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It’s getting Wild in the NFL — and also in Foxborough

It's Wild Card Weekend – oh, excuse us, “Super” Wild Card Weekend, as the NFL is calling it. But things have gotten pretty wild around here leading up to the whole weekend, basically due to the abnormal statement issued by the idle-til-next season New England Patriots on Thursday night. ...

Kraft won’t accept another ugly season

The letter was sent to New England Patriots season ticket holders less than 24 hours after their season ended. “We can assure you,” it said, “that no one in our organization is satisfied with the results from this past season. In the weeks ahead, we will be making critical evaluations of ...

Time Travel: Following the money an old pursuit

Funding for high school interscholastic athletics has long been a target for city budget hawks. They see sports as a budgetary frill, producing no tangible return. It is usually futile to explain the varied benefits of athletics to those who don’t already understand them. Back in the day, ...

Patriots just weren’t good enough to be invited to any party

In the end, it just wasn't their party. Or parties. No, the game at Orchard Park, N.Y., didn't belong to the Patriots; it was meant for the Buffalo Bills and the emotion of the healing Damar Hamlin. Nor was the NFL party that is coming up beginning next weekend, dubbed by former Patriots coach ...

Be ready, the whole world will be rooting for Bills today

Be prepared, New England Patriots. All of the world will be rooting against you on Sunday, except the tiny country called Patriots Nation. From the unfortunate Damar Hamlin incident Monday night to the very fortunate and uplifting story of his apparent recovery has gripped the country and in ...

For these Patriots, the defense can never be allowed to rest

When thing get to crunch time in the NFL, or any league or sport, for that matter, the idea is to get the ball in the hands of your best players. In the New England Patriots' way of doing things lately, that would be their defense. And the Miami Dolphins obliged in a Patriots' season-saving ...