Author: Kevin Stone

UMass: State of the Minutemen heading into the final week of the regular season

November 22, 2022
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Image courtesy of UMass Athletics Well UMass fans, it’s been a long, strange road for the first year of the second Don Brown era. Expectations were high – probably too high – to start the season and while there’s been progress made, the results on the scoreboard and subsequently in the win column haven’t been great. Still, with clear steps forward compared to recent seasons, this slow build is coming…

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Patriots: Marcus Jones’ late punt return TD gives New England much-needed win

November 20, 2022
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Image courtesy of Steven Senne/AP FOXBOROUGH – Sunday’s Jets-Patriots matchup had overtime and possibly a tie written all over it, until Marcus Jones decided it was time to go home. Locked in a low-scoring stalemate, Jones revealed himself as the hero everyone who was freezing at Gillette Stadium needed, returning a punt 84 yards for a touchdown with just five seconds remaining to give New England a stunning 10-3 win…

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College: St. Francis (PA) 52, Merrimack 23; Warriors fall in NEC title game

November 19, 2022
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By Jacob Hamilton NEFJ Correspondent NORTH ANDOVER – Entering the NEC Championship game on Saturday, St. Francis University led the conference in scoring, averaging north of 39 points per game.  Despite its best efforts, Merrimack College’s defense could not keep up, nor could the offense keep pace with the Red Flash all day in a 52-23 season ending loss. With a healthy balance of running the football and well-designed run-pass-options,…

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