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How Mac Jones performed in his first preseason action of the year
Patriots Jones went 6-for-9 and was sacked twice in his preseason debut. Mac Jones got his first preseason snaps on Saturday against the Packers. Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Patriots vs. Packers live updates: New England trails at half Mac Jones saw his first preseason action of the season, and the results were mostly positive on Saturday […]
Story Land is adding a multi-level sprayground with water slides next year
New England Travel The park’s new water area promises fun for kids of all ages. Story Land, the New Hampshire children’s amusement park, is opening a Moo Lagoon “sprayground” in 2024. Courtesy Story Land Families heading to New Hampshire’s White Mountains will have a new reason to stop at Story Land amusement park next summer. […]
UMass Amherst wins nation’s best college dining for 7th consecutive year
Food Fine dining is just another Monday night for UMass Amherst students. UMass Amherst was ranked best dining program in the nation for the seventh year in a row by The Princeton Review. Lane Turner/Globe Staff Winner winner, UMass Amherst dinner. The University of Massachusetts Amherst dining program has been ranked number one in the […]
Robert Kraft will not be a Pro Football Hall of Fame finalist this year
Patriots Buddy Parker, a two-time championship coach, got the nod over Kraft. Patriots owner Robert Kraft. AP Photo/Steven Senne Here’s the first look at Ezekiel Elliott in a Patriots uniform ESPN lays out the ‘most likely’ scenario for Mac Jones’s future with the Patriots Patriots owner Robert Kraft will have to wait at least another […]
Red Sox’ Triston Casas named AL Rookie of the Year finalist
Red Sox “With this year’s rookie class, I didn’t know where I was going to finish.” Triston Casas is the first Red Sox to be an AL Rookie of the Year finalist since 2017. Erin Clark / The Boston Globe For the first time in six years, the Red Sox have a Rookie of the […]
Last week showed that the Patriots would be better off looking to next year. Will that begin against the Commanders?
Patriots Moral victories? Always welcome. Actual ones just interfere with the necessary bottoming-out before they can rise again. The truth is, the Patriots need to keep losing so they can have the best shot at finding a superior successor to Mac Jones. Welcome to Season 12, Episode 9 of the Unconventional Preview, a serious yet […]
In the running game, Boston College has made up a lot of ground this year
College Sports Kye Robichaux (left) has 277 rushing yards in the last two games, and he gives much of the credit to his offensive line. Mark Stockwell/AP Photo By Trevor Hass, The Boston Globe November 2, 2023 | 12:54 PM Boston College football coach Jeff Hafley knew his team’s run game was on the rise, […]
The US infant mortality rate rose last year. The CDC says it’s the largest increase in two decades.
Health The CDC’s report, published Wednesday, also noted larger increases for two of the leading causes of infant deaths — maternal complications and bacterial meningitis. The toes of a baby peek out of a blanket at a hospital in McAllen, Texas. AP Photo/Eric Gay, File By MIKE STOBBE, Associated Press November 2, 2023 | 9:00 […]
How extreme weather in the US may have affected the pumpkins you picked this year for Halloween
Environment For some pumpkin growers in states like Texas, New Mexico and Colorado, this year’s pumpkin crop was a reminder of the water challenges hitting agriculture across the Southwest and West as human-caused climate change exacerbates drought and heat extremes. Alan Mazzotti walks through one of his pumpkin fields Oct. 26, 2023, in Hudson, Colo. […]
A bridge year in Boston? Not with these Bruins penning the next chapter.
Bruins “This next turn of the page here, this next chapter of Bruins history is going to be written by us.” Charlie McAvoy and the Bruins have plenty to prove in 2023-24. AP Photo/Michael Dwyer COMMENTARY The 2023-24 Bruins are going to be worse. That’s not a prognostication rooted in fear-mongering or a sour disposition […]