By Ryan Barry NEFJ Correspondent The Merrimack Warriors kick-off their 2024 campaign on Saturday afternoon in Colorado Springs, Colorado when they take on the Air Force Falcons of the Mountain West Conference. With Dan Curran leaving to take the Holy Cross job, new head coach Mike Gennetti leads the program after 19 seasons as an assistant in North Andover. Gennetti takes over a program that begins play as an FCS…

Image courtesy of Sports Illustrated  This was always going to be the case, no matter how much Pats fans wished for a different outcome. On Thursday morning – minutes before he was set to speak to the media after he wasn’t scheduled to speak initially – Adam Schefter broke the news that Mayo had told the team Jacoby Brissett would be starting Week 1 against Cincinnati. No matter how much…

Getty Images Friday night lights are right around the corner, but the dog days of training camp are still biting for about a week or two. High school players around New England officially kick off the regular season next weekend, but hot, grind-it-out practices and a few scrimmages are still the focus as teams forge their identities. These two weeks each summer are also a time where young athletes grow…

All the guessing and prognosticating is done. We now know what the 2024 Patriots look like…for now. New England released 16 players on Tuesday to get down to the 53-man limit after making a bunch of moves on Monday too. The Patriots also placed Kendrick Bourne, Sione Takitaki and Cole Strange on PUP, which means they’ll be out for at least the first four games of the season. Christian Barmore…