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Get ready for an opening week to remember, Pats fans

Fasten your seat belts,New England Patriot fans, you've got quite a week ahead, starting today. The New England Patriots, after a couple of days off, begin preparations for the stuff that counts, the season opener vs. Philadelphia this Sunday at Gillette Stadium. Finally. But that's not all. ...

Here’s your Fall Sports Guide for September-October

Well, here we are, the summer is unofficially over as Labor Day Weekend is here. That means it's unofficially fall, and you will need a guide as a sports fan as to where to go and what to see locally, etc. Here's just a few key dates for September-October to keep in mind. November is a bigger ...

FOOTBALL FRIDAY: The sport remains a numbers game

Games on. The fun begins tonight with local high school football, although there were a couple of games that were played Thursday night out of the area to help out the officials shortage. There's a shortage of a few things these days. Hopefully, for most schools, it's not players. It's been ...

Bolden’s injury yet another reminder of football’s fragility

The words spoken at the podium Saturday night by New England Patriots captain Matthew Slater were simple yet so true. "It's a reminder," he said, "of the fragility of life." You were supposed to read in this space that the Patriots indeed played their regulars and how they did for the first ...

Hey Rivier, here’s a vote for Kolek Court at the Muldoon

We've said it before, and we'll say it again. If Craig Kolek were a basketball coach, he'd have a statue erected in his honor on the campus of Rivier University, likely right outside the Muldoon Center. Maybe they still should. The Great Northeast Athletic Conference probably would agree, as ...

Who was the real star of Patriots preseason opener?

Who was the real star of Thursday night's New England Patriots preseason opener? It might have not been on the field, but rather above the field. The Gillette Stadium jumbo jumbotron scoreboard/videoboard, or just your basic large, large, large screen TV that stretches across the top of the ...