FEB. 20, 1956: “Two Nashuans, Johnny Joyce, middleweight, and Burleigh Briggs Jr., heavyweight, were crowned New Hampshire Golden Gloves champions and they will appear in the New England finals at Lowell, Mass. “Briggs won the state title without having to don a glove, having drawn ...
So how'd that first Sunday without NFL football go? We're here to tell you it can be excruciating, but at least yesterday was perhaps the only day this week we won't have something frozen coming out the sky. OK, maybe Wednesday will be good. It likely will be a night doubling up on the high ...
Tommy Ameen, former Manchester West High School boys basketball coach and well-known hoop aficionado, historian and official scorer, knows quality when he sees it. So, when he bumped into Milford High School boys basketball coach Dan Murray at a couple games, he struck up a conversation, and ...
These days, watching two NBA teams slog through four quarters can seem like an 11-hour exercise. Blame that on hyperactive refs, too many flops and endless TV time outs. There was a time when two sets of soldiers played 11 hours for fun and a blink of glory. FEB. 13, 1965: “Ken LaTour, a ...
Ah, yes, in Bill We Trust, right? How many New England Patriots fans were shaking their heads, saying Bill Belichick's name in vain as they watched Tom Brady win his seventh Super Bowl on Sunday night as a Tampa Bay Buccaneer? And rather easily, by a 31-9 count. How about Patriots owner ...
Here's a few tids and bits as we get settled in for Super Bowl LV: One thing yours truly will pay attention to during the game is how great a shape the natural grass field is at Tampa's Raymond James Stadium. Why? Because the guy in charge of all that for the 55th time is old friend George ...
