Pretty good time, well as good as any, to check in with an updated Fantastic Four.
I will start with this. I had a reader chime in as to whether the prep schools in the region, Brooks and Phillips, were included in the Fanty Four.
I’ve pondered it back and forth. There are a ton of great [...]
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Former Central Catholic assistant and Merrimack College standout Tom Sipsey has been named the new head boys basketball coach at Whittier Tech.
Sipsey becames the latest in a Dick Licare coaching tree that started all the way back with Dave Fazio and Leo Parent.
He’s been on Central’s bench most recently for Rick Nault, who will add [...]
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An interesting sight after the Celtics buried the Charlotte Bobcats last night was watching Rasheed Wallace watching Game 1 of the World Series on the bigscreen TV in the Celtics locker room.
Wallace, a lifelong Phillies fan, was commenting on each pitch as if he was in the booth.
The former high school player of the year [...]
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I have no idea how to do this, but here’s this week’s football Friday video…
Oct 28th, 2009 by Hector Longo
If this doesn’t work, just copy and paste this as a link or go straight to youtube.com and search Hector Longo football friday.
This week, I chat with Reggie rusher Joey Pizzuto.
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Disclaimer: I believe the Phillies can beat the New York Yankees. They are that talented and, as Don Zimmer said in column I wrote today in The Eagle-Tribune, they are tough. Oh yeah, they’re defending champs, too.
But the New York Yankees will win the World Series. I believed this was a semi-mirage, their incredible 2009 [...]
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If you asked 100 Boston Celtics fans if the team should sign Rajon Rondo, at least 95 would say “Yes,” with about 75 adding the exclamation point.
The point is almost everybody would like Rondo’s services. So that is not in question.
The question is: At what price?
The Celtics reportedly have offered Rondo under $10 million per [...]
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Fans be prepared. The cast of New Moon is coming to a Hot Topic store near you. While we don’t know which actors will be appearing, if you are a fan of Edward and Bella, and their love story, read carefully and you can acquire VIP credentials, and be prepared for a band that is [...]
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Andover’s Rob Oppenheim shot a four-day total of 12-under par 276 in stage 1 of the PGA Tour’s qualifying school to advance to November’s second stage.
Oppenheim tied for fifth in the field of 70 players at the Wannamaker Golf Course in Port St. Lucie, Florida.
He advances to the familiar territory of Stage 2, most like [...]
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Pats got a little lazy, let things slip away in a game that was out of reach. Now, the opening possession of the second half decides whether this is another laugher or not
Offense
Line … B … Not a good day to be Logan Mankins, and the rookie Vollmer is limping
QB (C-) … Brady throwing to [...]
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How can a guy with so much credibility and class, so great a human being, athlete and spokesman for the game of pro football, flat out tell lies on national TV?
This is again Hector Longo speaking. I have the utmost respect for Phil Simms, but for him to sit on national TV and try to [...]
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