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NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE SPORTING WORLD

The New York Yankees got some bad news when they found out the Alex Rodriguez needs hip surgery and may be out for up to ten weeks. There is a question that must be asked here. Is it really an injury or his body beginning to break down from steroid use.

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NHL

Tom Freese: NHL Handicapping Tips

NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE NHL

As of this writing no team in the NHL Central Division has a losing record. Overall San Jose has the beat record in the NHL going 41-9-9 for 91 points. Joe Thornton and company are an amazing 26-2-3 at home this year. The best team in the Eastern Conference is the Boston. The Bruins are 41-12-8 and have outscored their opponents by a league best 68 goals.

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Tom Freese: Spring Is In The Air

SPRING IS IN THE AIR

As major league baseball players make their way to their Spring Training complexes the steroid issue is front and center as Alex Rodriguez has confessed to taking a banned substance.

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Sports

Tom Freese Remembers “The Spectrum”

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST

Growing up in Philadelphia I saw many great games in the Spectrum in South Philly. Keep in mind that I am not your typical Philadelphia fan in fact I’m hated in these parts because I root for all of sports teams in Boston. From a sports point of view May 19, 1974 was the worst sports day of my life.

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Tom Freese: Weekly Article

Did You Know, By Tom Freese (01-14-2009)

Did you know that if you throw out the 1989-90 NBA Season where Larry Bird played just 6 games due to season ending surgery the Boston Celtics never had a losing month while he was on the team.

Did you know that Celtic great Bill Russell going back to his days at San Francisco University, the Olympics, and Celtics he went 21-0 in winner take all games.  

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Cappers NBA Notes

Tom Freese News and Notes from the NBA (01-07-2009)

Denver took a hit when they found out that Carmelo Anthony will be out at least three weeks with a broken hand. The Celtics are in funk five of their last seven that included an overtime loss at lowly Charlotte.