We are here. The MIAA state title games have arrived. All will be at Gillette Stadium from Wednesday to Friday. What seems to define this group of games is the amount of teams that will be going for repeats. From the looks of it, these should be fun and entertaining games. Let’s examine, one by one, these matchups, and what we expect to see this week. Division 1 No. 3…
Can you imagine back in 2018, getting a loved one Pats tickets as a Christmas gift and spending less than $100 for each seat? Speaking from personal experience, $300 just to get in for any game in December was the norm just a handful of years ago. Now, with the defending Super Bowl champs and arguably the best QB of his generation in Foxborough, you can get in for $85…
Well done, New England. Army-Navy week was a smashing success in every possible way. Players, coaches, PR staff members, athletic directors and other folks with ties to either academy that we spoke with or that spoke after the game had nothing but glowing things to say about their experience this week. Given the slightly important fact that the United States of America started here, there’s no reason why Foxborough and…
Image courtesy of The Times-Herald Record The spectacle that is Army-Navy is just two months away and luckily for local football fans, that spectacle will be right in our own backyard this year. Gillette Stadium is set to host the historic matchup on December 9th, but how much do local fans really know about either team? The answer probably varies given allegiances and upbringings, but with Boston College traveling to…
FOXBOROUGH – While the MHSFCA Coaches Clinic at Gillette Stadium every year is mostly just a giant networking event and a place to talk ball, Saturday’s luncheon is always special. Not because of the pasta, garlic bread or meatballs served at Gillette Stadium, but because one special player is recognized every year by the association and Gold Athletics with a Leadership Scholarship. This year’s recipient was Chelmsford’s Joe Mitri. Mitri…
FOXBOROUGH – With spring ball rapidly approaching and the sling off, Don Brown was putting his passion for football on display Friday night. Brown was one of many presenters over the two-day MHSFCA New England Football Coaches Clinic at Gillette Stadium. Brian Belichick kicked things off with a presentation about defensive run force, fits and gaps around 4 P.M. at the event hosted by the Patriots, specifically Fred Kirsch, Gary…
For the first time in 2022, the Patriots played some football inside Gillette Stadium on Friday night. The annual season ticket holder and Foxborough resident practice drew a good crowd that almost filled the lower bowl. A rainbow came out after vicious thunderstorms just before the Patriots took the field, but it wasn’t a good omen as there’s still a lot to figure out about this team with inconsistency rearing…
Football is officially back. Fans began filing into the stands surrounding the Gillette Stadium practice fields at 8 A.M. on Wednesday ahead of the first training camp practice of the season. Players reported to camp on Tuesday, but Wednesday was the first time the 2022 team took the field in a true football setting. Here are sights, sounds and thoughts from the roughly hour-and-a-half session. -The man of the hour,…
Photo: @Patriots Schedule Day is always a sneaky great day on the calendar for football fans. No one really thinks about it until we’re all reminded a week or so before that Schedule Day is coming. It isn’t quite the same with Twitter leaks popping up everywhere throughout the day ruining the element of surprise, but still, once the league slate comes out it’s always fun to see where and…
There are always a lot of camps and combines available to football players this time of year. One of the best is coming up on May 1 at Gillette Stadium. The annual MHSFCA — Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Association — is running its annual combine on that date. It is one of the best around for many reasons, but a big one is accuracy. This combine will feature laser-timed…