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Chara hit causing Canadians and Canadiens to go off the deep end

Posted in Burt Talks Sports on Mar 10th, 2011 Comments Off

OK, let me state this. I would agree to a five-game suspension to Zdeno Chara, for his part in the devastating hit Montreal’s Max Pacioretty had with the padded pole on Tuesday night in Montreal. The one caveat is the NHL would then give Matt Coo…

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Merrimack hockey playoff tickets available … Don’t be shut out

Posted in Burt Talks Sports on Mar 5th, 2011 Comments Off

Folks, in case you haven’t been paying attention, you had better buy your Merrimack College hockey tickets or there’s a chance you won’t be able to see it in person. Merrimack clinched home ice in the Hockey East Tournament, which sta…

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Belichick takes a hit from … Chris Bosh?!

Posted in Burt Talks Sports on Mar 5th, 2011 Comments Off

OK, maybe it wasn’t supposed to be a compliment, but Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh threw the name of Patriots coach Bill Belichick into the mix after the delilitating loss to the Spurs last night, 125-95, just one night after the Heat blew a 24-p…

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UMass-Lowell’s Robbie Walton shot make it on ESPN Boston’s Play of the Day

Posted in Burt Talks Sports on Mar 1st, 2011 Comments Off

It was a big night last night for UMass-Lowell men’s basketball, which not only upset No. 3 seeded Stonehill College in Easton, Mass., but the Div. 2 school got a little national exposure doing it. Junior guard Robbie Walton, of South Boston, was…

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Some Jeff Green nuggets

Posted in Burt Talks Sports on Feb 28th, 2011 Comments Off

From what I’ve been told, newest Celtic Jeff Green is going to be a keeper here. Checking from some old stories, I grabbed this quote from his hometown paper when he was drafted by the Celtics and immediately sent to Seattle. ‘‘I’m not real…

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Two views of Celtics’ trade

Posted in Burt Talks Sports on Feb 28th, 2011 Comments Off

Admit it, the Boston Celtics appear to be in a funk after their trading of Kendrick Perkins to the Oklahoma Thunder. Newly acquired Jeff Green looks like a fish out of water and center Nenad Krstic. In essence, it does feel like a great deal right now,…

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Were Pats right in dealing Seymour away?

Posted in Burt Talks Sports on Feb 16th, 2011 Comments Off

We trusted Bill Belichick on this one when he decided to trade Richard Seymour to Oakland two seasons ago. Seymour was getting old and he wanted to be paid like a superstar. The rumblings we got from Foxboro was that Seymour was good, but not great any…

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NCAA Div. 1 graduation rates … read them and weep

Posted in Burt Talks Sports on Feb 10th, 2011 Comments Off

If you’ve got 30 minutes to kill, check out this thorough look at graduation rates at all of the major Div. 1 schools for football, basketball and baseball, and then a look at totals for all student-athletes. They break it down, first, by confere…

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Sox offer chance for tickets to Opening Day, Yankees and Cubs games

Posted in Burt Talks Sports on Feb 9th, 2011 Comments Off

It has already begun. See below. Good luck: Registration for the opportunity to purchase tickets in the 2011 Random Drawings presented by MasterCard begins today, Wednesday, February 9, at noon online at redsox.com. Fans may register for the chance to …

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Carmelo Anthony to Lakers? Believe it

Posted in Burt Talks Sports on Feb 8th, 2011 Comments Off

Word on the basketball street is that Los Angeles Lakers are close to making a deal with the Denver Nuggets. The Lakers would get eventual free agent Carmelo Anthony and the Nuggets would get oft-injured, but young center Andrew Bynum. Personally, I li…

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