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We’re looking for a bounce-back bye week with picks

t's the bye week, and we are in desperate need of some self scouting. Why? A 3-4 week last week is certainly reason enough. A bad week for the New England Patriots was a bad week here. What's ahead for the Patriots, who have a foursome of potentially tough opponents beginning a week from now ...

Friday Football Feast: Playoff fever grips region

So it is playoff time in the Granite State, where every game from here on out is the “Game of the Week,” and prognosticators holding tenuous win percentages (57-12, .826) panic at the prospect of all these tough selections to make. The time to roll it up, or in my case most often, fall ...

Campbell volleyball falls to Mascenic in semifinals

HOLDERNESS – The Campbell Cougars saw their girls volleyball season end on Wednesday night, falling in three sets to Mascenic in the NHIAA Division III semifinals at Plymouth State University. Mascenic did not trail in the first set, taking it 25-15, but the Cougars did bounce back in the ...

Odds are Nashua sports betting foes are misinformed

By a margin of 65 votes, Nashuans on Tuesday rejected the concept of sports books in the city. To those who voted against the measure, odds are you associate gambling on sporting events with evils such as drugs, prostitution, violence and any other seedy mayhem and misadventures that invade ...

Bright future for Bishop Guertin’s Fischer

Bad things come in threes, right? Well, this morning we choose to take the glass half-full approach and salute three of the great ones from the region, who have made news recently. The first is Bishop Guertin senior Caroline Fischer, last seen tuning up for this weekend’s New England Cross ...

Red Sox gain with Martinez staying, but now plot thickens

Less than one week into his tenure and the Red Sox’ new supreme leader, Chaim Bloom, can bask in the glow of a key victory. Well, Bloom at least avoided a key empty space in the middle of his 2020 lineup. J.D. Martinez declined to opt out of his contract, which has three more years to run. ...