FIRST, the good news for the Bruins and their fans:
I’M A glass half-full kind of guy. In respect to fishing, that glass is completely full ...to the brim, often overflowing. Rarely discouraged by climate, obligation, or common sense, I am always inspired to try and catch a fish.
J.D. MARTINEZ tossed a bit of a monkey wrench in on the Red Sox’ plans to reduce payroll.
EMPTYING the notebook while watching the leaves pile up and waiting for the snow to arrive ...
OK, maybe the Patriots’ defense isn’t as good as many people thought it was.
The NHIAA hasn’t released the official pairings for next week’s football playoff games — they’ll likely come out today — but unless we’re overlooking something, here’s what the matchups will look like:
HOUSTON -- Often, the morning after a big sports event, you wake up and think, "Oh, no." You don't like what you wrote. Or, sometimes, you even figure out -- while you were sleeping -- what you should have written, as if the central kernel of the subject floats up from your unconscious, then…
CALL IT bulletin board material. Call it poking the bear. Say it ain’t wise to tug on Superman’s cape or spit into the wind.
When coach Brad Stevens took a look at the Celtics and found they didn’t cast a lot of shade, his 2019-20 defensive plan became clear: Fight the enemy on the outskirts of town, for once it gets to the inner city, trouble ensues.
JULIAN EDELMAN didn’t hold back.
HOW MANY Goffstown High School football fans live in Derry and its surrounding towns? We can’t answer that question, but we’re willing to bet the number went up significantly Saturday.
With all that’s going on, it’s easy to forget the Patriots are undefeated and still the defending champions.
THERE AREN’T many creatures that practice cannibalism in the natural world, and I think we can all agree that it is a good thing. It is, after all an uncomfortable notion that something might consume a member of its own species. The whole premise seems to go against procreation and the overa…
LIKE most opening games, we really didn’t learn all that much from the Celtics’ opening-night loss in Philadelphia.
FORGET THE GAME. That part of the night was over before some Meadowlands fans got to their seats.
Let’s mark this down as a turning point season for the Boston Celtics, starting with a tip off Wednesday night in Philadelphia.
In 2016, when the Washington Nationals were playing the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first round of the National League Division Series, Juliet Macur suggested in a New York Times column that D.C., a longtime football town, was beginning “to look an awful lot like an up-and-coming baseball town.”
SOME leftover news items from Friday night’s Manchester Central-Manchester Memorial football game, courtesy of New Hampshire sports historian Gary Smith:
The last World Series game the Yankees played was in November of 2009. Derek Jeter had three hits at the new Stadium, on the night when the Yankees brought all their winning over to the north side of 161st Street.
THE INJURIES continue to mount. The depth chart continues to change. Rob Gronkowski still isn’t walking through that door. The passing game continues to struggle.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE a year makes for the Celtics — in terms of both roster and expectations.
IT’S OFFICIAL. Well, almost official.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The starting left tackle is a no-name. The wide receiving corps features two undrafted rookies. There are no healthy fullbacks.
FIRST, the baseball boss was fired. Then came some members of the coaching staff.
Guess someone had to take the fall for not repeating as champions, right?
MOST trout fishing opportunities in New Hampshire close on Oct. 15. This marks the end of a long stretch of fishing, and the closing provides protection for these delicate fish as they spawn, incubate and over-winter. It has been an awesome, satisfying season for me and I have landed some beautiful fish.
FIRST, Patriots Nation was forced to watch Rob Gronkowski stumble through his first night as a television commentator.
Historians forever will measure Tom Brady against an older, more talented Manning, but for now let’s compare what their respective teams are getting out of Brady and Eli Manning, both earning about $23 million this season.
Typically, if there’s a meeting between the No. 1 and No. 2 high school football teams in the Union Leader Power Poll it doesn’t occur until the Division I championship game. This season, it could happen three times.
IT’S THAT time of year, folks — that wonderful time where all four of your major sports intersect.
THE WORD of the day, boys and girls … is hangover.
AS MUCH as I love fishing New Hampshire, there are times where I am drawn to other locations. The deep lakes of Vermont in winter, Yellowstone in Montana/Wyoming in the fall, and giant steelhead of New York around Thanksgiving have all become annual trips.
Suddenly, affordability is a factor for the Red Sox.
Some fine offensive performances were turned in — there always are in any win — but the defense deserved the spotlight following the University of New Hampshire’s 23-6 victory over Duquesne on Saturday.
Nearly two months later, it is still difficult for Lauren Thibodeau to explain what winning the New Hampshire Women’s Golf Association Amateur Championship meant to her.
IF YOU didn’t hear the news, the Red Sox instantly turned into a small-market team on Friday.
Adventures Afield with Andy Schafermeyer: Brook trout spawning is delicate, so please fish with care
THE IMPULSE to reproduce can have some very strange effects on an animal. Some birds will dance around until they pass out, snakes will gather in the hundreds and coil into a ball, and bull moose will respond to these urges by simply trying to kill one another.
