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Desipte all their issues, we still think Pats have the edge

No yawning. Not allowed for today's version of the New England Patriots vs. the New York Jets rivalry. They've been snoozers, let's face it, over the last few years. The Jets have been abysmal, and the Patriots have always taken advantage. But the rumblings out of New York/New Jersey are ...

FCBL ties in Series

Here are a few tids and bits to munch on besides all the Halloween candy this weekend and early next week: – We’re in the midst of the 2022 World Series, but MLB’s post season has definitely had a Futures Collegiate Baseball League ring to it, no? Believe it or not, the ALCS MVP, Astros ...

Time Travel: Holy Cross checks out Nashua QB

OCT. 29, 1952 – “Eddie Anderson, head coach of the Holy Cross football team, was an interested spectator at the Nashua High-Manchester Central clash at Manchester clash last Sunday and saw the Purple Panthers drub the Green and White 26-7. “The primary purpose of the Crusader coach’s ...

Hello, Patriots? It’s time to come up with a better plan

Ahhhh, there was The Plan. The Plan had the New England Patriots playing two quarterbacks on Monday night for all the nation to see. The Plan was explained well by Patriots coach Bill Belichick to Mac Jones, Jones said after the Chicago Bears putting a 33-14 pasting on the Patriots – and ...

Ah, those Monday Night Football memories, just not the same

Ah, Monday Night Football. The memories. Is it still special? There are some of us who go back to the Frank Gifford -Don Meredith-Howard Cosell days. Then the Al Michaels-John Madden days. Heaven help the kids who had to watch the Booger Mobile days. “Cosell, Meredith, Gifford,” ...

Phillips leaves Bears legacy

It was a mid February night in 1999 when all hell broke loose in Chicago, and the ripple effects came all the way east to Nashua. Even to yours truly’s phone, which rang with then-Bishop Guertin football coach Tony Johnson on the other end. “Did you hear?” he said, or at least we ...