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My picks … Week 16

Tomorrow’s games NEW ENGLAND 38, Miami 13 … Patriots are on a roll CINCINNATI 24, Arizona 21 … Will be close game PITTSBURGH 24, St. Louis 20 … Steelers will barely hold on Denver 23, BUFFALO 20 … Tebow Magic returns N.Y. …

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Today’s games New England 24, PITTSBURGH 23 … Prepare for great game HOUSTON 31, Jacksonville 16 … Texans due for a romp BALTIMORE 31, Arizona 23 … Ravens good, not great team New Orleans 38, ST. LOUIS 31 … Saints not good roa…

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Here’s a story from the Ottawa Sun, pertaining to ex-Merrimack College hockey star Stephane DaCosta, who apparently put some time in the weight room this summer. ***************************************************** Stéphane Da Costa went from P…

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Tom Brady has done it again. He has been honored for the second straight week as AFC Offensive Player of the Week. Here is story from the team. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Brady could win 16 of these this season but they won&…

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Tonight we should know Red Sox plight/fate

By about 11 p.m. tonight we should know what will happen to the Boston Red Sox over the next week or so. We will have a good idea if this mess we’ve been witnessing will probably follow this team until the season ends next Wednesday or the Red So…

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My Week 2 pro football picks

FYI … These picks will be in Sunday’s Eagle-Tribune sports section on the NFL page. *********************************************** Sunday’s games NEW ENGLAND 27, San Diego 23 … Tough matchup for Pats NEW ORLEANS 27, Chicago 24 …

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Ex-Sox GM Lou Gorman passes away

I’m a little melancholy hearing the news that former Red Sox GM Lou Gorman passed away earlier today. I say this without hesitation: He is one of the nice people in sports that I have ever met. A few years ago, he came to the area to speak to a m…

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Why did Da Costa leave? … 3.75 million reasons

If anybody out there in Merrimack College hockey land is wondering why Stephane Da Costa would leave the school after his sophomore season, I’ve got the answer: He just signed for some big cash. While it appears he will get about $900,000 per sea…

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We reported in a few hours ago, now it’s official. Here is quick story from Ottawa Sun: The Senators have won the Stephane Da Costa sweepstakes. The team announced Thursday that it has signed the Merrimack College star to a two-year, entry-level …

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Buck Showalter was right … on both accounts

Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter is taking a lot of heat around here and the New York area for his comments about Derek Jeter and Theo Epstein. Here were the quotes … On Jeter: “Our guys are thinking, ‘Wow, (Buck is) screaming…

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