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FOOTBALL FRIDAY: The sport remains a numbers game

Games on. The fun begins tonight with local high school football, although there were a couple of games that were played Thursday night out of the area to help out the officials shortage. There's a shortage of a few things these days. Hopefully, for most schools, it's not players. It's been ...

Bolden’s injury yet another reminder of football’s fragility

The words spoken at the podium Saturday night by New England Patriots captain Matthew Slater were simple yet so true. "It's a reminder," he said, "of the fragility of life." You were supposed to read in this space that the Patriots indeed played their regulars and how they did for the first ...

Hey Rivier, here’s a vote for Kolek Court at the Muldoon

We've said it before, and we'll say it again. If Craig Kolek were a basketball coach, he'd have a statue erected in his honor on the campus of Rivier University, likely right outside the Muldoon Center. Maybe they still should. The Great Northeast Athletic Conference probably would agree, as ...

Who was the real star of Patriots preseason opener?

Who was the real star of Thursday night's New England Patriots preseason opener? It might have not been on the field, but rather above the field. The Gillette Stadium jumbo jumbotron scoreboard/videoboard, or just your basic large, large, large screen TV that stretches across the top of the ...

It’s too bad for Coffey Post that Maine didn’t miss the bus

In a cost saving move last week, the players from Acadians Post 27 of Ellsworth, Me.met the Nashua Coffey Post Legion team at Holman Stadium and shared a bus ride to Worcester, Mass., the site of the American Senior Legion Regional the last five days. Maybe friends were made. Bonds may have ...

August is transition time, including early end to Knights season

It's August, which means Transition Time as we fade out of summer sports and slowly merge into the start of the high school and college seasons: First, this weekend marks the end of the 2023 Nashua Silver Knights season, Sunday's game being the regular season finale and there will be no ...