FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Using some occasional trickery against the Patriots has previously been a winning formula for the Dolphins. The last time Miami won at New England was in 2008, when Tom Brady was sidelined for the season and the Dolphins sprung the wildcat on Patriots coach Bill Belichick in a 38-13 rout. Trickery is […]
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‘Superpod’ Hunting: Watch hundreds of dolphins cut through California waters
? Dolphins have refined their precision killing over millions of years of evolution, roaming oceans in pods to funnel fish into their jaws. That daily ritual usually occurs far from land. But this week, something far more rare happened. Hundreds of common dolphins in a ‘superpod’ sliced through slate-gray waters off Monterey Bay, California, while […]
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AFC East preview: Still Patriots and then everyone else
NEW YORK — Everyone’s still chasing the New England Patriots in the AFC East. Many of the faces change every year in Miami, Buffalo, New York — and even in Foxborough — but Bill Belichick and Tom Brady are constants in the division. So are AFC East titles for the Patriots. They’ve won nine in […]
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Pauline "Polly" Bragdon
SCARBOROUGH — Pauline Marie (“Polly”) Bragdon, 78, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Jan. 13 at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough, after months of declining health. She was born in Lewiston on April 5, 1939, to Clifton and Marie (Hanson) Burns, grew up in New Gloucester and attended area schools. […]
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Dolphins humble Patriots in Miami
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tom Brady was intercepted twice by Xavien Howard and held without a third-down conversion Monday night, and the Miami Dolphins snapped the New England Patriots’ eight-game winning streak with a surprising 27-20 victory. The Dolphins (6-7) were 11-point underdogs at home, but they kept the Patriots (10-3) from clinching their […]
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Brady’s four TD passes lead Patriots over Dolphins
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Rob Gronkowski was upset that he didn’t get to sample any of the biscuits Tom Brady made for Thanksgiving. They worked it out on Sunday. Brady tossed four TD passes — including two to Gronkowski — and the New England Patriots pushed through injuries and a mistake-filled game for a 35-17 victory […]
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NFL: Patriots scuttle Dolphins
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Even when they look sluggish, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots still dominate. Brady threw for 356 yards and four touchdowns — two to Julian Edelman — and the Patriots beat the Miami Dolphins 36-7 on Thursday night to become the first of the NFL’s five unbeaten teams to reach seven […]
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No kidding, Pats in cellar
NEW YORK — Yes, the NFL tends to mess with your mind. So here’s something football fans haven’t seen in a long time: New England alone at the bottom of the AFC East standings. Don’t count on it lasting much longer. To say the Patriots have owned the division for a dozen or so years […]
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Pats end up fish food
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Desperate to stop Tom Brady’s latest comeback bid, the Miami Dolphins sought help from a reserve safety making his NFL debut after being signed Tuesday off the San Francisco 49ers’ practice squad. Michael Thomas came through, intercepting Brady’s fourth-down pass in the end zone with 2 seconds left Sunday to […]
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The Hot Corner: Refuting the jabberwocky of NFL culture
Today’s lesson, children, is about nonsense words. The longer we live, the more of them accumulate in our repertoire. “Jabberwocky,” brought to you by Lewis Carroll. “Sussudio,” presented by Phil Collins. And “locker room culture,” at least subconsciously embraced by every athlete since the beginning of time. Culture, itself, is a word that has been […]