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Lynn Hoppes

Reporter Gordon Edes, who has covered baseball for about 30 years, has joined ESPNBoston.com...Angeles Times, among other publications. He joined us today. So Page 2 wanted to welcome him to...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2009

Housecleaning time: Clips, links and e-mail

We're long overdue for some major housecleaning (links, e-mails and follow-up thoughts), but before we get to that, I have three thoughts from the wee...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 04, 2007

Thinking about the NBA playoffs while web surfing

All right, we're pulling out all the stops today: NBA playoff thoughts, reader e-mails, follow-ups to last Friday's mailbag, some weekly links ... it...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 18, 2007

A weekend with Oscar, Floyd and Roger

When we're shelling out $64.95 for an HD boxing pay-per-view, our ultimate hope is that the telecast won't end with everyone saying, "Crap, that wasn'...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 07, 2007

One big-time tank battle, and lots more

Get ready for an epic battle in Milwaukee tonight: Ersan Ilyasova and the Milwaukee Bucks battling Allan Ray and the Boston Celtics, in what Chris Har...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 04, 2007

Greg Oden: No. 1 with a bullet

I'll remember Monday night's Florida-OSU game for five reasons: Florida cementing its status as one of the best non-UCLA college teams of the modern e...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 03, 2007

One shining weekend ahead

...rematch, WrestleMania XXIII, the start of the 2007 baseball season and the first of at least 250...planning on writing an American League preview for today and never pulled it off -- not because I...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 30, 2007

Durant, Oden and hoops housecleaning

Five quick updates on the Greg Oden-Kevin Durant Sweepstakes before we get to some housecleaning: 1. Let the tanking begin! After Milwaukee (25 wins)...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 22, 2007

Running with the Celtics

...for Paul Pierce. Here's what it's like to be a Celtics fan right now: Earlier today, I had a conversation with a friend about the best possible injury for Pierce that would (A...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 08, 2007

MC: Weekend Update

...Page 2 because we're loaded with Super Bowl stuff, so I'm writing Cowbells every day. Today's topic: Two subjects from the weekend that didn't deserve their own column but deserve some...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 30, 2006

MC: Losing Isiah

...Elgin Baylor to say the words, "That guy's an [rhymes with bassbowl]." 6. Nearly completed fantasy baseball trade on cell phone while walking down ESPYs red carpet. 7. Broke news of Celtics-Lakers trade...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 17, 2006

MC: Damon e-mails

...years later? He's an icon, a Red Sox legend ... until now. Now he's just another baseball player who will go down as a guy whose true team color came out in the end...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 22, 2005

MC: We the people

...clear. I wanted to mention two online petitions today: 1. keepmanny.com If you're a Sox...paying the best 1-2 offensive punch in baseball a combined $27 million-$28 million a year...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 01, 2005

MC: MVPs and books

One follow-up to today's Cowbell column (featured below): When I linked to the David Halberstam book on Amazon, I didn...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 15, 2005

MC: World Series comedy

Some funny moments from the first two games of the World Series, including ... • The McCarver/Buck exchange right before Podsednik's walkoff h...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 24, 2005