Coyne's Clippings

Bud Collins - Tennis / Warm feeling from bagels

Now I think Bud Collins is one of the best sports writers at the Globe, and as far as knowing history on the game of tennis, he'd be my phone-a-friend. And I know that he writes zany, wears loud clothing and is a flat out good-guy. But this article on Roger Federer (first time I've ever typed a tennis players' name) down at the US Open is just wacky... If you ever see something more outlandish than this, I'd like to read it.

And for anyone that cares (which is no one, I know) Patty Shea, UMass field hockey head coach, needs to go. She a nice person, but talk about a program headed in the wrong direction. They're well on their way to a second staight 4-15 season. Having started off the year a robust 0-5, the team has been shutout 13-0 in its last two games. In fact, the squad has scored just two goals this year. Just like we were pushing for CanCarrie.com last year, I vote for PunishPatty.com

Sunday's News - Sept. 12, 2004


Dan Shaughnessy is off his rocker.

Truly, this 86-year Red Sox epic is the greatest sports story ever told, a quest of biblical proportions (the Sox even have a Jesus action figure playing center field), with layer upon layer of history, character, and subplot. The chase transcends sports and is followed, and chronicled, by giants of film, poetry, and music.