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The Cam Question really isn’t a question at all for Patriots

The Big Tease. That's the way the last regular season game of a National Football League season can always be for teams who aren't making the playoffs. So let's not take too much from Sunday's 28-14 New England Patriots win over the New York Jets at Gillette Stadium, one that finishes the ...

An insignificant Sunday for Patriots, other teams and fans

Here's a different take, New England Patriots fans: Your football team has really done you a favor. What, you say? By having a dismal sub-.500 season? Well, it's possible that when today ends there could be an 11-5 team in the AFC that does not make the playoffs. Remember when that happened ...

No drama this time when Pats meet Jets

We’re now in 2021, but the Sunday season finale between the New England Patriots and the New York Jets will have that 2020 feeling. Ah, the Patriots and the Jets used to meet in January in the playoffs; remember the early 2011 game when Rex Ryan’s Jets knocked off New England in stunning ...

Time Travel for Jan. 2-8

We open 2021 by honoring a Nashua man who has dedicated so much time, effort and caring for local athletes, for so many years. If anyone out there can remember a time when Al Savage was not active in promoting youth sports, let them speak now. JAN. 2, 1976 - "Tomorrow afternoon, the Fourth ...

Chara’s Bruin departure an all-too familiar tough story

These things are never easy. It happens nearly all the time. The toughest thing for any professional athlete is to come to terms with his or her mortality rate when it comes to a long career. The toughest thing for the fans is to see that decision made for them. Thus we have the departure ...

Holiday tourney time? No, it’s holiday safety time instead

Ahh, it's normally the most wonderful time of the year. Or at least the busiest. We should be getting ready for Holiday Tournament Week, right? They should be bouncing the balls at 8 a.m.at the Belanger Gym at Nashua South today. Eight games on tap, four girls, four boys. The auxiliary gym ...