Share this: The Boston Bruins lost a tough one in Nashville on Thursday night, but the bigger concern was the status of goalie Tuukka Rask. Rask was forced to leave the game in the first period after taking a puck to the neck. However, he returned to practice Friday and said it wasn’t as bad as it looked. To hear more from Rask, as well as head coach Claude Julien, check out the clip above from “NESN Sports Today,” presented by People’s United Bank. More Stories Source link
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Notre Dame’s Torii Hunter Jr. Takes Bad Hit, Goes Limp As Dad Watches On
Well this was a scary hit. Notre Dame senior wide receiver Torii Hunter Jr. took a hard hit to the head in the end zone during the third quarter of Sunday night’s Fighting Irish vs. Texas Longhorns matchup. Hunter Jr., the son of former MLB All-Star Torii Hunter, initially caught the pass which would have been a go-ahead touchdown, but dropped the ball after taking the two hard hits. He appeared to go limp afterward, causing concern, but moved his extremities while on the ground and eventually walked off under his own power. He was being evaluated in the locker room when Hunter Sr. and his family joined him there. Hunter
Red Sox Notes: Boston’s Struggles In Close Games A Cause For Concern
Share this: BOSTON — The mark of any good baseball team is its ability to win all different types of games, from close contests to blowouts. The Red Sox have done just fine this season in the latter category. The former? Not as much. Boston lost another close one to the Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park on Tuesday, rallying on two separate occasions before falling to a 9-8 loss. After this defeat and the team’s 4-2 loss to the Tigers on Monday, the Red Sox’s last five losses have been by two runs or fewer. “We play the game and the situation that’s in front of us,” manager John Farrell said after the game. “Sometimes it doesn’t work in our favor. Sometimes you find yourself in a
Celtics Show Resolve With Game 1 Comeback, But Slow Starts A Concern
There are two different ways to look at the Boston Celtics’ Game 1 loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday, and both have their merits. First, for the glass-half-full crowd: The Celtics played arguably their worst offensive first half of basketball, yet only lost by one point. After scoring just 34 first-half points and trailing by as many as 17 points, Boston displayed courage and resolve by actually taking the lead early in the fourth quarter and fighting until the very last second. “Hey, we ride this way, right?” head coach Brad Stevens said in a postgame interview aired on CSN New England. “We guard, we grind, we try to find a way. And to