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Pandemic wreaking havoc on prep season

High school coaches, one by one, after almost every game, have kept saying how they were happy just to have their kids play a game. Win or lose. They all leave the field feeling like they won. Why? Because they never know when the next time will be that they and their team take the field. ...

The NFL stands for “Not For Long” for whole new reason

The old saying is the NFL stand for “Not For Long”. This is certainly the case with the league and the coronavirus. Things change weekly, daily, hourly, we've all seen that. Will the New England Patriots and Denver Broncos finally play their twice cancelled game on Sunday? Who knows? As ...

Patriots-Broncos: A game virus doesn’t want to be played

Here we go again. Sure, Sunday at 1 p.m. beats Monday at 5 p.m. any day when it comes to a game in the National Football League. Heck, that's when the games were always meant to be played, if you follow the doctrine of former Patriots coach Bill Parcells. But how much confidence do you have ...

NFL Picks: Every one should have a warning sign with it

Here we go again, another New England Patriots/pandemic weekend turned into a manic Monday. Who knows by the time Monday rolls around whether the test results change the schedule again. One thing is for sure: Each week in the NFL, each game, is a tenuous one. The New York Jets on Friday ...

Rivier announces hockey to athletic slate

What was the biggest local sports news of the week, you ask? It had to be the Rivier University announcement that they will, if things get back to some semblance of normal, add men’s and women’s hockey to its athletic program for the 2021-22 academic year. The Raiders will go the club ...

We will see Patriots at Chiefs tonight, for better or worse

It's a surprising Monday Night Football game for the New England Patriots. Should it be? COVID-19 will not go away, and sports continues to push on, for better or worse. The NFL moved Sunday's previously scheduled Kansas City Chiefs-Patriots game, which probably would have sent ratings ...