• MHSFCA announces its 2024 All-State football team
  • Connecticut Football Alliance releases 129 game schedule for the 2025
  • Maye, Henry provide hopeful message to Pats fans on Christmas eve
  • Catching up with Vincent Busa after his commitment to URI
  • Phillips Exeter’s Isaiah Reese honored to be playing in the Under Armour All-American game

First & 10: Ten Thoughts From the World of Football

By John Sarianides Football season is here! NFL training camps open up this week.  1. NFL training camps open up this week. Where did the last five and a half months go? Time flies. 2. The Cowboys and Cardinals have already reported because they are playing in the Hall of Fame Game in two weeks. Is it just me or do the Cowboys seemingly play in this game every other…

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NFL: Ten Training Camp Storylines to Watch

Marshawn Lynch is back and ready to run through defenses again.  By John Sarianides Training camp is upon us now that the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals have reported to training camp this weekend. The two teams reported to camp early because they will be playing in the Hall of Fame Game next month.  There are several major storylines heading into training camp. Here are ten storylines to keep an…

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Opinion: The Denise of Hugh Freeze Was to Be Expected

By John Sarianides Ole Miss football coach Hugh Freeze resigned yesterday after it was discovered that he had called an escort service on a university issued phone. The phone call was discovered after phone records from January 2016 were turned over to the attorneys of former coach Houston Nutt. Nutt is suing the school claiming wrongful termination.  Freeze stepping down is not a surprise. It has been in the works…

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Patriots Pulse Preview: Offensive Line

By John Sarianides The Patriots offensive line was much improved in 2016 thanks to the return of long time offensive line coach Dante Scarnecchia. Scarnecchia brought experience and stability to the offensive line meeting room and it paid off. It also helped that Scarnecchia settled on a starting five and stuck with them.   Some of the credit for the turnaround has to go to the players as well. The emergence…

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Patriots Pulse Preview: Tight Ends

By John Sarianides The success of the tight end position in the Patriots offense in recent years has rested on the health of Rob Gronkowski. If Gronkowski is healthy, the Patriots are virtually unstoppable offensively.  Gronkowski only played in eight games last season thanks to a herniated disk in his back. The injury isn’t career threatening but it will impact Gronkowski in terms of how he plays the position moving…

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Screaming Eagles Blog: The Eagles Are Getting No Pre-Season Love

By John Sarianides Boston College was picked to finish seventh in the ACC’s Atlantic Division in the pre-season conference poll. What is up with that? I get that the Eagles have questions at quarterback, but seventh? Really? With several key starters returning at running back and wide receiver and a loaded front seven defensively, you would have thought the Eagles would have been picked to finish in the top five…

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Patriots Pulse Preview: Wide Receivers

By John Sarianides To say the Patriots are loaded at wide receiver would be a major understatement. The addition of Brandin Cooks gives the Patriots the one thing have been lacking in recent seasons. A vertical threat that can take the top off of a defense. Cooks will bring that element to the Patriots offense and he will fit in nicely with Julian Edelman, Danny Amendola, Chris Hogan and Malcolm…

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NCAA Football: Jimbo Fisher is Right. The ACC is One of the Premier Conferences in the Country. 

By John Sarianides Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher made a pretty bold statement at ACC Media Day on Thursday. Fisher proclaimed that the ACC is the premier conference in all of college football.  Normally I would shake my head and write some type of scathing rebuttal but I agree with Fisher. The ACC is the premier conference in college football. There are just as many national title contenders in the…

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