It looked like James Pleat‘s stay in this year’s U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship would be an extended one after he opened the tournament with a 2-under-par 68 at CommonGround Golf Course in Aurora, Colo., Saturday. That left him tied for 10th in a field of 264.
THINGS you can count on: death, taxes … and Tom Brady calling this week’s opposition “a good team.”
PATRIOTS (1-0) at DOLPHINS (0-1)
A SUCCESSFUL angler often understands the relationship between fish and the world they live in. This complex system, often referred to as ecology, is crucial to catching fish.
MORE CONTROVERSY in Foxborough, Mass.
THIS SATURDAY the Tri-Track Open Modified Series — which as many Modified devotees are aware is not confined to three tracks anymore — will roll into Monadnock Speedway for round two of the Ron Bouchard Challenge Cup 100.
THERE WAS one burning question becoming more and more obvious during the Patriots’ dismantling of the Steelers on Banner Night Sunday:
MUCH LIKE the Heisman Trophy seems to be awarded to a quarterback every year, New Hampshire’s Gatorade Player of the Year in football has become an award usually won by a player from an NHIAA Division I school.
The forbidden fruit was too tempting. Bill Belichick couldn’t resist the talent. Antonio Brown is just too good. So the Patriots coach is taking a chance he’ll avoid the receiver’s disruptive side.
I KNOW we’ve talked about this periodically in this space, but, regardless how this long-shot chase for a playoff spot comes out, this will be a busy winter for the Red Sox — and it revolves particularly around at least seven names and things.
I TAKE great pleasure in the mistakes of nature. I’ve always been drawn to abstract thought and feel as if I understand the absurd better than the logical. After all, the science that governs the natural world is filled with a million certainties but only a few anomalies. It is these curveballs, only occasionally thrown, that I will take a swing at.
WHEN EXAMINING the Red Sox’ precarious playoff chances — most folks think the chances are slim and none — stop and think about where this team would be without Eduardo Rodriguez.
TWO NIGHTS of short track racing are lined up at Star Speedway this weekend. “Fender Friday”, headlined by the Granite State Pro Stock Series 100, sponsored by Vynorius Pile Driving, gets the Star Classic Weekend underway. The Pro Stocks will be joined by Star’s Street Stocks, Six-Shooters and Mini Stocks and the NELCAR Legends.
WHILE so many New England eyes are already focused on Sunday night in Foxborough, there’s some pretty important stuff happening on Jersey Street.
AN UNIDENTIFIED NFL scout expressed the frustration felt throughout the NFL since … well, the beginning of this century.
There are three rookie baseball players on the Toronto Blue Jays, each with a father made famous by success in the same sport.
ANOTHER TEASE or the real thing?
CLAREMONT MOTORSPORTS PARK races on Sunday this holiday weekend with the Granite State Pro Stocks $5,000-to-win 150 as its headliner. If this year’s event can come close to last year’s memorable duel between DJ Shaw and Jeremy Davis, you’ll be glad you went.
IT DOESN’T look like Trinity High School will be involved in Manchester’s Thanksgiving Day football game this year. Or anytime in the near future, for that matter.
A BUSY WEEKEND in sports, both on and off the field.
The Patriots clearly like what they’ve seen from rookie Jarrett Stidham in both training camp and games. Is it enough to keep the kid and send Brian Hoyer packing?
RIGHT AROUND this time last year, folks around New England, led by Red Sox TV voice Dave O’Brien, were touting Mookie Betts as the best player in baseball.
With deep respect, Trackside salutes Russ Conway, who recently passed away at the age of 70.
THIS IS a tale of two big baseball contracts.
THE LAST four years of Garrison Bryant‘s life are proof that even the most well-laid plans can change in an instant.
SO MUCH of the way I fish today began when I was very young. I have since visited new places, mastered different methods, and learned from hundreds of other anglers.
OK, did they suck you back in?
MONADNOCK SPEEDWAY has two long-distance touring series races on tap Saturday night. One with fenders — one without.
Linebacker Quinlen Dean wasn’t in attendance when the University of New Hampshire football team opened practice Friday. Dean won’t be at any of the team’s other practices leading up to the Sept. 7 season opener against Holy Cross either, since he’s currently practicing with the Marshall Univ…
THERE’S A reason Vanderbilt University is synonymous with “winning” in the baseball world.
THURSDAY NIGHT really couldn’t have gone any better for the New England sports fan.
PRESENTLY, as I sit and write, I am planning a fishing trip. To clarify, the trip has already been planned. I am preparing for a fishing trip. This is the final step before a few friends and I disembark on an annual adventure to one of our favorite water bodies.
THE NEWS struck like a bolt of lightning.
WHITE MOUNTAIN Motorsports Park had itself a memorable event Saturday when the American Canadian Tour $10,000-to-win Mid-Summer 250 went down to the wire before one of the largest crowds in the track’s 26-year history.
IT WAS less than a year ago when Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette and Cavan Biggio were lighting up Northeast Delta Dental Stadium. Three of baseball’s most talked-about prospects, two the sons of Hall of Famers, were all in the same place, overflowing with seemingly endless potential. They were the future of the Toronto Blue Jays, rays of hope for a successful rebuild.
NEWS FLASH: Tom Brady isn’t going anywhere.
When an aging team at the sad end of a competitive cycle decides to retool by selling off veterans and rebuilding around youth, we criticize its lack of ambition and accuse it of tanking. But when another struggling team, under .500 and on the outermost edge of contention, decides to add significant pieces at Major League Baseball’s trade deadline instead of subtracting as everyone expected, we question its sanity.
THERE IS grass growing in my driveway. Amid the hard-packed gravel, my lawn has escaped its normal boundary and spread into a new, otherwise unwelcome territory. I didn’t really consider this event significant until this morning, when I found another strange location with grass growing, the bed of my pickup.
WEDNESDAY really couldn’t have gone any worse for those who reside in Red Sox Nation.
