What was the best year in Boston sports? There have certainly been a lot of outstanding years especially since 2001. Boston sports teams have won nine championships in the past fifteen years to go along with thirteen championship appearances. If you take a look at years prior to 2001, it’s tough to find years that […]
This year marks the 30th Anniversary of the 1986 Boston Celtics championship season. Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about the Golden State Warriors possibly being the best NBA Team Ever. They’ve been compared primarily to the Chicago Bulls teams of the 1990’s. The teams that are often forgotten in these discussions are […]
What if there had been a 1988 USA Basketball Dream Team? I know. It’s not the top subject on the headlines this weekend. However, our recent post stating why Larry Bird was better than Lebron James has opened up some debate on today’s NBA against the NBA in the 1980’s. Most NBA fans would agree […]
Today’s post will focus on why Larry Bird was a better basketball player than Lebron James. In the last couple of years, these two players have been compared very frequently by sports media and fans. It’s an easy comparison to make considering that both players played the same position as small forwards. In addition, both […]
Would the Patriots trade Tom Brady this offseason for the right deal? Before you start to think of this as a ridiculous concept, please take a step back and put on your objectivity hat. Let’s start with this. Tom Brady is still playing at an elite level. He’s still one of the best quarterbacks in […]
This will be First Score Boston’s third Titletown Ten post and it will focus on dominant players in Boston sports. It was a great week for Red Sox fans to remember the great career of Pedro Martinez. Pedro was the greatest pitcher of his era and he changed the baseball experience for Red Sox fans. […]
Let’s call this the Boston sports bye week. The All Star Game is over. There are no professional sports games for three days. It’s peak time for summer vacations. Beach. Pool. Relaxation. We’re going to offer some random thoughts this week in a non-standard blog post for First Score Boston. Enjoy! 1. There’s been more […]
This year’s NBA Finals has been exciting to watch. The Warriors were expected to dominate and the opposite has happened since Kyrie Irving went down which has led to another level of pumping up Lebron James by the national media. Lebron is the best player in the NBA right now. He has proven this in […]
With the Stanley Cup Finals and NBA Finals starting this week, this is a good opportunity to discuss the top championship teams in a historical context. I’m not even going to get started on some of the things we’re hearing this week about Lebron James being compared to Michael Jordan. It amazes me that people […]