One thing was made perfectly clear in the aftermath of the debacle at Gillette Stadium on Sunday. This is a new world for the New England Patriots. In the locker room, at the podium, maybe on the highways and byways, the talk was about how hard the Patriots competed, fought, and showed spunk ...
One question came to mind watching the Patriots on Sunday: When did NBA refs begin moonlighting with the NFL? This is not to suggest that all NFL officiating has sunk to the depths from which the NBA seems incapable of escaping. The crew working the Patriots-Chiefs game succeeded in making ...
Somehow, when all seems dire in the world of the New England Patriots, the Kansas City Chiefs just seem to show up. It was the blowout Patriot loss at Kansas City back in 2014, when then-ESPN analyst Trent Dilfer declared that “They're just not good anymore” referring to the Patriots, that ...
An undergrad named Tommy Burns came up with the nickname of “Blazers” for the University of Alabama Birmingham athletic teams way back in 1978. How did he know about Lauren Robinson way back then? The ultimate “Blazer” of trails for the UAB cross country team this fall, Milford’s ...
In recent years, the first-year candidates on Baseball Hall of Fame ballots has resembled the 2020 field of Democratic primary candidates – lots of names, a handful of them legit contenders. The 2020 Hall of Fame ballot has a single name that is a slam-dunk for immediate induction, trailed ...
This Wednesday, at Gillette Stadium, the premier of the new HBO sports documentary “Belichick & Saban: The Art of Coaching” will take place. The timing isn't exactly the greatest, as both had Thanksgiving weekends they'd say no thanks to in the future. With one, Patriots coach Bill ...
