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Greenwood: Cole’s cap, attitude really stink

Gerrit Cole shows signs of assuming a lengthy stay as the best pitcher in baseball. Through the second half of the season he literally was best of the best. His fifth and final loss of the 2019 regular season came on May 22 against the White Sox. His 20-5 record and 2.50 earned run average ...

Out with the old, in with the new for Patriots

Out with the old, in with the new. You could say that for the New England Patriots personnel – hello N'Keal Harry and Nick Folk, bye-bye Josh Gordon and Mike Nugent. Hello more decent competition, buh-bye literal pushovers. It's the second half of the NFL season, no trades, maybe a waiver ...

Friday Football Feast: All eyes on Alvirne-Milford

I have a huge scoop this week. True story. Just immense. Almost made me scream, “Stop the presses!” Sales of Maroon-and-Gold pom poms are through the roof this week at the Alvirne High School store. And traffic in and out of town in Hudson has been brutal from two different sides as the ...

There are times when no call really is the best call

Let’s get the obvious on the table up front: Sam Holbrook’s lapse in sound judgment did not cost the Washington Nationals anything in Game 6 of the World Series. It spiked manager Dave Martinez’s blood pressure, which isn’t good for a man who had heart surgery six weeks ago. It ...

Thanks to AFC weaklings, Patriots have shot at perfection

The trading deadline in the National Football League passed Tuesday afternoon with no earth-shaking moves. Most teams are at the midpoint and the list of true Super Bowl contenders can now be counted on one hand. Here’s one man’s opinion on the true contenders to go with five true ...

Win No. 300 comes in what should be Belichick’s year

You want to know when it's your year? When the opposing team's offensive lineman's foot kicks the ball out of his running back's hands, and your linebacker picks it up and runs it in 26 yards for an easy score. Or....when the opposing team's same running back burts into the secondary, ...