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Lots of things to take note of as we wrap up June

Here are some final June tids to toss on the grill and turn into bits as we not only head into July but head into that zany NHL and NBA free agency period that begins on Sunday and Monday: Don't look now, but the Nashua American Legion Post #124 baseball team is off to a flying District B ...

US women’s soccer a team worth cheering for

The United States Women’s Soccer Team probably invited all this attention, this spotlight, all this heat, if you will. Good for them. If a soccer team can do anything to even the playing field on this planet for women everywhere, I’m behind them every step of the way. Paced by the ...

Old Manchester Giant faced Veeck’s dwarf

In a sport replete with stories of success and failure, in which a handful of bad outings could doom your career before it ever really has a chance to get off the ground, Bob Cain would one day found himself in the role of straight man. A left-handed pitcher, Cain was the No. 2 starter for ...

Upon further review, replay is becoming annoying

Warning: A back-in-the-day argument is bubbling to the surface. Anyone who is not inclined to endure an old grouch climbing onto his soap box should move along. The objection in question is the increasing use of video replay to determine if an official is right or wrong with the call he or ...

Red Sox could use a special jolt

Puzzling. Google it and the Boston Red Sox of 2019 are certainly one of the top entries, right? If Monday night’s “thrilling” walk-off win over the Chicago White Sox (quick, name three starters ... no chance) proved anything, it is that something just is not right for this $240 ...

It’s a shame Eagles have to briefly leave Nashua nest

Here are some warm weather tids and bits just as we have the first official Saturday of summer: The dilemma the Eagles of the International Soccer Club of Nashua found themselves in was fairly predictable but there are a couple of underlying themes: First, it is a reminder of the limitations ...