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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
