Joe Pace
New England Sports 366, #14: Robert Parish
The Celtics of the 1980s had the original Big Three, and when asked to name them, it's almost always recited as Bird, McHale, and Parish....
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Joe Pace
Jan 13, 2020
New England Sports 366, #13: Aly Raisman
Simone Biles might be the greatest American gymnast - maybe the greatest gymnast in the history of the sport. But she's from Ohio and...
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Joe Pace
Jan 12, 2020
New England Sports 366, #12: Marv Cook
Before Gronk, before Ben Coates, there was, briefly, Marv Cook. The Patriots drafted Cook in the third round out of Iowa in 1989. In 1991...
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Joe Pace
Jan 11, 2020
New England Sports 366, #11: Adam Oates
When I was in high school and college, the Bruins were pretty good. They made the Stanley Cup Finals in 1990 (my freshman year at...
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Joe Pace
Jan 10, 2020
New England Sports 366, #10: Matthew Slater
Should a special teams guy be in the Football Hall of Fame? Yes. And it should be this guy. Matthew Slater is as good a football player...
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Joe Pace
Jan 9, 2020
New England Sports 366, #9: Kevin Romine
If we’re going to make it through the year, there are going to be some backups and bench guys mixed in with the all-timers. Kevin Romine...
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Joe Pace
Jan 8, 2020
New England Sports 366, #8: Antoine Walker
The Boston Celtics of the early 1990s were a hot mess. Larry, Kevin, and Robert were not walking through that door, and the untimely...
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Joe Pace
Jan 7, 2020
New England Sports 366, #7: Rebecca Lobo
When I was a kid, there were women in sports. There have always been women in sports. I knew about Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova,...
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Joe Pace
Jan 6, 2020
New England Sports 366, #6: Jason Varitek
With football season officially over, we turn our attention to the tantalizing advent of baseball. Thirty-six days until pitchers and...
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Joe Pace
Jan 5, 2020
New England Sports 366, #5: Thomas Edward Patrick Brady, Jr.
I was hoping to have a few more weeks before getting to TB12. I was hoping this last Patriots team with him at the helm would be able to...
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Joe Pace
Jan 4, 2020
New England Sports 366, #4: Bobby Orr
On this fourth day of 2020, our athlete is THE Number 4: Bobby Orr. This is an early first for our list, our first "greatest". Because...
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Joe Pace
Jan 3, 2020
New England Sports 366, #3: Bob Cousy
I never saw Cousy play, of course. He retired from professional basketball when my parents were sophomores in high school. My first...
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