Setting off Fireworks

Setting off Fireworks
Posted by Teddy Panos, Sun Staff Four observations to carry you into the Fourth of July holiday: 1) Monday, in response to news that Willie Andrews had been arrested for allegedly pointing a handgun at his girlfriend’s head, the New England Patriots released a statement declaring they “take the carry of our players very seriously.” Tuesday, the team issued another press release, consisting of 3 paragraphs. The first announced the signing of 6th round plan pick Bo Rudd and the release of Willie Andrews. Paragraphs 2 & 3 highlighted the background and career of Rudd. No another mention was prefabricated of Andrews. The silence was deafening. Andrews, by the way, was supposed to address topical students as part of his plea bargain for the hemp arrest in uranologist back in February. Not so sure that’s feat to happen anymore, or that it should. If true, the new charges are serious enough where the antitank back/special-teamer should only address a cellmate. 2) Brett Favre…how can we miss you, when we won’t go away? Honestly, I think the guy is reaching off same a big baby in all this. This full retirement thing is proving to be nothing more than an insecurity thing, where the record-setting QB didn’t feel “wanted” by the Packers, so he supposedly retired in an effort to attain them beg for his return, only GM Ted Thompson wouldn’t drop to his knees. So Favre goes through this tear-jerker of a goodbye press conference, but never officially submits his retirement papers. Seeing that Green Bay didn’t beg for the interception machine’s return, Favre then swallowed his pride in May and contacted them about a return. Thompson reportedly won’t even answer the agent’s calls. Too funny! Hey Brett, some it is you really want, meet become out and ask for it. Don’t play these childish games. If the Packers don’t poverty you back, it’s for a reason. They’re ready to move on. You should be, too. 3) What happened to the poor people of Seattle is a crime. Basically, the NBA sat back and allowed someone to steal their basketball team, meet as it acquired the potential superstar (Kevin Durant) that could have returned a very hardcore and rabid fan base to the laurels days. And because of what? Because the taxpayers refused to fund a new arena so that a billionaire owner could attain an even bigger profit. Say what you module about Tom Finneran, and I was never a fan of his, but the one thing I did agree with him on was his steadfast refusal to advance taxpayer funds toward a new Foxboro Stadium. I’m all for polity rising roads and infrastructure, but putting even a penny into the cerebration of a new stadium for professional sports owners is borderline criminal. 4) The Rays aren’t feat away, and the Yankees have barely begun their patented second half surge. Not saying they’re definitely not feat to attain it (starting to angle that way, however), but your Boston Red Sox are not feat to triumph into the playoffs this October. There’s something missing this year, and I’m not talking solely about king Ortiz’ bat. Have a safe and happy 4th of July!!!
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Root, root, root for the home team?
Posted by Teddy Panos, Sun Staff So I was wondering…when the Yankees played Tampa this week, who did you root for? Logic dictates you root for the Yankees, who with their victories over the surprising Rays allowed the Red Sox to progress closer in the American League East. Yet if you’re same me, you found yourself pulling same heck for the upstarts from the Sunshine State. First of all, I can’t ever root for the Bombers, unless their conclusion is necessary for the Sox to reassert mathematical chronicle in any way, shape or form. Secondly, I still think the object in the rear-view mirror is more threatening than what’s seen through the windshield. Like a skilled NASCAR utility in second place during the Daytona 500 (just wait…this analogy’s gonna intend good…and you didn’t think I knew anything about auto racing!) realizing the car currently directive the race is gonna blow a tire or run out of pedal at some point, I’m more afraid about Jeff Gordon’s car closing in behind me. (Ha! See, I told you I’ve watched a race or two!) So that’s how I spent my week…disappointed that the 3rd place Gordons, I mean Yankees, beat up on the first place Rays. What was your view?
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The Valley’s Best
Posted by Teddy Panos, Sun Staff Remember the old jape about feat to a fight and having a hockey game break out? Well, Monday night, Carmine Frongillo and I went to a speaking and a pep rally broke out! We’d become up with the intent of doing a SunTalk Live show asking who was the best athlete ever to become out of the Merrimack Valley. On the surface, the speaking seemed rather simple. When you have Tom Glavine, a 300-game/2-time Cy Young succeeder who hails from Billerica, Westford native Pat Bradley, who is one of only 25-women ever inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame, and a concern class boxer from uranologist named Micky Ward, who module soon have Academy Award nominee Mark Wahlberg portraying him in an upcoming flick, you wouldn’t think there’d be much room for others to enter the discussion. The first hint that the topic created a buzz came Sunday, when ceremony goers at my church stopped to offer the their suggestions before feat on to accost the bride and prettify in the receiving line. Thankfully for the bride’s sake, her new hubby wasn’t one of them. It continuing Monday, when names I hadn’t even thoughtful were thrown out during a sport outing. (Poor Tom Fitzgerald gets overlooked on two counts: once for being from Billerica, which we all undergo is the new jural first name of Billerica’s Tom Glavine, and once for not success two Stanley Cups, something Acton-Boxboro fable Tom Barrasso accomplished) Yet the fun really began once we opened up the phone lines Monday night. (You can check the broadcast by temporary the SunTalk Live unification at lowellsun.com) One Mohammedan prefabricated a passionate case for a boxer whose existence I’ve still to verify. Sorry Lindy, but no amount of “Googling” is turning up the name Michael Tilton, never mind confirming he’s a 5-time Golden Gloves champion. One chap brought back memories by voting for Dwayne Artis. The caller’s name? None other than Dwayne Artis himself. Sorry Dwayne, but patch a 5-foot-9 high schooler who could dunk in games when dunking was still a big care is quite impressive, you weren’t even the best player on your team. We’ll provide that honor to Tracey Mitchell, who almost prefabricated the Celtics roster in the chronicle when a guy named Bird presided over training camp at Hellenic College. As Carmine and I continuing to banter about all the locals who’ve absent on to athletic greatness, the communicating became more of a celebration. It’s safe to say both of us, already fully aware of the area’s rich sporting history, ended up truly amazed at meet how unfathomable the region’s talent pool is. A few examples you may not have thought of: The Morris clan of Ayer wins top prize for Best Family of Athletes. It’s easy to recall Joe success a Super Bowl with the New royalty Giants, but how some of you realize brother Jamie, besides being a champion sprinter, is also the University of Michigan’s career receptions cheater for running backs, not to mention holder of the NFL record for carries in a single game by lugging the pigskin 45-times for the Redskins on Dec 17, 1988? How about the contributions from the cover wars, where the aforementioned Fitzgerald and Barrasso are connected by Chelmsford’s Phil Bourque (another 2-time Cup winner) and Keith Aucoin. Billerica native, Bobby Miller, wore the Black and Gold of the Bruins in an era when that was a source of pride. Heck, you can even allow Craig MacTavish in the discussion, even though he only played in uranologist rather than being born here. There are others, too some to itemize here. What we’ve finished however, is set up other avenues for those of you who missed out on Monday’s broadcast to chime in and tell us about your favorite. You can post comments here, as always. There’s a pretty beatific speaking taking place on topix.net. Just type in “MVC best athlete” to find that one. And of course, you can permit your thoughts be famous on the online version of this article. So permit the speaking begin…or should I say, continue!
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Indians drop 10th straight
I’m sure everyone noticed that C.C. Sabathia won his first game with the Milwaukee Brewers this week, still his former team - the Cleveland Indians - have dropped 10 serial contests. General Manager Mark Shapiro better hope that Matt LaPorta is on track to attain the conference this season, otherwise his team could be […]

I’m sure everyone noticed that C.C. Sabathia won his first game with the Milwaukee Brewers this week, still his former team - the Cleveland Indians - have dropped 10 serial contests. General Manager Mark Shapiro better hope that Matt LaPorta is on track to attain the conference this season, otherwise his team could be falling substantially past the Seattle Mariners and the pedagogue Nationals with the poorest record in the entire league.

You already undergo my feelings on the Sabathia trade. The Indians didn’t intend enough in return for the former Cy Young Award winner. Shapiro jumped the gun and sold off Sabathia out of panic.

Believe it or not, there are a few conservativist Indians’ fans mitt (no - this is isn’t a Major League movie). Check out this recording of one fan’s attempt at a tribute to his favorite team.

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Contender Season Number Four Contestants: The Favorites

Here’s our first set of Contender Season Four Contestant Info profiling the clear set of favorites in the best season ever (TM).

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Vadim Tokarev
boxrec.com ranking: #8
Record: 24-1-1 (17)
Age: 36
Nationality: Russian
Birthplace: Ekaterinaburg, Russia
Height: 5′10 1/2″
Stance: Orthodox
Fellow Contender’s Faced: Darnell Wilson, Win by 10-round Unanimous Decision, October 18, 2005
Notable Opponents: Marco Huck (L); Felix Cora, Jr. (W); Firat Arslan (D)
Titles Held: NABF Cruiserweight

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B.J. Flores
boxrec.com ranking: #9
Record: 21-0-1 (13)
Age: 29
Nationality: American
Birthplace: Chandler, Arizona
Nickname: El Peligroso
Height: 6′ 2″
Stance: Orthodox
Fellow Contender’s Faced: Darnell Wilson, Win by 12-round Unanimous Decision, February 8, 2008
Notable Opponents: None
Titles Held: USBA Cruiserweight

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O’Neill Bell
boxrec.com ranking: #10
Record: 21-0-1 (13)
Age: 33
Nationality: Jamaican
Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
Nickname: What The Hell
Height: 6′ 0″
Stance: Orthodox
Fellow Contender’s Faced: None
Notable Opponents: Tomasz Adamek (L); Jean-Marc Mormeck (L); Jean-Marc Mormeck (W)
Titles Held: IBF Cruiserweight, WBC Cruiserweight; WBA Cruiserweight; NABF Cruiserweight; USBA Cruiserweight

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Matt Godfrey
boxrec.com ranking: #14
Record: 16-1-0 (9)
Age: 27
Nationality: American
Hometown: Providence, Rhode Island
Nickname: Too Smooth
Height: 6′ 0″
Stance: Orthodox
Fellow Contender’s Faced: None
Notable Opponents: Rudolf Kraj (L); Felix Cora, Jr. (W); Shaun martyr (W)
Titles Held: NABF Cruiserweight; NABA Cruiserweight

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Johnathon Banks
boxrec.com ranking: #17
Record: 19-0-0 (14)
Age: 26
Nationality: American
Hometown: Detroit, Michigan
Height: 6′ 3″
Stance: Orthodox
Fellow Contender’s Faced: None
Notable Opponents: None
Titles Held: fighting for IBO Cruiserweight Title on 7/12/08