Red Sox
Sox prospect and Rhode Islander Ryan Westmoreland to have brain surgery
19-year-old top Red Sox prospect Ryan Westmoreland was diagnosed with a “cavernous malformation of the brain” earlier this week at Massachusetts General Hospital and is currently in Phoenix, Arizona, where he will undergo surgery on the malformation. Westmoreland left spring training on March 4 to get a diagnosis at Mass General, then was flown around [...]
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 [...]
Red Sox Preview: Mixing and Morphing the Bullpen
Jonathan Papelbon will be back in the closer spot this season, but the rest of the bullpen spots are still up for grabs. (Adam Weinrib/WBRU)
A slight chill whips around the cozy dimensions of Fenway Park. As evening creeps into night, the top of the 9th is upon us in a tight game. [...]
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 [...]
Hank Aaron Comes Clean…or something like that.
Henry Aaron has proudly held the all-time home run record for 35 straight years. That is, until Barry Bonds stole it from him last fall. Surrounded in controversy—in a sport defined today by steroid scandals—Bonds’ record was instantly questioned as detrimental to our American sport. The record is not only the single greatest accomplishment in [...]
WBRU Sports Exclusive Interview: Theo Epstein
This is the first of 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. Later this week we’ll be speaking with Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey and next week [...]
Red Sox Spring Training: An Interview with Jon Lester
Spring Training is a wild experience for everyone involved, with autograph seekers at every turn and constant work for the players. That being said, it’s extremely impressive and humbling when a big-time MLB player takes some of his time to talk to you. Red Sox star lefty Jon Lester took a few minutes to speak [...]
WBRU Sports Exclusive Interview: Top prospect Casey Kelly
20-year-old Casey Kelly is the Red Sox most highly-touted pitching prospect coming into spring training. Kelly is a rare two-way player, playing 24 games at shortstop last season and pitching in 17 (he was also recruited to play quarterback for Tennessee back in high school). After last season, however, Kelly and the team decided it [...]
