The Boston Bruins will play the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals and it will mark the first time since 1979 that the championship will be decided between two "Original Six" NHL clubs. That's right, in 1979, the New York Rangers faced the Montreal Canadiens in the Cup...

It's pretty tough to write a blog post when you just can't put your thoughts into words. My mind races. The thoughts gush like Old Faithful on her best days and I look at a blank screen and try to type.

Is it "writer's block," you ask? No. The...

Roy Hibbert, an emerging NBA star on both the offensive and defensive ends of the court, now needs to work on his all-around skills and that should start with his interviews, media relations, social skills and his off-the-court game. He can start by knowing some of the facts.

While Hibbert...

BOSTON -- I am sick of giving my thoughts and prayers. I am sick of standing for a moment of silence. I am sick of it all. Whether it was the catastrophic events of September 11, 2011 or the lone-wolf criminal acts of Oklahoma City in April of 1995 or...

There is an amazing human spirit in all of us and sports often brings it out and we can relate. We enjoy. We laugh. We think. We cry, as the great Jim Valvano said.

We agonize over our favorite teams and sometimes we sympathize with them, and we do it...

Winning streaks are largely the subject matter for fans and media types only. The players are far too focused and far too competitive to let any one stat or headline-grabbing streak have any serious effect on their approach to a professional basketball game. Yet, when the locker room door swung...

Everyone interested in resolving world peace problems, please read on.

Well, now that you're engaged, a disclaimer of truth, justice and the American way is a deserving trade-off for your interested eyeballs. Truth be told, I might not be fully on the path to permanently resolving world peace, but I...

Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone?
Girls have picked them every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
-- Pete...

Ground Control to Major Lebron, Take your protein pills and put your headband on. Commence countdown, engines on. Check ignition and may God's love be with you.

This is Major Lebron to Ground Control, I'm stepping through the door and I'm floating in a most peculiar way.

Enough Bowie, right?...

The worldwide leader, a.k.a. the mother-ship (according to former CNN & ESPN sports anchor, current radio head Dan Patrick) has decided this will be the weekend of Michael Jordan's 50th anniversary of his arrival in a nursery ward. The NBA, NBA TV and Turner Sports -- the owners of the...

Just a few days after the folks at Google reminded everyone in the world of the importance of the (very) late Frank Zamboni (who would've turned 112 on January 16), two of Mr. Zamboni's machines raced along the boards at TD Garden in Boston. It was pre-game of the Bruins...

To Whom It May Concern Amongst the NHL's Ticket Holders, Vendors, Arena-Staff, Arena-Area Workers or Small Business Owners, Players, Coaches, Front Office Executives, Sponsors, Team Owners, and to you The Fan:

And to the distinguished Commissioner Gary Bettman and to NHL Players Association head Donald Fehr:

First and foremost, Commissioner...

They were down and out, a nation of hard-working people delving deeper into recession. Yet the Diamond Jubilee was to be staged and it culminated in events on June 5, 2012, marking the 60th year of reign for Queen Elizabeth, the daughter of King George VI and his bride, Queen...

FLUSHING, EAST RUTHERFORD or BUST? -- Like many other things in life, I've decided I just don't have the time nor the energy to put up with this stuff anymore. Once a loyal fan and a witness of the Joe Namath, Emerson Boozer, Don Maynard-era JETS, and once a season-ticket...

After a few decades of apartment dwelling in Manhattan together with my great family, we decided to move to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and, remarkably, turn our good fortune of owning a NYC pad into a "real" home in the suburbs of Boston. All along, I had one thing in...

Raul Ibanez clocked two homers to give the New York Yankees an amazing playoff victory the other night and it made me think of a special day in 2001, a day that surely was going to be the worst day of my life.

It was Halloween, October 31, 2001, and...

Just after the first 2012 presidential debate between President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney was reduced to a ridiculous comment about "Big Bird," I flipped channels and found myself amongst the NFL pundits wondering how it was possible to conclude the Columbus Day holiday weekend with the National Football...

You've heard of Red Square, right?

If you were around in 1992, you might've heard the rallying cry of the '92 Lithuanian Olympic team, "Better Dead than Red." Surely, if you were an avid sports fan, you remember the team of vagabonds parading into the Olympics in their Grateful Dead-funded...

In the worst officiating debacle since the 1972 Munich Olympic Games -- when incompetent game and table officials literally robbed the United States men's Olympic basketball team of a gold medal -- the National Football League became the laughingstock of professional sports on Monday night. The incident occurred when on-field...

The contrast between the two events couldn't be more different. One, the NHL's Winter Classic, was held on a cold, bleary New Year's Day on the frozen tundra of a transformed Fenway Park. The second, the 2012 Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton, Massachusetts, is staged at the TPC Boston during...