Flyers flop

In my final piece for the MetroWest Daily News, I write about a loss by the Framingham Flyers softball team.

Indefatigable rain

Ducks swimming on the infield are just one of the problem Eastern Massachusetts athletic directors are facing this week. My latest (and, may I add, the lead story on MetroWest Sports online for March 16) on local sports.

Changing of the guard

In my latest for the MetroWest Daily News, Hopkinton welcomes a new football coach.

Millennials

A couple Wellesley players score 1,000 points as Newton South is ousted from the playoffs. MetroWest edition/Daily News Tribune edition


And also: All-State wrestling, from the Tribune

Giving voice to the crazies

No matter how many good debates exist, with both sides having serious positions to present, there's always somebody completely out of touch with reality who has to poke into the real world and make us all laugh. The latest: a letter to the editor, printed in its complete ludicrousness, in the MetroWest Daily News.

A football preview

My latest for the MetroWest Daily News: a football preview.

The final high school football notebook

The final high school football notebook of the year.

The latest high school football notebook

My latest high school football notebook, written for the MetroWest Daily News of Framingham, Mass.

HS NTBK

Check out the #1 item under the lead for the MetroWest Daily News Web site on Tuesday!

And for anyone who wants to know more about Eastern Massachusetts high school football...

It doesn't get any better than this.

Front page scoop

My high school football notebook for the MetroWest Daily News is now online. It's not Pulitzer-caliber, but I love seeing my name in print. Read it here.

Swish and a bang

The Yankees are off to another hot start, prompting me out of my July 4th blogging hiatus to find something new to say about my favorite yo-yoing New Yorkers.

First, a few observations: Whenever I'm working on the sports desk at my illustrious intern position at the MetroWest Daily News, the Red Sox always seem to be winning. A lot. Argh.

Second, although I am a fan who generally trusts management decisions for my favorite teams, the Yankees have started to irk me lately, especially with the choice of the final starter (with Chien-Ming Wang out) and the eighth-inning setup man. Today, the Yanks announced they were starting top-notch receiver Alfredo Aceves in place of Wang, even though Phil Hughes has done a great job in the starting role earlier this season. (Hughes may be a little rusty, but don't tell me never-started Aceves isn't.)

And finally, the reason for my swish-and-bang headline: The Yankees are currently winning 5-1, and I am quite pleased. Nick Swisher scared the Twinsies into walking him, forcing a run, and every member of the Yankees has a hit so far through five innings (except, alas, Alex Rodriguez).

New York is just a game back of the Red Sox, and the Bombers hold down the second-best record in the American League (third-best in MLB).

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