Free agency starts at midnight tonight. Teams have negotiating exclusivity with their own free agents until then. If you're expecting the Red Sox to sign Jason Bay or Alex Gonzalez before then, don't hold your breath. Once a player gets... ...

Free agency starts at midnight tonight. Teams have negotiating exclusivity with their own free agents until then. If you're expecting the Red Sox to sign Jason Bay or Alex Gonzalez before then, don't hold your breath. Once a player gets... ...

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Not a surprise, as Theo Epstein said.He may end up back in Fenway, but at age 31, Bay wants to see what is out there in the free agent waters.Terry Francona held court on a number of matters, including Bay:He has earned the right to be a free agent. This ...

Lists by publications are made to stir debate and also give them a bit of publicity. The list that was published today by The Sporting News and sister publication Sports Business Daily/Sports Business Journal certainly does that. Already, I’m a bit ...

Today AOL launches a new travel brand/site/blog called Tripvine, and I'm the arts & culture blogger for their Boston Insider pages. The official launch is today, but we've been posting items on there for some days now, so check us out. Of cou...

Now is the time to act to fix health care reform. The lobbyists are out in full force to control the agenda, as reported in the New York Times In House, Many Spoke With One Voice: Lobbyists', and to write into law 12 plus years of monopoly pricing (in add...

Sad news today regarding the imminent bankruptcy and anticipated demise of Brigham's as a going concern.  Fortunately, the ice cream is still available (Hood bought the recipes and the brand name, and continues to make a pretty tasty mocha almond), a...

David Ortiz held a little get-together with the media this morning to discuss his upcoming charity golf event in the Dominican Republic. He has an impressive guest list that includes Jacoby Ellsbury, Mike Lowell, newly married Clay Buchholz, Daniel... ...

Apologies for the interruption in our usual programming. Some unforeseen work obligations crept up on little cat feet. We will resume our usual schedule the weekend after Thanksgiving, with some intermittent reports in between....

Yes, I hurled all manner of verbal abuse at my TV on Sunday night and, yes, my wife walked out on me for the last 13 seconds. In fact, she got so flustered that she forgot to take our youngest with her, leaving him to ask to no one in particular, “W...

Both Carpenter and Wainwright were also deserving, but i think the voters got it right. Lincecum wins 2009 NL Cy Young award....

http://twitter.com/BNightengale/status/5863286864 I wouldn't be upset if they got rid of him. Overrated....

Left fielder Jason Bay has rejected Boston’s latest offer of 4 years and roughly $60 million dollars. With the exclusivity deadline looming at midnight tonight, it appears that the Sox will now be forced to compete with other teams if they wish to r...

The stuff is hitting the fan work wise so I’m doing these links now while I can. I may not be able to do the megalinks on Friday. Keep your Twitter and RSS feeds updated. USA Today’s Michael McCarthy writes about the NFL trying to crack down o...

At 12:01am tonight, MLB Free Agents will be allowed to negotiate and sign with any team in the league. That means Jason Bay and his agent Joe Urbon will finally begin the process of determining Bay's value on the open market. Urbon says there are a numb...

At 12:01am tonight, MLB Free Agents will be allowed to negotiate and sign with any team in the league. That means Jason Bay and his agent Joe Urbon will finally begin the process of determining Bay's value on the open market. Urbon says there are a ...

Jason Bay has rejected the Red Sox' initial offer, according to a Sports Illustrated report. ...

Did the new mammography guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force come about because a review of the scientific evidence shows that there is no data to support the idea that the benefit of mammography outweighs the risks for women between th...

Wow. The Massachusetts unemployment rate fell last month for the first time in more than two years, plunging nearly a half-percentage point as employers trimmed payrolls by just 900 jobs, the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development repor...