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Mike began his own sports reporting service 'SportSound' in 1993, and has been covering the Red Sox, Patriots, Bruins, Celtics and Boston College on a full-time basis ever since. Mike can be heard on local and national outlets such as WEEI as well as FOX Sports Radio and has been a frequent contributor to the national TV sports program 'Sports Pulse' on CN8, a Comcast Network.

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Three Things We Learned Last Night: Court Is Back In Session
10/28/09 12:09 EST
CLEVELAND — Here are three things we learned from the Celtics' 95-89 win over the Cavaliers in Cleveland Tuesday night: THE BIG BENCH COULD BE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE BIG THREE In 2008, the focus was all about the Big Three. This year, as Tuesday’s opener in Cleveland proved, it was about the Big Bench. The reserves came up huge, but it wasn’t so much that Rasheed Wallace, Marquis Daniels, Eddie House and Shelden Williams outscored Cleveland’s reserves, 26-10. It was WHEN they scored that made such a big difference. The Cavaliers came out on fire before 20,562 fans waiting for a reason to explode. Cleveland opened leads of 13-2, 19-5 and 21-7. But with 4:54 remaining in the first, coach Doc Rivers began a four-stage substitution, subbing Wallace for Kendrick Perkins, Daniels for Ray Allen, Williams for Kevin Garnett and House for Rajon Rondo. A 24-12 deficit was reduced to just seven — 28-21 — by the end of the first. “The second
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Thomas Airs It Out
10/21/09 03:01 EST
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FOXBORO — From the moment he turned around and addressed reporters on Wednesday morning in front of his locker, Adalius Thomas looked like he wanted to get something off his chest. The man, who is in his 10th NFL season, did not tell reporters he did not want to talk. He faced reporters and carefully couched all of his answers to the questions he knew were about to be asked. He admitted he was “shocked” by Bill Belichick’s decision to sit him for Sunday’s game against Tennessee. “Ask Bill,” Thomas said when asked if he thought he was having a subpar season. “He does all the evaluating. He knows all of that. I don’t do expectations.” But Thomas stopped far short of trying to read Belichick’s mind as for the reason behind the benching. “Ask Bill, Thomas said. “He has all the answers.” Before being held out on Sunday, Thomas was not having the best of seasons. Thomas, signed to a five-year, $35
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Three things we learned Saturday: The B's have resilience
10/11/09 07:56 EST
You don’t want to fall behind the New York Islanders, 3-0, and come back with a furious third period rally and eventually a shootout win, 4-3, just to show you can handle adversity. Truth be told, the Bruins got themselves in the hole they did on Saturday night because once again they were inconsistent in the first period, taking three penalties, including an undisciplined double-minor high sticking on Blake Wheeler and because they didn’t bring the attack to the inferior but hungrier Islanders. The visitors out-shot the Bruins, 16-7. Things got worse, not better, in the second when they allowed three goals, and lost the services of their best puck-moving defenseman when Dennis Wideman slid into the left side boards. He left with three minutes remaining in the period and did not return. “We did a lot of things tonight that are uncharacteristic of our team,” Bruins coach Claude Julien said. “In that second period guys were out of position, trying to do
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Five Things We Learned: Daisuke Sure Looks Like a Postseason Starter
10/02/09 11:26 EST
Here are five things we learned from the Red Sox' 6-2 win over the Indians, Friday night, at Fenway Park: DAISUKE KEEPS ON ROLLING Daisuke Matsuzaka looks like a viable postseason starter (if needed). It was hardly Game 7 of the 2007 ALCS, but Matsuzaka was facing the Indians in a start that meant a great deal to him and the Red Sox. After allowing a leadoff double to Michael Brantley to start the game, Matsuzaka retired the next 12 batters. But as is often the case with a pitcher coming back after several months off, the Red Sox right-hander hit the wall. He allowed a leadoff double to Travis Hafner in the fifth and this time Matsuzaka would not get out of the inning so easily. He lost command of his fastball quickly and the Indians seemed to zero in on him. Run-scoring singles by Luis Valbuena and Trevor Crowe made it 4-2. But in classic Daisuke fashion, he loaded the bases only to get out of the jam without further damage. When Shin-Soo Choo swung and missed at a nasty 82 MPH
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    Mike Milbury, NHL TV Analyst

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    12-6 Laser Show with Dustin Pedroia

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