Fake Teams (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
More photos » by Elise Amendola - AP 2 months ago: Toronto Blue Jays starter Roy Halladay listens to home plate umpire Mike DiMuro after Halladay hit Boston Red Sox's David Ortiz with a pitch during the second inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) Browse more photos » I hinted at this in my...
Over the Monster (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
More photos » by Elise Amendola - AP 6 months ago: Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Marco Scutaro bobbles a grounder by Boston Red Sox's Jacoby Ellsbury, before throwing Ellsbury out in the second inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston on Tuesday, May 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) Browse more photos » I really hope Theo Epstein proves all of us wrong...
Pinstripe Alley (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
More photos » by Elise Amendola - ASSOCIATED PRESS Johnny Damon Browse more photos » The Johnny Damon situation with the New York Yankees seems as though it will get pretty interesting this off-season, which I should have figured since Damon is represented by Scott Boras . Joel Sherman of the New York Post opined today that the best Yankee team in 2010 would include Damon...
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
More photos » by Elise Amendola - AP Boston Red Sox center fielder Joey Gathright (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) Browse more photos » If you were to go through all the players on the Opening Day roster for the 2006 Devil Rays, it's incredible how few of them survived on the team for long. Actually, considering the talent involved, maybe it's not such a surprise. This...
Fake Teams (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
More photos » by Elise Amendola - AP about 1 month ago: Toronto Blue Jays starter Roy Halladay is hugged by catcher Rod Barajas after Halladay threw a three-hitter in Toronto's 12-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox in a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) Browse more photos » Jeremy Sandler from the National...
CelticsBlog (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
More photos » by Elise Amendola - AP Eddie's jump shot is coming back to life. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) Browse more photos » While Eddie House's recent shooting slump has not been as dismal as Rasheed Wallace's has, it has certainly been one of the issues preventing this Celtics team from meeting its full potential. The man with the team's quickest trigger hasn't...
CelticsBlog (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
More photos » by Elise Amendola - AP Tony could play Browse more photos » Per MetroWest Daily News: Tony Allen is nearing his season debut after undergoing ankle surgery in the summer. Rivers said Allen might play tonight against the Sixers, though they could hold him out until a four-game road trip begins on Sunday. "Tony looked good today," said Rivers. "I...
Over the Monster (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
More photos » by Elise Amendola - AP 3 months ago: Boston Red Sox's Mike Lowell is congratulated by David Ortiz. left, in the dugout after Lowell's solo home run against the Detroit Tigers in the second inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) Browse more photos » A few tidbits coming out of the Globe...
Over the Monster (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
More photos » by Elise Amendola - AP 3 months ago: Jim Rice, a former Boston Red Sox player recently inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, becomes emotional as he speaks during ceremonies to retire his No. 14 at Fenway Park in Boston on Tuesday, July 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) Browse more photos » If you haven't been following Over The Monster for...
Over the Monster (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
More photos » by Elise Amendola - AP 3 months ago: Boston Red Sox' David Ortiz stretches on the field prior to a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics at Fenway Park in Boston Thursday, July 30, 2009. Ortiz and Manny Ramirez were among the more than 100 Major League Baseball players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003, according to a report in The New...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
By Elise Amendola, APTom Brady has led the Patriots back to first place in the AFC East after missing nearly all of the 2008 season.By , USA TODAYOn Thanksgiving weekend, USA TODAY looks at five NFL players whose circumstances make them especially thankful this year:WEEK 12: PICKS: , Background: Undrafted out of New Jersey's Monmouth University despite setting school records for TD catches...
Pinstripe Alley (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
More photos » by Elise Amendola - ASSOCIATED PRESS Do it again in 2010? Browse more photos » We do this every year , don't we? But how important is Andy Pettitte to the Yankees ' success? I certainly want him to come back, but as I look over the end of the year numbers, I can't help but notice that he got lucky. His BABIP was .301, down from .339 last season, and the lowest...
CelticsBlog (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
More photos » by Elise Amendola - AP I am, if nothing else, an optimist. Browse more photos » It is easy to predict good things when things are going well and to complain when things are going poorly. Or said another way, it is easy to yell "buy" when the market is going up and "sell" when it is going down. But it takes a special kind of talent (read: luck)...
Stampede Blue (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
More photos » by Elise Amendola - AP about 22 hours ago: New England Patriots NFL football head coach Bill Belichick walks from the podium after speaking about his decision not to punt late in their 35-34 loss Sunday to the Indianapolis Colts, at a news conference in Foxborough, Mass. Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) Browse more photos » Seriously...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... typical year. Swine flu is a new virus that accounts for nearly all flu cases right now. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) ATLANTA -- Let us give thanks - and pass the Purell.Your family might be sharing more than turkey and pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving. Swine flu may also be on the table - and at crowded airports and shopping malls.Just as the pandemic seems to be waning around the country,...
