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| ISBN-13: | 9780762443697 |
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| Publisher: | Running Press Book Publishers |
| Publication date: | 09/13/2011 |
| Sold by: | Hachette Digital, Inc. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 272 |
| File size: | 539 KB |
About the Author
Michael Connelly is a longtime New England sportswriter who has published three acclaimed sports books and currently writes the popular Top Ten sports blog on the Boston Herald website, which receives 1.3 million visitors daily. He lives in West Roxbury, MA. Please visit him at bostonherald.com/blogs.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements 10
Introduction Andy Gresh 11
Famous Monikers, Expressions and Slogans of Boston Sports :: MC 14
My Favorite 1967 Memories George Scott 17
The 21 Greatest Seasons by Individual Players :: MC 19
Best Performances by Supporting Players :: MC 22
Best Coaches :: MC 24
Worst Coaches :: MC 27
My Top 10 Boston Sports Moments Senator Scott Brown 29
Fond Memories of Fenway Park :: MC 31
My Top Kicks for the Patriots Adam Vinatieri 33
Great Fights, Brawls and Fracases :: MC 34
My Favorite Sports Memories Growing Up Micky Ward 38
Boston Bruins All-Time Team :: AG 39
Boston's Top 10 Sports Announcers :: AG 41
Top 10 Moments of My Broadcast Career Gil Santos 43
Boston Celtics All-Time Team :: AG 47
Team Rivalries :: MC 49
Player Rivalries :: MC 51
Villains :: MC 53
Boston/New England Patriots All-Time Team :: AG 55
Top Dozen Sports Guys I Want to Have a Beer With :: AG 57
Best Drafts :: MC 59
Best Late-Round Draft Finds :: MC 61
Boston Red Sox All-Time Team :: AG 62
My Favorite Restaurants Fred Lynn 64
Top 10 Boston Marathoners Bill Rodgers 66
Characters Who Have Enriched Our Sports World :: MC 67
Best Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives in New England :: by AG and the Fans 69
Too Much Hype :: MC 71
Movies Featuring Boston Sports Teams 73
Biggest Ovations :: MC 74
Greatest Plays in Boston Sports History :: MC 77
My Top 10 Moments as a Red Sox Broadcaster Don Orsillo 80
Moments of Mischief, Tomfoolery and Malarkey :: MC 82
My 10 Favorite Bike Rides in the World Zdeno Chara 85
Best Free Agent :: MC 87
Bad Free Agent Signings :: MC 89
My 10 Best Assignments for the Boston Globe Leigh Montville 91
The Agony of Defeat: Most Painful Losses :: MC 93
In the Clutch :: MC 96
Top Massachusetts High School Basketball Players Skip Karam 99
Great Massachusetts High School Baseball Players Peter Moscariello Frank Carey 101
Top Massachusetts High School Hockey Players Bill Hanson 103
Overrated Boston Athletes :: MC 106
Underrated Boston Athletes :: MC 109
The 10 Best Trades in Boston Sports History :: AG 113
Worst Trades in Boston Sports History (That Didn't Include Babe Ruth) :: AG 115
Boston Sports Tragedies :: MC 118
Best Red Sox of My Lifetime :: AG 121
Athletes I Would Want Next to Me in a Fox Hole :: MC 123
Athletes I Would NOT Want Next to Me in a Fox Hole :: MC 125
Greatest Individual Performances in a Single Contest :: MC 127
My Top 10 Memories from Lake Placid Mike Eruzione 130
The Top 10 Professional Wrestlers of All Time :: AG 131
Sports Guys Who Don't Need a Mask on Halloween :: AG and the Fans 133
Most Heartbreaking Plays :: MC 135
Best General Managers and Owners :: MC 137
Top 10 Moments of My Career Mike Gorman 139
Worst General Managers and Owners :: MC 141
Most Intimidating Celtics Pat Williams 143
Most Hated-Basketball :: AG 145
Players I Admire John Tudor 147
Most Devastating Injuries :: MC 149
Five Sports Figures I Think Hate Me :: AG 151
Four Sports Figures (and One Institution) I Know Hate Me :: AG 152
Dynamic Duos :: MC 153
My Favorite Bruins Rick Hoyt 156
My Favorite Marathon Memories Dick Hoyt 157
Red Sox Pitchers I Would Give the Ball to for Game 7 :: MC 159
Most Amazing Boston Sports Stats :: MC 160
Woeful Stats :: MC 163
Time Bombs, Hot Heads and Head Cases :: MC 165
The 11 Things I'll Never Understand About Boston Sports :: AG 167
False Saviors :: AG 170
The Top Five Reasons Why Soccer Doesn't Suck Taylor Twellman 172
Top Five Reasons Why Soccer Sucks :: AG 173
Top 10 Reasons Why NASCAR Doesn't Suck (That Bad) :: AG 174
Most Hated-Baseball :: AG 176
Greatest Performances by Opponents :: MC 178
Best Quotes in Boston Sports History Dan Shaughnessy 185
Best Quotes Not Picked by Shaughnessy :: AG 187
Sports Things I Need to Do Before I Die :: AG 189
Top 10 Events I've Covered :: by Tony Massarotti 191
The Best Things About Connecticut:: MC 189
Top 10 Boston Bands and Musicians Rich Shertenlieb 191
The Allure of The Green Monster :: MC 193
Top New Hampshire Golf Courses Jane Blalock 195
Most Hated-Football :: AG 196
Randomocity :: MC 199
Top 12 People from Rhode Island :: AG 202
My Top 10 Moments in Broadcasting Dave Goucher 204
Politicians and Sports :: MC 208
Top 99 Massachusetts High School Athletes Mayor Raymond Flynn 210
Most Hated-Hockey :: AG 216
My 10 Favorite Boston Bruins Fights Ken Casey of Dropkick Murpys 217
The 10 Most Wonderful Things About Vermont's Three-Year Run in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Tom Brennan 219
Top 10 People in Sports (Other Than Me) from the Great State of Maine Gary Tanguay 221
Boston's Top 12 All-Time Sports Voices :: AG 223
Boston Red Sox Mount Rushmore :: AG 226
Top 11 Role Players in Boston Sports History :: AG and the Fans 228
Storms, Rambunctious Fans, Hostile Surroundings and Treacherous Conditions :: MC 231
Boston/New England Patriots Mount Rushmore :: AG 234
Best Things to Eat While Watching a Sporting Event :: AG 236
Boston Sports Best Fat Guys :: by AG and the Fans p237
Boston Celtics Mount Rushmore :: AG 239
Tom Brady's Greatest Comebacks :: AG 241
"You Over Officious Jerk!" Area Sports Events Overly Impacted by the Refs :: MC 244
Boston Bruins Mount Rushmore :: AG 247
Most Memorable Moments as Owner of the Bruins Jeremy Jacobs 248
Top 10 Sports Movies Jack Parker 250
Boston's Most Wanted List :: AG and the Fans 252
Exciting Plays :: MC 254
Bruins Are Stanley Cup Champions! :: MC 257
My Top 5 Moments in 2011 Dave Goucher 260
Top 100 Boston-Area Athletes of All Time 263