FOXBOROUGH, Mass. --- The cheers from the smaller than usual crowd at Gillette Stadium on Thursday night meant one thing: Tom Brady was back. Brady made his first appearance of the preseason in the New England Patriots' 10-3 win over the Carolina Panthers. Starting the game, he completed 8 ...
It is bad enough when ESPN takes some heartbroken 12-year-old at the Little League World Series and broadcasts his tears worldwide in HD. Ratings baby, right? But the powers-that-be in Bristol and whoever is behind this event (could the NCAA somehow be behind this) have gone too far. Look at ...
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – New England Patriots safety Patrick Chung was indicted earlier this month by a Belknap County Superior Court grand jury in Laconia on cocaine possession charges, according to the Belknap County attorney's office. There is a report via Boston 98.5 FM radio that says the ...
NASHUA – The upcoming school year will be a very different one for Nashua High School North football coach Dante Laurendi. You see, in addition to his football coaching, Laurendi has now taken on the role of North athletics coordinator, replacing longtime coordinator Scott Mays, who left for ...
BOSTON (AP) – Bryce Harper homered to give Philadelphia a fifth-inning lead, and Corey Dickerson drove in two runs with a triple and a single on Wednesday night to help the Phillies beat the Boston Red Sox 5-2 and sweep the two-game series. Boston started the first inning with back-to-back ...
Admit it – despite August’s pratfall, you still harbored a fainter-than-faint notion, deep in the back of your noggin, that the Red Sox could go on a six-week tear and roll through the playoffs. It’s OK; your mind works in mysterious ways. And you weren’t alone. Well, the mystery is ...
Red, white and blue. The colors of USA Basketball. Except this summer, green – Celtics green, to be precise – would work on that palette as well. The Boston Celtics will have at least three and possibly four players on the final 12-man roster that USA Basketball will take to China next ...
BOSTON (AP) – Aaron Nola pitched seven innings of four-hit ball to win for the sixth time in his last seven decisions, getting three runs of support in the first inning and cruising to a 3-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night. In the opener of a two-game interleague series, ...
NASHUA – Welcome back, Lauren Keating. The former Nashua High School North goaltender is officially back home, although the one-time Titan is now a Panther. “It's fantastic,” the new Nashua South girls soccer coach said. “Super happy to be back in my home town. So happy to be here, ...
Sometimes, sports really suck. And not for the obvious wrong reasons, like an over-boisterous fan, zealous parents or a coach who does not get it. After 30 years in this business, I get all those and simply move past them. I just can’t overcome Trey Johnson. A trip to Amherst and Saber ...
Here's a few takeaways from Saturday night's New England Patriots 22-17 preseason snoozer over the Tennessee Titans, while wondering what Bill Belichick ate before the game to put him in a less than cheerful mood: ------We can't remember a preseason when the Patriots played so many rookies who ...
DURHAM – Former Merrimack High School football standout Joe Eichman had to deal with something last year: Not playing. Eichman walked on to the University of New Hampshire football team, but was of course redshirted. So for the first time in awhile, he wasn't in a competitive situation on ...
BOSTON (AP) – Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale is receiving treatment for inflammation in his elbow that will shut him down for the rest of the regular season, another blow to the defending World Series champions whose postseason hopes appear all but dashed. Orthopedist Dr. James Andrews gave ...
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) – Oft-suspended wide receiver Josh Gordon returned to the New England Patriots’ practice field on Monday without pads and without saying when he might be able to play again. Gordon was seen stretching on the field during the portion of the team’s workout that was ...
DURHAM – Football is back to being Kendall Reyes' full time job. “Football is a game that changed my life,” the Nashua High School North alum said. “And I think there's a lot I can bring back to the game.” And he's doing just that. The former NFL defensive tackle who spent five ...
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – They've enjoyed hitting other people. The New England Patriots spent most of last week on the road in joint practices with the Tennessee Titans, leading up to Saturday night's preseason game in Nashville. “We went a week, week and a half hitting each other,” Bolden ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Marcus Mariota jumped into the air and flipped over Patriots cornerback Duron Harmon into the end zone for a 2-point conversion. In a preseason game nearly eight months after the Titans quarterback couldn’t play in Tennessee’s regular-season finale because of ...
BOSTON (AP) — Standing in the middle of Boston’s clubhouse answering questions, a baby-faced Rafael Devers found himself immersed in Red Sox history. Devers went 4 for 5 with a homer, two doubles and four RBIs to reach 101 this season, and Boston rallied from an early six-run deficit for ...
The New England Patriots receiving corps got a huge boost late Friday when the NFL announced it has reinstated veteran wideout Josh Gordon. Gordon, who was suspended by the league for the fifth time for substance abuse last December, will be elgible to enter the Gillette Stadium facilites on ...
DURHAM – Drew Sanborn is alive and kickin'. The Amherst native may have fallen out of view a for a few years after shining as Bishop Guertin's punter during from 2012- 2014 as a three-time All Conference foot. A redshirt season at the University of New Hampshire, followed by a couple of ...