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Twenty years ago, heck even 10 years ago, the only way to catch a game or sporting event was to watch it live on television or watch the news or read the paper for a recap of the event. But if you were out of the house, there was no way to follow along live. With the development of smartphones, such as IPhones and Androids, you are able to get information anywhere at anytime. Soon apps were developed that closely followed the scores of live sports games, but there was still something missing. The feeling of being at the game.

51 Retires 9 years later

After 9 years of his final walk off the field, New York Yankee, Bernie Williams has retired. The great Yankee’s number 51, will be retired through out the team this summer and it was fitting he finally signed the papers.

Williams spent 15 years in the Bronx, with the Yankees. (1991-2006) The great Yankee left the teams with 2,336 hits and 287 homeruns.

Not offered a major league contract by the Yankees after the 2006 season, turned down New York’s offer to go to spring training with a minor league contract. Williams has joked with former teammates for years that he was still not retired.

Since leaving the MLB, Williams has started a blossoming music career. Being nominated for a Latin Grammy award. Performing and tour consumes most of the newly retired Yankees free time yet he still makes time for baseball.

Williams often performs the national anthem at ballparks as he travels the country. The 46 year old plans to keep his music career going and growing as an artist.

Though baseball is long over for the Yankee, he will be remembered on June 20^th during old timers day, as he becomes a part of Monument Park in Yankee Stadium.

 

 

Williams Performing at the Syracuse Chiefs on Father’s Day 2014

The Mets are the Best Team in Baseball… What?

For a brief moment in time as of Thursday, April 23, 2015, the New York Mets have the best record in Major League Baseball.

Yes, I’m 100% serious.

The Mets have won 11 straight after a 6-3 victory against the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday and are now the proud owners of a 13-3 record. They finished 10-0 on their first homestand of the season after sweeping three of their National League East rivals. The Mets have never won all 10 games on a homestand before, and they’re the seventh team in major league history to do so and the first since the 1991 Minnesota Twins.

Sportscenter has taken to tweeting daily about the Mets, a team typically forgotten about by mainstream media.

Best 15-game starts in Mets history:

2015: 12-3
1986: 12-3-Won World Series
2006: 11-4-Lost in NLCS
1972: 11-4-Missed playoffs

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 23, 2015

ELEVEN! Daniel Murphy goes 2-3 with 4 RBI as Mets beat Braves, 6-3. New York extends winning streak to 11 games. pic.twitter.com/QnCiqkTAns

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 23, 2015

Strange But True: In 1986, Mets started 2-3 and won next 11 games, this year's team did the same.

The 1986 Mets won the World Series….

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 23, 2015

The baseball season is still young – we’re not even 20 games in yet – but analysts are getting out their record books and comparing the 2015 Mets to previous teams, trying to give those poor Mets fans a little glimmer of hope.

That’s what baseball is all about, though. Predictions and numbers and the idea of your team going all the way after suffering for so many years.

Up next for the Mets is a quick subway line number 7 ride from the city into the Bronx to play the New York Yankees for the annual Subway Series. The Mets hope to continue their winning  streak while the Yanks, who are only 1/2 game behind the Boston Red Sox, will look to break the streak and move up in the American League East.

 

Prosperous Future for Spieth, Under Armour

The golf world has a new rising star in 21-year-old Jordan Spieth, who won the Masters earlier this month in record-setting fashion.

Spieth’s breakthrough win has brought great financial benefits to himself–he picked up $1.8 million in prize money–but also his sponsor Under Armour.

Business Insider predicts that the brand’s golf revenue will double following Spieth’s green jacket crowning, stating,

“…analysts at Piper Jaffray wrote that following Spieth’s win, the sale of Under Armour’s golf merchandise has accelerated. As a result, the firm raised its price target on Under Armour to $93 from $90. So Spieth’s Masters win is worth, in Piper’s view, $3 per share for Under Armour. There are 218 million Under Armour shares outstanding, so another way to think of this is that Spieth’s win is worth around $654 million for the company.”

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/jordan-spieth-under-armour-price-target-2015-4#ixzz3Y8qgBW8n

WNE Baseball finishes second in CCC

The cold winter delayed the Golden Bears’ season, but now their own merit has extended the 2015 campaign. With a doubleheader sweep over Wentworth College on Sunday afternoon, the Golden Bears will cruise into the playoffs, having finished Commonwealth Coast Conference play at 11-5—good enough to secure second place.

The Golden Bears won the first contest 4-3 and the second 6-4.

Celtics set to play the Cavaliers in first round

The Boston Celtics are back in the playoffs after their one-year absence.

On Monday night the Chicago Bulls defeated the Brooklyn Nets, giving the Celtics a playoff birth, which we know now will be the seven seed.

After a loss to the Miami Heat on February 1, the Celtics were 14 games under .500 at 16-30 overall. Since then, Boston has gone on a hot streak, spurred by the acquisition of guard Isaiah Thomas, winning 23 of 34 games since February 3.

Boston’s 23 wins give them third-most wins in the league (tied with Houston Rockets and Cleveland Cavaliers) since Feb 3. Only the Golden State Warriors and the San Antonio Spurs have better records.

Now, after Tuesday night’s last second win over the Toronto Raptors, the Celtics post-season birth became a definite seven seed, despite what Indiana or Brooklyn would do in their final contests.

Aaron Hernandez | Guilty

Wednesday, April 15, 2015, Patriot’s Nation lets out a long-awaited exhale. Why have they been holding their breath? Maybe some of them believed he was going to get off, it’s been a pattern in his life. But most already knew what the jury confirmed to be true, Aaron Hernandez is guilty of first degree murder for the death of Odin Lloyd. Hernandez is being sentenced to life in prison without parole. And has also been found guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition.

Bukowski’s walk-off homer lifts Golden Bears over Wesleyan, 3-1

In what turned out to be a pitchers’ duel, one swing of the bat changed everything, when junior Alexis Bukowski launched a walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh, lifting the Golden Bears to a 3-1 victory over Wesleyan University.

After dropping the first game of a non-conference doubleheader, the Golden Bears found themselves in a stalemate with the Cardinals, as the opposing pitchers each struck out 10 batters.

Susan Prado carried a perfect game into the fifth inning and a no-hitter into the seventh for the Cardinals, before Corinanna DeLisi laid down a perfect bunt—giving the Golden Bears their first base runner. Heather Fecteau laced a single through the left side of the infield, giving the Golden Bears first and second.

Gabby Lavinio—who crushed a homer in the first contest—took the Cardinals’ left fielder back to the warning track, allowing both runners to tag up and get into scoring position. Bukowski dug in, waited back, and crushed the ball over the left-field wall, giving the Golden Bears the victory.

Western New England Men’s Tennis Fall in 5-4 Heartbreaker to Endicott

Western New England’s men tennis team gave a good fight but could not overcome visiting Endicott, losing 5-4 in a Commonwealth Coast Conference matchup. The Golden Bears now stand at 5-5 (2-3 CCC) while Endicott improves to 6-5 overall, 2-1 in CCC play.

The Gulls captured a 2-1 lead following doubles competition, as Chris Kirkpatrick and Michael Dolph edged Andres Otero and senior tri-captain PJ Nassar at No. 1, 8-6. Sean McAndrews and Michael Lauretano topped tri-captain Greg Tischofer and Chris Spear by an 8-6 score at No. 3.

Western New England’s junior pairing of Adam Zimmerman and Alex Sause doubled upJustin Warshavsky and Eric Pierce in the No. 2 spot.

Calling All Angels

A life lost too young is always a tragedy, but when they had an entire career ahead of them, the pain hurts a little bit more.

Six years ago on April 9, Los Angeles Angels rookie, Nick Adenhart, was killed in a car accident by a drunk driver. He was 22.

His death came just hours after his season debut in 2009. He earned a no-decision, giving up seven hits and no runs while striking out five batters and walking three in six innings.