Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are a member of the Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Since 1912, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park. The "Red Sox" name was chosen by the team owner, Mr Taylor, a year or two before Fenway Park was begun on land his family owned. (per Red Sox Century). The club icons have followed from that decision. The arrival of spring awakens the citizens of Red Sox Nation and the annual quest for a World Series victory by the local nine. They began in 1901 as the Boston Americans of the newly formed American League. They won the first ever World Series in 1903 over the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1908 they changed their name to the Red Sox. In 1912 they moved into brand new Fenway Park, where they still play today. The club was founded in 1901, as one of the American League's eight charter franchises. They were a dominant team in the new league—defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series in 1903. They won four more championships by 1918, and then went into one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history; it came to an end in 2004, when the team won their sixth World Series Championship. Since 2003, the Red Sox have competed in four ALCS, have won two World Series, and have emerged as arguably the most successful MLB team of the last decade.In 1918, the Red Sox won their fifth World Series, thanks in part to a star lefty pitcher named Babe Ruth, who could also hit the 'you know what' out of the ball. Following the 1919 season, Sox owner Harry Frazee sold Ruth to the New York Yankees. For the next 86 years despite the enduring loyalty by Red Sox Nation the team suffered a variety of gut wrenching disappointments Boston Sports and no World Series victories. The Red Sox led all MLB teams in average road attendance in 2007, while the small capacity of Fenway Park caused them to rank 11th in home attendance.[2][3] Every home game since May 15, 2003 has been sold out—a span of over six years and an MLB record
After the Babe's exile to New York, thirteen futile years followed including nine last place campaigns. A resurgence began in 1933 when millionaire Tom Yawkee purchased the team, remodeled Fenway Park, and spent money for big name players. Through the 1940's and 50's, the team continually competed for the pennant but they were foiled several times, often by the Yankees. In 1946 they won their first pennant since 1918 but were beaten by the Boston Sports St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series. Nickname The name Red Sox, chosen by owner John I. Taylor after the 1907 season, refers to the red hose in the team uniform beginning 1908. Sox had been previously adopted for the Chicago White Sox by newspapers needing a headline-friendly form of Stockings, as "Stockings Win!" in large type would not fit on a page. The Spanish language media sometime refers to the team as Medias Rojas for Red Stockings. They went through another bleak period from the late fifties until the "Impossible Dream" team of 1967; led by Carl Yastrzemski's incredible Triple Crown season. The love affair between New England baseball fans and the Red Sox was reborn. Since that magical '67 season Fenway Park has consistently been filled to capacity. In the following years the Sox won pennants in 1975 and 1986, captured three divisional championships, and made five wild-card appearances. In the winter of 2002 the Yawkee era ended with the sale of the team to a group led by principle owner John Henry. That name originated with, and was made immortal by, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, who were during 1867–1870 a member of the pioneering National Association of Base Ball Players. Managed by Harry Wright, Cincinnati adopted a uniform with white knickers and red stockings, and earned the famous nickname, a year or two before hiring the first fully professional team in 1869. When the club folded after the 1870 season, Wright was hired to organize a new team in Boston, and he did, bringing three teammates and the "Red Stockings" nickname along (Most nicknames were then only nicknames, neither club names nor registered trademarks, so the migration was informal). The Boston Sports Red Stockings won four championships in the five seasons of the new National Association, the first professional league. Boston and a new Cincinnati club were charter members of the National League in 1876. Perhaps in deference to the Cincinnati history, many people[who?] reserved the "Red Stockings" nickname for that city with the Boston team commonly referred to as the "Red Caps". Other names were sometimes used before Boston officially adopted the nickname "Braves" in 1912; the club moved to Milwaukee and is now playing in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1901, the upstart American League In 2004, eight decades of heartbreak were forever purged. In the A.L. Championship Series, the Sox went down a seemingly impossible three games to none to the Yankees. Amazingly they reversed the tide and vanquished the New Yorkers four straight times to take the pennant. Four games later in St. Louis, when reliever Keith Foulk fielded Cardinals shortstop Edgar Rentaria's bouncer to the mound, and tossed the ball to Doug Mientkiewicz at first base, the Sports Boston Red Sox were finally the World Champions of Baseball once again. established a competing club in Boston. (Originally, the team was supposed to be the Buffalo Bisons, currently a minor league team, but league ownership at the last minute removed Buffalo from the league in favor of the expansion Boston franchise.) For seven seasons, the AL team wore dark blue stockings and had no official nickname. They were simply "Boston", "Bostonians" or "the Bostons"; or the "Americans" or "Boston Americans" as in "American Leaguers", Boston being a two-team city. Their 1901–1907 jerseys, both home and road, simply read "Boston", except for 1902 when they sported large letters "B" and "A" denoting "Boston" and "American." Newspaper writers of the time used other nicknames for the club, including "Somersets" (for owner Charles Somers), "Plymouth Rocks," "Beaneaters," the "Collinsites" (for manager Jimmy Collins)", and "Pilgrims." For years many sources have listed "Pilgrims" as the early Boston AL team's official nickname, but researcher Bill Nowlin has Sports demonstrated that the name was barely used, if at all, during the team's early years.[5] The origin of the nickname appears to be a poem entitled “The Pilgrims At Home” written by Edwin Fitzwilliam that was sung at the 1907 home opener (“Rory O’More” melody).[6] This nickname was commonly used during that season, perhaps because the team had a new manager and several rookie players. John I. Taylor had said in December 1907 that the Pilgrims “sounded too much like homeless wanderers.” The National League club, though seldom called the "Red Stockings" anymore, still wore red trim. In 1907, the National League club adopted an all-white uniform, and the American League team saw an opportunity. On Sports December 18, 1907, Taylor announced that the club had officially adopted red as its new team color. The 1908 uniforms featured a large icon of a red stocking angling across the shirt front. For 1908, the National League club returned to wearing red trim, but the American League team finally had an official nickname, and would Sports remain "The Red Sox" for good. The name is often shortened to "Bosox" or "BoSox," a combination of "Boston" and "Sox" (similar to the "ChiSox" in Chicago Sports or the minor league "PawSox" of Pawtucket). Sportswriters sometimes refer to the Red Sox as the Crimson Hose,[7] and the Olde Towne Team. Recently, media has begun to casually call them the "Sawx", reflecting how the word is pronounced with a New England accent. However, most fans simply refer to the team as the Sports "Sox" when the context is understood to mean Red Sox.[8] read more
Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics (pronounced /ˈsɛltɪks/) is a professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, playing in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team is owned by Wycliffe Grousbeck and coached by Doc Rivers, with Sports Danny Ainge as the President of Basketball Operations. Founded in 1946, their 17 NBA Championships are the most for any NBA franchise. The Celtics' greatest domination came from 1957 to 1969, with 11 championships in 13 years, and eight in a row, the longest consecutive championship winning streak of any North American professional sports team. They currently play their home games at TD Garden. Any discussion of NBA history starts with the Sports Boston Celtics. Under the direction of Red Auerbach, the Celtics produced three dynasties winning 16 World Titles from 1957 to 1986. The fast break, the full-court press, and unselfishness on the court became synonymous with Celtics Basketball. The Celtics either dominated the league or played a large part in the playoffs in the late 1950s through the mid 1980s. After the Sports deaths of the second draft pick Len Bias in 1986 and Reggie Lewis in 1993, the team fell into a steady decline, only making the playoffs four times from 1996 to 2007.
They were a charter member of the NBA when the league began in 1946. The team struggled for the first four years, but in 1950 two newcomers Sports arrived who would forever change Celtics fortune and the game itself. Owner Walter Brown brought in former Washington Capitals coach Red Auerbach to take command; and as the result of a league contraction and a Sports draft, a six foot guard from Holy Cross, Bob Cousy returned to the Sports Boston Garden. The Celtics continued to improve with the addition of quality Sports players the likes of Bill Sharman, Frank Ramsey, and Tommy Heinsohn, but the addition of Bill Russell in 1956 was the final piece of the puzzle. franchise has recently returned to prominence with the Sports acquisition of Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen during the 2007 off-season. On June 17, 2008, the Boston Celtics won their 17th championship by defeating the Sports Los Angeles Lakers 4–2 in the 2008 NBA Finals. Four Celtics (Bob Cousy, Bill Russell, Dave Cowens, and Larry Bird) have won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award for an NBA record total of 10 MVP awards Russell revolutionized the role of the big man in Basketball Sports. His shot blocking, rebounding, and passing transformed a good team into an unstoppable force. With Cousy triggering the fast Sports break, and the other players performing their roles, the first dynasty was underway. Thirteen years and 11 championships later, Russell retired. After a couple of down years, Auerbach drafted rookie center Dave Cowens. Small for a center, Cowens made up for his size with his fierce intensity and toughness. With superstar John Havlicek a holdover from the Russell era, Cowens Sports, and a collection of key role players, the Celtics added two more championship banners to the Garden rafters in the '70s. The Celtics were formed in 1946 as a team in the Basketball Association of America, and became part of the National Basketball Association (NBA) after the merger of the BAA and the National Basketball League to form the NBA in the fall of 1949.[1] In 1950, the Celtics became the first franchise to Sports draft an African American player, signing Chuck Cooper.[2] Auerbach struck again in 1979. With a crafty maneuver, he drafted junior Larry Bird of Indiana State University. Bird had led his Sports college team to the NCAA finals losing in the classic 1979 title game to Magic Johnson's Michigan State team Sports. Bird was the NBA Rookie of The Year in 1980 with the Celtics improving from 29 to 61 wins. Johnson's Lakers won the title that year but the next year Sports Bird led the Celtics to Championship number 14, and the rivalry of Bird vs. Magic, and the Celtics vs. the Lakers began again in earnest. read more
Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team has been in Sports existence since 1924, entering the league as the first United States-based expansion franchise. They are also an Original Six team, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, The Boston Bruins entered the National Hockey Sports League in 1924. They were the leagues'first expansion team, and the first U.S. based NHL team. The first year they won only six of thirty games, but they rose quickly and won their first of five Stanley Cups Sports 1929. Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens, and Chicago Blackhawks. Boston currently has the second highest total of Stanley Cup Their first star player was defenseman Eddie Shore who came to the Sports team in 1926. He led the Bruins to eleven playoff appearances in his thirteen seasons. The Bruins won their second Championship in 1939 with Shore as the captain. In the 1940's Milt Schmidt was the star leading Sports Boston to a Stanley Cup victory in 1941. At the end of his Hall of Fame career in 1954, Schmidt became coach of the Bruins. Later he became the general Sports manager and made the landmark trade for Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge, and Fred Stanfield from Chicago, to join a young phenomenon named Bobby Orr.
The season after that, 1929–30, the Bruins posted the best-ever regular Sports season winning percentage in the NHL (an astonishing .875, winning 38 out of 44 games, a record which still stands) and shattered numerous Sports team scoring records, but lost to the Montreal Canadiens in the Cup Final. championships won by an American Sports team at five, with the Detroit Red Wings winning 11. Their home arena is the TD Garden, where they have played since 1995 after leaving the Boston Garden (which had been their home since 1928). The last number to be retired is the number 8 worn by Cam Neely, in 2004. The phrase power forward, formally a basketball Sports term, was given to Neely for his bone crushing style during his ten years patrolling the right wing for Boston. Unlike most tough guys Neely had game. In the 93-94 season he became one of only eight players to score 50 goals in 50 games. He retired as the all-time Bruins Sports playoff goal scoring leader. His career ended prematurely due to injury,but his legacy went well beyond Boston.In 2005 Neely was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Adams directed Ross to come up with a nickname that would portray an untamed animal Sports displaying speed, agility, and cunning. Ross came up with "Bruins", an Old English word used for brown bears in classic folk-tales. The Sports team's bearlike nickname also went along with the team's original uniform colors of brown and yellow, which came from Adams' grocery chain, First National Stores.[1]
The 1930s Bruins teams included Shore, Thompson, Clapper, Babe Siebert and Cooney Weiland. The team led the Sports league's standings five times in that decade. In 1939, the team changed its uniform colors from brown and yellow to the current black and gold, and captured the second Stanley Cup in franchise Sports history. That year, Thompson was traded for rookie goaltender Frank Brimsek. Brimsek had an award-winning season, capturing the Vezina and Calder Trophies, becoming the first rookie named to the NHL First All-Star Sports Team, and earning the nickname "Mr. Zero." The team skating in front of Thompson included Bill Cowley, Shore, Clapper and "Sudden Death" Mel Hill (who scored three overtime goals in one playoff series), together with the "Kraut Line" of center Milt Schmidt, right winger Bobby Bauer and left winger Woody Dumart. It was on December 1, 1924, that the new Bruins Sports team played their first NHL game against the Maroons, at Boston Arena, with the Bruins winning the game by a 2-1 score. But the team only managed a 6-24-0 record (for last place) in its first season. It played three more seasons at the Arena, after which the Bruins became the main tenant of the famous Sports Boston Garden[3], while the old Boston Arena facility - the world's oldest existing indoor ice hockey venue - was eventually taken over by Northeastern University, and renamed Matthews Arena when the university renovated it in 1979. In their third season, 1926–27, the team markedly improved. Ross took advantage of the collapse of the Western Hockey League to purchase several western stars, including the team's first great Sports star, a defenseman from Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan named Eddie Shore. The Bruins reached the Stanley Cup Final despite finishing only one game above .500, but lost to the Ottawa Senators in the first Sports Cup Final to be between exclusively NHL teams. In 1929 the Bruins defeated the New York Rangers to win their first Stanley Cup. Standout players on the first championship team included Shore, Harry Oliver, Dit Clapper, Dutch Gainor and goaltender Tiny Thompson. The 1928–29 season was the first Sports played at Boston Garden, which Adams had built after guaranteeing his backers $500,000 in gate receipts over the next five years.  read more
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The They were the last of eight teams that formed the new American Football League which began play in 1960. Though the AFL was ridiculed by the media and the NFL, it succeeded with a wide open shoot-out style of football Sports. The Patriots were solid contenders with several standout Sports players, in the early years. They won the Eastern Division in 1963 but lost to San Diego in the championship game. By the time of the merger of the AFL and NFL in 1970, the Patriots were in decline and still without a home. team is part of the East Division of the American Football Sports Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The team changed its name from the original Boston Patriots after relocating to Foxborough in 1971, although Foxborough is a suburb of Boston, 22 miles (35 km) away.
For the first few years they were the Boston Patriots, a vagabond team in a upstart league, in search of a permanent home. They played in every possible venue, from BU to BC to Harvard and Fenway Park. They even played a home game in Alabama. Somehow they persevered and survived, and today the New England Patriots have a beautiful new stadium of their own, and three Super Bowl Championships since 2001 An original member of the American Football League (AFL), the Patriots joined the NFL in the 1970 merger of those leagues. The team advanced to the playoffs four times before appearing in Super Bowl XX in January 1986, losing to the Chicago Bears. The team also appeared in Super Bowl XXXI in January 1997, losing to the Green Bay Packers. Between 2001 and 2005, the Patriots became the second team in NFL history (after the Dallas Cowboys) to win three Super Bowls in four years (Super Bowl XXXVI, XXXVIII, and XXXIX), and the eighth to win In the summer of 1970, the Patriots opened Schaefer Stadium in Foxboro. They also had a new name, the New England Patriots, and were now new members of the National Football League. In 1982, the stadium was renamed Sullivan Stadium after the team's founder and owner Billy Sullivan, and renamed again as Foxboro Stadium in 1990 by new owner Victor Kiam. Though a spartan facility, the venerable stadium had excellent sight lines, seats close to the action, and provided the Patriots a home for 31 years.
consecutive Super Bowls. The Patriots, however, were defeated by the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII, after winning the first 18 games of their 2007 season. Under quarterback Tom Brady and head coach Bill Belichick, the Patriots have also compiled the longest regular season and playoff winning streak in NFL history, an 21-game streak in 2003-2004. Patriots fans were treated to many fine teams with three trips to the Super Bowl during the Foxboro Stadium years. In 1986, the Pats were the first team to win three road playoff games en route to their first ever Super Bowl. Playing the powerful and heavily favored Chicago Bears the Patriots were no match. The arrival of Drew Bledsoe and Bill Parcells in 1993 and new owner Robert Kraft a year later launched the franchise into a new era of success and popularity. In 1997 the Patriots made it to a second Super Bowl, losing an entertaining game to Green Bay. On November 16, 1959, Boston business executive Billy Sullivan was awarded the eighth and final franchise of the developing American Football League (AFL). The following winter, locals were allowed to submit ideas for the Boston football team's official name. The most popular choice—and the one that Sullivan selected—was "Boston Patriots". Immediately thereafter, Boston Globe artist Phil Bissell developed the "Pat Patriot" logo read more
New England Revolution
The New England Revolution is an American soccer club based in Foxborough, Massachusetts, that participates in Major League Soccer. The club is owned by Robert Kraft, who also owns the New England Patriots of the National Football League. The name "Revolution" refers to the New England region's involvement in the American Revolution. Professional soccer came to Foxboro Stadium in 1996. The New England Revolution of Major League Soccer, owned by Pats owner Robert Kraft, began play in the league's first season. Also playing in Gillette Stadium, the Revs have been one of the more successful teams in attendance, and went to the championship game in 2002. On the first two Mondays in February the Fleet Center is reserved for the Harvard, Northeastern, BC, and BU hockey teams for the annual Beanpot Tournament. Started more than 50 years ago at the Boston Garden, a Beanpot title can turn a poor season into a successful one for the winning team. The Revs currently play their home matches at Gillette Stadium. The club played their home games at the adjacent and now-demolished Foxboro Stadium, during the 1996 through 2001 seasons. The Revs hold the distinction of being the first MLS team to have every league game in its history televised.[1] July 2008 incident aboard aircraft
On July 18, 2008, Revolution players and staff were on American Airlines Flight 725, a Boeing 757 with 151 passengers and seven crew on board, flying from Boston to Los Angeles. The team was en route to play Chivas USA as part of the 2008 SuperLiga tournament. During the flight, team staff helped to subdue an unruly passenger who had undressed and was attempting to open the plane's emergency exit during the flight. The plane was diverted to Oklahoma City, where the passenger was removed by FBI personnel.[4][5] There is always something going on in the Boston sports world. There is a abundance of high school and college sports. There has been a recent growth in minor league baseball and hockey with teams coming to cities all around New England. There is the Boston Cannons Lacrosse team, and the Arena Football League has plans for a Boston franchise.
Their main rivals are largely considered to be Red Bull New York, although in recent years the Revolution have built rivalries with fellow Eastern Conference teams DC United and Chicago Fire, and the MLS champions Houston Dynamo. The club's supporter's clubs are called the Midnight Riders and Rev Army. The name 'Midnight Riders' is in honor of the famous rides of Paul Revere and William Dawes, who announced the departure of British troops from Boston to Concord at the beginning of the American Revolution. The Midnight Riders and Rev Army occupy the north stand of the stadium, which they have nicknamed "The Fort". The Fort is a general admission section and draws its name from the revolutionary theme which runs through the team and independent supporters' associations. read more
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The Red Sox are a member of the Major League Baseball's American League Eastern Division. Since 1912
scores and statistics about the Celtics of the Eastern Conference of the NBA.
The Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Massachusetts.They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference
The New England Patriots participate in the National Football League (NFL) and are based in Foxborough,Massachusetts
The New England Revolution are one of Major League Soccer's original teams, starting play in 1996
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