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Matt Chaprales Archives, Page 1 of 1

  1. 2009 NBA Title Contenders

    What do we know after two days of the 2008-09 NBA season? We know the Celtics are going to defend the EFFING hell out of their crown as the LeBron's plot their coup. We know the Lakers are the biggest and deepest team in the league...

    Written by Matt Chaprales about 2 months ago 0 comments

  2. Woulda Been: The ‘08 Sox

    Well it stomped and it growled after rising from the dead, made a valiant last stand on wounded hind legs … but in the end the mighty beast succumbed … Four score minus one year ...

    Written by Matt Chaprales about 2 months ago 1 comments

  3. See Ya Manny, So Long Red Sox Dynasty

    I received a text from a friend the night before the trade deadline when it looked like Manny Ramirez was headed to South Florida to join the Marlins. The text read: “Worried yet?” My response: “They won’t do it...

    Written by Matt Chaprales about 5 months ago 13 comments

  4. The Boston Celtics: 17 For Them and One For Us

    One day long after Russell and the Cooz and Hondo have joined Red, Reggie and D.J. upstairs, one day when Bird too is talked about in the past tense and TD Banknorth Garden is referred to as “the old house”, I’ll look back on this day...

    Written by Matt Chaprales about 6 months ago 2 comments

  5. The Boston Garden Lives

    Just when it seemed like Lakers-Celtics would be the revival act for David Stern’s league, old friend (as in: seedy scumbag) Tim Donaghy had to resurface and cast a dark shadow over the whole shebang...

    Written by Matt Chaprales about 6 months ago 0 comments

  6. The Time Has Come For Celtic Pride

    I don’t remember Magic’s sky hook. I was probably watching Sesame Street when Bird stole the ball. And, I definitely would’ve rather been fed than seen McHale clothesline Rambis...

    Written by Matt Chaprales about 7 months ago 1 comments

  7. The Boston Garden's Reborn

    You know it was another special night at the Garden when: 1) There was a Jesus Shuttlesworth sighting for the first time in these playoffs, 2) Kevin Garnett torched the Pistons for 33 points ...

    Written by Matt Chaprales about 7 months ago 0 comments

  8. Celtics-Hawks: Seriously?

    First, let’s get the numbers straight. The Celtics won 66 games, third-most in team history. That’s right; there have been 14 world champion Celtic teams that won fewer regular season games than this one...

    Written by Matt Chaprales about 8 months ago 1 comments

  9. Boston Red Sox: Manny's Still Manny

    Someone needs to pass Manny the memo. You know, the one that tells him that not every long fly ball he hits is going out of the park, ending a game, and moving the Red Sox one step closer to a World Series...

    Written by Matt Chaprales about 9 months ago 1 comments

  10. 2008 MLB Preview: Part Two

    So the Angels and Yankees will fall in the ALDS while the Dodgers and Braves won't advance out of the NLDS. Here's how the rest of the 2008 MLB playoffs will shake out.....

    Written by Matt Chaprales about 9 months ago 0 comments

  11. MLB Preview 2008: Part One

    The defending champs in Tokyo. Miguel Cabrera in Detroit. Johan in New York. Joe Torre in LA. Just a minor shakeup from a year ago, no? So how’s it all going down in 2008? Here are the ...

    Written by Matt Chaprales about 9 months ago 0 comments

  12. March Madness Preview

    The NCAA tournament field begins with 65 teams, and in the span of four days, is whittled down to 16. Transpiring more like a continuous strike of lightning than 48 separate basketball ...

    Written by Matt Chaprales about 9 months ago 0 comments

  13. Celtics' Have Eyes on the Prize

    When you think about it, the Celtics have been engaged in an interminable period of adjustment since Danny Ainge began wheeling and dealing, the day after the draft last summer...

    Written by Matt Chaprales about 10 months ago 3 comments

  14. Mets Analysis: Third Time's the Charm for the Amazins

    To say the Mets fan base has been struggling the last two seasons is like saying it hurts to break your collar bone. Both are ridiculous understatements...

    Written by Matt Chaprales about 10 months ago 3 comments

  15. Red Sox Spring Training: Five Topics to Discuss

    Spring Training has barely gotten under way for the world champs in Fort Myers and there are already many questions coming to the forefront. Among them… Coco vs...

    Written by Matt Chaprales about 10 months ago 2 comments

  16. NBA Midseason Report

    The NBA needed this. If the league was ever going to recover from the crippling blow it took as a result of the Tim Donaghy betting scandal last summer, it needed nothing short of an intriguing, ...

    Written by Matt Chaprales about 10 months ago 0 comments

  17. 18-1: The 2007 New England Patriots

    Football has a knack for defining its most indefinable in the simplest of fashions. The Catch. The Drive. The Fumble. The Tackle. Minus the article, each exists merely as a single inherent, fundamental aspect of the game...

    Written by Matt Chaprales about 10 months ago 5 comments