Archive for 2007

New England Patriots finished their 2007 regular season a perfect 16-0 after beating the New York Giants 38-35 in a hard fought game on the road. Patriots trailed 28-16 in the third quarter but were once again able to rally for the victory. The offensive line had a tough outing, in part, probably, because backup [...]

When Laurence Maroney scored a 59-yard touchdown against the Miami Dolphins last Sunday it was only the second big-time play this season for the New England Patriots from the Power-I formation that delivered several touchdowns last year. The first was runningback Sammy Morris’s 49-yard run over the strong side of the formation against the Cincinnati [...]

From Boston’s Chinese-American newspaper Sampan: A new immigrated Chinese woman with two children age 8 and 10 lost her husband a few months ago. She worked part-time job with meager income. The income barely covers rent and food. She sought assistance with the program at Asian American Civic Association. With the help from program staff, [...]

Top Line: New England Patriots put in 30 minutes of great football that mixed efficient passing and big-play running against the rabble of the league, the Miami Dolphins. The Patriots offense got lazy and sloppy on the second half, but the outcome was an easy 28-7 victory. Runningback Laurence Maroney had a career-best game with [...]

The state lottery is an important source of revenue for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, but it doesn’t bring enough money to cover spending. Part of the problem is that people in Massachusetts simply don’t spend enough on state-sanctioned gambling (lotteries, racing). In spite of their state being a world leader in lottery games Massachusettsians spend [...]

Top Line: New England Patriots blew out the Pittsburgh Steelers 34-13 at home, improving their regular season record to 13-0. Tom Brady tossed four touchdown passes, including a 63-yard play-action bomb to Randy Moss and a 56-yard bomb off a double lateral with Moss to Jabar Gaffney. Patriots ran the ball only nine times as [...]

Here are a couple of pictures of a multi-car accident at of the Burlington exits on I-95 South yesterday. It didn’t look too serious, although a small number of emergency vehicle – a firetruck, an ambulance, a couple of cop cars – were at the scene.

On Tuesday night I went to a seminar where a bunch of seamheads lamented the rise of professional football. No, seriously, I went to a panel discussion organized by MassINC that tackled the issue of young adults and their seeming aversion to news in general and traditional news media in particular and what news organizations [...]

Top Line: New England Patriots somehow, someway, outscored Baltimore Ravens 27-24. Yes, they outscored the Ravens, but they hardly beat or defeated them. The Ravens laid it all on the line and came up just short, in part because of their poor discipline, in part because the Patriots are just too good and in part [...]

I dubbed Asante Samuel’s interception return for a touchdown against the Philadelphia Eagles the best play of the year for the New England Patriots. So which might have been the worst play of the year for the league’s best team? The answer is obviously the Indianapolis Colts 73-yard touchdown pass to Joseph Addai late in [...]