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Hoyer’s a much better coach than he is a quarterback

There's never a dull moment in Foxborough, is there? The week that was: AnkleGate. What did Mac Jones know and when did he know it. Right? Bill Belichick's “Day by Day” 12 time chorus certainly took the cake, and all the nonsense about Jones wants a second opinion and tightrope surgery, ...

Time Travel: Occasionally, it’s too cold for anyone

The legend of old-school football coaches includes curl-lipped snarling at anyone who has the audacity to suggest that weather has no bearing on the play, let alone performance, of his gridders. Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night will force football players off the field. Since ...

Ravens add injury to insult as Patriots await word on Jones

Did the season just go snap? The New England Patriots and their fans certainly hope not. At the very least, it took a really bad twist. That's what many are hoping is the situation with Mac Jones, and perhaps they will get their wish as the NFL Network reported X-rays were negative after ...

Wilfork enters the Patriots Hall in emotional style

He was big, he was lovable, he was everyone's leader and often their conscience. But most important, Vince Wilfork was one heckuva football player. It was fitting that he was inducted Saturday in sun-splashed skies outside of Gillette Stadium, because as serious as Wilfork was as a player, you ...

Routs are now routine

The helpless feeling during last weekend’s lopsided high school football game between Bishop Guertin and Goffstown wasn’t just on the Grizzlies’ side of the field. It wasn’t easy on the other side, either. Oh, sure, you say. A 68-7 final, how could they have not run up the score, ...

Time Travel: Milford’s Birds maintain crown

SEPT. 24, 1962: “The Milford Orioles captured their third straight Tri-Mountain League championship by beating Salisbury, 6-1, in the final of the playoff series yesterday at Salisbury. “Familiar names in the Milford lineup are many Nashuans and also Milford players who doubled as ...