Late last week Bill Ballou and Jennifer Toland, both great sportswriters for the Worcester Telegram, wrote a story with the news that The College of the Holy Cross has been approached by Hockey East to replace Notre Dame in the conference after the 2016-17 collegiate hockey season when the Fighting Irish join the Big Ten... Continue Reading →
Worcester Railers Score Big With Recent Hires
With the Worcester Railers inaugural season just over one year away Railers HC Owner Cliff Rucker and President Mike Myers have long since started putting together the off-ice staff. Tuesday saw the first hockey operations hiring, with long time NCAA coach Jamie Russell being named the franchise's first head coach and general manager. Over the... Continue Reading →
2016 NFL Week 2 Schedule/Announcers/TV
Thursday, September 15 New York Jets at Buffalo 8:25PM CBS Jim Nantz/Phil Simms Sunday, September 18 Dallas at Washington 1:00PM FOX Kevin Burkhardt/John Lynch New Orleans at New York Giants 1:00PM FOX Kenny Albert/Daryl Johnston San Francisco at Carolina 1:00PM FOX Chris Myers/Ronde Barber Cincinnati at Pittsburgh 1:00PM CBS Ian Eagle/Dan Fouts Tennessee at Detroit... Continue Reading →
2016 NFL Week 1 Schedule/Announcers/TV
Thursday, September 8 Carolina at Denver 8:30PM NBC Al Michaels/Cris Collinsworth Sunday, September 11 Buffalo at Baltimore 1:00PM CBS Spero Dedes/Solomon Wilcots Cleveland at Philadelphia 1:00PM CBS Greg Gumbel/Trent Green San Diego at Kansas City 1:00PM CBS Kevin Harlan/Rich Gannon Cincinnati at New York Jets 1:00PM CBS Jim Nantz/Phil Simms Chicago at Houston 1:00PM FOX... Continue Reading →
The “210 Awards” for the Worcester Bravehearts 2016 season
When I covered AHL hockey here in Worcester I had an end of season posting where I named my award winners, and called those awards the "210 Awards" after the moniker I use on several sports message boards. Generally those awards were a mix of serious awards and a few humorous ones I'd add poking... Continue Reading →
Worcester Bravehearts franchise records set in 2016
During the 2016 Futures Collegiate Baseball League season several regular season Worcester Bravehearts franchise records were broken or tied. Below is list of those franchise marks set or tied, and this list may be updated as more stats are collected. Individual, single game, new record BATTERS Hitting for the cycle Rafael Bournigal vs Wachusett, 07/09/16... Continue Reading →