The girls basketball state championship games are coming up this weekend and the boys basketball playoffs head to the quarterfinals. Divisions 1 and 2 are intriguing in boys basketball as any of a number of teams can win it. I’ve never understood why anybody would rather play in a first round game than have a…… Continue Reading

All we know right now is that Bob Kraft solicited a prostitute. A stupid thing for him to do, certainly embarrassing and if I ever have a chance to talk to him I would ask..”What the hell were you thinking?” Right now it is a misdemeanor, not a felony and even though I’m sure the…… Continue Reading

Geez! Let it go people! Julian Edelman was popped for PED’s so therefore he shouldn’t have been playing in the Super Bowl, let alone MVP. I’m still hearing it from the idiots on Fox Sports Radio. I listened for about two minutes on Friday night and that’s all they were talking about. It was almost…… Continue Reading

I am surprised that the Patriots got to the Super Bowl let alone win it. My thoughts right up until the end of the season. I am shocked that the score was 13-3. Once they did get to the Super Bowl in this game I thought the Patriots would win 31-24. Most of the predictions…… Continue Reading

I didn’t watch any of the NHL competition because I was busy. I wasn’t busy yesterday except that I did watch “Godfather I”. Anyway I watched the Pro Bowl for about five minutes. That’s five minutes of my life I’ll never get back. What a joke! It is a complete joke! What is even more…… Continue Reading

The 2019 class of the Baseball Hall of Fame is a good one. At least the four new inductees announced yesterday. The four new inductees are Mariano Rivera,Edgar Martinez,Mike Mussina and Roy Halladay. All of them deserve to be there and of course they will join Lee Smith and Harold Baines who were elected by…… Continue Reading

My NFL record is 160-88. This Sunday I’m going with the two home teams: New Orleans over the LA Rams and Kansas City over the Patriots. I believe home field does make a difference in the NFL especially in the Conference championship games. I don’t see anything wrong with the Patriots playing the underdog card.…… Continue Reading

It’s the divisional round in the NFL with two games tomorrow and two games coming up on Sunday. After going 0-4 last week my record is now 156-88. Here goes: On Saturday Kansas City over Indianapolis LA Rams over Dallas On Sunday NE Patriots over LA Chargers New Orleans over Philadelphia Rutland native Jenny Everett…… Continue Reading

I went 0-4 during the NFL wildcard weekend and my record falls to 156-88. What does 0-4 mean? Nothing except it proves that I’m not a psychic. It’s all pure luck anyway. I went with Chicago to beat Philly and if Cody Parkey hits the field goal I’m at least 1-3. I don’t think that…… Continue Reading

Pittsford native Lucas Bombardier has signed a professional contract with the Greenville, South Carolina Swamp Rabbits of the East Coast Hockey League. Lucas had been playing pro hockey with the Knoxville Ice Bears of the Southern Professional Hockey League. Lucas played college hockey and lacrosse at Trine University in Angola, Indiana. He played hockey under…… Continue Reading

I went 13-3 in the football picks and now stand at 131-77. Here goes in the finall weekend of the regular season. Buffalo over Miami Green Bay over Detroit NE Patriots over NY Jets New Orleans over Carolina NY Giants over Dallas Atlanta over Tampa Bay Houston over Jacksonville LA Chargers over Denver Kansas City…… Continue Reading

I went 13-3 in NFL week #16 and I now stand at 144-80 on the year. Through college football bowl games on December 22nd I stand at 8-7. Here are my picks through December 29th: Wednesday December 26th Boise State over Boston College in the First Responder Bowl at Cotton Bowl in Dallas Georgia Tech…… Continue Reading

I wasn’t at the Rutland at Rice boys basketball game on Monday night, but judging by the pictures in the Burlington Free Press the game was nowhere near a packed house. That surprises me. The game a week ago between Rutland and Mt. Mansfield at Rutland a game that I was at and was a…… Continue Reading

Five College football bowl games coming up tomorrow. I’m going with Lousiana-Lafayette over Tulane in the Autonation Cure Bowl Utah State over North Texas in the New Mexico Bowl Fresno State over Arizona State in the Las Vegas Bowl Georgia Southern over Eastern Michigan in the Camellia Bowl Appalachian State over Middle Tennessee in the…… Continue Reading

A terrible 8-8 in my NFL picks in week #14 and I now stand at 130-76. The only two places I didn’t see the constant showing of the end of the Patriots-Miami game was on MLB and the weather channel and I’m not sure, but they could’ve shown the play over and over too. I’m…… Continue Reading

I went 10-6 last week and I now stand at 122-68. Thursday December 6th Tennessee over Jacksonville Sunday December 9th Buffalo over NY Jets Carolina over Cleveland Green Bay over Atlanta Houston over Indianapolis Kansas City over Baltimore NE Patriots over Miami New Orleans over Tampa Bay NY Giants over Washington LA Chargers over Cincinnati…… Continue Reading

I now stand at 113-62 in my NFL football picks: Thursday November 29th New Orleans over Dallas Sunday December 2nd Atlanta over Baltimore Denver over Cincinnati LA Rams over Detroit Green Bay over Arizona Houston over Cleveland Indianapolis over Jacksonville Miami over Buffalo Chicago over NY Giants Carolina over Tampa Bay Kansas City over Oakland…… Continue Reading

OK my official record is now 101-59 in my NFL picks. Really! Week #12 Thanksgiving day Chicago over Detroit Dallas over Washington New Orleans over Atlanta Sunday November 25th Baltimore over Oakland Jacksonville over Buffalo Seattle over Carolina Cincinnati over Cleveland NE Patriots over NY Jets Philadelphia over NY Giants Tampa Bay over San Francisco…… Continue Reading

I went 7-7 last week and now have a record of 94-47 which is now the corrected updated record Thursday November 15th Seattle over Green Bay Sunday November 18th Atlanta over Dallas Baltimore over Cincinnati Carolina over Detroit Tennessee over Indianapolis Pittsburgh over Jacksonville NY Giants over Tampa Bay Houston over Washington Arizona over Oakland…… Continue Reading

The Poultney-Woodstock game was closer than I expected and Mt. Mansfield was better than I expected. I give the Cougars credit and they deserved to win, but it was probably Rutland’s worst game of the year. I expected Burr and Burton to win in Division 2, but I expected the game to be a little…… Continue Reading

I was 9-4 in my NFL picks last week and now stand at 81-46 Thursday November 8th Carolina over Pittsburgh Sunday November 11th Chicago over Detroit New Orleans over Cincinnati Atlanta over Cleveland Indianapolis over Jacksonville Kansas City over Arizona NY Jets over Buffalo Tampa Bay over Washington NE Patriots over Tennessee LA Chargers over…… Continue Reading

Winning the World Series is the main thing, but as long as they have individual awards you might as well talk about them. That being said why isn’t JD Martinez at least a finalist in the AL MVP race? I get it about DH and all that, but MVP is an offensive award and always…… Continue Reading

Listen to what Alex Cora actually said please! When he said “suck on it” at the parade yesterday he was talking about the “gloom and doomers” and the “doubters” after the loss to the Yankees in game 2 of the ALDS. He was also talking about negative Boston sports talk radio. He said we went…… Continue Reading

The World Series is over and with it a few thoughts: I never imagined I’d see the Red Sox win one World Series in my lifetime, let alone four. Only Sox fans of my generation would understand. I think Steve Pearce deserved to win the World Series MVP, but so did others like David Price…… Continue Reading

Was Curt Schilling not invited to the pre-game ceremony before the World Series game day last night because of his political points of view or was it just an oversight? Good question! I went 11-3 in the NFL last week and now I stand at 64-41 overall. Here goes for week #8: Thursday October 25th…… Continue Reading

Hey the Patriots were lucky and I know I sound like a broken record, but it’s still about the defense. The next time Cordarrelle Patterson celebrates a touchdown, I hope he at least waits until he gets into the end zone! I wish Scott Zolak would stop interrupting Bob Socci during great calls. It’s annoying!.…… Continue Reading

Yes I thought it was a home-run and no interference on the ball that Jose Altuve hit last night in the first inning and the Red Sox got a huge break. A couple of things though that might be overlooked. #1 that did happen in the first inning and there was a lot of game…… Continue Reading

Hard to believe there are just two games to go in the regular season in high school football. It’s week #7. I went 12-3 last week and now stand at 65-27. Friday October 12th Rutland over Essex. That game on NSN St. Johnsbury over CVU on NSN Rice over U32 on NSN Fair Haven over…… Continue Reading

Yes I’ll admit it I was sleeping when the Red Sox clinched the American League Division Series last night against the Yankees. A good thing too because I don’t know what I would’ve done during the stressful 9th inning. I was sleeping as the Red Sox clobbered the Yankees the night before too. Let me…… Continue Reading

Tom Brady is underrated. I will say that over and over and over again! Taken in the 6th round at #199 and becomes the 3rd quarterback in NFL history to throw 500 touchdown passes. Please! there is no argument! It’s week #6 in high school football. I went 12-3 last week to bring my record…… Continue Reading

Well Milwaukee and the Dodgers won the tiebreakers yesterday, but the two losers get to play in the wildcard game tonight. It’s funny, but if the Cubs win tonight they get to play Milwaukee in the Division series and it would be like yesterday’s game between the Cubs and Brewers never existed. People do know…… Continue Reading

MSJ has decided to cancel the rest of its 2018 football schedule. School officials cited that the roster size was no longer adequate to continue to play. MSJ has been one of the most successful football programs in the state. It has won 17 Division 1 state championships including 12 in the state championship game…… Continue Reading

Now I can relax for at least a couple of weeks. I knew the Sox would clinch sooner or later, but it’s nice to get it over with. I also didn’t care that they clinched at Yankee Stadium. Yankee Stadium just happened to be the venue. Here let me say it again: 1. It’s only…… Continue Reading

Good News: The Red Sox take 2 out of 3 from the Mets and their magic # is now 2. Bad news: The Patriots lost to Jacksonville and they really stunk the joint out! It was really about the defense because it’s always about the defense. The offense wasn’t that great either and I thought…… Continue Reading

I went 7-8 last week so I hope to be much better this week. Thursday September 13th Baltimore over Cincinnati Sunday September 16th Atlanta over Carolina LA Chargers over Buffalo Minnesota over Green Bay Houston over Tennessee New Orleans over Cleveland Miami over NY Jets Kansas City over Pittsburgh Philadelphia over Tamps Bay Washington over…… Continue Reading

It’s week #1 in the NFL and here are my picks: Tonight: Philadelphia over Atlanta Sunday September 9th: Pittsburgh over Cleveland Indianapolis over Cincinnati Tennessee over Miami Minnesota over San Francisco NE Patriots over Houston New Orleans over Tampa Bay NY Giants over Jacksonville Baltimore over Buffalo LA Chargers over Kansas City Seattle over Denver…… Continue Reading

It’s here, the 2018 high school football season and the Northeast Sports Network, nsnsports.net will bring you hundreds of games including college sports too. Check out nsnsports.net for our schedule. Here is the way I see week #1: Friday August 31st Rutland over Brattleboro game That game will be video cast on nsnsports.net Fair Haven…… Continue Reading

It was a great Shrine Game on Saturday! It was competitive and it was exciting and there was a big crowd on hand who had to leave the stadium and then go back in after a long weather delay. Vermont won its third straight Shrine Game 24-13. Burr and Burton’s Jay McCoy with a pair…… Continue Reading

The Two lions Cup Twin State Soccer games were played at Castleton University this past Saturday as New Hampshire won the girls game 1-0 and leads in the series 18-13 with 5 ties. Rutland High’s Meghan Hamilton played for Vermont. Meghan also scored a goal in the Make A Wish Ice Hockey Game a couple…… Continue Reading

Just saw the movie “Chappaquidick”. It was a great movie, but I can’t get past that Gary Tanguay [yes that guy from NBC Sports Boston or whatever they call it] played the part of the ABC newsman who interviewed Ted Kennedy about the moon landing. Tanguay is the best they could do? I would’ve done…… Continue Reading

It was a wonderful pre-game ceremony before the Rutland Post 31 American Legion baseball home opener last Saturday at St. Peter’s field as Rutland hosted White River Post 84. There was a moment of silence for both former MSJ basketball star Lenny Burke and former Post 31 coach Bill Flory. Lenny Burke suffered a traumatic…… Continue Reading

I am of course disappointed that the Celtics lost game 7. It was there for the taking and Lebron spoiled the party. He was great and I can see why many consider him to be the best of all time. The best or greatest is always subjective anyway. I consider Michael Jordan to be the…… Continue Reading

Here’s a news flash for the Boston Red Sox! Jackie Bradley, Jr. and Christian Vasquez are not in slumps! They simply can’t hit! There is a difference! To be in a slump you have to somewhere along the line hit. When you hit and then don’t hit for awhile, that’s a slump. What Jackie Bradley,…… Continue Reading

Was the Celtics victory over Philly in game 1 an aberration? It might be. Come on the Celtics have no business beating them in one game, let alone the series with or without Jaylen Brown. How great a coach is Brad Stevens? He is pulling off miracles! A great coach in a player’s league. Rick…… Continue Reading

Why are so many media outlets and fans going with the ESPN reports that say that Tom Brady may not play in 2018? The reports say ” Patriots quarterback Tom Brady still has not committed to playing in 2018, even though people who know him believe he will be back in 2018.” Geez talk about…… Continue Reading

The Masters gets underway today at Augusta National. It’s certainly on my bucket list. How nice would a trip to Augusta be? My choice to get that elusive Masters championship is Rory McIlroy. Giancarlo Stanton hits a 458 ft. home-run, the day after striking out five times and being booed. Stanton also struck-out three times…… Continue Reading

Was it the biggest upset in college basketball history? Was it the biggest upset loss in Virginia history? I say yes to both. 2nd question first….yes, it was a bigger upset loss in Virginia basketball history than Chaminade’s victory over Ralph Sampson and Virginia in 1982. I say yes to the first question too. A…… Continue Reading

A day early, but Happy St. Patrick’s Day! It was a dominating performance by the Rutland High boys basketball team last night at the UVM Patrick Gym as the Raiders romped over St. Johnsbury 60-35. Rutland is now 22-0 and has won 39 straight. So it’s the Division 1 state championship tomorrow at 3PM and…… Continue Reading

No it wasn’t the NHL All Star game, it was a regular season game as the Bruins beat Pittsburgh 8-4. Tukka Rask got the win, but he stunk the joint out. Sorry he isn’t elite! If the Bruins had Henrick Lundqvist or Braden Holtby in goal I think they would win the Stanley Cup. Spring…… Continue Reading

Does it worry anybody that JD Martinez hasn’t passed his physical yet? I would be except the Red Sox’ beat writers are saying there is nothing to be worried about. At least not yet! I am thrilled that Amanda Pelkey of Montpelier won a gold medal in womens hockey. Remember her cousin Ashley Pelkey of…… Continue Reading