WGME 13 - Sports Central Blog http://www.wgme.com/blogs/sports-central/ Dave Eid and Evans Boston give you their unique take on the world of sports. en-us Copyright 2011, Sinclair Broadcast Group Thu, 16 May 2013 09:55:00 -0400 SBG WCM - RSS Module http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Bruins-Rangers series has Maine connection http://www.wgme.com/blogs/sports-central/#177
The Bruins & Rangers will begin their best of seven Eastern Conference Semifinal series tonight at the TD Garden in Boston.  The Bruins went 1 & 2 vs the Rangers during the regular season, however one loss came in overtime and the other was in a shootout!  Both teams are very physical and have great goaltending so it could be a long series with very few goals.  The one huge difference is coaching styles.  Although both Claude Julien and John Tortorella have shutdown defensive style ...]]> Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:00 -0400 http://www.wgme.com/blogs/sports-central/#177 UnBelievable! http://www.wgme.com/blogs/sports-central/#176
Did we really just see that?  I can't believe the Bruins erased a 4-1 deficit midway through the 3rd period to come back and stun Toronto 5-4 in overtime in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals!  This was truly a game for the ages...For most of the game the Bruins played like a hockey team ready to hit the golf course rather thanmove on to round 2, however with just over ten minutes left in regulation the real Bruins reappeared!  Patrice Bergeron scored the equalizer with under ...]]> Tue, 14 May 2013 00:30:00 -0400 http://www.wgme.com/blogs/sports-central/#176 Trader Bill does it again http://www.wgme.com/blogs/sports-central/#175 How does he do it?  The Patriots & Bill Belichick entered this years draft with only five overall picks.  That is until the Minnesota Vikings entered the picture.  The Patriots were scheduled to pick 29th in the 1st round, however the Vikings made Bill a deal he couldn't refuse.  In return for the Pats 1st rounder, Minnesota sent over a 2nd (52), 3rd (83), 4th (102) & 7th (229) round draft pick.  So instead of having only five selections order ...]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2013 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.wgme.com/blogs/sports-central/#175 Has it been that long? http://www.wgme.com/blogs/sports-central/#174 With this being the first day of Spring I started thinking baseball and if the Red Sox had a real shot to compete for a playoff spot this season.  If the Sox get some pitching and stay healthy I guess anything is possible.  One thing we know for sure it will be a more likeable team this season with John Farrell at the helm.

Seems hard to believe that ten years ago the Red Sox/Yankees rivalry hit a (pardon the pun) fever pitch! I still remember being at Yankee Stadium for Game 7 of the 2003 ...]]> Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:00:00 -0400 http://www.wgme.com/blogs/sports-central/#174 Patriots drop the ball! http://www.wgme.com/blogs/sports-central/#173
The mad scientist strikes again!  How Patriots Coach Bill Belichick could let Wes Welker shuffle off to Denver and join forces with Peyton Manning doesn't make any sense.  The Broncos deal was for 2 years and 12 million bucks!  Do you mean to tell me the Patriots couldn't have checked under the Gillette Stadium sofa for a few more pennies?  Why wasn't the best slot receiver in NFL history signed to a long term deal with the Pats?  Was it because of his one drop in the Super ...]]> Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:25:00 -0400 http://www.wgme.com/blogs/sports-central/#173 Patriots need to keep Welker http://www.wgme.com/blogs/sports-central/#171
When it comes to managing the Salary Cap, the Patriots wrote the book.  The Pats may have swung and missed on a few free agents (see Adalius Thomas), but for the most part the Pats have done a great job at adding talent while keeping their key core players in place.  

That brings us to Wes Welker.  On Tuesday Wes will become a free agent.  Now granted 99% of the teams that maybe interested in Welker don't have a Tom Brady to offer, but you wonder if Welker has had enough ...]]> Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:25:00 -0500 http://www.wgme.com/blogs/sports-central/#171 Rangers...A well oiled machine! http://www.wgme.com/blogs/sports-central/#169
The Greely Boys Hockey team is now a win away from making it back to back Class B State Championships.  The Rangers rolled past Camden Hills Wednesday night at the Colisee 7-1 to win the West.  Standing in their way from a third title in five years is Messalonskee.  The Rangers have been a well oiled machine under head coach Barry Mothes.  Greely may play in Class B, but throught the season the Rangers play some Class A teams as well.  Grelly will also compete in out of state ...]]> Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:40:00 -0500 http://www.wgme.com/blogs/sports-central/#169 Who's on first? http://www.wgme.com/blogs/sports-central/#168 In the interest of full disclosure I am a diehard Red Sox fan.  I have been since 1975!  Like many Sox fans I was thrilled when the team unloaded all those salaries and and malcontents to the L.A. Dodgers last summer. 

But did the Red Sox learn from their past mistakes?  The short answer is no.  After packaging up Carl Crawford,  Josh Beckett,  Adrian Gonzalez, and Nick Punto the Sox cleared more than 250 million bucks from the books.  ...]]> Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:35:00 -0500 http://www.wgme.com/blogs/sports-central/#168 Concussions are an epidemic... http://www.wgme.com/blogs/sports-central/#165 I have to admit having produced two different series on concussions I had a pretty good idea of what athletes go through after sustaining a severe blow to the head.  Well a few days before the Super Bowl, while cleaning off my sons ice rink I fell backwards slamming my head on the ice.  Fortunately I didn't black out.  That could have been a disaster, because it happened after 1:00 am. 

For the next three weeks the nausea and headaches were unreal.  I would tell ...]]> Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:40:00 -0500 http://www.wgme.com/blogs/sports-central/#165 Grow up Suggs! http://www.wgme.com/blogs/sports-central/#164 "Terrell Suggs...You just won the Super Bowl what are you going to do now"???  "I'm going to torture Patriot fans"!!!

Note to Terrell Suggs please grow up!  You went on Sports Radio Station WEEI Wednesday to talk about your budding new career as a movie writer, yet you couldn't help taking more swings at the Patriots.  From saying the NFL adjusts its rules to satisfy Tom Brady to CBS favoring the Patriots because of a restaurant named CBS Scene at Gillette Stadium.  Let it go ...]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:15:00 -0500 http://www.wgme.com/blogs/sports-central/#164