11-5.
That’s a pretty impressive set of numbers in pro football circles. It means you won more than twice as many as you lost.
It’s a set of numbers that was good enough for two of the last seven Super Bowl champions – the 2005 Pittsburgh Steelers and 2001 Patriots.
If eight minutes into the first quarter of [...]
This is a rewrite of an earlier post.
Welcome to our Week 17 Burt Talks Sports football picks contest (How’s that for a madeup name?).
Here are the key games on Sunday:
Patriots vs. Buffalo (This is not a gimme).
Jets vs. Dolphins (What will weather be?)
Ravens vs. Jags (Jags are Humpty-Dumpty)
Broncos vs. Chargers (Do Broncos have a chance?)
Cowboys [...]
Wow.
Shocking might not be strong enough. This is going to take some time to digest.
Mark Teixeira, according to Buster Olney of ESPN.com has agreed to an 8-year, $170 million contract with the New York Yankees.
It is almost funny. The fact that the Yankees don’t need a first baseman — they just acquired Nick Swisher from [...]
While it’s too early to know if the snow will be of the variety that fell on Gillette Stadium on Sunday, early reports are some snow showers and cold in Buffalo for this Sunday’s Patriots-Bills game.
Who does that favor?
Probably nobody.
But the Patriots have shown, especially on offense, that weather is a state of mind. They [...]
OK, maybe we are obsessing a tad about this game. But here is the early weather report for 4 p.m. in East Rutherford, N.J. next Sunday:
About 45 degrees and chance of showers.
If you ask me, the Dolphins will feel right at home. Those aren’t anything a warm weather team would be scared of.
Welcome to our Week 17 Burt Talks Sports football picks contest (How’s that for a madeup name?).
Here are the key games on Sunday:
Patriots vs. Buffalo (This is not a gimme).
Jets vs. Dolphins (What will weather be?)
Ravens vs. Jags (Jags are Humpty-Dumpty)
Broncos vs. Chargers (Do Broncos have a chance?)
Cowboys vs. Eagles (Eagles still have a chance)
Buccanneers [...]
I forgot to add this one.
This will probably be the most exciting game of them all on Sunday.
The Denver Broncos were up three games with three to go in their AFC West division, at 8-5 and the Chargers at 5-8.
Well, here we are and it is one game and the teams meet on Sunday.
The game [...]
This might not be the best news for the Patriots.
The New York Jets-Miami Dolphins game on Sunday has been moved to 4:15 p.m. on CBS, which means if the Patriots beat the Bills in the earlier game then the Jets might have nothing to play for afterward. Remember, the Jets must beat the Dolphins (as [...]
The Chiefs couldn’t get a first down following the Dolphins score, with QB Tyler Thigpen falling down on 4th-and-1 from their own 29.
And the Dolphins just got a first down, inside the Chiefs 20, to just about seal it just before the 2-minute warning.
So here’s the deal.
The Patriots have a one-in-a-million shot of making the [...]
The Patriots-Cardinals game has long been over and we’ve been checking for updates with the Dolphins-Chiefs.
Well, the Dolphins, on 3rd-and-4 from the Chiefs 14, a quick-hitter over the middle, from Pennington to Anthony Fasano turned into a touchdown as he brought two Chiefs with him over the last seven yards.
The Chiefs must score a touchdown [...]
Eagle-Tribune Executive Sports Editor Bill Burt has been synonymous with the local and Boston sports scene for the past 24 years.
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