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Baseball’s version of March Madness is over, so now what?

Let's try to figure out what exactly was gained with the Great MLB Lockout of 2022 that ended on Thursday. How about no regular season baseball in the chill of March? The numbers are all mind-boggling to the average fan who right now is paying anywhere between $4 and $7 for a gallon of gas, ...

Stapelfeld’s college career ends in style

Here are a few tids and bits as we’re underway in March and high school spring sports practices begin in just two weeks: A fabulous college career ended last weekend in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference finals when Emmanuel topped Saint Joseph’s of Maine in the conference title ...

Time Travel: When Concord dimmed football’s lights

For purely selfish reasons, one scribe’s preference is for all high school football games to be played at 1 p.m. on Saturday afternoons. Of course, that preference for afternoon games also applies to any assignment that crosses this desk. It’s not our problem if NESN’s ratings tank with ...

MLB: Stay closed until repairs made

The talks are over, at least for now. Opening day is gone, too, and now we’re forced to wait to see if we get any baseball at all. If there was any good news coming out of baseball’s labor talks in Florida it was this: At least now we know who to blame. Here’s a hint: It’s not ...

High school hockey’s time has come, beginning tonight

The local high school hockey postseason begins tonight at Skate 3 Arena, and if there are enough fans not enjoying a trip somewhere during school vacation week, there should be a good atmosphere. Bishop Guertin will be taking on Pinkerton, a battle of seventh and 10th seeded teams, ...

MLB may give us a whole new version of March Madness

There's a real strange feel as we are about to say so long to February and hello to March. The local high school basketball season is done, thanks to the experimental condensed schedule. Finshed. Caput. In the books. Hockey is about to start, so that feels normal. But there's no spring ...