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Nashua’s Mike Fontanez chasing Olympic boxing dreams

With social media, there are no secrets in sports, and as we saw with multiple videos emanating from an AAU basket-brawl in Atlanta this past weekend, the “bad” and the “ugly” are readily available. So why not some “good” this morning in the tale of Nashua’s Mike Fontanez. By ...

FCBL should tweak the incoming freshman rule

We're into the meat and heat of July so it's only fitting that we examine a key Silver Knight topic with just under a month to go, believe it or not, in the regular season: First, what are your feelings on the number of recent high school grads playing in the Futures Collegiate League, ...

Cora, Red So relying heavily on Reonicke

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Experience is a big deal in baseball and the man standing next to rookie Red Sox manager Alex Cora in the dugout is a guy with a lot of it. The game moves fast and being ahead of the game is a must in Major League Baseball. Red Sox Bench Coach Ron Roenicke has been there ...

FCBL should further limit number of high schoolers

We’re into the meat and heat of July so it’s only fitting that we examine a key Silver Knight topic with just under a month to go, believe it or not, in the regular season: First, what are your feelings on the number of recent high school grads playing in the Futures Collegiate League, ...

Some post July 4 sparklers to view and ponder

Here's a few local and regional tids and bits as we are now in the post -July 4 block of summer: Yours truly was very surprised at the lackof Boston fanfare surrounding the free agent departure from the Bruins of Merrimack's Tim Schaller. Now, Schaller would've loved to have stayed a Bruin but ...

I am riveted to the World Cup. Soccer. Yes, there I said it. I can’t get enough of it. Put two teams on a pitch, break out the face paint, the flags and those left over noise-makers from New Year’s Eve, and let’s go. If you’re not watching World Cup Soccer, you are missing a ...