Our weekly dose of Major League Soccer quick takes, plotlines to watch and Power Rankings.
Our weekly dose of Major League Soccer quick takes, plotlines to watch and Power Rankings.
Hurricane Bill spun northward toward the New England coast Saturday with wind and rain as officials warned beach lovers to head indoors for the night.
A snowstorm that could last up to 18 hours was on its way to southern New England, and Boston, Massachusetts, could be snowed under with up to 15 inches, the National Weather Service said Sunday afternoon.
At least 800,000 customers in New England are still without electricity on Sunday after an ice storm ravaged the region, officials say.
'Tis the season to plan your holiday vacation or start thinking about next year's festive getaway.
But community leaders are working to protect what is left of the fishing industry and preserve a way of life in towns like Gloucester
A ferocious-looking denizen of the deep that can gobble up whole urchins and crabs in a few swift chomps needs protection, according to a petition filed with the federal government
The answer could have serious implications for one of the region's signature attractions, which draws thousands of "leaf peepers" every autumn
Add another variable to the perplexing task of predicting which MLS team is best suited to running the gauntlet of playoff matches that determine the league champion: attrition from yet another competition.
Our weekly dose of Major League Soccer quick takes, plotlines to watch and Power Rankings.
Our weekly dose of Major League Soccer quick takes, plotlines to watch and Power Rankings.
Hurricane Bill spun northward toward the New England coast Saturday with wind and rain as officials warned beach lovers to head indoors for the night.
A snowstorm that could last up to 18 hours was on its way to southern New England, and Boston, Massachusetts, could be snowed under with up to 15 inches, the National Weather Service said Sunday afternoon.
At least 800,000 customers in New England are still without electricity on Sunday after an ice storm ravaged the region, officials say.
'Tis the season to plan your holiday vacation or start thinking about next year's festive getaway.
But community leaders are working to protect what is left of the fishing industry and preserve a way of life in towns like Gloucester
A ferocious-looking denizen of the deep that can gobble up whole urchins and crabs in a few swift chomps needs protection, according to a petition filed with the federal government
The answer could have serious implications for one of the region's signature attractions, which draws thousands of "leaf peepers" every autumn
Add another variable to the perplexing task of predicting which MLS team is best suited to running the gauntlet of playoff matches that determine the league champion: attrition from yet another competition.
Tom Perls, an aging expert at Boston University, explains why women live five to 10 years longer than men
The Southwest has the lowest health insurance coverage in the country, with 30 percent of non-elderly adults and 18 percent of children uninsured, according to a new government study
Nationwide, methadone deaths are increasing at a faster rate than any other drug-related deaths, the National Center for Health Statistics reported in February
New research suggests that post-traumatic stress disorder may be linked to concussions suffered in battle
The moral of the story in MLS in 2007: D trumps DPs. It's a major reason why New England and Houston will face off for the MLS Cup title for the second consecutive season (Sunday, ABC, noon). The two finalists -- the models of stability in the ever-fluent MLS -- are built largely in the same manner: They possess rock-solid defenses but not brand-name superstars.
How do you stoke a great rivalry?
D.C. is trailing red-hot Chicago. Chivas USA is in a hole against Kansas City. Houston also is facing a deficit against in-state rival FC Dallas. Only New England was able to get out of the first weekend of the MLS postseason relatively unscathed, and the Revs only could muster a scoreless draw at New York.
Looking for some offbeat ways to spend a day in New England as the final weeks of summer give way to the golden days of autumn?
Eva Longoria did not show up at Gillette Stadium on Sunday afternoon for the New England Revolution-Houston Dynamo match.
CONCORD, Mass. (AP) -- The local seniors tour event has a strategy to deal with the New England weather that could be borrowed straight from the old Boston Braves: Dig and drain and pray for no rain.
NFL thoughts of the weekend, from the home office in Montclair, N.J.
The Patriots have had the best offseason of any team in the NFL. They signed arguably the best defensive player available, Adalius Thomas, and traded for the best offensive player on the move in Randy Moss, and further rebuilt their weak wide receiving corps by adding Donte Stallworth, Kelley Washington, and Wes Welker.
In so many ways, the New England Patriots are the NFL's model franchise, perhaps the finest organization in all of professional sports. They have the 21st Century's highest winning percentage (.690), three Lombardi Trophies and a creative management philosophy geared toward short-term and sustained success.
Ten final thoughts on the doings around the league on draft weekend:
NEW YORK -- Here's my quick-snap read on the just-completed Randy Moss trade to New England: They're not messing around in Foxboro these days. The Patriots are serious about loading up for another Super Bowl run. They're so single-minded that they were willing to take character-challenged University of Miami safety Brandon Meriweather in Saturday's first round, and follow it up by dealing on Sunday for one of the league's leading enigmas, Moss.
Editor's Note: The NFL officially announced the cancellation of its preseason game in China on Monday.
Dr. Thomas Perls is the founder and director of the New England Centenarian Study, the largest study of centenarians and their families in the world. As one of the nation's leading gerontologists, Perls also runs the Web site http://www.livingto100.com/, which allows visitors to assess their life expectancy.
The text messages from free-agent wide receiver Donte' Stallworth to his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, began enthusiastically on the first night of his visit to New England, after Patriots quarterback Tom Brady happened by Stallworth's table at a Boston restaurant on March 5 to preach the team's gospel. By the next day, as Stallworth was meeting in Foxborough with Pats officials, the texts to Rosenhaus revealed a man whose mind was made up. I want to be here. Let's get it done. I don't want to leave here without a contract.
Musings, observations and the occasional insight as an interesting and, at times, wacky first weekend of free agency comes to a close ...
In the bowels of what felt like a haunted house, at a defining moment for a city, a team and a franchise quarterback, the Indianapolis Colts looked to one man for salvation. As the players sat glumly in their RCA Dome locker room at halftime of the AFC Championship Game, reeling from a first half in which they'd fallen behind 21-6 to the New England Patriots, coach Tony Dungy strode among them, delivering a message that even the team's biggest star had trouble swallowing. "I'm telling you, this is our game," Dungy proclaimed, fixing his eyes on quarterback Peyton Manning, whose playoff struggles mirrored Dungy's own. "It's our time."
CHICAGO -- I covered The Other Game. You know, the game that wasn't the game of the year.
• Numbers to know: You can't forget the Rex Grossman watch, but don't fixate on it to the point where you look past the Thomas Jones factor. The Bears are 14-1 in the past 15 games in which Jones carries at least 20 times. Last week against Seattle, Jones ran for two touchdowns, becoming the first Bears rusher to do that in a playoff game since Walter Payton in 1979. Look for the Bears to feed the ball to Jones and Cedric Benson, limiting the impact the erratic Grossman can have on the game.
He had just arrived in America's Finest City, and as Richard Seymour sat in the bus that transported the New England Patriots to their hotel in La Jolla last Friday night, the veteran defensive end felt mighty fine about his team's prospects against the top-seeded San Diego Chargers.
NEW ORLEANS -- Football etiquette. What is it? I really don't know anymore. Is it simple joy to imitate another player's sack dance, or is it shoving it in the sacker's face? Is it over-the-top to stomp on another team's logo after winning a game, as the Patriots did in San Diego on Sunday?
It just makes sense that the Colts and Patriots would meet in the AFC Championship Game. Indy-New England has become the premiere rivalry of the 21st century, although it hasn't been an even one. Colts quarterback Peyton Manning has done little in the last two games to shed his label as a postseason underachiever and no one gives him more trouble than the Pats. Meanwhile, New England quarterback Tom Brady is coming off another miraculous performance in the divisional playoffs and now stands 12-1 all-time in the postseason, including 6-1 away from Foxboro.
I could write about the New England-San Diego game forever, and I just might dwell on them a little longer than usual before I get to the other playoff winners and losers.
CHICAGO -- Gone, gone, gone. Marty Schottenheimer's tenure as the Chargers coach was as good as over as soon as Patriots rookie kicker Stephen Gostkowski sent his 31-yard game-winning field goal through the uprights at Qualcomm Stadium.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Defensive tackle Michael Wright sat at his corner locker Thursday while a media armada encircled linebacker Mike Vrabel at the opposite end of the room. Wright, who sparkled in four emergency starts -- mostly for the injured Vince Wilfork -- has returned to being an obscure reserve, one who went undrafted in 2005.
FOXBORO, Mass. -- If it's possible for a 21-point loser to have earned a huge measure of respect this weekend, the New York Jets have done it. New England's victory on Sunday was a 23-16 game with 10 minutes left, and Tom Brady, the best quarterback most of us will ever see, had to convert a huge third-and-eight to prevent the Jets from having one last chance to make a game of it. Then, of course, the roof caved in, and New England romped 37-16.
FOXBORO, Mass. -- Greatness is no longer part of the equation in New England, home of those three shiny Lombardi Trophies that the Patriots love to display anywhere on almost anything. But with their playoff opener Sunday against the upstart New York Jets, the Patriots proved that while they might not be the league's best team, they're still among the most dangerous.
SI.com's Don Banks had a veteran AFC insider assess the Patriots-Jets matchup.
Fred and Wilma may have had it right; living in a stone house can be give residents a sense of comfort, security and solidity.
Leaf peepers, start your engines. As the sugar maple, elm, oak, and birch transform themselves into stark, raving beauties, millions of tourists are descending upon the Northeast to watch the changing hues.
The leaves are turning and if you're getting that autumn migration itch, here are some things to keep in mind as you plan your fall travel.
If you want to live like a king why not go for a house named for one - Georgian-style homes are stately, reserved and, well, regal.
You can't call me Ishmael, but I can imagine myself as a Melville character when I walk down a 19th century street in an old New England whaling port.
Rain is expected across much of the country Sunday, including the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and Pacific Northwest, forecasters said.
It must be pretty cool to be able to say that you live in a saltbox. It sounds something like living in a shoe. But just what the heck is a saltbox house anyhow?
ese days and you'll see that the demographic landscape has changed: Seniors by the score are now mixed in among the dewy coeds, attending classes, queuing up for cultural offerings and just soaking up the energy. It shouldn't come as a surprise. For a large number of retirees, easy access to cultural events and educational opportunities has always been at least as important as year-round sunshine and well-groomed golf courses. And a collegiate environment has even more appeal in the new era of retirement, in which it's increasingly important to continue expanding your skills and knowledge base well beyond traditional retirement age. Many universities have responded by creating academic courses specifically for seniors. A decade ago, only a few dozen colleges offered such programs; today more than 300 institutions do. Other schools allow seniors to audit classes at little or no cost, fund community programs for older folks and even build housing for them. ...
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A nor'easter that drew energy from the remnants of far-off Hurricane Wilma battered New England and the mid-Atlantic states with 20-foot waves and winds up to 70 mph Tuesday, brought some inland areas their first snow of the season and knocked out power to about 200,000 homes and businesses.
A fierce winter storm virtually shut down parts of the Midwest and Northeast on Saturday, causing airlines to cancel about 3,000 flights and stranding 800 passengers in Philadelphia.
In the fall, there's a yin and yang to life in New England. Every year, the foliage steals your heart, then baseball breaks it.
Bubble Madness Is Over (Hallelujah!)
In the wake of the blockbuster merger announcement from J.P. Morgan Chase and Bank One, Wall Street has been buzzing about which banks are next on the acquisition hit list. But merger targets won't...
This story appears in the March issue of MONEY Magazine and was updated on Feb. 17.
One of the best inventions has to be the car seat warmer, more affectionately known as the "tushie toaster." I learned the term from my friend's mom growing up, and it always seemed a little warmer to me.
A fast moving snowstorm failed to reach New England as predicted, but squatted over New Jersey and New York, dumping more than a foot of flakes in one area.
The East Coast braced Tuesday for another beating from the winter storms that glazed roads, delayed flights and caused deadly car crashes across the eastern half of the United States.
Temperatures remained below zero Friday morning across New England after plunging to near-record lows, straining power grids and bringing life to a near standstill in some places.
The northeastern United States faced more bitter cold and high winds Thursday, with forecasters warning of "extremely dangerous" wind chills as low as 45 degrees below zero in eastern Massachusetts.
Some people believe in hard work, others in democracy, still others in marriage. I believe in chicken. I especially like chicken out--in these settings, to be precise:
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