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The calm before the storm is over for Patriots, Belichick

It was a Monday in early January of 2000. The owner of an NFL team walked into a crowded press room of a stadium that no longer exists. He read a simple statement that basically said things had been trending in the wrong direction and a change needed to be made. He took no questions, then ...

Mercifullly there’s only one more week to go for Patriots

Yes, it's the New Year. Out with the old, in with the new. There's many ways that can be interpreted for the New England Patriots, because the old ended the way it's been for most of 2023: The offense simply killed its defense in Sunday's 27-21 very winnable loss at Buffalo. There's one ...

A lot seems to happen when the Patriots visit Buffalo

Is there something different about the New England Patriots the last few weeks? It sure seems that way. Is it enough to save Bill Belichick's job? We don't think so, but you never know. But hopefully soon we'll know. We'll have quite a week of speculation after today's game in Buffalo, ...

Miracle at Mile High? Certainly looked that way for Patriots

A Christmas Mile High Miracle? How else can you explain the events of Christmas Eve in Denver, when a Patriots team missing some key components on offense rebound from an awful start and beat the Broncos 26-23? And doing it, no less, with a boot from a rookie kicker who looked like a duffer ...

It’s Christmas Eve, and Pats have put coal in our stockings

It's Christmas Weekend and already we have coal in our stockings. That's if you're a New England Patriots fan, that is. You pushed everything aside for Christmas Eve with the idea of having a holiday party in front of the TV with the Patriots taking on Denver at Mile High Stadium. Oh you had ...

It will be tough to duplicate last year’s local hockey season

Here are a few tids and bits to munch on before you hit that holiday food: First, put those skates on, it's high school hockey season. Think of this: The area went seven years before having a team play at Manchester's SNHU Arena; it had teams in the finals during a pandemic season of 2021 but ...