Scottish fans have cause for alarm as Manchester City visit Celtic for the first time on matchday two, and not just because Josep Guardiola's side have won all of their games this season.The recent history of club matches between English and Scottish teams makes grim reading for fans north of the border. Scotland's representatives are without a win in their last ten encounters with English clubs (D4 L6) since Shunsuke Nakamura's goal at Parkhead earned Celtic a 1-0 victory against Manchester United in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League group stage. However, the overall statistics in the 40 UEFA games between
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Relive David Ortiz Breaking Red Sox Home Run Record On 10th Anniversary
Share this: David Ortiz has an abundance of memorable home runs in a Red Sox uniform, and more could come before the end of this season, his final season. But Wednesday marks the ten-year anniversary of one of his most historic homers. On Sept. 21, 2006, Ortiz belted his 51st homer of the season off of Minnesota Twins starter Johan Santana. The blast broke a tie with Jimmie Foxx, giving Oritz sole position of the Red Sox single-season home run record. [embedded content] Ortiz went on to finish the season with 54 homers. That number still stands as both the record and Ortiz’s personal best. Ortiz’s second highest number for homers in a season is 47, a mark he set in 2005. The most homers he’s hit
Tony Allen Throws Ball Off the Backboard for Trailing Gerald Green, Who Jams With One Hand in 2006 (Video)
by Nick Koop on Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 8:25AM Editor's note: The 2011-12 NBA season was supposed to tip off Nov. 1. With no games to watch, NESN.com will help fill the void by posting a dunk video every day until the lockout ends. Gerald Green currently plays in the Chinese Basketball Association and has not played in an NBA game since 2009. However, Celtic fans will remember Green for his high-flying dunks in his two years in Boston. While Green is most known for his "Cupcake Dunk" in the 2008 Slam Dunk Contest, he had some memorable dunks with the Celtics too. In a March 2006 game against the Raptors, Tony Allen leads a fastbreak with no Toronto defenders in