Monday Morning Quick Hitters

The Black Bears Hockey Team skated to a 3 – 3 tie in the consolation game with St Cloud State in the Florida College Classic in Estero Florida.

The Women Black Bears Basketball Team loses the opening game in the Hawk Classic, falling to Saint Joseph’s, PA 74 – 46.

The Pirates blasted the Worcester Sharks 7 – 1 Sunday at the Cumberland County Civic Center.

As you all know by now, The New England Patriots took care of business Sunday, by beating the Buffalo Bills 13 – 0. On the other hand, Brett Favre screwed the Pats again, as the Jets lose to the Dolphins 31 – 24, eliminating the Pats from the playoffs. Don’t forget to join our Boycott Brett Favre movement. Just Click the Link to Learn More!

The Sacramento Kings payed for the Celtics 2 games of sin on Sunday. The Boston Celtics routed the Kings 108 – 63

The Bruins just keep winning, beating the Atlanta Thrashers in Atlanta 2 – 1.

Dartmouth edged out the Army Hockey team in the 1st game of the ledyard Bank Hockey Classic in New Hampshire Sunday, beating Army in overtime 5 – 4.

Monday Morning Quick Hitters

Now that that is all over with….here are your quick hitters.

Both Maine Black Bears Basketball teams were in action Sunday in Orono. The Men lost to Harvard 76 – 63.

The Women lost to Fairfield 64 – 56.

The Portland Pirates, down 2 – 0 halfway through the 2nd Periods, stormed back for 3 straight goals, beating the Worcester Sharks 3 – 2.

The Boston Celtics made history, joining the 1966-67 Philadelphia 76ers and the 1969 – 70 New York Knicks as the only teams in NBA history to have a 26 – 2 record by beating the New York Knicks 124 -105. Rajon Rondo continued his blistering December scoring 26 points on 12 for 14 shooting. The Celtics look to make history by beating the co-record holder Philadelphia 76ers tomorrow night. Big Baby missed the game after getting into a car accident on the way to the game.

David Krejci had 3 assists, Blake Wheeler scored his 10th and 11th goals of the season and Phil Kessel assisted on 2 goals to bring his scoring streak to 18 games as the Bruins beat the St Louis Blues 6 – 3.

The New England Patriots continued to do all they could do to make the playoffs by blasting the playoff bound Arizona Cardinals 47 – 7. The Patriots must win next week against the Buffalo Bills and then rely on other teams to make the playoffs. The Jets must win the season ending game Sunday Night against the Miami Dolphins or the Baltimore Ravens must lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars. Either one of those scenarios and the Pats make the playoffs. Otherwise, the Patriots could be the 2nd Wild Card era 11 – 5 team to NOT make the playoffs. The 1985 Denver Broncos went 11 – 5 and as it happens, the AFC East was a powerhouse as the Miami Dolphins went 12 – 4 to win the divisions and the Patriots and Jets went 11-5 to take the Wild Card spots. Of course, 1985 was the season the Patriots Squished the Fish to go to Super Bowl XX.

VMI used a strong 2nd half to beat the Army Black Knights mens hoops squad 62 – 55.

Portland Pirates Coach Kevin Dineen on WJAB 12-16-2008

Here is Kevin Dineen from this morning on the Morning Jab with Shoe and Joe December 16

Saturday Morning Quick Hitters

The Boston Celtics survived their 2nd back to back in a week, to outlast the New Orleans Hornets 94 – 82. On a night that James Posey received his World Championship ring, Boston fought poor shooting and foul trouble to bring the team to the best start in franchise history (22 -2 ).

Milan Lucic and Phil Kessel continued their torrid scoring pace, helping to net a 4 goal lead, to blast the Atlanta Thrashers 7 – 4. Boston trails only the San Jose Sharks (Hello Mr Thornton, 48 Points) in points with 44. Kessel is in the midst of a 14 game point streak and is now the NHL’s 3 leading goal scorer with 18.

Maine Black Bear Hockey Coach Tim Whitehead shuffled his lines a little, leading the Black Bears to a 3 – 1 win over Union at Alfond Arena.

The Lewiston MAINEiacs fell to the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 5-1 on Friday night at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee.

The Portland Pirates dropped a hard fought battle to the Binghamton Senators 2 -1.

Wednesday Morning Quick Hitters

Maine Black Bears Women’s Basketball Team dropped a tough game against Hofstra 60 – 56.

The Men’s Basketball team takes on #5 Oklahoma tonight in Oklahoma

The Portland Pirates beat the Manchester Monarchs in a shootout in Orono at Alfond Arena 4 – 3.

Monday Morning Quick Hitters

The New England Patriots blew an opportunity to move back into a 1st place tie with the Jets yesterday, giving the game to the Pittsburgh Steelers 33 -10. The Pats turned the ball over 5 times, 2 Matt Cassel INT’s and 3 fumbles and couldn’t recover.

The Portland Pirates stopped their 5 game losing streak by beating the Manchester Monarchs 4 – 0 Sunday.

The Boston Globe is reporting the Red Sox have finalized a deal to acquire their next Japanese pitcher, Junichi Tazawa. The reported deal is a 3 year/3 Million Dollar deal.

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10:30 AM Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland is the scene for the 97th Annual Portland-Deering Turkey Day Game! If you are in Southern Maine, do not miss it!

The under manned Portland Pirates dropped their 3rd straight game, a 4 – 3 loss to the Worcester Sharks.

The Lewiston MAINEiacs blast the Shawinigan Cataractes 9 – 3.

The Bruins 4 game winning streak comes to an end, losing to the Buffalo Sabres at Buffalo, 3 – 2.

Seems as though, so goes Rondo, so goes the Celtics. Rajon Rondo scored 22 points in the Celtics comeback win over the Golden State Warriors 119 – 111 at the Garden.

Portland Pirates Head Coach Kevin Dineen on The Morning Jab

Here is Kevin Dineen from this morning on the Morning Jab with Shoe and Joe

Monday Morning Quick Hitters

So I think we said that Matt Cassel wasn’t Tom Brady. I guess we were right. Matt Cassel just did something that only 4 others in NFL history have done and NEVER in Patriots history, thrown for 400 yards in 2 consecutive games. The Patriots shot themselves in the foot in the 1st half, all the while moving the ball up and down the field on offense. They obviously fixed it in the 2nd half, blowing out the Miami Dolphins 48 – 28.

The Boston Celtics cruised to their 5th straight win, blasting the Toronto Raptors 118 – 103.

In case you missed it, the Black Bears Football team was selected into the FCS playoffs, they face University of Northern Iowa Saturday in Iowa at 5PM.

Lewiston had another tough loss to the Gatineau Olympiques 6 – 2 Saturday Night.

Saturday Morning Quick Hitters

The MAINEiacs drop one to Shawinigan 7 – 4

The Portland Pirates lose to the Providence Bruins in a shootout.

The UMaine Black Bears Hockey team beat Merrimack in the 1st of two at Alfond this weekend, 2 – 1.

The Minnesota Timberwolves shot a dismal 31% from the floor as the Celtics slam the Wolves 95 -78.

The Bruins beat up on the Florida Panthers at home for a 4 – 2 win. The win moves them into a 1st Place tie with the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference and 3 points back for the NHL Points lead.