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From scrub to Hall of Famer

He was wide-eyed, if not bushy tailed. The young rookie was sitting at his locker in the old, cramped home team locker room Foxboro Stadium, as happy as could be. It was the end of sixth round draft pick Tom Brady’s first training camp as a New England Patriot. And he had made the team as ...

Time Travel: Diggins leads charge to track triumph

FEB. 5, 1962 – “Dick Diggins continues to beat the clock and Nashua High’s track team romped to its third straight victory by making a shambles of West and Central in a tri-meet at the Exeter Cage on Saturday. “The Purple track and field men scored a total of 73 points as Manchester ...

Brady’s retirement leaves Patriot fans disappointed for many reasons

Thank goodness that's over with. Yes, Tom Brady has now officially retired with his lengthy Instagram post on Tuesday morning. Of course, this whole retirement thing wasn't without drama. Because over the second half of his career, either through his own doing or that of others, Brady was Mr. ...

All these playoffs tell us is that the Patriots lack firepower

Happy Conference Championship Day, New England Patriots fans. Remember when it used to be a big day for the region? You had one eye on the game and the other on making potential Super Bowl travel arrangements. The Patriots were always playing on this Sunday, a remarkable streak of seven ...

Time Travel: Royal Purple take apart Crimson Tide

JAN. 28, 1967 – “Displaying an awesome scoring punch with a stingy defense, the Nashua High Royal Purple roared to its sixth win of the season last night at the Chestnut St. Gym, annihilating the Crimson Tide of Concord High, 73-41, before an estimated gathering of 900 ...

Classic coach will be missed

Jim Gorham, in his first year as the Campbell High School head baseball coach – in fact the program’s first year – saw his team get no-hit in its first game – and three-hit in another game. So he figured it was time to show them how to hit. First pitch, he whiffed. Kids ...