Sports Rundown- URI is IN, PC is OUT, Nomar retires with the Red Sox, and CRAZY recruitment efforts

This week on the one and only Sports Rundown, Gabe and JLoad tackle all sorts of ideas and interns, including:
1. PC is involved in the worst defensive game in the history of the Big East tournament, scores 106 points, and LOSES. What the what?
2. Jamine Peterson is a beast. What are the Friar’s chances next [...]

Home Sweet Home, Bruins beat Leafs 3-2 in Shootout (Photos)

Sports Rundown/WBRU Sports Exclusive Interview: Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey

This is the third and final installment in a series of features on innovators who work behind the scenes in the sports world, leading up to our coverage of the 2010 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference on Saturday, March 6, in Boston. Last week we talked to Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein, and [...]

Home Woes Continue, Habs 4 — Bruins 1 (Photo Gallery)

Sports Rundown- Spring training recap, some URI love and PC finger-pointing, and sex-hungry Olympians!

Note: This edition of the Sports Rundown originally ran on Saturday, February 26th.
Gabe and JLoad return from Red Sox spring training in time for another edition of the Sports Rundown. This week:
1. A recap of the top storylines and tidbits from Fort Myers. To start, Yamaico Navarro is a power-hitting shortstop. Who?
2. Top pitching prospect [...]

Syracuse 99 — Providence 85 (Photos)

Sports Rundown – USA Olympic victory, Celtics get Nate Dawg and a kick-start for the Raiders

Today, on the Sports Rundown….
1. The US Olympic team is dominating the competition in Vancouver.
2. Do the Celtics have enough spark to make a playoff push?
3. The Raiders LOVE their kicker and punter THI$$$$$ MUCH.
Have a nice week, and check on the blog daily for updates from Gabe and Adam on the scene at  Sox [...]

P-Bruins lose shootout to Crunch 7-4

Winger Alexandre Picard had a hat trick, leading the Syracuse Crunch to a win over the Providence Bruins, with a final score of 7-4. Mike Blunden had two goals for the Crunch, while ex-Bruin Jonathan Sigalet also knocked a shot home. Derek MacKenzie and Mike Ratchuk were the other visiting goal-scorers. Syracuse capitalized on Bruin [...]

Bruins drop 9th straight to Canadiens 3-2 in shootout (Photo Gallery)

Bruins (F) Marco Sturm is upended by Canadiens Brian Gionta during the first period of Thursdays game. (Jerry Coli for WBRU)

Capitals 4 — Bruins 1, Bruins losing ways continue (Photos)