Per the incomparable Mike Reiss of ESPN, Mike Vrabel won’t be in the brand new Patriots draft room at the New Balance Athletics Center on Saturday. Reiss reported very early this morning that Vrabel is seeking counseling. “As I said the other day, I promised my family, this organization and this team that I was going to give them the best version of me that I can possibly give them….
FOXBOROUGH – At noon on Tuesday, Mike Vrabel did what he had to do to begin moving forward. With more and more attention on the images and subsequent story regarding him and Diana Russini, Vrabel addressed the situation with a statement lasting a little over two minutes inside the new New Balance Athletics Center next to Gillette Stadium. “Let me first begin by saying thank you. Thank you for your…
By Tom O’Brien NEFJ Correspondent NEEDHAM – Weather and conditions were not ideal at St. Sebastian’s, but that didn’t stop some of the region’s best athletes from balling out in the “A Shot for Life” event for cancer research on Sunday. A Shot For Life is an organization that funds cancer research and through sport. They have multiple sports departments for different sports, such as soccer and football, among others…….
WORCESTER – Physical. It’s the only word needed to describe Holy Cross’s annual Spring Showcase inside the St. Ignaitus Indoor Practice Facility on Friday night. For about an hour and a half, the Crusaders wrapped up a very productive spring with a surprisingly hard-hitting controlled scrimmage. “We tried to get everybody an opportunity today,” said head coach Dan Curran. Obviously, a lot of our 1, 1As, they repped, but we…
By Mukala Kabongo NEFJ Correspondent NORTH ANDOVER – A lively Duane Stadium on Friday night for the spring game highlighted excitement for Merrimack football as they prepare for the 2026 season. Head coach Mike Gennetti is set to enter his third season at the helm for the Warriors, it’s been a process for Gennetti since moving from assistant to head coach, but the enthusiasm from Friday’s spring game has the…
While the offense and defense certainly deserved plenty of criticism for the year UMass had in 2025, special teams is of course part of that too. Special teams often flies under the radar during seasons like that because there are so many other problems much bigger than the execution of the kick off, punt and field goal units. But, the lack of a return and coverage game, along with just…
Image courtesy of Rob Heary By Rob Gullo NEFJ Correspondent NEW BRITAIN — The Central Connecticut State University Blue Devils will look to three-peat as NEC champions, but they have a long road ahead before the start of the season. The Blue Devils, who have won seven-plus games in each of the last two seasons, head into this season facing arguably more work than the last two seasons in figuring…
FOXBOROUGH – Inside the still-coming-along, but already beautiful New Balance Athletics Center next to Gillette Stadium on Monday, Eliot Wolf held a pre-draft press conference 10 days from the first day of the NFL Draft. New England is obviously in a much different position this season picking at No. 31, so there’s a lot of things on the table. Wolf talked moving around the board, AJ Brown (sort of) and…
CAMBRIDGE – The winds of change have swept through Harvard over the last few years, but the program has largely remained the same. Andrew Aurich has been able to continue the historic success Tim Murphy achieved with the Crimson for so many years, and the ring ceremony following the spring game on Saturday was just a small example of it. On the field throughout a blustery morning inside historic Harvard…
By Andy Close NEFJ Correspondent EAST HARTFORD — The score read 69-58 in favor of the Blue Team over the White in UConn’s spring game on Saturday, but that was of little to no consequence. In what could be described as essentially an open practice at Rentschler Field, first-year head coach Jason Candle’s Huskies were able to culminate their spring work with a glimpse into the future. “I’m really proud…