LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Tom Brady has five Super Bowl championships, three NFL MVP awards and more victories than any quarterback in a career spanning nearly two decades. One thing he doesn’t have: a loss to the Bears. Not that he wants one. Brady looks to remain unbeaten against them when the New England Patriots […]
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H.S. football: Poland airs it out against Gray-NG
Poland’s Isaiah Hill fights off a stiff arm by Gray-New Gloucester’s Gabriel Gendreau on the opening kickoff to make the tackle during Friday night’s football game in Poland. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) POLAND — A “donnybrook” turned into a no-doubter thanks to three touchdowns in three minutes and three seconds. That’s the amount of time it […]
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Sometimes the best NFL defense is letting the other team score quickly
As he watched the endgame of an offensive epic from the sideline Sunday night, Tom Brady had an unusual thought. Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill had snared a long pass, cut upfield and blazed past New England Patriots safety Duron Harmon. A touchdown and extra point would erase the Patriots’ seven-point lead with […]
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When Patriots need a big play, it’s Brady to Gronk
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — When the going gets tough, Tom Brady goes to Rob Gronkowski. The Patriots tight end had only three catches against the Chiefs on Sunday night, but he had big gains on each of the team’s final two drives to help New England beat previously undefeated Kansas City 43-40. Gronkowski had a 42-yard […]
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Patriots ban fan who threw beer at Chiefs player
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots say they have banned from Gillette Stadium a fan who threw beer in the face of Kansas City Chiefs receiver Tyreek Hill late in the Patriots’ 43-40 win. After scoring on a 75-yard pass with just over three minutes to play in Sunday’s game Hill’s momentum carried him […]
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H.S. soccer roundup: Victor Verrill, Buckfield victorious against Pine Tree
BUCKFIELD — Buckfield netted four goals in the first half and two in the second to shut out Pine Tree Academy 6-0 on Monday in Class D boys’ soccer action. Victor Verrill paced Buckfield (9-3-1) with two goals, followed by a goal each from Elijah Chasse, Dylan Harvey, Shane St. Pierre and Caleb Hill. Harvey […]
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Patriots fend off Chiefs, 43-40
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Stephen Gostkowski hit a 28-yard field goal as time expired, and the New England Patriots beat the Kansas City Chiefs 43-40 on Sunday night after blowing a big halftime lead. Tom Brady passed for 340 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score in his 200th victory as a starting […]
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Tom Brady, Patriots await ‘future of the league’ in Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Patrick Mahomes was barely 5 years old when Tom Brady completed his first NFL pass in 2000. Now Mahomes, whose undefeated Kansas City Chiefs play at New England on Sunday night, is the talk of the NFL in just his second season. “That’s the future of the league, so it’s always great […]
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High School Field Hockey: Doucette's five goals lift Knights past Patriots
GRAY — Bri Doucette scored five goals and Emma Kilton notched a pair of goals as Poland defeated Gray-New Gloucester, 9-2, in Western Maine Conference field hockey action on Monday. Hwida Nawass and Autumn Willis also found the back of the cage for the Knights. Madelyn Cote scored for the Patriots. Ashton Sturtevant made one […]
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Patting a former Pat
Members of the Lisbon Youth Football program jump Sunday afternoon to give former New England Patriots player Garin Veris a high-five as he is introduced at Thompson Field at Lisbon High School during the biannual Lisbon Police DARE Program fundraiser. Several former players and friends took on a team composed of local police and members […]