On Saturday November 14th, the North End Athletic Association held the final session of the 10 Week Fall Soccer Program. This year over 140 children, boys and girls from ages 4 to 12 participated. “We had a great program with the most children and the most coaches in our 4 year history of this wonderful Read More…
This time, Brady had the ball and the time to work with. This time, Giant circus catches were not enough. This time it was the Giants that committed cataclysmic miscues. This Time, just when it looked as though the football Gods were once again clad in Giants blue, luck turned. In what will go down as an instant classic the New England Patriots took down Read More…
Patriots have a date with history No, I’m not talking about the pursuit of “perfection” or that of a fifth Lombardi trophy. History will be made this Sunday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey when the Patriots take on the New York Giants. I know I may be over dramatizing this singular regular Read More…
The Nazzaro Center, in a collaboration with the North End Athletic Association (NEAA), officially tipped off on Saturday October 17 when two of its four levels of programming played their first exhibition games of the season. Both the Junior Varsity, which runs on Saturday afternoons for 8-11 year olds, and the Varsity, on Thursday evenings Read More…
Three weeks. Three losses. The Boston College Eagles have just endured perhaps their worst stretch of football during Steve Addazio’s tenure as head coach. It started at Alumni Stadium with an embarrassing defeat at the hands of Wake Forest. The Eagles and Demon Deacons did their best to give the game to each other and Read More…
The North End Athletic Association held a special soccer clinic last week led by Coach Soren Balea from Bunker Hill Community College. Coach Balea brought several BHCC players in uniform that helped run the clinic. Over one hundred kids, ages 6 through 12, attended the special practice for the professional level drills at Puopolo Park Read More…
Thanks to a generous North End friend, North End Against Drugs was able to send 10 family members to the Boston Bruins Tailgate party on Saturday, October 24th at the World Trade Center. Here the Bruins unveiled their Ice Hockey Classic Shirt for their Game with the Montreal Canadians on January 1st at Gillette Stadium. Read More…
The North End Athletic Association recently donated hockey gloves, shin pads and elbow pads to several young players in the North End Youth Hockey Program. The NEAA received the equipment from a grant written to Good Sports earlier this year. Thanks to help from Representative Aaron Michlewitz, the NEAA received over $14,000 worth of equipment Read More…
The Boston Latin Girls Crew team raced a boat in the Women’s Youth Four event in the 2015 Head of the Charles rowing competition. Dani Pezzuto from the North End was part of the team along with Emma DeMailly, JP; Emily Xie, West Roxbury; Somer Ellis, JP and Charlotte Russell, Charlestown. Their finish in the Read More…
North End natives, Rob and Dave Gomes, received the Fantasy Player of the Year award at the first annual Globies, a new sports awards program sponsored by the Boston Globe. The awards are selected by the Globe’s sports editorial team and were celebrated earlier in October at the House of Blues with many of Boston’s sports stars Read More…
The first road trip of 2015 for Boston College and Head Coach Steve Addazio could have gone better. Duke kicker Ross Martin connected on his three field goal attempts, enough scoring to best the Eagles 9-7. The loss drops Boston College to 3-2. The Eagles offensive woes continue to outshine and waste the defensive gems churned out on the other side Read More…
The homecoming crowd of 30,193 in attendance at Alumni Stadium was precisely what the Boston College Eagles needed to put last week’s loss to Florida State behind them. The outcome was a 17-14 win over the Northern Illinois Huskies. The victory improves BC’s record to 3-1, but failed to dismiss concerns centering on the offense. Read More…