC Rick Carlisle.
   • Rondo is not expected to return to Dallas next season.

Today’s Buzz:

1. The Celtics play Game 3 against Cleveland in the Garden tonight at 7 PM.
   • Other NBA games:
     • CHI @ MIL (G3) [CHI leads 2-0] 8 PM
     • GS @ NO (G3) [GS leads 2-0] 9:30 PM
2. Stanley Cup Playoff games set for tonight:
   • TB @ DET (G4) [DET leads 2-1] 7 PM
   • NYI @ WSH (G5) [Series tied 2-2] 7 PM
   • CHI @ NSH (G5) [CHI leads 3-1] 9:30 PM
   • CGY @ VAN (G5) [CGY leads 3-1] 10 PM
3. The Patriots travel to the White House to meet with the President.
   • Darrelle Revis is expected to join them after leaving the team to go to the Jets.
4. If you’re a bajillionaire you can purchase your tickets for the Mayweather-Paquiao Fight on May 2.

**All times EST.

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The Daily Buzz – April 21st

Last Night’s Highlights:

1. The Red Sox and Orioles wrapped up Game 4 of their series prematurely due to rain. Red Sox won 7-1 in 7 innings.
2. Runners trekked through the rain in annual Boston Marathon yesterday.
   • Lelisa Desisa (ETH) won the Elite Men’s race with a time of 2:09:17.
   • Caroline Roitch (KEN) won the Elite Women’s race with a time of 2:24:55.
   • Marcel E. Hug (SUI) and Tatyana McFadden (USA-MD) won the Men’s/Women’s Wheelchair race with times of 1:29:53 and 1:52:54 respectively.
   • Tom Davis (USA-NY) and Francesca Porcellato (ITL) won the Men’s/Women’s Handcycle race with times of 1:17:49 and 1:34:12 respectively.
   • Marathon Bombing survivor Rebekah Gregory crossed the finish line for the first time in 2 years to thunderous applause in Copley Square.
   • Congratulations to all the other participants not recognized because I certainly could not run 2.62 miles without needing an IV bag.
3. Patriot’s LT Nate Soldier announced he played the 2014-15 season with a diagnoses of testicular cancer.

Around the Nation:

1. Stanley Cup scores:
   • NYR 2-1 PIT (G3) [NYR leads 2-1]
   • STL 0-3 MIN (G3) [MIN leads 2-1]
   • ANA 5-4 WPG [OT] (G3) [ANA leads 3-0]
2. NBA Playoff scores:
   • MIL 82-91 CHI (G2) [CHI leads 2-0]
   • NO 87-97 GS (G2) [GS leads 2-0]

Today’s Buzz:

1. The Celtics and Cavaliers begin Game 2 of their series tonight at 7 PM.
   • Coach Brad Stevens says to expect “a different Celtics team than Game 1.”
   • CLE leads series 1-0.
2. Other NBA Playoff games:
   • WSH @ TOR (G2) 8 PM [WSH leads 1-0]
   • DAL @ HOU (G2) 9:30 PM [HOU leads 1-0]
3. The Red Sox begin their series with Tampa Bay tonight at 7:10 PM
   • Wade Miley (0-1, 10.57 ERA) faces Chris Archer (2-1, 1.37 ERA).
4. Stanley Cup Playoffs games to watch:
   • TB @ DET (G3) 7 PM [Series tied 1-1]
   • WSH @ NYI (G4) 7:30 PM [NYI lead 2-1]
   • NSH @ CHI (G4) 9:30 PM [CHI lead 2-1]
   • VAN @ CGY (G4) 10 PM [CGY leads 2-1]
5. The NFL will unveil their 2015 game schedule tonight around 8 PM.
6. Convicted Boston Marathon Bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, will return to court today as the sentencing portion of his trial is set to begin this morning.

**All times in EST.

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Happy Birthday Bill and Happy Anniversary Brady!

I honestly don’t know why today isn’t a holiday in Massachusetts. We get a day-off for Evacuation day but nothing for today? It’s the birthday of the greatest GM in football history and the draft anniversary of Tom Brady for God’s sake! It’s like there was some celestial convergence 15 years ago and the two events just were destined to line-up. Let’s just go over the success of these two over the years:

2001                                                                              2004

2005

And last but not least, 2015. I could watch this gif all day (I’ve actually stopped writing this like 5 times because it’s so distracting). I wanted to put in our 16-0 season back in 2008 but I felt my heart breaking as I typed so I had to stop for health reasons. Thank you Bill, I couldn’t be more grateful for what you have done to this franchise. I mean it, that’s not a masshole speaking. Bill has proven time and time again that he is one of, if not the greatest GM’s in the history of the sport. BB takes talent that no one would spend their 199th pick on and transforms them into great players and championship winners.

Speaking of 199..

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Happy Draft-Anniversary to the G.O.A.T himself, Mr. Tom Brady. No lengthy blog needed.