Sports Rundown
Sports Rundown- Talkin’ Red Sox with the ProJo’s Dan Barbarisi
On this week’s Sports Rundown, we check in with Providence Journal Red Sox beat writer Dan Barbarisi to talk all things Red Sox, including:
a. The keys to the recent success of the team and what that success means in the larger picture of the season
b. The resurgence of David Ortiz
c. The MVP candidate that is [...]
Sports Rundown 5/15: Celtics triumph, Bruins collapse and Royals stink
Due to technical difficulties, the Sports Rundown was not aired live this past Saturday. However, you can still get your Gabe and J-Load fix right here on news.wbru.com. On this week’s edition of the award-winning Sports Rundown:
1. Gabe and J-Lo0ad discuss the Celtics’ triumph over the favored Cavaliers
2. Do the Celtics match up well with [...]
Sports Rundown 5/8; Bruins, Celtics and Tazers, oh my!
On this week’s edition of the award-winning Sports Rundown:
1. Gabe and J-Load tackle the Bruins Stanley Cup aspirations.
2. Who could the Bruins face in their fight for the Eastern Conference Championship?
3. The Celtics are down 2-1 vs. the Cavs; can they come back against King James and co.?
4. Which players need to step up for [...]
5.1 Sports Rundown – The Bruins are on a roll, the Celtics can follow a Ray of light to the semifinals, and one fan who is NOT rooting for his favorite team this year
On this week’s edition of the award-winning Sports Rundown:
1. J-Load and Gabe talk about the Bruins playoff aspirations, and preview their next series with the Philadelphia Flyers.
2. Can the Bruins get pucks past Brian Boucher?
3. The Celtics have vanquished the Heat, now can they beat the Cavs?
4. Who is the key for the Celtics chance [...]
Sports Rundown- Red Sox need to play catchup, Bruins try to finish the upset, Olympian gets busted for natural male enhancement
1. The Red Sox have fallen into an early hole this season, getting swept in a 4 game series by the Tampa Bay Rays at home. Is it too early to start panicking?
2. Which players have been picking up the slack for the Sox so far?
3. David Ortiz vs. Mike Lowell. Who should start at [...]
Sports Rundown 4.17: Pats draft possibilities, Celtics playoff predictions and the 5-year-old ARod
On this week’s edition of the AWARD-WINNING Sports Rundown, J-Load and HT (sitting in for Gabe) discuss:
1. Who will the Patriots take with their first round draft pick?
2. Where will Tim Tebow fall in the NFL Draft?
3. Do the Celtics have any shot of winning the NBA Finals?
4. Will the Celtics beat the Heat in [...]
Sports Rundown: Red Sox start shakily, Bruins gearing up for the playoffs and a stickbeating in Slovenia
On this week’s edition of the Sports Rundown:
1. J-Load and Gabe discuss the Red Sox; what can we take from their first series of the season against the Yankees?
2. What can we expect from the Bruins should they make the playoffs?
3. What happens when you combine angry hockey players, a weak head coach and hockey [...]
WBRU Sports Exclusive Interview: Jonah Keri of BloombergSports.com
Jonah Keri is the lead baseball analyst for Bloomberg Sports and works as a journalist in the fields of sports and the stock market. He is also a regular contributor to ESPN.com and has written for a number of sports-related and non-sports-related publications, including the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Baseball Prospectus, Baseball [...]
Sports Rundown 3.20: March Madness strikes the WBRU studio and Ron Washington is not a Pepsi fan
On this week’s Sports Rundown:
1. J-Load and special guest Ethan Hammerman were in Providence for Thursday’s March Madness games…here’s what really went down.
2. Not a good day for the Big East: reflections on ‘Nova and Georgetown
3. Saint Mary’s is an odd school…and we love Rocky Top
4. URI is in a postseason tournament too!
5. Ron Washington [...]
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 [...]
