After seven months, 21 games, three exhibitions and a Super Bowl to forget, the Patriots’ 2025 campaign is well over. But are we done with that season quite yet? Not at all. Here are nine thoughts on the season that was and what comes next in New England: 1. Drake’s next step The quarterback who committed the fewest mistakes was bound to win Super Bowl LX. That proved to be Sam Darnold by a landslide. Darnold not only had zero turnovers to Drake Maye’s three, but he took five fewer sacks while averaging the same snap-to-throw time as the MVP…
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The New England Patriots losing in the Super Bowl is tough for Boston sports fans. But on the bright side, it might be a good sign for the Boston Red Sox. After getting blown out by the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, the Patriots have now lost six Super Bowls in franchise history. That’s an NFL record. Fortunately for Boston sports fans, the Red Sox tend to do well after New England loses the big game. The Patriots lost their first Super Bowl appearance in early 1986, getting crushed by the Chicago Bears. Boston won the pennant later that year, only…
The New England Patriots just completed one of the most dramatic one-year turnarounds in NFL history, going from 4-13 in 2024 to 14-3 in 2025 under new head coach Mike Vrabel and reaching Super Bowl 60 before falling to the Seattle Seahawks, 29-13. If they want to carry that momentum into 2026, however, they’ll still need to make upgrades to the roster. New England has a strong foundation of young players led by quarterback Drake Maye, cornerback Christian Gonzalez and a talented 2025 draft class. But they also can improve their depth in several areas — most notably edge rusher,…
ARLINGTON — At practice before the game and in every period Thursday night, the St. John’s Prep boys hockey team talked plenty about Arlington Catholic’s fight and their Div. 1-leading 15-game unbeaten streak. The No. 2 Eagles (12-3-2) didn’t deliver their best performance against that grit, but the small details and yet another strong defensive showing powered a 4-2 nonleague win over the No. 9 Cougars at Ed Burns Arena to finally snap their streak. JR Goldstein scored the first of his two goals on the night in a 2-0 lead the Eagles gained in the opening five minutes, and…
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Defense won this championship.Devon Witherspoon, Derick Hall, Byron Murphy and the rest of Mike Macdonald’s ferocious unit pummeled Drake Maye, and the Seattle Seahawks beat the New England Patriots 29-13 on Sunday to win the franchise’s second Super Bowl.Sam Darnold threw a touchdown pass to AJ Barner, Kenneth Walker III ran for 135 yards and Jason Myers made all five of his field-goal tries.Uchenna Nwosu punctuated a punishing defensive performance by snagging Maye’s pass in the air after Witherspoon hit his arm and ran it back 45 yards for a pick-6.Seattle’s “Dark Side” defense helped Darnold become the first…
Alex Cora isn’t worried about the Boston Red Sox’s outfield logjam to open the 2026 season. Despite much speculation, the Red Sox have retained all four of their outfielders. Cora has three spots for Roman Anthony, Jarren Duran, Ceddanne Rafaela and Wilyer Abreu, relegating one of them to designated hitter duties over Masataka Yoshida. Cora told reporters that he’s not stressed by figuring out how to play them all. “It’s not a problem,” Cora said. “I bet there’s 29 other managers that would love to have this outfield. Whoever is out there, I truly believe — we got Wily, Ceddanne,…
Down a rabbit hole of things that didn’t happen, the Red Sox apparently made several attempts to acquire Zach Neto from the Angels before pivoting and trading with the Brewers for Caleb Durbin. This was confirmed by Sean McAdam earlier this week, and from there, Tyler Milliken was asking the right question.Neto is one of the best defensive shortstops in the games, posting a +11 and +13 Defensive Runs Saved from the position the last two seasons. The only reason you trade for a guy like that is to put him at shortstop, which means that in that scenario, Trevor…
In nonleague girls basketball action, Grace Schroeder scored 15 points and Marin Mooney added 10 points as Nantucket edged Barnstable, 41-40. In a Commonwealth Athletic Conference matchup, Rowan Murphy recorded 23 points while Ava Mennella chipped in with 14 points to lead Greater Lowell past Lowell Catholic, 43-38. … Abby Broderick and Naya Annigeri each dropped 22 points as Medfield rolled over Medway 67-30 in Tri-Valley League play. Boys basketball Jack Casey had a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds while Connor Smith led with 15 points as Melrose (11-8) took down Wakefield 52-45 in Middlesex League action. … Jabari…
In today’s video, I break down every NBA game on the Thursday, February 12, 2026 slate and share my predictions, early leans, and betting picks for spreads, over/under totals, and NBA player props. Plays: Blazers/Jazz Under 239.5 (0.5 units, -104 ProphetX) HitStack Parlay: Kevin Porter Jr. Over 4.5 Assists, Vince Williams Over 2.5 Assists, Rui Hachimura Over 9.5 Points (0.2 units, -105 DraftKings) More potentially on the way #RideoftheDay at the bottom of the page! ✅ = Win | ❌ = Loss | 🅿️ = Push/Void #RideoftheDay Tracker:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1q7656E1QoUh4ALLQWenoZNyaYuqpY7Ebe8zVc85o_Jo/edit? gid=1940129376#gid=1940129376 If you want access to the research dashboards we show in…
The current U.S. Olympic men’s hockey team is not the Cinderella that the last American team that captured a gold medal 46 years ago was, but this NHL talent-laden Team USA learned quickly that it would have to work to achieve whatever it gets at the Milan-Cortina Games. And in their first game of the tournament, they leaned on a player who has gold in his blood to get over the hump against a scrappy Latvian team to capture a 5-1 victory on Thursday. Brock Nelson, whose uncle Dave Christian was on the 1980 Miracle on Ice gold medal team…