AUBURN The nerves were visible in their faces as the players carefully maneuvered down the slippery hill leading to Sherwood Heights Field on Wednesday. The Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference high school field hockey season was here, and first-year Brunswick coach Karin Paquin and her mostly youngish squad were ready to debut. What a debut it […]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. On Sunday, Rob Gronkowski disappointed the swarm of reporters near his locker after his first practice in months by saying he wasn’t going to be chatting that day, but he promised he would at some point this week. True to his word, Wednesday Gronkowski did just that. Though the recovering Patriots tight end […]

Wes Welker is in Denver. Aaron Hernandez is in prison facing a murder charge. Brandon Lloyd and Danny Woodhead are also gone. A rebuilding year on offense for the Patriots? That’s nothing new for Tom Brady. It seems every few years New England changes the pieces around the quarterback and people wonder if he’ll have […]

SAN FRANCISCO1 Must settle receiving corps, butdefense is dynamic.2 DENVERManning and company will scoreplenty. How much will VonMiller’s six-game suspensionhurt defense?3 ATLANTAWill score plenty of points,defense is questionable.SEATTLE4 Best home-field advantage inNFL will carry Seahawks todivision title.5 GREEN BAYA few holes, but Aaron Rodgersand Clay Matthews cancamouflage them.BALTIMORE6 Don’t fret about no Ray Lewis orEd […]