Dec 23rd, 2011 by Bill Burt posted in Burt Talks Sports
Tomorrow’s games NEW ENGLAND 38, Miami 13 … Patriots are on a roll CINCINNATI 24, Arizona 21 … Will be close game PITTSBURGH 24, St. Louis 20 … Steelers will barely hold on Denver 23, BUFFALO 20 … Tebow Magic returns N.Y. …
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Oct 30th, 2011 by Bill Burt posted in Burt Talks Sports
Today’s games New England 24, PITTSBURGH 23 … Prepare for great game HOUSTON 31, Jacksonville 16 … Texans due for a romp BALTIMORE 31, Arizona 23 … Ravens good, not great team New Orleans 38, ST. LOUIS 31 … Saints not good roa…
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Sep 22nd, 2011 by Bill Burt posted in Burt Talks Sports
Here’s a story from the Ottawa Sun, pertaining to ex-Merrimack College hockey star Stephane DaCosta, who apparently put some time in the weight room this summer. ***************************************************** Stéphane Da Costa went from P…
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Sep 21st, 2011 by Bill Burt posted in Burt Talks Sports
Tom Brady has done it again. He has been honored for the second straight week as AFC Offensive Player of the Week. Here is story from the team. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Brady could win 16 of these this season but they won&…
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Sep 21st, 2011 by Bill Burt posted in Burt Talks Sports
By about 11 p.m. tonight we should know what will happen to the Boston Red Sox over the next week or so. We will have a good idea if this mess we’ve been witnessing will probably follow this team until the season ends next Wednesday or the Red So…
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Sep 17th, 2011 by Bill Burt posted in Burt Talks Sports
FYI … These picks will be in Sunday’s Eagle-Tribune sports section on the NFL page. *********************************************** Sunday’s games NEW ENGLAND 27, San Diego 23 … Tough matchup for Pats NEW ORLEANS 27, Chicago 24 …
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Apr 1st, 2011 by Bill Burt posted in Burt Talks Sports
I’m a little melancholy hearing the news that former Red Sox GM Lou Gorman passed away earlier today. I say this without hesitation: He is one of the nice people in sports that I have ever met. A few years ago, he came to the area to speak to a m…
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Mar 31st, 2011 by Bill Burt posted in Burt Talks Sports
If anybody out there in Merrimack College hockey land is wondering why Stephane Da Costa would leave the school after his sophomore season, I’ve got the answer: He just signed for some big cash. While it appears he will get about $900,000 per sea…
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Mar 31st, 2011 by Bill Burt posted in Burt Talks Sports
We reported in a few hours ago, now it’s official. Here is quick story from Ottawa Sun: The Senators have won the Stephane Da Costa sweepstakes. The team announced Thursday that it has signed the Merrimack College star to a two-year, entry-level …
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Mar 24th, 2011 by Bill Burt posted in Burt Talks Sports
Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter is taking a lot of heat around here and the New York area for his comments about Derek Jeter and Theo Epstein. Here were the quotes … On Jeter: “Our guys are thinking, ‘Wow, (Buck is) screaming…
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Mar 10th, 2011 by Bill Burt posted in Burt Talks Sports
OK, let me state this. I would agree to a five-game suspension to Zdeno Chara, for his part in the devastating hit Montreal’s Max Pacioretty had with the padded pole on Tuesday night in Montreal. The one caveat is the NHL would then give Matt Coo…
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Mar 5th, 2011 by Bill Burt posted in Burt Talks Sports
Folks, in case you haven’t been paying attention, you had better buy your Merrimack College hockey tickets or there’s a chance you won’t be able to see it in person. Merrimack clinched home ice in the Hockey East Tournament, which sta…
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Mar 5th, 2011 by Bill Burt posted in Burt Talks Sports
OK, maybe it wasn’t supposed to be a compliment, but Miami Heat forward Chris Bosh threw the name of Patriots coach Bill Belichick into the mix after the delilitating loss to the Spurs last night, 125-95, just one night after the Heat blew a 24-p…
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Mar 1st, 2011 by Bill Burt posted in Burt Talks Sports
It was a big night last night for UMass-Lowell men’s basketball, which not only upset No. 3 seeded Stonehill College in Easton, Mass., but the Div. 2 school got a little national exposure doing it. Junior guard Robbie Walton, of South Boston, was…
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Feb 28th, 2011 by Bill Burt posted in Burt Talks Sports
From what I’ve been told, newest Celtic Jeff Green is going to be a keeper here. Checking from some old stories, I grabbed this quote from his hometown paper when he was drafted by the Celtics and immediately sent to Seattle. ‘‘I’m not real…
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