This shouldn't have happened. Yes, the New England Patriots should have beaten the Las Vegas Raiders, as they did, 36-20 on Sunday at an empty Gillette Stadium. Yes, we knew the Raiders would make mistakes, penalties, turnovers, do other dumb things. We knew that defensively they'd be lacking ...
It’s all a matter of perspective as the area high schools have prepared and begun for a season of the ultimate contact sport in what is now a non contact world. We are fortunate and should appreciate what has taken place so far. That’s how some see this 2020 high school football Season ...
There's never a dull moment with the New England Patriots, is there? They lost a tough one last Sunday night in Seattle. Then we had the disheveled look from head coach Bill Belichick in Wednesday's press conference; it was one of those, “Oh, bleep, I have to do this presser on line, don't ...
Happy High School Sports, everyone. Yes, it has started. There were a few Division II and III games slated for this past Friday and the weekend. Area school golf teams – one of the safest sports – have already hit the links and are full steam ahead. And Monday, Division I teams in all ...
You've gotta love Pete Carroll. Sure, he didn't have the success he wanted while coaching in New England from 1997-99, and he made a bonehead call that cost the Seattle Seahawks a Super Bowl title in February of 2015. But he's given the Seahawks a Super Bowl crown and a winning tradition. Of ...
The ride down Route 1 was a breeze. No traffic. No fans walking along the side of the road heading toward Gillette Stadium after paying a little cheaper price to park than the stadium lots. Oh, the fans would have loved basking in the sun at Gillette on Sunday for the New England Patriots' ...
The day the area’s hard and true pro football fans have been craving for is here: The first Sunday of the National Football League season. You got a taste of it the other night with Kansas City and Houston opening things at Arrowhead. Now many of you will be glued to your TVs today when the ...
It's hard to believe, but the National Football League season opens tonight. It's still hard for some to believe the New England Patriots aren't playing on the night reserved for the defending Super Bowl champions. It would have been a nice opener, but there 's no way last year's Patriots ...
They're baaaaaaaaack.... One tweet from Nashua Athletics summed it up on Tuesday, as school began remotely in the city: “So great,” it said, “to see our student athletes return to athletics today.” Or, one from the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association: “First day of ...
Farewell Summer of 2020. You felt that chill in the night air earlier this past week, right? It certainly was a sign that the summer is coming to a close. The unofficial end is Monday, with the arrival of Labor Day. But oh, for local sports, what a summer it was – especially after such ...
The end came swiftly and suddenly on Monday night, with Tampa Bay's game winning double overtime goal. What's next, Boston Bruins fans? Hopefully a more normal season, whenever and however that would begin (December?). Let's face it, this was a surreal experience, watching Bruins Stanley Cup ...
Here are a few thoughts on the New England Patriots after a strange two-weeks of fan-free training camp practices, a couple of which yours truly was fortunate to observe: Starting QB? You'd think it would be Cam Newton – missed Monday practice aside – and it most likely will be. He and ...
Think he’s glad he bought the franchise? Of course, Worcester caterer John Creedon Jr. is. While still the owner of the Worcester Bravehearts, he took the Nashua Silver Knights off original owner Drew Weber’s hands back in March 2019 and never realized he’d have to deal with a pandemic, ...
Once again, there was a magical night at Holman Stadium. The place just has a knack for those. And so do the Nashua Silver Knights and Worcester Bravehearts for providing them. As you probably know by now, they did just that in a highly entertaining game – make that series – with Nashua ...
Cam Cook was in downtown Nashua one night a few weeks ago when he bumped into an old Nichols College teammate, big burly first baseman Kyle Bouchard. Bouchard was in town to watch another Nichols kid, Jack Dicsenso, pitch for the Nashua Silver Knights. And he gave Cook, the Knights general ...
Baseball can be a cruel game. It’s been about nine days since the Nashua Defenders of the New Hampshire COVID Baseball League saw their season come to a crumbling end in the semifinals in Lebanon. Seeing an 8-0 lead disappear in the final two innings certainly had to hurt. But either way, ...
Fans, we have reached the finish line. Now we wait to see who is going to cross it first? The Nashua Silver Knights or the Worcester Bravehearts? The Futures Collegiate Baseball League's 10th Anniversary season wasn't what its owners, officials and front office people expected it to be. Or ...
It felt strange. Not only did the Nashua Silver Knights surrender Game 1 of the FCBL Finals – otherwise known in this space as the Creedon Cup – to the Worcester Bravehearts 3-2 on Thursday night, they surrendered their stadium. Well, sort of. Worcester was the home team, going into the ...
Play it again, Nashua and Worcester. Yes, your favorite Futures Collegiate League Finals matchup is here, the Silver Knights vs. the Bravehearts. Sure, bring back the memories of the Knights 2-0 title sweeps of 2016 and 2017. But between the time the Silver Knights were celebrating loud and ...
The announcement came Tuesday afternoon that there won't be any fans allowed at Gillette Stadium through the month of September due to pandemic concerns.. Maybe, just maybe, that could take the pressure off a few New England Patriots receivers who may be under the spectators' collective ...
