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  • Bruins close in on New York sweep

    Daniel Paille and Shawn Thornton have inspired a third-period comeback for the Boston Bruins in their 2-1 win over the New York Rangers.Boston took a 3-0 lead in their Eastern Conference semi-final series against the Rangers with Thornton helping create Paille's decisive goal at New York's Madison Square Garden with three minutes and 31 seconds remaining.Paille and Thornton both ...

  • Boston earns 2-1 victory takes 3-0 series lead against Rangers | NHL playoffs

    NEW YORK — It took 40 years for Original Six rivals Boston and New York to face off again in the playoffs. Beantown's Bruins seem intent on wrapping up the long-awaited get-together in a hurry. Daniel Paille scored the tiebreaking goal with 3:31 left in the third period — after defenseman Johnny Boychuk got the Bruins even earlier in the frame — and Boston put the ...

  • Merlot Line Proves Worth For Umpteenth Time And Other Leftover Bruins Thoughts

    BOSTON (CBS) — For the Bruins, Game 2 came relatively easily. Game 3 did not. On the road, facing a locked-in Henrik Lundqvist and dealing with referees determined not to give them any power plays, the Bruins rallied in the third period to beat the Rangers in the most Bruins way possible. The goals came from doing the dirty work, they came with the fourth line on the ice, and they came ...

  • NHL Should Review Officiating In Game 3 Of Bruins-Rangers Series

    BOSTON (CBS) — The Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers on Tuesday night despite the best effort of Henrik Lundqvist, despite the 18 skaters in blue sweaters standing in their way, and despite the two men with orange armbands doing their best to influence the game. We can’t say that the effect of referees Dan O’Rourke and Kevin Pollock on the game was intentional, or part ...

  • Bruins use fourth line to build 3-0 series lead

    NEW YORK — Up until Tuesday, the Rangers had not lost at home during this year’s playoffs. That all changed as the Bruins rallied from a 1-0 deficit with two third-period goals to take Game 3, 2-1, and move one game away from reaching the Eastern Conference finals. Here are some thoughts and observations from Game 3: o Boston's fourth line of Daniel Paille, Gregory Campbell ...


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Movie Review

Moulin Rouge

In Moulin Rouge, director Baz Luhrmann has finally found a form that is fitting to his uncompromisingly bombastic style. His previous two films, the independent Australian hit Strictly Ballroom (1992) and the hyperkinetic adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996), were leading up to this: a full-blown musical, the likes of which I don't think anyone has ever s ... ...

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  • Bruins depth crushing Rangers

    Boston Bruins winger Daniel Paille celebrates his game-winning goal against the New York Rangers Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. (Frank Granklin ...

  • Notebook Bruins defense strikes goals

    NEW YORK - Johnny Boychuk and the Bruins defense strikes again.Boychuk scored the game-tying goal early in the third period last night, setting up the B’s for a 2-1 victory in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Rangers. It was Boychuk’s fourth goal of the playoffs and the fifth scored by a Bruins blueliner in the series."It’s just a bonus," ...

  • Bruins Grab 3-0 Series Lead

    NEW YORK | Daniel Paille snapped a tie with 3:31 left in the third period, and the Boston Bruins put the New York Rangers on the brink of elimination with a 2-1 victory in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series on Tuesday ...

  • Buchholz looks to notch seventh win as Red Sox wrap up road trip

    When John Danks returns to the White Sox rotation, there will be room only for Hector Santiago or Dylan Axelrod -- not both. With ace Chris Sale scratched from Wednesday's series finale as a precautionary measure because of mild tendinitis in his left shoulder, Santiago will pitch on three days' rest as the White Sox look to sweep aside the Red Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. Boston will ...

  • ‘Long haul’ eyed for victims of bombings

    Mayor Thomas M. Menino wants to keep The One Fund Boston going as an all-volunteer nonprofit even after all the money is distributed next month with an eye to helping victims of the marathon bombings with long-term "deteriorating" injuries."This is a long haul for (victims)," Menino said. "That’s why it’s important One Fund continues as long as we ...

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