Boomer & Carton: Jerry Recco's Monday Morning Update
With Monday morning came the latest edition in Jerry Recco's wildly popular update series.
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With Monday morning came the latest edition in Jerry Recco's wildly popular update series.
With conference championship Sunday in the books, Boomer and Craig were busy during Monday's show open, as they broke down all of the action and even looked ahead to the "big game" in Houston.
Tom Brady shredded the Pittsburgh defense, powering the New England Patriots to a 36-17 rout of the Steelers on Sunday in the AFC Championship Game.
Claude Giroux scored with 1:40 left in overtime Sunday night as the Philadelphia Flyers stopped a pair of losing streaks with a 3-2 victory over the New York Islanders at Barclays Center.
Matt Ryan, showing that he could be just as good in the playoff as the regular season, threw for four touchdowns, ran for another and the Falcons routed the Green Bay Packers 44-21 on Sunday.
Henrik Lundqvist continued his dominance over Detroit as the Rangers snatch their NHL-leading 17th road victory of the season.
Highway patrol spokesman Jacobo Mateo said Ventura died on a highway leading to the town of Juan Adrian, about 40 miles northwest of Santo Domingo. Mateo did not say whether Ventura was driving.
Devin Booker poured in 26 points, including what turned out to be the game-winner, to give the Phoenix Suns a 107-105 win over the New York Knicks on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.
Kyle Palmieri and Pavel Zacha also recorded goals and Michael Cammalleri picked up two assists to give the Devils (20-19-9) their fourth win in their last six games (4-1-1).
Anders Lee scored his second goal of the game in the third period as the New York Islanders rebounded from squandering a two-goal lead to post a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.
Nicolas Batum converted a four-point play and hit another 3-pointer in a span of 31 seconds down the stretch, and the Charlotte Hornets pulled out a 112-105 victory over the Brooklyn Nets.
The Packers, Falcons, Steelers and Patriots each have key defensive performers that have at least helped their respective teams get on the right track and advance to within inches of the biggest game of them all.
Brook Lopez and Bojan Bogdanovich scored 23 points apiece as the Brooklyn Nets ended an 11-game losing streak by beating the New Orleans Pelicans 143-114 on Friday night in the Smoothie King Center.
Shea Weber and Max Pacioretty scored less than two minutes apart early in the third period to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center on Friday night.
This year's NFL Championship round is fueled by pyrotechnic passing and overall offense. What teams will move on to the Super Bowl?
