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Longo: Pete and Russell at top of NFL playoff heap

If you follow Twitter, you’ve seen someone’s list. It’s so “in” to rank the quarterbacks. Best of all-time. Best of the decade. Best of the upcoming NFL playoffs. Yes, one genius had Tom Brady 10th among the 12 starters in the upcoming postseason, just behind, gulp, ...

The year in local sports was partly Silver, Green and Gold

It's that time again. The 2019 sports year is coming to an end, and that means that tough job has to be undertaken to choose the top 10 local stories, purely subjective in nature. We want the most memorable, the ones with the most impact. Heck, they all have impact, don't they? As we ...

Loss a shock to the system for the Wild Card Patriots

They played all your favorite New England Patriot hits at Gillette Stadium late Sunday afternoon. The music blared and the sellout crowd grinned and posed for the Jumbotron, celebrating like it was a typical end of season rout over the Miami Dolphins. Of course, it was anything but. It was ...

Longo: All eyes on Brian Flores against the Pats

In the grand scheme of things, a blowout of AFC East proportions is expected. The Miami Dolphins, hustling and scrapping behind the mad scientist, Hahvahd man, Ryan Fitzpatrick, are as cute and quaint as it gets in these parts. But there is much more to this potential waltz into the bye ...

Dolphins about competing, Patriots about winning

Things are starting to change around the New England Patriots, and the AFC East as we enter the final week of the 2019 NFL regular season. The question is, how much? No one would have thought months ago that perhaps Sunday's 1 p.m. game vs. the Miami Dolphins could be Tom Brady's final ...

Longo: NBA provides holiday snooze

In all seriousness, was that it? The National Basketball Association trotted out its finest on Christmas Day and night, the showcase for the league and its finest. All the top athletes for your hoop-viewing pleasure. Let’s be honest. Long before Giannis and Joel Embiid collided, I was ...