J Rose
Boston-based opinion will all the subtlety of a sledgehammer
It’s the eve of the biggest series in the history of Tropicana Field and the whole town is, well, basically going crazy for the Rays.
Except for the approximately 1 billion transplanted New Englanders who live here, myself included.
For us exPats we’re caught in the crossfire, torn [...]

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J Rose
Boston-based opinion with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer
My colleagues Mitch, Colin and Scott have already weighed in with their opinions on the Don Imus/(artist formerly known as) ‘Pacman’ Jones situation, but I wanted to throw in my two cents on the whole rash of insensitive and/or racist remarks that have plagued national commentators [...]

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J Rose
Boston-based opinion with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer
Last Friday morning Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling informed the world on his weekly radio show that he would have to undergo season-ending shoulder surgery, and at 41-years old and facing a lengthy rehab, he has probably pitched his last game in the major leagues.
Shortly [...]

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J ROSE
Devastated.
Humiliated.
Annihilated.
Overrated.
All of these terms can be used to describe the incredible fraud that is the 2007-2008 Los Angeles Lakers.
After all, this is a club that was supposedly singing “kumbaya” coming into the postseason and fooled all the pundits, like my clueless colleague Colin, into thinking it was an unstoppable, united force by breezing [...]

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