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Celtics in playoffs: It’s called survival

There must be a good reason to believe that the Boston Celtics can brush off the Indiana Pacers the way a purebred brushes off a flea. Six months ago, doubting the Celtics' ability to sweep past such a bastion of sheer adequacy would've been considered laughable. Of course, six months ago the ...

It’s good to be Riv’s Kolek, and a few other notes

Here's your weekly serving of tids and bits while yours truly is hoping today's warmth completes the thawing out process from the chill of softball/baseball openers a few days ago: ---- Isn't it good to be Craig Kolek right now? The Rivier University coach recently became the fourth head coach ...

Foes shouldn’t overlook Nashua North boys track

The moment you start to overlook the Nashua North boys track program, you get stung. And again in 2019, the Titans are certainly a most intriguing bunch as the spring season gets underway this week in New Hampshire. This is supposed to be a down year for North, which graduated distance ...

The Stanley Cup Playoffs are finally here in their glory

The pucks will begin to drop on Wednesday at some select National Hockey League locations, and they'll have a different bounce. Hello again, Stanley – as in Stanley Cup Playoff time. It's the best. The hits will be harder, the saves more dramatic, and those made-for-TV shootouts a thing of ...

It’s finally time for that full swing into spring

Opening Day/Week has arrived. Yes, today marks the full beginning of the high school spring sports season. Sure, rain and raw weather could wipe out a good portion of it the next couple of days, but there's always another day to reschedule. It's that time, until just about June ...

Take a peek at some interesting early April observations

Here's your weekly Saturday tids, bits and thoughts of local and regional happenings: ---- No one outside of Bishop Guertin is shedding any sympathy tears for the Cardinals girls basketball program which, as reported this week, lost two key players in the title runs of the last two seasons, ...