• Great weekend for New England college football as three teams get FCS playoff bids
  • NFL reinstates Jabrill Peppers
  • With playoff drought officially over, URI turns its attention to CCSU
  • Recapping Shane Montgomery’s UMass-UConn game week press conference
  • Seven Points on the Patriots 34-15 loss to the Dolphins

From Holliston to NFL Network, Bridget Condon still has fond memories of her days as a Panther

Bridget Condon still remembers what Friday nights at Kamitian Field in Holliston look, sound and feel like. Condon, a 2011 graduate of Holliston High School, also played field hockey and lacrosse and ran winter track as a Panther. Now, she’s one of the key on-air personalities at NFL Network, but she’s never forgotten where her love for sports and ultimately football started. First, it was a magical night at Fenway….

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New England high school preview — Week 9

Playoffs have struck most of New England, and therefore there are a lot of impactful matchups across the region. Here’s a look at some of the best ones. Central Catholic at Springfield Central — In the MIAA D1 playoffs, this would usually be a semifinal or final game. As it is, it’s a first rounder, and a rematch of a Week 1 SPringfield Central decisive win. Central Catholic has improved,……

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Pats players still motivated despite 2-6 record

Image courtesy of Sports Illustrated The Patriots media work room was still packed on Wednesday morning with reporters looking to pick at the carcass that is the 2023 season right now. The coverage hasn’t diminished and the effort from the team inside the locker room isn’t going to either…at least for now. At 2-6, it’s hard to believe that players are still overly motivated when a playoff berth is basically…

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Has Bill Belichick already started to lose control of personnel decisions?

For 20+ years, Bill Belichick has had final say over his roster. Presumably, that’s been the case this season too, including on trade deadline day Tuesday. The Patriots chose to stand pat and not part with any of their expiring contracts for draft picks, instead taking the George Costanza route ‘going down with the ship.’ But, has the change with Belichick’s full control of the roster already began? Fans have…

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Old friends Josh McDaniels and Dave Ziegler fired by the Raiders

The Las Vegas Raiders have fired former Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels as head coach. McDaniels lasted a season and a half in Sin City after signing a six year contract in January 2022. Ziegler, who was hired simultaneously as general manager was also let go. Ziegler was previously in the Patriots front office. McDaniels ousting is not a surprise as the team stumbled out to a 3-5 start. There…

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MIAA state tournament capsules

The MIAA playoffs start this week, so we wanted to give our rundown on what to expect. Here are some things to watch for in what should be a fun tournament. Division 8 Top seed: West Boylston (8-0). No controversy here. This has been the best team in the division all year. The closest win was a 20-point shutout of Blackstone Valley Tech. Best first-round matchup: No. 12 Randolph at……

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Patriots stand pat at the trade deadline

The NFL Trade Deadline has come and gone and the Patriots did not make a trade for the third straight year.  The Patriots have several unrestricted free agents that could have moved but are staying. Safety Kyle Dugger, guard/tackle Mike Onwenu, EDGE, Josh Uche, running back Ezekiel Elliott, offensive tackle Trent Brown, safety Jalen Mills and tight ends Mike Gesicki and Hunter Henry are on expiring contracts but none of…

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