SR 12/19: Trades, Streaks, and Mascot fail

JLoad and Becs go over the big Red Sox signings, the Celtics hot streak, and the Jaguars’ mascot fail.

This piece originally aired as the Sports Rundown, which can be heard every Saturday at noon.

Ramon Ramirez x2

Yesterday, the Red Sox picked up pitcher Ramon Ramirez from the Tampa Bay Rays off of waivers.  The 27 year old appeared went 0-0 with a 3.65 ERA in 11 games for the Cincinnati Reds last season.  Right after the season, the Rays claimed his off waivers, but released him earlier this month.
This means the [...]

RJ promoted to Boston

It’s the Red Sox offseason.  Most people are talking about recent acquisition Marco Scutaro and hoping that he will finally solve the Sox shortshop issues.  Others are focused on the bullpen, which seems a little empty now that Billy Wagner and Takashi Saito are gone.  Few are talking about the Sox new firstbase coach, Ron [...]

“Be Somebody” and probably Sooner

Sports and music go together.  If you go to almost any sports event in some kind of arena, there is music to pump up the fans and get the mood right.
Some songs just evoke memories of sports games, whether it’s Queen’s “We are the Champions,” AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” or even Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, which is played [...]

Steroids in Golf- Really??

Doug Barron has become the first golfer suspended in violation of the PGA’s performance enhancing drug policy.  He is out for 1 year.
Barron, 40, has played in only 4 tournaments this year on the developmental Nationwide Tour and once on the PGA, where he failed to make the cut.
Barron had many health issues, so it [...]

Easy Schedules for RI Basketball

As the college basketball season approaches, the URI Rams and PC Friars each have some of the easiest schedules in their conference based on which conference team they play a second time.
Based on the Big East coach’ poll, the Friars have a light  schedule.  They face Syracuse (picked 6th), Marquette (12th) and South Florida (14th), [...]

Revs Clinch Last Playoff Spot

Jeff Larentowicz’s 79th minute free kick led the Revs to a 1-0 win over the Columbus Crew and a playoff berth.  This is their 8th straight playoff appearance, marking MLS’ longest active playoff streak, as well as the longest streak among Boston’ professional sports.
After last night’s results, all of which went New England’s way, the [...]

Pay to Play update

Over the summer, WBRU Sports reported on North Smithfield implementing pay to play, a program in which students pay to be on middle school and JV sports teams.  The program was implemented amidst budget cuts and the school saw it as the best way to keep the sports teams.  The fee was $150 per athlete [...]

Bruins call up Marchand, Sobotka, and Lefebvre

Boston Bruins recall forwards Guillaume Lefebvre, Brad Marchand and Vladimir Sobotka from the Providence Bruins and place forward Milan Lucic on Long Term Injured Reserve.
Lefebvre’s recall is on an emergency basis.  Lefebvre was invited to Bruins’ training camp on a tryout agreement, and he impressed enough during the preseason to warrant the early call up.  [...]

Scoreless Revs tie Fire 0-0

The Revolution failed to score for the 4th straight game as they tied the Chicago Fire 0-0.  In the last home game of the year, the Revs were in a must win situation to keep their playoff hopes alive.
Knowing the import of this game, the Revolution came out firing.  They dominated the early going, including [...]