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Dear NFL: Time to deflate refs’ egos

Complaining on behalf of Trey Flowers and the Detroit Lions trended Tuesday, off the charts. Servers were blown, frustration bubbled over and the National Football League’s incompetent officiating crews sit directly in the crosshairs thanks to the debacle that was Monday Night Football this ...

Fagula’s/Nashua’s glorious past comes to the forefront

The past is very often the key to the future, isn't it? For example, when he was candidate for the Bishop Guertin High School girls basketball head coaching job nearly five years ago, Brad Kreick sought some research help. And what a better source for that research than Nashua girls hoop ...

Make-up in Game 2 sullies American League Championship Series

Officials in all sports vigorously dismiss the notion that there is any such thing as a makeup call. For instance, a batter swings and misses at strike 3, but the umpire claims the batter fouled it off. Then seeing the misjudgment on a huge HD video board, calls the next pitch a strike though ...

Greenwood: Shoddy front five has Brady running for cover

Forget about Tom Brady playing until age 45. At this point he should be grateful if he is standing, unaided, on Jan. 2, 2020. Forgive the technical jargon in this analysis, but here goes: The Patriots’ offensive line stinks. (There are other ‘s’ words that might be appropriate in ...

Patriots take a pause to try to regroup on offense

The long pause told you all you needed to know. Late Thursday night/early Friday morning, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, at the end of his post game press conference, was asked basically to evaluate the offense and if it had enough going forward. Pause. Silence. Then finally, ...

Patriots’ Thursday night trend should continue tonight

Here we go, another Thursday night classic. The worst played football usually occurs on Thursdays, and don't be surprised if the New England Patriots and New York Giants follow that script. So don't expect a work of art from the New England Patriots, although a Giant defense full of holes ...