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With Manny, Nothing's Cut and Dry

I know, it doesn’t look good. Manny tested positive for a banned substance and is not appealing the automatic 50-game suspension he received as a result...

Written by Matt Chaprales about 6 months ago 62 reads 0 comments
Celtics-Bulls VI: Battle of the Century

I left my friend’s place after Celtics-Bulls Game Six last night, exhausted and in a malaise. My memory of what had just transpired—usually crystal clear—was so clouded and ...

Written by Matt Chaprales about 7 months ago 60 reads 0 comments
Celtics Ticket-Less for Playoffs

Tom Brady might be sitting courtside at TD Banknorth Garden on Saturday—when the Celtics officially begin their title defense—but unlike last postseason, he will not be the most important guy in street clothes next to the Celtics bench...

Written by Matt Chaprales about 7 months ago 79 reads 0 comments
Defining "Dynasty": Who Makes The Cut?

With the Pittsburgh Steelers having just recently captured their second Super Bowl in four years and sixth overall, it seems like a good time to tackle one of the most subjective and contested concepts in sport, “the dynasty...

Written by Matt Chaprales about 9 months ago 93 reads 1 comments
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 about 1 year ago 420 reads 0 comments
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 about 1 year ago 96 reads 1 comments
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 about 1 year ago 664 reads 13 comments
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 about 1 year ago 724 reads 2 comments
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 about 1 year ago 255 reads 0 comments
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 about 1 year ago 528 reads 1 comments
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 about 1 year ago 775 reads 0 comments
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 about 1 year ago 665 reads 1 comments
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 about 1 year ago 656 reads 1 comments
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 about 1 year ago 515 reads 0 comments
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 about 1 year ago 461 reads 0 comments
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 about 1 year ago 745 reads 0 comments
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 about 1 year ago 764 reads 3 comments
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 about 1 year ago 557 reads 3 comments
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 about 1 year ago 447 reads 2 comments
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 about 1 year ago 385 reads 0 comments
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 about 1 year ago 805 reads 5 comments

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Matt Chaprales Article Archive

With Manny, Nothing's Cut and Dry

Celtics-Bulls VI: Battle of the Century

Celtics Ticket-Less for Playoffs

Defining "Dynasty": Who Makes The Cut?

2009 NBA Title Contenders

Woulda Been: The ‘08 Sox

See Ya Manny, So Long Red Sox Dynasty

The Boston Celtics: 17 For Them and One For Us

The Boston Garden Lives

The Time Has Come For Celtic Pride

The Boston Garden's Reborn

Celtics-Hawks: Seriously?

Boston Red Sox: Manny's Still Manny

2008 MLB Preview: Part Two

MLB Preview 2008: Part One

March Madness Preview

Celtics' Have Eyes on the Prize

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

Red Sox Spring Training: Five Topics to Discuss

NBA Midseason Report

18-1: The 2007 New England Patriots

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