Recent Posts By: Nick Sannicandro

With the NCAA tournament over, it is time to start looking ahead to the NBA draft and what teams should be looking for to build their future around. The NBA, more than any other professional sports association, has a plethora of draft busts. In just about every draft class one can pick out a player [...]

With J.D Drew, erm, Andrew Bailey out with a thumb injury for a few months, last years long reliever Alfredo Aceves has been pegged as the closer of the Boston Red Sox to start this upcoming season. Aceves pitched very well last season in relief  with a 2.61 ERA, 1.11 WHIP and 2 saves in [...]

As you may be well aware of by now, the NFL has been thrust under a black cloud now known as “Bounty-Gate”. For those unfamiliar with the situation, the New Orleans Saints were found to be running programs within the organization that would award players monetarily for injuring certain opponents. Targets for the attacks have [...]

While many may call me crazy for posting such an article, fresh off an electrifying triple double against the Miami Heat, I offer that the performance from Celtics star point guard Rajon Rondo only further solidifies the argument I am about to make. Rajon Rondo is not a good teammate. So before you “X” out [...]

The Celtics beat a struggling Miami Heat team 91-72 today in Boston. The Celtics climbed out to an early lead on the Heat ahead by ten after one quarter but the Heat came back and narrowed things down to five at the half. The Celtics had big games from their entire starting five; the first [...]

The Celtics and Heat will square off on Sunday in Boston in what should be a tightly contested affair between two teams that flat out don’t like each other. The Heat and Celtics have had some….heated….affairs in the last two years, but with the Celtics fighting for their playoff lives and the Heat looking to [...]

  The Boston Celtics hold two first round picks in the upcoming 2012 NBA draft,  their own and the Los Angeles Clippers which they acquired in the Kendrick Perkins/Jeff Green trade. Both picks  figured to be in the mid-to-late teens in what is considered to be a very deep draft class, one of the deepest [...]

The Red Sox compensation for their former General Manager Theo Epstein will undergo elbow surgery to remove bone spurs tomorrow. The Red Sox received minor league pitcher Chris Carpenter from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Theo Epstein who opted out of his contract with the Red Sox early to join the Chicago Cubs. Negotiations [...]

Since the announcement that Patriots owner Robert Kraft had desires to bring one of the newly approved Massachusetts Casinos to Foxboro, the relationship between Kraft and the town of Foxboro has deteriorated significantly over recent weeks.  The townspeople claim that Kraft “lied” to them and would “ruin their town and families”.  Campaigns such as the [...]

The youngest, most promising candidate for the starting shortstop role and a player who was once ranked the systems #1 prospect were today optioned down to AAA Pawtucket by Bobby Valentine and the Boston Red Sox.  Jose Iglesias and Lars Anderson were sent down today after very promising spring training results and will be forced [...]