Joe Pace
New England Sports 366, #62: Tony Conigliaro
Gone too soon. The local kid with the hard-to-pronounce last name rose high and fast. A product of Lynn, MA, Tony C was drafted by the...
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Joe Pace
Mar 1, 2020
New England Sports 366, #61: Leon Leonwood Bean
L. L. Bean was a real guy. He was born in Maine in 1872 and grew up as an avid hunter and fisherman in the state. The poor quality of his...
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Joe Pace
Feb 29, 2020
New England Sports 366, #60: Garin Veris
Back in the 1980s, the Patriots had an underrated defense. Andre Tippett, Steve Nelson, Raymond Clayborn, Ronnie Lippett. One of our...
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Joe Pace
Feb 28, 2020
New England Sports 366, #59: Len Bias
I’m back here in Maryland for a couple of days, so my thoughts naturally turn to Len Bias. A dominant forward for the Maryland Terrapins...
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Joe Pace
Feb 27, 2020
New England Sports 366, #58: Marty Moore
In the 1994 NFL draft, 222 players were chosen. The 222nd was Marty Moore, a linebacker out of Kentucky. As the final pick overall, Moore...
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Joe Pace
Feb 26, 2020
New England Sports 366, #57: Glenn Foley
Some entries on this list are because of a single moment. Glenn Foley is one of them. I’ve never been a huge college football guy. I’ve...
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Joe Pace
Feb 25, 2020
New England Sports 366, #56: Jonathan Papelbon
Closers are a unique breed, like goalies in hockey or kickers in football. They’re often wired a bit differently, which might be why they...
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Joe Pace
Feb 24, 2020
New England Sports 366, #55: Jerry Azumah
Zoom was the best football player in UNH history. Nobody could catch him on a football field. A kid from Worcester, he set a whole mess...
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Joe Pace
Feb 23, 2020
New England Sports 366, #54: Carl Everett
I remember being excited in 2000 when the Sox signed Jurassic Carl. This was a guy with speed and power who could be an instant upgrade...
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Joe Pace
Feb 22, 2020
New England Sports 366, #53: Chris Slade
Drew Bledsoe was the first overall pick in the 1993 draft. Who did the Pats take with their second pick, the first of the second round?...
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Joe Pace
Feb 21, 2020
New England Sports 366, #52: Scott Sisson
The woes of Patriots placekickers this past season brings into sharp relief how fortunate New England has been over the last 25 years...
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Joe Pace
Feb 20, 2020
New England Sports 366, #51: Bobby Doerr
Bobby Doerr is often relegated in Boston sports history to a sort of splendid sidekick, a Robin to Ted Williams' Batman. This is a...
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