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Finally, the Patriots football we see next will be for keeps

Finally, our long national nightmare is over. The National Foootball League's four weeks of flags, missed throws, missed tackles, injuries, etc. called the preseason is done. Let us bid a fond farewell to the Patriots Preseason of 2019. May in rest in peace. And now let us welcome in the ...

Andrew Luck reignites debate: Football or no football

Wittingly or not, Andrew Luck revved the rhetorical engines of the ageless debate over football’s risks weighed against football’s rewards. That the game is loved and loathed with soaring intensity is obvious. All team sports promote camaraderie and a sense of self-sacrifice for the ...

Campbell’s Keegan Mills breaks the mold

Today, we have to throw a shout out to Campbell High three-sporter Keegan Mills. The senior from the tiny, little Division III school in Litchfield has committed to play Division 1 baseball at Austin Peay State University. The world just screeched to a halt, right? How is this possible? ...

Luck’s retirement decision certainly well thought out

The Andrew Luck retirement is a story that just keeps gripping the National Football League fandom, isn't it? How could a player at age 29 say he's all done? Hmmm, New England Patriot fans have an idea, don't they? Yeah, think Rob Gronkowski, age 30. Here's the bottom line: Playing in the NFL ...

Riv’s time to compete and contend in GNAC may be coming

Here's a few local and regional tids and bits as we begin the First Day of School in Nashua and wonder why the heck kids have to go back to class before Labor Day: First, Rivier University student athletes arrived on campus last Wednesday, and were certainly greeted by an incredible gift – ...

Patriots trying their best to find a reason for the preseason

Never a dull moment around the New England Patriots, even in the preseason, right? Before Thursday night's 10-3 meaningless practice game win over Carolina at Gillette Stadium, there was the breaking news of Patrick Chung's cocaine related indictment which took place right here in the Granite ...