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• Buckley: Ugly game, perfect venue

  

  I have vague memories of going to a few Patriots games at Fenway Park when I was a kid. There was a Buffalo game, I think, and a Chargers game. Pretty sure it rained a lot during the Chargers game.What I do remember, and this thought popped into my head as I entered Fenway Park for last night’s Notre Dame-Boston College showdown, is that the Red Sox never seemed to put out the good china back when the Patriots were renting the joint.Instead — and, again, these are the memories of a 12-year-old —..

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• Rodney Harrison: Patriots would benefit from loss

  

  Rodney Harrison knows all about the stress and strain of striving for perfection. He was on the 2007 Patriots team that fell just short of making an indelible mark on history, losing their only game of the year to the Giants in Super Bowl XLII.As he watches the 2015 Patriots, now at 9-0, in the midst of another run at perfection, he actually puts some credence into those who hold the view a loss would be beneficial to the Pats before the postseason because it would eliminate the added pressure a..

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• When the truth ends up on an editing room floor

  

  “Spotlight,” the movie about The Boston Globe’s Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation of the coverup of sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests, had its general release on Friday and film critics agree: “Spotlight” is one of the best movies of the year.Jack Dunn had a different reaction. After seeing the film at the Loews theater across from Boston Common, he stepped onto the sidewalk and threw up.AdvertisementThe movie sickened him because he is portrayed as someone who minimized the suffering of..

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• A Quincy suicide leaves grief and questions

  

  QUINCY — On Oct. 16, in the darkness on the edge of Wollaston Station, 18-year-old Matt Gerakis hid near the tracks. He could see the southbound commuter train lights approaching at 60 miles per hour. Minutes earlier, he had texted his girlfriend, Victoria Mele:“ill love you forever vick. Don’t ever think it was your fault. Its 100% my fault’’AdvertisementMatt, a star student-athlete who loved basketball, kissing his grandmother before and after every game, and romantic gestures — such as the el..

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• Porzingis leads Knicks past Rockets for 4th straight win

  

  HOUSTON — Carmelo Anthony and Derek Fisher insist they knew months ago that Kristaps Porzingis was capable of this type of performance.Porzingis had 24 points, 14 rebounds and seven blocked shots to lead the New York Knicks to a 107-102 victory over the slumping Houston Rockets on Saturday night.Anthony long ago brushed off the uproar that followed the Knicks using the No. 4 pick on a player who was perceived to be a long-term project."It was concern from people who didn't know," Anthony said. "..

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• NH primary poll puts non-candidate Romney first

  

  For Republicans fearful of Donald Trump becoming their party’s presidential nominee, a new Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll of likely New Hampshire Republican primary voters offers a three-word solution: Willard Mitt Romney.If the former Massachusetts governor were added to the mix of the 14 other Republican candidates running in the Feb. 9 first-in-the-nation presidential primary, New Hampshire voters would, if the election were held now, give him a 2-to-1 win over Trump, the leader of the ..

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• Ex-baby sitter accused of kidnapping toddler

  

  A former baby sitter will be arraigned tomorrow on charges she broke into a Hamilton home in the middle of the night and kidnapped a 2-year-old girl who was found naked and bruised on the side of the road by passersby hours later and miles away.Abigail Hanna, 21, of Topsfield was arrested early yesterday and charged with kidnapping, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, assault and battery on a child, and breaking and entering in the nighttime in the abduction of Lyndon Albers earl..

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• Cousins' big night leads Kings past Magic, 97-91

  

  ORLANDO, Fla. — At times during his career, frustration has gotten the best of Sacramento's DeMarcus Cousins.He did the frustrating against the Orlando Magic.Cousins had 29 points and 12 rebounds as the Kings held off the Magic 97-91 on Saturday night.It was just the latest complete performance for Cousins, who has recorded four straight games with at least 20 points and 10 rebounds. He also went 13 for 15 from the free throw line and had six assists."I don't think I was as aggressive as I usual..

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• Zdeno Chara makes most of moment

  

  Imagine a wide-open shot from the circle in the final minutes, victory on the line, shooter having all the time in the world to tee up the puck and let it rip.Who is the opponent you wouldleastwant to see taking that shot? If he’s not at the top of the list, we suspect that Zdeno Chara would be mighty close.Yet there Chara was, 3:43 left in the third period of an exceedingly competitive — and scoreless — contest last night at the Garden, taking a feed from Zach Trotman in the left circle and fin..

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• Brussels quiet after clampdown

  

  Threats of an immediate Paris-like terror attack brought Brussels to a screeching halt as officials told citizens to stay indoors and avoid crowds — transforming the unofficial capital of the European Union into a ghost town and exposing it as a potential hotbed of jihadists.“To see it in Europe is eye-opening,” said Colin Clarke, a counterterrorism analyst with RAND Corp. “All of the sudden, in Brussels — where NATO is headquartered, you have the Hague and all these EU institutions — essentiall..

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