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SNHU women 8-0 The Big Story: By winning their first eight games, the SNHU women are off to the best start in school history. Technically the 8-0 record matches what the 1988-89 Penwomen did, but this group wins the tiebreaker because Win No. 8 came on Saturday against powerful Bentley, which has been among the best programs nationally for 30 years. That makes the 72-67 win on the home court of the Falcons (currently ranked 22nd nationally) a landmark win, which was keyed by Erin Doherty’s team-high 15 points and a 13-point, 8-rebound submission from Kylie Lorenzen. Sports 101: On Dec. 10, 1922, Pete Henry made longest known drop-kicked field goal in NFL history, 45 yards. Who is the last player to score on a drop kick in NFL play? Hot Ticket: If you get the paper early it’s heading up North River Road to join in the fun with the SNHU women on Wednesday vs. Merrimack, and if not, on Saturday vs. Stonehill. Honors: After a season when he scored a whopping 30 touchdowns, Goffstown running back Colin Bourque was named Gatorade Player of the Year last week.
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3 – times in four weeks Tom Brady has thrown an interception with the Patriots inside their own five and goal with the latest coming in Sunday’s stunning loss to Philly, which Malcolm Jenkins took back 99 yards for a TD. 22 – consecutive wins to start the season and 27 games overall to leave Golden State
He’s the first player from G-Town ever to win the award. Given that he was the leader of the undefeated and untied state champions as he ran for 1,554 yards and had nearly 2,000 yards in total offense, it is a well- deserved honor. Home Ice Advantage: The world famous Verizon Wireless Arena continues to be what home ice is supposed to be — an advantage. That was evident over the weekend when the Manchester Monarchs took two of three from the Reading Royals where Sunday’s 4-2 behind a three-point night from Matt Leitner pushed the M’s to 14-8 overall on the year. Sports 101 Answer: Doug Flutie was the last to score on a drop kick, which came in his final NFL game and the Patriots’ season final in 2005. On This Date – Dec. 10: 1935 – The financially troubled Philadelphia A’s sell future Hall of Famers Jimmie Foxx to Boston for $150,000 and Al Simmons to Chicago for $75,000. 2005 – Reggie Bush wins the Heisman Trophy he has to give back three years later. 2012 – Johnny Manziel becomes the first freshman to win the Heisman, no doubt setting off a giant party at Texas A&M.
just 6 wins shy of the alltime NBA record 33 straight won by the L.A. Lakers in 1971-72. 23 – team-leading points scored by Mike McCahey as 20th-ranked Saint Anselm suffered its first loss on Wednesday 86-78 to Bentley. 30 – most points in the nation scored by UNH center Andrew Poturalski who has 14 goals and 16 assists
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during the U’s disappointing 5-6-4 start. 50 – career high number of saves made by UNH goaltender Danny Tirone in Friday’s 2-2 tie with archrival Maine. 53 – percentage shot from the field by SNHU when they blew out Assumption 91-56 behind 20-point nights from both Chris Walters and Rodney Sanders.
Vladimir Putin: No relation to ex-Expos slugger Vladimir Guerrero. Instead the swingfor-the-fences ex-KGB operative and current Russian president (seemingly for life) causing headaches for President Obama and other Western leaders. John Lester: Sainted ex-Red Sox lefty made out as a cross between Pedro Martinez and Mother Theresa by those blaming the 2015 last-place finish on his departure. How he’d have changed things when he was under .500 and the ERA jumped by nearly a run in a league with no DH while winning fewer games than Wade Miley on a 92-win team remains a mystery. Mike Torrez: Got $1.8 million in 1978 and delivered 16 wins twice but slipped to 9-14 in 1980 and was 60-54 overall for Boston and will always remembered for surrendering that homer to Bucky F. Dent. Manny Ramirez: For $147 million the Sox got on average 36 homers, 116 RBI and a .312 average, a batting title, three 40-homer and 125-plus-RBI seasons, the first two world titles since 1918 and all the hilarious “Manny being Manny” moments. Keith Foulke: Good first year, but he was surly after that with ERAs of 5.91 and 4.35. JD Drew: For an upper-echelon $15 million per paycheck he never drove in more than 68 runs in five seasons and sat out any time he had even a sniffle. The Ronald Reagan Question: It came in the 1980 presidential debate when he asked, “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?” Since it came at a time of near economic chaos it basically buried Jimmy Carter right there.
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