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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
(12-24-2008)
The Boston Celtics are off to their best start in the history of their storied franchise going 27-2 to start the season. That includes a current streak of 19 straight wins. Last year on their way to their 17th NBA Championship all the talk was about the ‘Big Three’ of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen.
