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Tom King’s top local sports stories for 2018

The end of any sports year brings the toughest job of that year – choosing the best and most memorable of the best and most memorable. It’s purely a subjective exercise, and almost every time after “send” is hit, another possible addition to the list is recalled. But we’ll go with ...

How much longer will Patriots handle the Jets?

Rob Gronkowski says he's all in for, uh, the rest of this year. Tom Brady says he wants to play next year and beyond. That's all well and good, but how does this all help the New England Patriots right now? The playoffs remain a mystery. Anything is possible. Meanwhile, there's no playoff for ...

Local hockey community needs to get its tourney back

'Tis the day after Christmas, and all through the rink, not a high school hockey player was stirring, and that kind of makes you think: Why? For the first time in 14 years, there's no Conway Arena Hockey Tournament for the holiday season in Nashua. And that is a real shame. Instead of the ...

Patriots have to be worried about their passing game — and QB

It was a ho-hum Sunday at Gillette Stadium, with the New England Patriots and Buffalo Bills replacing ugly sweaters with ugly football. Then suddenly the announcement in the press box with 6:39 left woke everyone up: “Brian Hoyer is now in at quarterback for the Patriots.” Interesting. ...

Patriots are clearly on to Buffalo and beyond

Boom. The tumultous season of the New England Patriots continues, with jolt after jolt, the latest being the Josh Gordon fiasco. But the Buffalo Bills are coming to town, and they are the perfect holiday pick-me-up for the Patriots and its fans. Of course, the Patriots have to re-adjust their ...

Winners Dyer, Bertrand roll into winter

HUDSON —They are walking, well running, advertisements for high school athletics. Coach’s dreams. Program cornerstones. And there’s no coincidence that in the resurgence of each school’s football team this past fall, Alvirne’s Jamie Bertrand and Merrimack’s Jared Dyer played ...