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Borges: Justin Thomas would reach new level with win over golf’s best today
NORTON — By the end of a dripping wet afternoon at TPC-Boston yesterday, the Big Names had Justin Thomas surrounded. Today, under expected sunny skies, he gets a chance to prove if he’s ready to join...
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Borges: The Justin Thomas-Jordan Spieth rivalry finds friendship at its core
NORTON — The rivalry is there and so, too, is the jealousy. What’s missing is the bile.Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth have been friends since they were 14-year-old golfing prodigies, each trying to...
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Borges: Love of the game keeps Tom Brady one step ahead
Subtitle: Even at 40, NFL’s best never lacks in preparationHistory is not on the side of 40-year-old quarterbacks. Often times, neither are their aching bodies or wandering minds. But until now, there...
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Borges: Roger Goodell gets last laugh when it comes to clown-nose wearing...
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was buzzing around Boston yesterday but there was little buzz about it. The Commish was not necessarily keeping a low profile but he wasn’t exactly handing out press...
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Borges: Chiefs put perfectly punishing end to Patriots’ 19-0 talk
FOXBORO — Guess the clown nose is on you, folks.At least on those who dismissed the 12-4 Kansas City Chiefs as if those numbers of a year ago should have been reversed, and the others who kept crowing...
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Borges: Even as child is born, Gennady Golovkin keeps focus on fight of his life
LAS VEGAS — Last Friday, Gennady Golovkin trained for the biggest moment of his life even while a bigger moment was occurring back home in Los Angeles. The middleweight champion of the world had a...
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Borges: Neither Canelo Alvarez nor Gennady Golovkin can stay in front of his...
LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin are not facing the same problems tonight, when they square off for the undisputed middleweight championship, but the solution to them is eerily similar....
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Borges: Draw a fitting end to thrilling Gennady Golovkin-Canelo Alvarez bout
LAS VEGAS – In the final seconds of last night’s middleweight title fight nobody seemed to care anymore who won. Instead the sellout crowd of 22,358 at the T-Mobile Arena rose as one and began to cheer...
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Borges: Wrong card makes right result for GGG-Canelo fight
LAS VEGAS — Sometimes your wildly misdirected drive bounces off a tree and onto the fairway, leaving an open shot to the green. Sometimes your jump shot hits the back of the iron, goes straight up,...
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Borges: Time for John Farrell to get some credit
Subtitle: Sox manager en route to historic doubleIn the opinion of the Fraternal Order of Farrell Firers, Red Sox manager John Farrell has nothing in common with Terry Francona, his old pal and the...
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Borges: 30 years after NFL strike, Joe Dudek recalls his big shot
The dream that had died suddenly had been revived and so Joe Dudek had a decision to make. It wasn’t as easy as you might think.Would he do what so many other dreamers were doing in the crisp fall days...
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Borges: Despite win, Patriots defense ugly as sin
Subtitle: Defense needs save from Brady yet againFOXBORO — At the moment, and maybe for much longer if something doesn’t change, the Patriots’ best defensive player is Tom Brady.Tom Brady absolves more...
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Borges: If NFL wants to show unity, start by giving Colin Kaepernick a job
It was never about the flag.It was never about the national anthem, either.Last week, unfortunately, it may have been more about the president of the United States calling protesting NFL players “SOBs”...
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Borges: Two areas Patriots must improve -- protecting and rushing the QB
FOXBORO — Two things threaten the Patriots today as well as this season and both involve getting to the quarterback.The first is people getting to your quarterback, which has happened far too often for...
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Borges: Patriots’ secondary woes not limited to Stephon Gilmore
FOXBORO — You paid $65 million for that? Now that’s a communication problem.But it’s not the only problem Bill Belichick has at the moment, which going forward may be the larger problem for him and the...
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Borges’ Patriots Report Card: Defense, coaching fall flat
Panthers 33, Patriots 30 These guys are lucky to be 2-2, and Sunday’s 33-30 loss to a team that had scored one touchdown in the previous nine quarters gave no indication that any of their problems have...
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Borges: Not much to be happy about in Patriots' win
TAMPA — Thursday night is no place to search for quick fixes. It is merely a night your football team needs to survive, which the struggling Patriots did in large measure last night because the Tampa...
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Borges: When will the Red Sox players get some blame?
Subtitle: Guys on field deserve their share of blameSo when do we get around to the players?For the past 48 hours I’ve heard and read much about the real and imagined failings of Red Sox manager John...
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Borges: John Farrell ultimately chose wrong side in David Price spat
In the end, what got John Farrell fired wasn’t losing in the playoffs or losing David Price, if he ever had him. What hung him out to dry was losing the ability to read the tea leaves.One of the...
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Borges: Opportunity fumbled as most NFL players dodge league meeting
NFL owners and players met in New York yesterday to discuss what has become a roiling issue over players’ right to express themselves and owners’ rights in the workplace.According to Miami Dolphins...
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