Ransom Notes

Summer is finally here. I know, I know, it officially started a few weeks ago, but it seems here in New England things don’t really get cookin’ until Fourth of July weekend.  Even the weather finally realizes that it is supposed to be hot every day and not just once or twice a week … like our Junes seem to be now.

-- Can’t really get a handle on the Red Sox. I don’t know if it’s because expectations are so high that I’m just waiting for the playoffs to start or there is still…

So the NFL has officially locked out the players, didn’t see that one coming ...

So the players have decertified their union, that was a real blindside …

Now the whole mess is likely to end up in court and be settled by a bunch of pencil-necked lawyers, another shocker …

I just wish the CBA deadline had been extended to the first week of April, at least that way the start of baseball season would knock it off the front pages…

It's finally football season! And with the way the Sox summer went this year, it couldn't come soon enough. Talk about frustrating, the Sox just could never put together that one big run to truly threaten the Yankees or Rays. Still, kudos to Terry Francona for keeping a team with as many Triple-A and four-A players as regulars within striking distance right up until Labor Day.

Now back to football! In today's Sun Chronicle is our annual high school and college preview section. If you…

Know of a local kid playing college football, especially out of the New England area? Drop me a line at 508-236-0348 or via e-mail at dransom@thesunchronicle. After verifying that the player is indeed on the team's roster, we will include him in our annual football preview special section. All notifications must be in no later than Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 7 for publication in the Sept. 10 issue.

Thanks for the help.

A couple of things to be on the lookout for as we hit the midpoint of summer:…