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Belichick’s Tar Heel debut couldn’t have gone any worse

It was exactly 34 years ago to the day, ESPN told us, that Bill Belichick made his NFL head coaching debut vs. the Dallas Cowboys as the Cleveland Browns head coach. Final was Dallas 26, Browns 14. “I hope it goes better than the game against Dallas and Jimmy Johnson, they crushed us,” ...

HELLO, SEPTEMBER: It’s a month filled with key dates

Well, that's a wrap. Summer is unofficially over, as Monday is Sept. 1, Labor Day. That means that we'll be right into the fall high school sports season full time on Tuesday after a smattering of openers late this past week. It means the Patriots regular season will begin next weekend. It ...

FOOTBALL TEASER: Here’s a few local notes to get you ready

Here are a few tids and bits along the preseason high school football camp trail to get you wanting more for as our special 2025 High School Football Preview Tab will be in print in next weekend's Sunday Telegraph: First, here's a little behind the scenes look at what can happen in high school ...

SO LONG PRESEASON: Time to get on with the real deal

Thank goodness that's over. The New England Patriots preseason, we mean. Especially the third game. It may be great for those players who want to get game tape before they're cut, but the NFL should be ashamed of themselves for charging full price for that 42-10 New York Giants-Patriots slop ...

SILVER SOLUTIONS? Team needs some for 2026 season

It was the final week of the regular season, the next-to-last Nashua Silver Knights home game. The opponent, the Westfield Starfires, were entrenched in last place, but they were all over the fifth place Knights, whose 2-17 finish will be forever part of franchise lore, unfortunately. The ...

AUGUST VOID: Hard to believe Knights season is over

Here's some tids and bits to chew on while we cringe at the thought that August has reached double digits: --- It's hard to believe the Nashua Silver Knights season is over already. It's even harder to believe how it ended over the last four weeks, with the team going 2-17 to miss the FCBL ...