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Alan Greenwood: Bill taking serious gamble with petulant Brown

Since lifting the bulging dossier on Antonio Brown is a hernia waiting to happen, let’s boil it down to its core: The cheese has slipped off this man’s cracker. Since Brown burned, repaired and reburned his bridges with the Oakland Raiders of Las Vegas, speculation on his next landing ...

Pats-Steelers should be more entertaining Sunday night

Ah, Patriots-Steelers. The rivalry should be so much better than it has been. The Patriots have trouble winning at Heinz Field but can pull those games out when necessary; the Steelers simply don't win at Gillette Stadium. For lack of a better term, thhey are not the brightest team on the ...

This football prognosticator seeks redemption

After pulling out 76.2% of wins last year in the high school football picks, I consider myself a failure. We all know that 80% is the true Mendoza line. So with one final swipe at 2018, I toss out the most sarcastic “thanks” to Tarek Rothe at Alvirne and Kip Jackson at Merrimack for ...

Red Sox are getting exactly what they have earned this season

There is no surer sign that this was not ever the Red Sox’ year than this: They went into Wednesday night’s game against the Twins with a 23-38 record against teams with winning records. Reflect on that for a nano second and know how silly it was for any of us to actually believe that ...

Giving summer a fond farewell and fall sports a big hello

Summer's over. Sad, isn't t? But yes, it's officially farewell to the Summer of 2019 according to the mind and the local sports calendar, as Labor Day has come and gone. It began unofficially with the Boston Bruins playing in Game 1 of their ill-fated Stanley Cup Finals series on Memorial ...

UNH’s Santos makes great call

I know very little about Ricky Santos, the football coach, but let me just endorse the kid’s first major decision. Weeks ago, Santos was named interim head coach at the University of New Hampshire as incumbent head man Sean McDonnell needed to take a leave. Santos inherited a Wildcat ship ...