These Saturday morning musings have been about football since just after Labor Day, so why not keep it that way for at least another week? So, with that in mind, here's a few football fun facts: --- Hmmm, Nick Caserio is returning to the New England Patriots after all, reportedly agreeing ...
Mike Fontanez had the ring pulled out from under him over the past year or so. Titles, trips to Nationals, even a potential OIympic shot were derailed by a torn ligament in the Nashua PAL Boxing Club sensation’s right hand. The adversity did nothing to dissuade the dream. It has just ...
Floating down a lonesome stream of consciousness, wondering if Marcus Smart really hasn’t figured out the fundamental problem with NBA officiating … Before anyone considers this a surrender to the tyranny of baseball analytics, be aware that this is not a statistical defense of the Red ...
We witnessed the raw power of Paul Marchand’s sprint double for Nashua South at the Division I State Indoor Track Meet on Sunday. And when Nashua North’s Rory Curran ripped up the backstretch with two laps to go in the 1500 meters, clinching his distance double, electricity surged through ...
As opening acts go, the first big-time show of Chaim Bloom’s Red Sox administration couldn’t have gone much worse. The Mookie Betts-David Price-$48 million package sent to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Alex Verdugo and Injured Twins Pitching Prospect has finally been completed. The Dodgers, ...
Bridge Year Fever’s Grip on Hub grew even stronger with the Brusdar Graterol fiasco. For those who are still wondering why there hasn’t been a press conference to announce the Mookie Betts-David Price to Los Angeles deal, it is because of the iffy physical status of the Minnesota pitching ...
It's hard to let go. This is the first weekend without NFL football until August, and yes, while we will have the XFL to distract us beginning this weekend, it likely won't fill the bill. Either way, we have a few thoughts on the season that was and the off-season that will be: Illness ...
They used to call them rebuilding years. The obvious inference was that a team’s talent level had sunk to a certain depth that it needed to stock up on better players before declaring itself a legitimate contender. Then someone coined the term bridge year. The murky inference there is that ...
Some stray thoughts from the world of sports as I ponder if someone has told Kyle Shanahan the bad news – the two timeouts he took to the locker room with him at halftime of the Super Bowl are now gone for good. He is never getting them back. That man, along with being a pathetic in-game ...
It is the busiest day of the year for pizzerias and sub shops around America, so that means any sports scribe worth his coffee-stained shirt needs to weigh in on who will rule the National Football League as its champion once the party tables feature little more than crumbs. It’s a little ...
Where are the Boston Bruins and Boston Celtics right now? We need them badly. Barraged by Brady banter. Maligned by the Mookie mess. And worst of all, forced to watch a Patriots-starved Super Bowl, the New England sports fan clamors for something to believe in. But which team do you ...
Having had to fire the manager on whose desk the buck stopped in their sign-stealing scandal, the Houston Astros decided to sketch their future on a completely blank slate, starting fresh, proclaiming a new, exciting era for their fans, their city and the baseball world itself. They hired ...
Something's wrong with this picture. Any picture, that is, of the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs in Miami this week. Both teams arrived in Florida on Sunday for Super Bowl LIV, and all the hype and hoopla begins and the New England Patriots won't be part of it. There was not big ...
There is nothing sweet about the sorrow inspired by Tom Brady’s possible parting. Indeed, the saga has become more annoying than anything. The rumors are endless, many are mindless. Brady is buying a house in Connecticut. Clearly he’s staying. Brady was spotted at a UFC extravagana in ...
Yes, we know it's Saturday and that usually means our NFL picks. But sorry, there's no breakdown of the only pro football game this weekend, the AFC-NFC Pro Bowl. So we'll interrupt things on the final Saturday in January to give you a few tids and bits to ponder: If you weren't at the ...
The folks at DraftKings wasted no time. Seemingly days after it was shoved through the New Hampshire legislature, action is alive on the upcoming Super Bowl between the 49ers and Chiefs. If you are in the Granite State – well, at least a mile inside the state border – you can find ...
Floating down a lonesome stream of consciousness, curious as to the reasoning for the absence of an “X” next to Derek Jeter on one Hall of Fame voter’s ballot … While the football filler officially known as the Pro Bowl will never be more than that, at least the NFL has loosened up a ...
One 30-point win over listless LeBron and his Lakers cannot hide the fact that the Boston Celtics are muddled in the middle of the Eastern Conference pack. Second seed, sixth seed, it hardly matters in this bunch of also-rans. So we sit here in late January, one simple question is worth ...
The holidays are long gone, but let's take a survey: What was your best Christmas present? Chances are, it would be tough to top the one former Bishop Guertin High School quarterback Hayden Moses received. If you're a local high school football fan, you know Moses' story by now. He tore his ...
Whenever you think Kyrie Irving has reached his peak of self-possessed jack-assery he manages to top himself. Irving’s highest peak came with exquisitely poor timing, an art he has perfected. Unhappy over criticism he took from teammates and media members after returning from seven weeks ...