http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/ en-us Copyright 2009 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:21:49 -0500 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:12:15 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=1.53 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss No one I've heard in 45 years of New England residence has ever broadcast anything better than Fred Cusick broadcast hockey. http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/09/the_incomparabl.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/09/the_incomparabl.html Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:21:49 -0500 Bob Ryan checked on on Monday to answer your questions about the Patriots' season opener, the Red Sox' hunt for the wild card, and other hot topics on the Boston sports radar. http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/09/chat_with_bob_r.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/09/chat_with_bob_r.html Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:17:01 -0500 It's pretty evident the Red Sox aren't going to make this easy. They should get this Wild Card thing done, but it's unlikely to be much before the Thursday or Friday before the end of the season on October... http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/09/stretch_run.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/09/stretch_run.html Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:40:05 -0500 Are you as bummed out by this as I am? Leon Powe has been signed by the Cavaliers. Stupid me. I had held out hope the Celtics would get him back in due time. Didn't they feel they owed... http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/08/leon.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/08/leon.html Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:02:09 -0500 Hall of Fame weekend is a wonderful outdoor celebration of baseball for which there is no admission fee. But that doesn't mean it is the only time you should visit Cooperstown. http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/07/cooperstown_ref.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/07/cooperstown_ref.html Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:14:13 -0500 I have never made any secret of the fact that Antoine Walker was among my least favorite players -- ever. http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/07/wiggle_this.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/07/wiggle_this.html Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:06:38 -0500 Albert Pujols is the man of the moment in St. Louis baseball. He is properly acclaimed as the best player in the game. But he is not The Man. In St. Louis, there is only one "The Man." There will... http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/07/man_among_men.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/07/man_among_men.html Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:40:24 -0500 I'm not Mr. Tennis. It's in my sporting portfolio, and I've been aware of it for a long time. I was a kid in the time of Jack Kramer and Pancho Gonzalez, and I remember the well-deserved fuss when... http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/07/why_we_watch.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/07/why_we_watch.html Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:07:36 -0500 There are many things I like about Sport, among them the discovery of a talent I had no idea existed. Now I don't want to exaggerate this. I don't want to go overboard. I don't want to get excessively... http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/06/goin_green.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/06/goin_green.html Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:13:57 -0500 The job as a baseball color man isn't easy. Only the real good ones know how to strike the proper balance of insight, criticism, wit, etc. Jerry Remy has it, thanks in large part to his time alongside Sean McDonough. And last night, Dennis Eckersley showed he might have it as well. http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/06/harder_than_you.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/06/harder_than_you.html Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:33:31 -0500 That's what they called him. He was an odd sight in his time. NOBODY wore glasses and lived to tell about it in MLB, back in the day. Well, almost nobody. There was Dominic DiMaggio, Specs Toporcer, Walt Masterson... http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/05/lil_perfessor.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/05/lil_perfessor.html Fri, 08 May 2009 17:28:50 -0500 It seemed like a simple enough request. "Would you mind switching that TV set to TNT? It's channel 25 in the room." We were in the bar of the spanking new Marriott City Center Hotel in downtown Raleigh. There... http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/05/travel_advisory.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/05/travel_advisory.html Wed, 06 May 2009 17:35:44 -0500 Sometimes people really amaze me. I've actually read stuff from people questioning the greatness of this Celtics-Bulls series on the basis of Chicago's regular-season record. What difference does that make? For that matter, what difference does it make that... http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/05/climax.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/05/climax.html Fri, 01 May 2009 15:44:57 -0500 It's Game 5, and I say the Celtics are about 80-20 to win it. Traditionally, when the Celtics are 2-2 coming back home you can book it. I still think they're going to win this series. But I'm not... http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/04/getting_interes.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/04/getting_interes.html Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:47:31 -0500 Maybe you knew. I sure didn't. I wasn't surprised the Celtics played well in the United Center on Thursday night. I thought there was a pretty good chance they'd play a solid game, but it never entered my mind... http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/04/never_saw_it_co.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2009/04/never_saw_it_co.html Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:41:42 -0500