All that's missing is Taco Bell.

I've asked before, and I'll ask again: Could NESN find an excuse to bring back its 5-to-9-a.m. loop of 12-minute SportsDesk episodes once in a while?

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I can't believe I only recently noticed that, just as The Simpsons makes like most cartoons with every character's hand sporting three fingers plus a thumb, their forks have three tines.

Pre-MLB Seattle and Toronto baseball’s gifts to the ’67 Red Sox The Impossible Dream’s seeds were substantially sowed in two cities that garnered their own big-league ball clubs a decade later.

With the Mariners and Blue Jays both marking their 50th anniversary this season, here's a look back at a time when Seattle and Toronto had back-to-back stints (and rewarding stints at that) as the Red Sox Triple-A farm base.
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I learned a while back (and have stated before) that, in this line of work, sometimes the best way to find something is to look for nothing in particular.

"The I'll Eat 8" is a literal knee-slapper of a pun! Bravo, dude!

You just unlocked an instant flashback to the weekend I spent in a hotel directly across the street from the Citgo sign. Stepping outside after dark and looking right up at it was an awe-striking experience only New Englanders or New Englanders at heart would appreciate.

Here's my periodic hot take: If Wheel of Fortune's "house minimum" upgrades to $2,000 for its couples' edition, why is the first toss-up still worth only $1,000 on these episodes?

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Happy Friday the 13th.

‘The Pitt,’ as Told by Its Patients If you think it’s hectic to watch, just imagine what it’s like to be on the operating table

An enriching, in-depth spotlight on some of The Pitt's, shall we say, role players by Jake Kring-Schriefels: www.theringer.com/2026/03/12/t...

Good on you for taking a shot at that job anyway!

In a piece of man vs. a pipsqueak, Gary Cohen and I were both up for the Pawtucket Red Sox job. Needless to say the PawSox made the right decision. And I continued to anchor news on a 500 watt radio station in Wickford, Rhode Island,

Steve Levy and Keith Olbermann should be proud.

What athlete's expression will stay with you the rest of your life?

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Happy Vermont Statehood Day to those who celebrate.

If, by any chance, @georgetakei.bsky.social (Warlord Shank) catches this video, he ought to appreciate what Walter Jones (Harlan Band) and Anik Matern (Android THELMA) have to say about him from the 5:41 to the 6:21 mark.

Space Cases 30th Anniversary Cast Reunion Interview | Behind the Scenes of the Nickelodeon Classic YouTube video by Splat Attack Podcast

Next Monday marks 30 years since the sci-fi cult classic Space Cases debuted on Nickelodeon, and the Splat Attack Podcast is getting a headstart on the milestone by having six of the show’s core cast members reminisce on the series and the production thereof.
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The Largest Digital Collection We've Seen! YouTube video by Splat Attack Podcast

Although Splat Attack is produced by ’90s kids and (primarily) for ’90s kids and ’90s kids at heart, this month’s installment of Collectors Corner has some items that would appeal to our parents and others to our Gen Z brethren as well.
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A reminder that the Rhode Island gubernatorial election is this year!! 🗳️

Many Rhode Islanders who rely on RIPTA to get around have been severely impacted by service cuts. Our state deserves leaders who won’t throw riders under the bus. We need leaders who will commit to properly funding transit. 🚌

Happy birthday, Sarah!

Welcome Freshmen's 35th Class Reunion! YouTube video by Splat Attack Podcast

This weekend will mark 35 years since Welcome Freshmen debuted on Nickelodeon. Splat Attack is acknowledging this milestone anniversary and filling us in on the series’ history and legacy with insights from various alumni.
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The All-American Legacy of Bad Bunny’s Halftime Show The Super Bowl halftime show has long been a magnet for culture-war controversy. For Bad Bunny, that meant that a performance about love and togetherness led to a lot of extremely hurt feelings.

My pick for this piece's MVP (most valuable phrase): "staggering economy of eyeballs"

via @tribecalledlex.bsky.social:
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Happy World Pizza Day to those who celebrate. (Though personally, I'll wait to observe until Friday and cannot, for the life of me, understand why this occasion doesn't always fall at *that* point in the week.)

Frankenstein’s monster actors who also performed on ’90s Nickelodeon In late January, barely two years after releasing their belated Good Burger sequel, Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell confirmed they are…

Following last month's "Kenan & Kel Meet Frankenstein" announcement, I had an itch to find out how many actors have played Frankenstein's monster and performed on a '90s Nickelodeon show.

It turns out there were quite a few.
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Happy Massachusetts Statehood Day to those who celebrate.

As someone who once followed an adolescence dream into daily sportswriting, I can vouch for your first sentence.

And if I must single out any one part of Sally's article, it is the sage directive to "look with a hard eye, write vividly and observationally, and hit our deadlines no matter what."

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Happy Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson Feast Day.

For the uninitiated, those two colonial leaders settled key locations in what came to be Rhode Island, and their ahead-of-the-times stances on separation of church and state, feminism, and race relations are especially worth remembering today.

I'm thinking of Jeffrey Marx, a one-time WaPo writer whose book, Season of Life, centers on NFL player turned HS football coach and pastor Joe Ehrmann, who talks about Men Built for Others versus Men Built for Themselves.

Between WaPo and Amazon, a certain someone surely falls into the latter camp.

So many Monty Burns, so few Arthur Fortunes. #IYKYK

Like I just posted, maybe this is my lack of business and economic knowledge talking, but something tells me the Washington Post, of all papers, could afford to sustain a sports section rivaling that of the golden-age Boston Globe...if the movers and shakers wanted it to.