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Raffle to benefit the Van De Giesen family.

Once again, the hearts of two local communities will be opened to benefit the family of U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Kyle Van De Giesen. On Thanksgiving morning at Beaupre Field in North Attleboro, the North Attleboro High School Gridiron Club will donate the proceeds of the 50/50 raffle to a scholarship fund for the two children of the former quarterback of the Red Rocketeers, who was killed in action piloting a helicopter in Afghanistan last month. On Nov. 7, fans at the North Attleboro-Mansfield… Continue

Added by Mark Farinella on November 20, 2009 at 7:53pm — 1 Comment

It's all about ATTITUDE!

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Added by Vincent LeVine on November 20, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

What's next, Full Metal Alchemist?

I thought I'd heard most everything in a professional sports locker room over 30-plus years of covering the NFL, but today was the first time I've ever heard a player reference a Japanese anime cartoon to describe a position group. Holding court by his locker, Laurence Maroney invoked the name of Voltron during Friday's media availability period. "We're just missing Fred (Taylor), and I’m not going to feel complete until Fred gets back on the field," Maroney told reporters. "Slowly but surely,… Continue

Added by Mark Farinella on November 20, 2009 at 3:39pm — No Comments

Neal still absent from practice.

A rare Friday for me at Gillette Stadium, and guard Stephen Neal is still not practicing in the wake of a head injury he suffered in the Colts' game last week. Neal has been seen in the locker room, but teams take plenty of precautions when it comes to head injuries. If Neal can't play against the Jets on Sunday, it's likely that the versatile Dan Connolly would get the nod at right tackle. Defensive tackle Jarvis Green and linebacker Tully Banta-Cain were back on the practice field, which is… Continue

Added by Mark Farinella on November 20, 2009 at 1:48pm — 2 Comments

Fall joys

Just some quick thoughts as the fall sports season winds down: It’s been a long time since the Mansfield-Foxboro Thanksgiving Day football game hasn’t had postseason ramifications, but this rivalry, competitively-wise, is the best in our coverage area and has got to rank among the best in the state … That said, it is somewhat refreshing to have a new school, King Philip, in the hunt for the Hockomock League crown. With a win over unbeaten Franklin on Thursday, the Warriors will clinch their fi… Continue

Added by Dale Ransom on November 20, 2009 at 10:21am — No Comments

Friday Night Rights ... and Wrongs, Week 10.1.

That cutesy little reference to this week being "Week 10.1" is to note that there's only one game on the docket locally, although a very important one to the local team playing in it. So let's get to the pick right away, with the home team in CAPS: TRI-COUNTY 35, Old Colony 6 (Saturday, 1 p.m.): The two schools have dubbed this yearly game the "Cougar Classic," because both teams share the same nickname. Last year's game was played in bitter cold (but with warm hearts on both sides of the fiel… Continue

Added by Mark Farinella on November 20, 2009 at 9:43am — No Comments

Jets-Pats get No. 1 broadcast team.

CBS will be sending its top broadcast team, Jim Nantz and Phil Simms, to Foxboro for the Jets-Patriots game this Sunday at 4:15 p.m. There's a site on the Internet that provides a lot of interesting information on the weekly broadcasts of all the games done by CBS and Fox, including color-coded maps to tell you where the games will be seen on over-the-air TV and who's doing the broadcasts. Here's a link to the NFL Distributi… Continue

Added by Mark Farinella on November 20, 2009 at 9:06am — No Comments

WHERE'S BLOGHOG?

Here's a list of the 14 featured members on the Southeastern Massachusetts Online Community and the total number of blogs posts for each in order of least to most (current as of Nov 20, 2009 at 2:37 PM):

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Added by Vincent LeVine on November 20, 2009 at 8:00am — 20 Comments

Mayo: Bruschi's not one of us anymore.

You may recall that in the wake of the Patriots' 35-34 loss to Indianapolis, former Patriots Tedy Bruschi (now with ESPNBoston.com) and Rodney Harrison (now of NBC Sports) were both very critical of Coach Bill Belichick's decision to go for a first down on a fourth-and-2 situation at his own 28 with 2:08 to go. Jerod Mayo proved Thursday that it doesn't take long for current players to forget the contributions of two of the best defensive players of the past decade or more. Centering upon Brusc… Continue

Added by Mark Farinella on November 19, 2009 at 12:20pm — No Comments

It is surprising

I had to put away my Pittsburgh Steelers merchandise and New England Patriots shirts for now. My weight loss pills didn't cut it to un-stress me. New furnace filters did n… Continue

Added by lee w on November 19, 2009 at 10:17am — No Comments

Another league seeks new members.

The principals of the South Coast Conference have voted unanimously to explore possible league expansion. What that means at this point isn't exactly clear. The SCC is much like the Hockomock, in that it is currently a nine-member association of schools that are contiguous, from Seekonk to the west to Bourne just on the other side of the Cape Cod Canal. For the most part, competition has been fair and equitable in all sports over the years -- but as always, there are some inequities that might… Continue

Added by Mark Farinella on November 19, 2009 at 12:27am — No Comments

Audio Blog 28.

Bill Belichick gets in touch with his feelings (well, not really) and Tom Brady says he'd be shocked to see Belichick go weepy on the team as the Jets' Rex Ryan apparently did earlier in the week. It's all part of the buildup to this weekend's skirmish in the Border War, and we've got it for you on the Audio Blog.

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Added by Mark Farinella on November 18, 2009 at 4:46pm — No Comments

Blog-Hogging - sometimes folks can't take constructive criticism and are threatened by other peoples opinions

Well, I was reading the blogs between Mark and Vincent about Blog-hogging and thought to comment as I felt Vincent had some valid points. I responded a second time and then received a comment from Mark stating that he was not posting my response . . . . well, isn't that in the spirit of a gentleman's debate! Nope. Better to silence your critic than to have a discussion and take constructive criticism for what it is, a simple suggestion that may, or may not, be valid. Too bad Mark, I thought you… Continue

Added by ricknkim on November 18, 2009 at 1:35pm — 3 Comments

Tears of a clown, where there's no one around.

Because the football world is all a-buzz over reports that Jets' coach Rex Ryan cried in a talk to his team last week, it was inevitable that someone would ask Patriots' coach Bill Belichick if he had ever teared up in front of his team. "I've coached 35 years, so I've probably covered most bases," Belichick said. "I think I swore once, too." Those who've been around here for a reasonable amount of time have seen two obviously emotional moments out of Belichick -- one in the post-game press co… Continue

Added by Mark Farinella on November 18, 2009 at 12:44pm — No Comments

On the topic of "blog-hogging."

There are individuals who seem to want to generate some sort of conflict over who enters blog posts on this site and how often. A lot of nonsense has been posted about it. I posted this originally as an answer to that nonsense, thought better of it, took the post off my blog and was prepared to move on. But since the attempt to generate conflict is continuing, I have decided to restore much of the original post. Here are the facts. The "Southeastern Mass. Online Community" was established by… Continue

Added by Mark Farinella on November 17, 2009 at 7:42pm — 4 Comments

OK, I'll go through this again--

The information I posted about the 2008 high school Superbowl game times and locations that Mark Farinella is referring to came directly off the MIAA site. As soon as I was made aware of the changes I re-posted. I believe the Sun Chronicle recently errored in the same manner with the Patriots game time in London and Farinella posted a blog to clear up the confusion. IT happens! http://thesunchronicle.ning.com/profiles/blogs/clearing-up-gametime-confusion I would like to add that m… Continue

Added by Vincent LeVine on November 17, 2009 at 6:30pm — 2 Comments

Patriots fill practice-squad vacancy.

The Patriots have just filled an open spot on the practice squad with a player that was there before, defensive lineman Adrian Grady. Here's the press release: ------------------ PATRIOTS SIGN DL ADRIAN GRADY TO THE PRACTICE SQUAD FOXBORO – The New England Patriots signed DL Adrian Grady to the practice squad today. New England had an open position on the eight-man practice squad following the signing of QB/WR Isaiah Stanback to the 53-man roster last Saturday. Grady, 6-1, 290 pounds,… Continue

Added by Mark Farinella on November 17, 2009 at 4:34pm — No Comments

B-R goes to playoffs.

According to my good friend Danny Ventura of the Boston Herald, Bridgewater-Raynham emerged the winner in the three-pronged coin flip that determined the Old Colony League's representative in the upcoming MIAA playoffs. The flip, which was staged earlier this morning at a restaurant in the shadow of the Sagamore Bridge, was forced when Barnstable defeated Attleboro Sunday afternoon and B-R held off Taunton later that evening, creating a three-way tie at the top of the league standings. With re… Continue

Added by Mark Farinella on November 17, 2009 at 11:01am — No Comments

Bonus thoughts from Barnstable and McGrath.

Been a long football weekend, and I wasn't even in Indianapolis -- and glad, too, because I can just imagine how many times my game story would have been re-written on deadline. Anyway, here are a few observations from the last two high school games I covered in this four-game weekend: ** Sunday at Barnstable High, I had a season "first" -- I had to use five pages of my custom-made scoresheets to chart the entire game. That may not sound like a big deal, but it is to me. You see, over some 40… Continue

Added by Mark Farinella on November 17, 2009 at 1:13am — No Comments

If this is you.... reach out for help...I pray you do

Current mood: sad Sorry, I can't be there.You see,when my problem arised again,instead of helping me like I would of and have done them.. some of my so called friends didn't step up.Instead of listening to my girl who has dealt with this( unfortunately) repeatedly and not giving me money,and let's say not do the fuckin' drugs with me that were making me more depressed and hopeless and wrecking my life and my children's,and working with her to try and get me help instead of thinking she was the… Continue

Added by Laurie on November 17, 2009 at 1:00am — No Comments

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