IN SPORTS, as in everything else in life, you just never know.
ON A cold winter night, a certain peace can be found by walking on a frozen body of water. It is often incredibly quiet with only the sound of crunching snow underfoot. Despite the late hour, it is very easy to see and the moon may be strong enough to cast shadows. Although I only get to do …
“YOU PEOPLE are watching a group of people who startled the athletic world — not the hockey world, the athletic world. Whatever you choose to write — and I don’t mean for you to be cheerleaders — these people are deserving of so much in view of their age and the things they had to accomplish…
RALPH COX didn’t make the team. Despite an impressive resume, talent and character, he was deemed not good enough.
THE NHL TRADE DEADLINE is next Monday.
IT’S FITTING that Ryan Norton‘s first game as Raymond High School’s varsity baseball coach will be against Campbell of Litchfield (weather permitting), since the last time he took the field as a high school player was for Campbell’s 3-2 triumph over Norton and his Newmarket teammates in the …
MANY PEOPLE assume that because I fish so much, I must eat a lot of fish. It would seem to make sense just as I assume that anyone working at McDonald’s must eat over 100 hamburgers annually.
THE NUMBER was the same but the uniform was different. The city was different. The coast was even different. But the words of Mookie Betts were the same.
ONE OF the biggest storylines entering the 2019-20 girls’ basketball season was Bishop Guertin’s quest for a fifth straight NHIAA Division I championship. The Cardinals had become mainstays at Southern New Hampshire University’s Stan Spirou Field House over the last four years, and coaches a…
SOMETIMES, the best trades you make are the ones you wind up not making.
The Twins pulled out of the Betts deal Saturday, and the Sox might have hired a manager.
Tim MacLean's NH High School Basketball: At the halfway point, Div. I, II boys' races are compelling
AFTER tonight’s slate of games, every Division I boys’ basketball team will have completed at least half of its regular-season schedule, making this as good a time as any to take stock around the league. At this point, we should have a good feel for teams, as well as which programs will have…
IN THE END, the bottom line was … well, the bottom line.
My 12-year-old daughter is a genuine lover of the outdoors and the winter seems to be an especially exciting time for her. She embraces the cold as enthusiastically as some find comfort in the warmth. When we are not skiing, ice skating or snowmobiling, she might be found burrowing into the …
Good morning! Time to clear the desk as the winter sports season wanes and baseball awaits ...
IN CASE you missed it, Tom Brady didn’t play in Sunday’s thoroughly enjoyable football game.
SURVEYING the New Hampshire sports landscape:
49ERS (15-3) vs. CHIEFS (14-4) in MIAMI
In recent years, the name Teng has become synonymous with Manchester West basketball.
IT’S ALMOST TIME for the equipment truck to head for Fort Myers, Fla. The Red Sox don’t have a manager and the hot stove winds seem to be blowing Mookie Betts west.
CHOKING BACK TEARS, Doc Rivers put the horrible day in perspective.
ONE THING that always made Matt Fleming stand out is how he immersed himself in softball every spring. Lots of softball coaches are really into it, but few can match the energy and passion that Fleming brought to Goffstown softball every season.
During the first week of January, a lake trout was caught in Northern New Hampshire that was, by all accounts, enormous. The fish narrowly missed the state record of 28 and a half pounds. I was lucky enough to handle this fish and study it. In addition to its impressive size, I tried to cons…
AS Derek Jeter, Larry Walker and Ted Simmons get ready to walk through the doors at Cooperstown, it makes you think about a local guy who once appeared to be headed in that direction.
Nobody knows, but it’s fun to play the guessing game.
Although the Manchester Memorial girls basketball team just completed its most challenging week of the regular season — the Crusaders beat Portsmouth on Tuesday and Bedford in overtime Saturday — Memorial’s toughest test is still ahead.
If you have never gone rabbit hunting, you might expect the frantic pursuit of a speedy little mammal. After all, rabbits are known for their ability to quickly maneuver through the understory and rely on their speed to get out of tricky situations.
Miami awaits. The two-week run-up to the Feb. 2 Super Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium begins on Sunday when the two teams are determined in the AFC and NFC championship games. The Cinderella in this final four is discarded Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill trying to lead Tennessee to its first S…
AS STRANGE as it might seem now, scoring wasn’t something Kelly Walsh was originally all that comfortable with. She knew she could do it and do it well, but as a freshman on a Goffstown team filled with upperclassmen four years ago, she wasn’t always confident it was her place.
ALEX CORA is scheduled to be available to the media before Thursday night’s Boston Baseball Writers’ dinner.
Unlike college basketball and the NBA, there is no shot clock in NHIAA basketball. Some people would like to see one instituted while others argue that the game is fine in its current form. And every so often something happens to stir the debate.
RED SOX FANS, take a look at the following words. You may never see them again.
Preparing for the weather is something that all anglers must do regardless of the time of year or weather forecast.
WHEN polling coaches around the league for this season’s girls’ basketball preview, the same program was commonly uttered when asked who might challenge Bishop Guertin.
