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Shalrie Joseph was granted a leave of absence on Saturday.
Big news today, as the Revolution announced that captain and center back Shalrie Joseph has been granted an indefinite leave of absence from the club. Personal matters is the cited reason for the leave; no other details have been released. The Twitterverse seems to be of the “respect his privacy” state of mind, so we’ll see whether or not we get any further information on this story in the coming days.
From a soccer perspective, though, Joseph’s leave opens up a whole lot of talking points. Let’s run through them.
The captain has already missed four of five matches this season due to a hip flexor injury. He started against Toronto FC on April 10 and was an important part of the Revs’ 4-1 victory. When I saw the headline that he’d be taking a leave, my immediate reaction was that the injury must be more severe than previously realized. If the issue was one of injury, the Revolution would let us know, so the question now centers upon the magnitude of this personal matter and just how long it will keep Joseph away from the club. Read the rest of this entry →
The league is built based on the down-to-earth nature and approachability of its athletes. “Getting Silly with the Breakers” is a fun-filled way to create a comfortable bond between the fans and the professional athletes who are the Boston Breakers.
A special thanks to Erica Hunt, the communications director for the team, as well as the players themselves for making this approach possible.
It is difficult for Art and Lindy Angeli to calculate exactly how many hours have been spent watching their daughter, Jordan, play soccer over the years. One would estimate that an infinite number of cold mornings in the Colorado fall were spent packing the Angeli family into the back of the mini-van to see their little “soccer star” play.
A parent wouldn’t be a parent if they didn’t sit and dream about their budding “Kristine Lilly” some day growing up to play with, well, Kristine Lilly. Not one of us hasn’t cheered our child on as they broke down the wing and wondered if their kid might just have the stuff to make it all the way. Read the rest of this entry →
JNO and her party guests turned the night upside down while celebrating number 26.
On the 22nd day of March during a wide-ranging span of years throughout history, the Heavens parted and out dropped the likes of many famous individuals from various walks of life including: comedian Chico Marx (1887), actor Karl Malden (1912), “Captain Kirk” William Shatner (1931), Canadian figure skater Elvis Stojko (1972), actress Reese Witherspoon (1976), composer Andrew Lloyd Weber (1948) and sportscaster Bob Costas (1952). Each spent this day celebrating the anniversary of their birth some number of years ago.
Little did Boston Breakers’ midfielder Jen Nobis know that when parents Pam and Mike Nobis headed for that little hospital in Quincy, Illinois on that fateful day in 1984, that she would end up sharing her special day with such an illustrious group.
With Marx and Malden laid safely to rest and Captain Kirk, Stojko, Witherspoon, Weber and Costas undoubtedly celebrating with family, the star of the Breakers got together with a couple of her closest friends, Darci and Kim, and celebrated birthday number 26 this week, 1980’s style. Read the rest of this entry →
The league is built based on the down-to-earth nature and approachability of its athletes. “Getting Silly with the Breakers” is a fun-filled way to create a comfortable bond between the fans and the professional athletes who are the Boston Breakers.
A special thanks to Erica Hunt, the communications director for the team, as well as the players themselves for making this approach possible.
Though perhaps not as well known a name as some of her rookie peers entering Women’s Professional Soccer this season, Boston Breakers goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher, holds the distinction of being the first keeper taken in the 2010 WPS College Draft.
Truth be told, Naeher carries the honors of being the highest drafted shot stopper in WPS history to date, as the first back stop wasn’t selected until the third round of the 2009 WPS draft (Karen Bardsley, Sky Blue with the 18th overall pick).
So while names like Tobin Heath, Lauren Cheney, Kelley O’Hara and Whitney Engen may be likely to battle for Rookie of the Year honors, the pride of Seymour, Connecticut can go about her business knowing that she holds a unique place in WPS history. Read the rest of this entry →
The league is built based on the down-to-earth nature and approachability of its athletes. “Getting Silly with the Breakers” is a fun-filled way to create a comfortable bond between the fans and the professional athletes who are the Boston Breakers.
A special thanks to Erica Hunt, the communications director for the team, as well as the players themselves for making this approach possible.
Together with fellow WPS rookie, Tobin Heath, and rookie emeritus, Amy Rodriguez, they’ve been affectionately referred to as the New Kids of the Women’s National Team.
After you watch the following Youtube video featuring the affable trio, you may be tempted to rename them Curly, Larry and Moe. The Three Stooges of the WPS represent the new face of Women’s Professional Soccer and each promise to not only make an immediate impact to their respective teams this season, but also share the light-hearted and approachable personality that Women’s Professional Soccer is trying to project.
The following is part of a weekly series in which writer Todd Civin presents the lighter side of the Boston Breakers of Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS).
The league is built based on the down-to-earth nature and approachability of its athletes. “Getting Silly with the Breakers” is a fun-filled way to create a comfortable bond between the fans and the professional athletes who are the Boston Breakers.
A special thanks to Erica Hunt, the communications director for the team, as well as the players themselves for making this approach possible.
For those who have followed the ongoing series entitled, Getting Silly…I assume you have noticed my frequent attempts at humor as a vehicle to break down the professional athletes from the Boston Breakers.
In each episode I’ve tried to use my relatively dry sense of humor to get playful with the ladies from the WPS who make Harvard Stadium their home. My goal has been to pick on a character trait of each player and poke a little fun, strike a nerve, pick a scab. So, when I wrote about Alex Scott who hails from Britain, I, of course, used the Monty Python motif, and when sharing an interview with Kasey Moore who went to school in Texas, I predictably went with the cowgirl spoof.
In each case, the athlete being featured played back with me but ultimately became victim to be sense of sarcasm and buckled under the pressure of my Gitmo-like interview techniques.
And then I met Alli Lipsher, goal keeper for the Breakers. Born and raised in Honolulu, Lipsher needed to wade through an array of hula girl, Don Ho, Hawaii-5-0 and more. Since this is a family show I did stop short of any jokes containing the word lei. Read the rest of this entry →
We honor Steve Grogan as the Boston Sports Then and Now Athlete of the Month. The former Patriots quarterback left it all on the field during his 16 year career. Grogan was playing the “Patriots Way” before Bill Belichick introduced it in 2000. He led by example and his teammates were always behind him.
Steve Grogan was drafted by Patriots coach Chuck Fairbanks in the fifth round of the 1975 draft out of Kansas State. He was one of the school’s all time passing and total offense leaders. Grogan not only beat you with his arm but he was exceptionally quick for a man standing at 6’4”.
The Patriots already had their franchise quarterback in place when he was drafted. Former Heisman Trophy winner, Jim Plunkett had been the Patriots starter for his first four years in the league. However, Coach Fairbanks was not afraid to make a move if a player was under-performing. It didn’t matter who he was.
Midway through the 1975 season, Grogan was given the reigns of the Patriots offense. He started the last seven games with only one victory to his credit. As a rookie, Grogan posted respectable numbers with 1976 yards with 11 touchdowns and 18 interceptions.
He also added 110 yards on the ground with three rushing scores.
This would just be a sneak preview for things to come from the lanky quarterback out of K-State.
Set. 3, 1981 - The Red Sox and the Mariners play nineteen innings to a 7-7 tie. The game ends with the Mariners winning 8-7 in 20 innings when the suspended game is resumed the next day making it the longest game played in Fenway Park history.
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