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Mike Petraglia 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 including WEEI and Fox Sports Radio.

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Bruins show how good they can be
05/19/13 08:05 EST
This is how good the Bruins can be. After completely dominating the Rangers and undressing King Henrik five times, the Bruins walked out of TD Garden with a 5-2 win Sunday and a 2-0 series lead. They were the better team in every aspect. The Bruins made one of the best goalies in business look like he was playing for the Panthers in mid-season. Henrik Lundqvist hadn’t allowed five goals in a game since March 9, 2011. All of this as the Bruins played their second straight playoff game with not one, not two, but three rookie defensemen. The Bruins are doing all of this with the likes of Torey Krug, Dougie Hamilton and Matt Bartkowski supporting Zdeno Chara, Johnny Boychuk and Adam McQuaid. Rangers coach John Tortorella said his team was “spanked” in Game 1, losing in overtime. If that was a spanking, this was a good ‘ole fashioned beat down. Of course, Tortorella didn’t exactly see it that way, if for no other reason than to give his team hope despite being
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Trags Bag: Will Bruins-Rangers be another epic Boston-New York bout?
05/17/13 09:13 EST
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We’ve been down this road so many times in the last 14 years, it almost seems passé. Boston-New York. Sure, the Red Sox-Yankees have been around forever. Yes, the Jets and Patriots have been around since the AFL. The Knicks and Celtics are longstanding rivals in the NBA, and the Bruins and Rangers are meeting for the 10th time in the Stanley Cup playoffs. But the modern era of Boston-New York hatred began in earnest in 1999 when the Red Sox met the Yankees in the ALCS. It was amped up four years later when Pedro Martinez took down Don Zimmer in the 2003 rematch, won by the Yankees on Aaron (bleeping) Boone’s homer off Tim Wakefield. The Patriots and Jets ramped things up when the Patriots swooped up Bill Belichick when he left the Jets shell-shocked and started a dynasty in New England. Jets coaches Eric Mangini and Rex Ryan have provided their fair share of highlights. The two teams have split a pair of playoff encounters since 2006. The Knicks beat the Celtics in six
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Is Claude Julien the next Tom Coughlin?
05/14/13 12:39 EST
Just like his team, Claude Julien has a new lease on life. It took the most miraculous comeback in Game 7 Stanley Cup playoff history, but Julien lives to coach another playoff series with the Bruins. The widely held feeling heading into Game 7 was that Julien's job was on the line. Even with a Stanley Cup ring in his back pocket, had the Bruins not found a way to score three goals in the final 10:42 of regulation, Julien likely would have been fired. "They certainly keep you in check," Julien said, trying to laugh. "I'm a tired coach, I can tell you that much, trying to really find a way to get these guys to give us what we want out of them. "We make it tough on ourselves. We're being honest here, not being able to close it in Game 5. We've had trouble, we've always had trouble with the killer instinct. That's maybe a fault of ours, but a strength of ours is the character that you saw tonight. There's that fault and that character and somewhere along the way you try to
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Frustrated Julien, B's provide another Game 6 nightmare
05/12/13 11:32 EST
If Game 7 is the best thing in sports, Game 6 is Boston’s worst nightmare. Another Game 6, another headache for Boston sports fans. And Bruins coach Claude Julien shares their frustration, as was evident from his very brief press conference after Sunday’s 2-1 bitter pill loss at Air Canada Centre that forced Game 7 Monday night at TD Garden. "Before the game we talked about it, and after the first period, I didn't think our puck management was very good," Julien said. "That means being strong on the puck and making the right plays, shooting versus overpassing. I didn’t think it was very good." What did he really think? "As I said to our players after the game, we've been a Jekyll-and-Hyde hockey club all year, and that's what you’re seeing right now," he said. "I think it's important for us to bring the good Bruins team to the table for Game 7." Thanks to another gag job in a close-out opportunity, the Bruins and Julien have
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It Is What It Is Cast: Examining the New England Patriots offseason

In the latest edition of the "It Is What It Is" podcast, Chris Price and CSNNE's Mike Giardi take a look at the Patriots offseason on both sides of the ball, try and get a handle on which new guys will make an impact first, and whether or not the Patriots have altered their style when it comes to drafting and developing wide receivers.

Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk on Tebow's release

Mike Florio joined the program to discuss the Jets decision to release Tim Tebow, he said the situation is as disaster all around for the Jets and that the problems begins with owner Woody Johnson. Mike also said that he was disappointed with the Pats moving back in the first round.

Mike Petraglia, WEEI.com, Sits Down with Butch Stearns to Help Break Down the Pats Draft

One of the hardest working men in the biz, Mike Petraglia aka "Trags", sits down with Butch Stearns live in Foxborough to help break down all the latest Pats moves. He discusses his reaction to the trade in Round 1 and the guys those picks produced. Also, the boys talk about the decent trade the Pats made in acquiring LeGarrette Blount from Tampa Bay for Jeff Demps and a 7th rounder.

Celtics President Danny A…

Celtics President Danny Ainge with Salk and Holley

We check in with Danny Ainge for our first talk to him since the Celtics season ended last weekend. We talk about the future of the team, KG, Pierce, Doc Rivers and more, as Danny directly answers the rumors being floated by ESPN's Stephen A. Smith.

Jackie MacMullan, ESPNBoston.com: "Gut" tells me Doc will stay

Jackie Mac joins the show to discuss the trade rumors swirling around Paul Pierce, KG, Doc Rivers and the Celtics. She also discusses the future of the Celtics head coach.

ESPN's Stephen A. Smith on his rumored Celtics Clippers trade

Stephen A. joined the program to discuss the trade rumors he has reported regarding a possible trade including Doc Rivers and the Clippers. Stephen A. also told the guys that he has heard that Danny and Doc may be tiring of working together.

John Lackey postgame gues…

John Lackey postgame guest after the last game of the Minnesota series

Joe Castiglione talked with John Lackey after he picked up the W against the Twins. Lackey threw seven innings, and retired the 1st twelve batters of the game.

John Farrell pregame before the last game of the Minnesota series

Dave O'Brien talked to John Farrell before the end of the Twins series. The Sox skipper said that Big Papi's success is no surprise given his work ethic.

John Farrell postgame press conference

John Farrell postgame press conference

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Elliotte Friedman of CBC on the Bruins dominance of the Rangers

Elliotte Friedman joined the show to discuss the Bruins domination of the series thus far. He said that while nothing is certain he cannot see a way in which the Rangers come back and win the series.

Andy Brickley, NESN: Go with the young guys at D

Brickley joins the show and discusses what the Bruins should do with their young defensemen once the veterans return from injury, the play of Rask, and Torterella's coaching style.

Shawn Thornton on the Bruins game 2 win

Shawn joined the show to discuss the teams great performance in game two against the Rangers. Shawn said that he wouldn't mind playing for John Tortorella because he seems like a funny guy.

Elliotte Friedman of CBC …

Elliotte Friedman of CBC on the Bruins dominance of the Rangers

Elliotte Friedman joined the show to discuss the Bruins domination of the series thus far. He said that while nothing is certain he cannot see a way in which the Rangers come back and win the series.

Steve Zipay of Newsday on the Rangers

Steve joined the show to discuss the Rangers and their coach John Tortorella. Steve said that the Bruins have been the far better team thus far in the series.

Can the Rangers turn things around?

Kirk and Gerry talked about game three tonight at Madison Square Garden between the Bruins and Rangers. Gerry and Kirk are not very confident in the ability of the Rangers to make this a series.

Andy Brickley, NESN: Go w…

Andy Brickley, NESN: Go with the young guys at D

Brickley joins the show and discusses what the Bruins should do with their young defensemen once the veterans return from injury, the play of Rask, and Torterella's coaching style.

Lyndon Byers on the Bruins defensemen situation

LB joins the show in studio to discuss the Bruins taking a 2-0 series lead against the Rangers and what Claude should do when Seidenberg, Redden, and Ference are ready to play.

Sox Talk- M&M discuss the winning streak and future of Ellsbury

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An Hour with Jack: Jack E…

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Bruins in complete control of Rangers two games into series

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Salk and Holley's Four at Four - 05/21/13

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Daily Planet Wednesday May 8th

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Salk and Holley's Miked Up and Answer the Question 05/21/13

....uhhhh.....a bunch of bombs over there....

Salk and Holley's Miked Up and Answer the Question - 05/17/13

Sounds like a prostate exam to me!

Salk and Holley's Miked Up and Answer the Question - 05/16/13

Damn New Yorkers!

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John, Gerry and Kirk give their things that they would never do, listeners joined on the WEEI yakoff app with their thoughts.

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Boston bombing hero Jeff …

Boston bombing hero Jeff Bauman: "He's dead and I'm still here"

Jeff Bauman, a victim of the Boston Marathon bombing, joined the show to give the guys an update of his condition and a first-hand account of that terrible day. Jeff told the guys how he wrote the description of the bomber as soon as he could. Mr. Bauman added that he is aided every day with the knowledge that he is alive and the terrorist that detonated the bomb is dead.

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