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Time Travel: Football leaves the sports page

It isn’t often that one finds high school football debates featured in a newspaper’s editorial. The Nashua High School team found itself in this day’s editorial twice. OCT. 15, 1947 – “Football is a wonderful game – and also a dangerous one for the participant. “No sport holds ...

Don’t worry, be happy that ferocious Judon is a Patriot

The T-shirts are probably already being printed. All the Zappe puns, including the leader in the clubhouse so far, “Don't Worry, Be Zappe.” Bailey Zappe fever has begun, but don't be fooled. The rookie quarterback was just a bit part of Sunday's 29-0 New England Patriots domination of ...

Zappe or bust, it seems, for Pats — but hey, it’s the Lions

One request: Can we please pump the brakes on Bailey Zappe? A rookie? One who looked completely lost in preseason? One who the New England Patriots were so afraid would cost them the game in overtime at Green Bay that their fears cost them the game instead with their conservative play ...

Of league’s original franchises, Knights only one still standing

It has become an annual celebration of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League. In the last year or two the circuit decided it is old enough now to have a Hall of Fame. It will start its 13th season in May, 2023. But this current weekend in Leicester, Mass., the Hall of Fame induction, ...

Time Travel: No favoritism under Buzz Harvey

Clearly, in keeping with his reputation, Buzz Harvey played no favorites in leading the Nashua High football team. OCT. 8, 1947 – After watching the Nashua High junior varsity team tangle with the St. Joseph, the varsity players began their practice. “Looming big as a mountain in his ...

It would’ve been a Lambeau Leap for Zappe to outduel Rodgers

Let's face it, for the New England Patriots to beat Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay with Bailey Zappe at quarterback would have been one heckuva Lambeau Leap. But hey, it almost happened. Yet close is only good in horseshoes, and, well, you know. Yes, they get an 'A' for effort, but the results ...