A Shot For Life event continues to be a smashing success

April 13, 2025

It seems like just yesterday, but the original ‘A Shot For Life’ has been around for 14 years. Back then, Mike Slonina became the first person in basketball history to shoot from all over a court for 24 hours straight in an effort to raise money for cancer. Since then, the event has morphed into various others involving baseball, softball, soccer, lacrosse, football, hockey and field hockey. On Sunday afternoon,……

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Recapping the Holy Cross spring game

April 13, 2025

WORCETSER – A new tradition may have started in Worcester on Saturday. With some miserable New England April weather rolling through this weekend, the annual spring game was forced inside the St. Ignaitus indoor facility at Holy Cross. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise. The atmosphere was phenomenal as recruits, their families and alumni lined one sideline and the far end zone as the Crusaders capped off…

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Recapping Merrimack’s spring game

April 12, 2025

NORTH ANDOVER – Year one of the Mike Gennetti Era didn’t go very well for Merrimack, but things are already back on the right track. On a chilly Friday night in front of a couple hundred fans, the Warriors had an intense, physical controlled scrimmage with various competitive periods thrown in that should have left everyone in attendance impressed. Merrimack – just two years removed from playing for back-to-back NEC…

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Pats free agent center Garrett Bradbury gives insight into new journey in Foxborough

April 10, 2025

FOXBOROUGH – Meeting with the media for the first time since signing as a free agent, Garrett Bradbury was all smiles on Thursday afternoon. The former Minnesota Viking touched on a lot of different topics for about 10 minutes, ranging from replacing David Andrews, a unique connection with Drake Maye and what it’s been like working with new offensive line coach (and former BC assistant) Doug Marrone. Arguably the biggest…

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Entering 4th year in the NFL, Marcus Jones knows he needs to develop as a leader

April 9, 2025

FOXBOOUGH – It’s hard to believe, but along with Christian Gonzalez and Jabrill Peppers, Marcus Jones is now a veteran leader in the Patriots locker room. Jones is entering his fourth year in the league and thanks to all of the departures from the Patriots locker room, Jones is one of a few guys left that’s been here for three different eras now between Belichick, Mayo and Vrabel. Jones is…

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Landry excited to be back in familiar territory

April 8, 2025

FOXBOROUGH – For the first time since signing as a free agent, Harold Landry met with the media on Tuesday afternoon at Gillette Stadium. Players are in the building for the first part of the voluntary offseason workout and for Landry, it’s been a bit of a whirlwind getting re-acclimated to the area. Landry was drafted in April of 2018, which means it’s been a long time since he’s been…

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BC staff, spring ball practices have big impression on local recruits

April 7, 2025

As the Eagles staff finally has its first full offseason and spring to recruit local talent, there’s no denying BC has made an effort to keep that proverbial fence around Massachusetts and the rest of New England. Among the hundreds of recruits that have come through the doors of Fish Field House each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday for the last month and a half, the majority of them have been…

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Harvard’s depth shines in spring game

April 5, 2025

By Paul Vozzella NEFJ Staff CAMBRIDGE – Harvard took one step closer to the start of the regular season with its annual spring game on Saturday afternoon. Team Crimson shined as it defeated White 31-0. Although the final score won’t be taken into serious consideration, the main focus was on individual performances and who proved they deserve a bigger role going into the 2025 season, according to head coach Andrew…

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New Patriots OLB coach Mike Smith expects big things from Harold Landry

April 4, 2025

FOXBOROUGH – Making a return to Massachusetts after a stellar career at Boston College, Harold Landry has the chance to help make this Patriots defense elite. On Friday afternoon when defensive assistant coaches met with the media in various groups for about 10-15 minutes, I briefly caught up with new outside linebackers coach Mike Smith to talk about what stands out with Landry on film until he gets to work…

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Josh McDaniels looking forward to reinventing his offense with Drake Maye

April 3, 2025

FOXBOROUGH – Josh McDaniels took the podium inside the Gillette Stadium media workroom right around 1:00 on Thursday with a huge smile. “Hello world,” he said. McDaniels looked like a man who was thrilled to be back in the building with a chance to try and help the organization get back to where it was once he left. The problem with that is there’s one giant piece of the puzzle…

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