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Time Travel for Jan. 2-8

We open 2021 by honoring a Nashua man who has dedicated so much time, effort and caring for local athletes, for so many years. If anyone out there can remember a time when Al Savage was not active in promoting youth sports, let them speak now. JAN. 2, 1976 - "Tomorrow afternoon, the Fourth ...

Chara’s Bruin departure an all-too familiar tough story

These things are never easy. It happens nearly all the time. The toughest thing for any professional athlete is to come to terms with his or her mortality rate when it comes to a long career. The toughest thing for the fans is to see that decision made for them. Thus we have the departure ...

Holiday tourney time? No, it’s holiday safety time instead

Ahh, it's normally the most wonderful time of the year. Or at least the busiest. We should be getting ready for Holiday Tournament Week, right? They should be bouncing the balls at 8 a.m.at the Belanger Gym at Nashua South today. Eight games on tap, four girls, four boys. The auxiliary gym ...

Patriot fans had to be seeing Tompa Red on Saturday

Did you all enjoy seeing Tom Brady lead Tompa Bay into the playoffs on Saturday? Slinging it all over the field, including four TD passes. Did you like the ones to Rob Gronkowski and Antonio Brown? It's got to be gut wrenching for Patriot fans, seeing arguably the greatest quarterback in NFL ...

2020: A look back

Ah, it’s that time of year when we reflect on the year that was. And we all know how bad it was for everyone. Boston sports-wise, the most suffering has to be done by New England Patriots fans. They woke up the morning of St. Patrick’s Day to find out the luck of any of them who are ...

Time Travel

In reeling in the years, finding anything in Dec. 26 editions is a challenge. That's because there isn't a whole lot of news from local Christmas Day events. So, we will commemorate the first NFL games played on Christmas Day - 1970 playoff wins by Miami over Kansas City (27-24 in overtime) ...