Vanessa Mazandi
VANESSA MAZANDI
Gutsy win is testament to Tiger’s legacy

Sunday marked the end of the 69th Masters, which was incidentally the “last” for top dog Jack Nicklaus and yet it was a day for […]

April 12, 2005

VANESSA MAZANDI
Sox fans can now feel like everyone else

Last night it finally hit home; the Red Sox won the 2004 World Series. Funny that the I finally realized what a milestone the Sox […]

April 5, 2005

VANESSA MAZANDI
Frosh track star deserves recognition

It’s funny how sports work. I’m a casual, make that, horrible college basketball fan. To the tree that was cut-down to make my bracket sheet: […]

March 29, 2005

VANESSA MAZANDI
Madness? I’d rather see Curt on C-SPAN

There are two types of sports fans in this world: Those who live and die by March Madness, watching every second of every game, and […]

March 22, 2005

VANESSA MAZANDI
Spring training abounds with juicy storylines

“Sadly, they aren’t playing hockey. Football, it’s not in season, and we’re not on steroids, so right now these guys are the best athletes in […]

February 22, 2005

VANESSA MAZANDI
For BC, losing to Notre Dame is not the end

It was only moments after the Patriots became the 2004 Super Bowl Champions that my friend Josh Palazola declared, “Well, we gotta hope for some […]

February 15, 2005

VANESSA MAZANDI
Complete Pats team wins Bowl with class

This column is for my Uncle Jim. A Sunday resident of Foxboro, Mass. with season tickets for the last 16 falls, my Uncle Jimmy has […]

February 8, 2005

VANESSA MAZANDI
Media Day is a guilty pleasure

So it’s already T-minus six days until the Super Bowl, which means it’s only T-minus 24 hours until Media Day. Ahhh Media Day, the time […]

February 1, 2005

VANESSA MAZANDI
Pats win, but not without a late scare

Watching this weekend’s AFC and NFC Championship games, one thing became glaringly apparent: I may need therapy. I had a doomsday complex that, much like […]

January 25, 2005

VANESSA MAZANDI
‘Complete’ Pats and Eagles on collision course for Super Bowl

“They played ball. That’s the bottom line. They played basic football. Ain’t no tricks; ain’t no nothing. They just played ball.” And so it seems […]

January 19, 2005

VANESSA MAZANDI
It’s the playoffs, and suddenly the impossible isn’t

“That’s the magnitude of the playoffs. They’ve changed the English language. They’ve made impossible … possible.” Don Cheadle tells us this every year in the […]

January 11, 2005