• Legendary Northbridge coach Ken Lachapelle wins Patriots’ Coach of the Week award
  • Bill O’Brien names Grayson James BC’s new starting quarterback
  • Recapping Don Brown’s weekly UMass press conference as Minutemen prepare for final 3 games
  • Montigo Moss has been a key to Maine’s resurgence
  • URI postseason hopes still in good shape despite loss to Delaware

Opinion: Enough with the fake crowd noise talk

By Kevin Stone/@kstone06/@newftbj Alright, enough with the idea of piping in crowd noise using actual stadium speakers. For some mind boggling reason, adults can’t seem to be able to live with the fact that there is a real possibility that every NFL game this season will look, sound and feel different. In a time where nothing is normal, dealing with empty football stadiums on Thursday, Sunday and the occasional Saturday…

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Patriots: Brian Hoyer and Jarrett Stidham work together as they prepare to compete for the starting quarterback job

By Kevin Stone/@kstone06/@newftbj It was reported last week that Jarrett Stidham had been organizing throwing workouts with some of his teammates. Then, we began hearing that Brian Hoyer was there too, just incase anyone was worried. Discussion on local sports radio on Friday and over the weekend soon turned to whether or not Hoyer was really the one organizing the workouts and just being a good “quarterback caddie” (credit Chris…

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Opinion: Random thoughts on the week that was

By Kevin Stone/@kstone06/@newftbj For the first time since what feels like March, we’ve had a bit of a dead period this past week in terms of football news. As both college football and the NFL continue to try and navigate the pandemic and get athletes back into buildings to safely begin working out with teammates, here’s a few random thoughts on the world of football as we head into June:…

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Patriots: Patriots get creative in extending Chung and signing their rookie class

By Kevin Stone/@kstone06/@newftbj While we all wait for some actual football practices to break down and analyze in (hopefully) a couple months, the Patriots continued to tie up loose ends on the offseason. Not only did Bill Belichick finish signing his entire draft class with the final piece of the puzzle coming in the form of Kyle Dugger, but apparently BB talked safety Patrick Chung out of retirement to extend…

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