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Category Archives: Sports
Boston Rules and Resistance is Futile
Yesterday the Dowbrigade and his son and cameraman Gabriel joined half a million other Boston sports fans to celebrate the latest World Championship by a local sports team. Yawn. Then we stopped for Brazilian Bar-B-Q on the way home. Ho … Continue reading
Posted in Boston, Celtics, Humor, Prose Screeds, Sports
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Ode to an Unsung Hero
Boston sports fans have reason to be nervous – the incredible run of luck experienced by area sports teams is coming to an end.Now it can be revealed – the Dowbrigade has been personally responsible for the incredible run of … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Prose Screeds, Sports
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Hallelujah!
Wednesday night’s summary execution of the Sonics by the Celtics, 111-82, was more of a mercy killing than a duel, and looked at times like a gaggle of Junior High JVs against a team of McDonald’s All-Americans. Pleased as punch … Continue reading
Scapegoats Save Professional Sports
At first glance, finding a common thread running between Major League Baseball’s tying Roger Clemens to the stake as part of its witch hunt against steroids and other performance enhancing drugs, and the National Football League’s public dressing down and … Continue reading
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To Praise the Patriots, Not to Bury Them
The pain is receding, the wound is scabbing over, and soon even the temptation to pick at the scab will fade into the warm mist of seasons past and fondly remembered. Yes, fondly, for the Dowbrigade firmly believes that one … Continue reading
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Devil Worshippers Lose Pro Team
When your bad reputation is exceeded only by an uninterrupted record of failure and ineptitude, sometimes the only thing to do is to change your name. Not only does this often throw creditors off the track, but can offer a … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Media News, Sports
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Cold Turkey for Hot Sports
As we settle into the Command and Control Chair at Dowbrigade World Headquarters for our nightly session of essay correction, exercise writing, Nazi hunting, television grazing, naval gazing, Wiki writing, bitcasting, vacation planning and arcane research, we run our increasingly … Continue reading
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Comic of the Day
Of course, we read the comics page because every so often we see ourself there, so plain and exposed and idiotic that we can’t help but laugh out loud. The lovely and providentially patient Norma Yvonne well knows by now … Continue reading
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Deval Wimps Out on Gaming
Governor Deval Patrick expressed reservations yesterday about licensing a casino in any Massachusetts city, clouding the prospects for hotly debated proposals to build resort-style gambling complexes in Boston and New Bedford. “I have some misgivings about a casino in any … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Sports
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Man U Signs 9-year-old – No Joke
MANCHESTER, England: Manchester United, by most measures the #1 sports team in the world, has announced the signing of Rhain Davis, a 9-year-old soccer prodigy from Australia (see photo). Rhain was brought to the attention of the world soccer powerhouse … Continue reading
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Instant Classic at Wimbledon
(Wimbledon, England – Exclusive to BostonNow) Tennis fans and history buffs will long remmber what transpored in the Tennis Temple of Wimbledon this afternoon. For a pure expression of a sport at the highest peak of its possible performance, and … Continue reading
Tavarez a Diamond in the Rough
In today’s stuffy world of pampered millionaire athletes and padded resumes, Red Sox starting pitcher Julian Tavarez is definitely a breath of fresh air. With a record that defines “journeyman” (8 teams in 14 years and a career ERA of … Continue reading
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