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About Bob Lobel

2006-08-08T23:42:00.000-04:00

Bob Lobel, award-winning sports director for CBS4 News and UPN 38, has covered sports for CBS4 since 1979. He is sports anchor for CBS4’s evening newscasts Sunday through Thursday.

Lobel also hosts “Sports Final,” Boston’s top-rated local sports show highlighting the week’s sports news and featuring local newsmakers from 11:30PM to 12:00 midnight on Sunday evenings. A panel including some of New England’s most-knowledgeable and respected sportswriters and broadcasters join Lobel in lively exchanges on the top sports stories of the week. One of the most memorable episodes of the show, an historic edition of “Sports Final” featured Lobel’s interview with three of Boston’s most famous athletes -- Bobby Orr, Ted Williams, and Larry Bird -- together for the first time.

During his tenure at CBS4 Lobel has covered the entire sports spectrum in New England including the Super Bowl victory of the New England Patriots in January 2002, the Boston Celtics’ world championships, the Red Sox tries at the World Series title, the Bruins in the Stanley Cup Finals and the America’s Cup races off Newport, Rhode Island. He has also anchored the station’s Boston Marathon coverage since 1982.

Lobel joined CBS4 in December 1979 as sportscaster on the weekend newscasts and moved to his current position in July 1981. Throughout his career Lobel has been honored with numerous awards including being named Massachusetts Sportscaster of the Year nine times.
In addition to his work on television, Lobel is active in many community projects and donates a great deal of his personal time to local charity organizations. He has actively supported the fundraising efforts of the Liver Foundation and the Arthritis Foundation.

An avid golfer, Lobel spends much of his personal time at charity golf tournaments, raising money and awareness for a variety of groups including The Jimmy Fund, The Genesis Fund and The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. For the past several years he has been Honorary Chairman of the annual Multiple Sclerosis Super Cities Walk and annually hosts the Bob Lobel Ski Classic at Attitash Mountain to benefit The Genesis Fund. Lobel has also been a supporter of the Jane Doe Safety Fund, a three million-dollar project to support domestic abuse shelters and safe houses around the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Prior to joining CBS4 Lobel worked as sports director at several radio stations in Vermont and New Hampshire. He worked for WBZ Radio in Boston from 1976 through 1979, first as a weekday afternoon sports reporter and host of the Saturday evening talk show “Calling All Sports,” and later as sports director. Lobel came to WBZ Radio from WGIR Radio in Manchester, New Hampshire, where he worked as sports director and play-by-play sportscaster from 1972 to 1976. He also worked as sports director at WJOY Radio in Burlington, Vermont from 1971 to 1972.

Lobel received a bachelor of science degree in Education from Kent State University and a master’s degree in Education from the University of Vermont. Lobel and his family reside in the Greater Boston area.

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MLB Standings - Who's Out Already?

2006-08-06T21:19:00.000-04:00

AL East
Team W L PCT GB
NY Yankees 66 42 .611 - Tickets
Boston 65 45 .591 2.0 Tickets
Toronto 58 53 .523 9.5 Tickets
Baltimore 50 62 .446 18.0 Tickets
Tampa Bay 47 65 .420 21.0 Tickets

AL Central
Team W L PCT GB
Detroit 75 36 .676 - Tickets
Chi White Sox 65 44 .596 9.0 Tickets
Minnesota 65 45 .591 9.5 Tickets
Cleveland 47 63 .427 27.5 Tickets
Kansas City 38 73 .342 37.0 Tickets

AL West
Team W L PCT GB
Oakland 60 51 .541 - Tickets
LA Angels 57 54 .514 3.0 Tickets
Texas 56 56 .500 4.5 Tickets
Seattle 53 57 .482 6.5 Tickets

NL East
Team W L PCT GB
NY Mets 65 44 .596 - Tickets
Philadelphia 53 56 .486 12.0 Tickets
Atlanta 51 59 .464 14.5 Tickets
Florida 51 60 .459 15.0 Tickets
Washington 49 62 .441 17.0 Tickets

NL Central
Team W L PCT GB
St. Louis 60 50 .545 - Tickets
Cincinnati 57 54 .514 3.5 Tickets
Houston 53 58 .477 7.5 Tickets
Milwaukee 52 59 .468 8.5 Tickets
Chi Cubs 47 64 .423 13.5 Tickets
Pittsburgh 42 70 .375 19.0 Tickets

NL West
Team W L PCT GB
San Diego 58 53 .523 - Tickets
Arizona 56 55 .505 2.0 Tickets
LA Dodgers 56 55 .505 2.0 Tickets
Colorado 54 56 .491 3.5 Tickets
San Francisco 53 58 .477 5.0 Tickets

Who is already Out?
(minimum of 10 games back in their division)
Pittsburgh
Chicago Cubs
Washington Nationals
Florida Marlins
Atlanta Braves
Philadelphia Phillies
Kansas City Royals
Cleveland Indians
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Baltimore Orioles

AL Wild Card Race
Chicago White Sox (=) Tickets
Boston Red Sox (-.5) Tickets
Minnesota Twins (-.5) Tickets
Toronto Blue Jays(-8.0) Tickets

NL Wild Card Race
Cincinnati Reds (=) Tickets
Arizona Diamondbacks (-1.0) Tickets
Los Angeles Dodgers (-1.0) Tickets
Colorado Rockies (-2.5) Tickets

Red Sox Injuries

2006-08-05T06:33:00.000-04:00

Who's Hurt?

Mike Lowell 3B Impact: 8.5/10
Jason Varitek C Impact: 9.5/10
Mat Clement SP Impact: 8.0/10
Lenny Dinardo P Impact: 5.5/10
Kieth Foulke P Impact: 8.0/10
Tim Wakefield P Impact: 9.0/10
Trot Nixon RF Impact: 8.0/10

Who's Iffy?

David Wells SP Impact: 7.5/10
Jason Johnson SP Impact 6.0/10

Any Lobel Stories?

2006-08-01T23:02:00.000-04:00

8/1/2006

Hello, Anyone have any stories about Bob Lobel?

Would love to hear some and publish them on this blog (with your permission)!

email: anthonywea@hotmail.com

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Red Sox Finish Homestand, 5-3

2006-07-21T14:18:00.000-04:00

The Sox played the last game of their homestand last night, defeating the Texas Rangers 6-4, and finishing their 8 game home series with a record of 5-3. Curt Schilling pitched 7 complete innings, allowing 4 runs on 10 hits. DelCarmen and Timlin contributed an inning apiece to complete the game. Both teams battled back and forth, but the Sox offense provided enough run support to defeat the Rangers.

The Sox hit the road for 2 series, the first against the Seattle Mariners, and the second against the Oakland Athletics. Kyle Snyder gets the nod tonight (July 21st) in the first of three against Seattle. David Wells and Keith Foulke will travel with the team and continue their on-the-side pitching programs on their respective roads to recovery.

Welcome to Lobel Nation - Your Source for the Latest Boston Sports News!

2006-07-19T10:14:00.000-04:00

Helloooo Boston! Welcome to Lobel Nation, the Boston Sports Blog, your source for the latest Boston Pro sports teams results, news and updates! Paul Pierce and the Boston Celtics, Teddy Bruschi and the New England Patriots, Big Papi and the Red Sox, THIS is the place where Boston sports fans can voice their opinions, respond to posts, and discuss all the latest developments with their favorite players and teams!

Celtics F/G Paul Pierce recently made the decision to stay in Boston, despite being a free agent. Pierce expressed desires to his coaches and advisors that he wished to stay with the Celtic's organization for the remainder of his career. His level of commitment to the sport and to the history and tradition of Boston basketball is making Pierce more and more of a fan favorite. With this location set (for now anyway) Pierce brings strong leadership to the Celtics' lineup, and with players like Delante West and Wally Szczerbiak also on the squad, the Celts are shaping up nicely for the 2006-2007 NBA Season.

Big Papi and the Red Sox continue to put together a phenomenal season; Manny, Papi, Varitek, and the rest of the Sox offense currently sit in first place in AL East (as of July 19th, 2006) and with the second half of season underway, the team is still going strong. With David Wells, Matt Clement, on the DL, and Wakefield potentially joining them on the list, the Sox seem to have finally found the long awaited answer to their pitching woes, in Rookies Jon Lester, and closer Jonathan Papelbon.