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My association with (MT to me) started during my student days in Calicut in the early 60s, when he was the editor of the prestigious weekly. I used to deliver the manuscript and photographs of a serial article on the poisonous snakes of Kerala by KG Adiyodi, who was a lecturer in Devagiri College. As he was like an elder brother, I used to stay at his house. The first time I went to MT’s first-floor cabin, I lost my way! He came out and guided me to the wooden ladder to go down. Since then, he continued to guide me and my family from close quarters in my career, with my writing and in family matters. His love and concern for us were beyond words, and he was more considerate to my wife Ragini, to whom he had given the liberty of making any demands on him! During our stay in Delhi, she made a demand -- a handsome young man in the neighbourhood, Krishnakumar, should be cast in one of MT’s films. As he was very rigid with every aspect of his films, be it direction, script, dialogue or casting, I thought he may not relent but he did. He asked Harikumar, director of , which was written by MT, to cast Krishnakumar. By the time the film was completed, I was working in Delhi as Deputy Director General in Doordarshan. The preview of was in Delhi and while we were waiting on the steps of the preview theatre for our car, MT hugged Ragini, saying, "Now aren’t you contended and happy?" Turning aside, he told me that the role played by Krishnakumar was added to the script only because of Ragini's insistence. The film bagged two national awards. Krishnakumar made it big in films and later entered politics and was a BJP candidate both for the Parliament and Assembly elections. MT’s help was a turning point in his life. MT's support in my life dates back to the days I earned my first job as a junior lecturer in the small town of Payyanur. I had an opportunity to present a paper on contemporary Malayalam novels, where MT was the chief guest. He was impressed with my presentation and asked me to meet him at Calicut whenever I visited the city. I made it a point to visit him every month and he spared time and attention suggesting books to be read and gifting a few, every time. I started writing for the prestigious weekly, of which he was editor. It was a dream come true to have my name printed in the weekly. Then he asked me to review books almost every month, which continued as long as he was editor. After that he asked to narrate the stories of Rudyard Kipling’s , which were serialised in the weekly. My major break came when he assigned the translation of Desmond Morris' in weekly. With his deft editing, the translation was a big success, resulting in a big circulation boost for the weekly. I still wonder how I was assigned the job me when I was in my early 20s! Soon thereafter, introducing me to the mystic world of Japanese literature, he asked me to translate Junichiro Tanizaki's , which was again improved by his magic blue pencil. With a name as weekly writer, I was fortunate to be publishing in English in the newly-started , Cochin edition, and other Malayalam periodicals. While patronising me as an editor, MT was also helping me like his own family member. His was one of the first two houses I visited in Calicut soon after my marriage. When our elder son was a toddler, MT saved his life. We were in his house ‘Sitara’ and our son Jayadeep was playing with his elder daughter Sitara. Jayadeep unwittingly put a marble into his mouth and choked, gasping for breath. We were shocked. MT suddenly hit him behind neck and the marble fell out. During the final year of my postgraduation, I had to look out for a job, as I would not get the job I had left in the Payyanur college. I started applying for jobs and one of them was the post of Assistant Editor in the Indian Council Of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in Delhi. I was called for an interview on a cold winter morning and there were seven members on the selection panel. Dr KPA Menon was ICAR Secretary and, as he later told me, he was under pressure from influential quarters. He wanted the selection to be on merit. After the written test, during the interview, I was really grilled but MT who was on the panel did not ask me any question. In the late afternoon, I visited KP Unnikrishnan and VK Madhavan Kutty, correspondents in Delhi. They revealed to me that I was the selected candidate. Later MT told me that the committee was unanimous in selecting me and he had vouched for my merit. After two years of working in Delhi, I was transferred to a research institute in Kerala on a similar editorial assignment. I used to continue to write and MT asked me to contribute an article on scientific research in the Onam special issue of the weekly in 1974. The theme for the issue was problems of the problem state. I wrote on the farce of research which irritated my boss no end and he started harassing me and threatened to dismiss me from my job! With a young family, I was at my wits' end; but MT took up my case strongly with Dr MS Swaminathan, Director General of ICAR. His intervention saved my job. I was trying my level best to get out of the small-town job and fortunately got selected by the Union Public Service Commission for the post of Assistant Station Director, because of my high rank in the selection list, at Calcutta Doordarshan Kendra. MT entrusted the correspondent of Calcutta to help us settle there. After seven months in Calcutta, I was transferred to Madras Doordarshan. Madras was second home to MT then, as he was busy with films, after his spectacular success and national film awards in direction and scriptwriting. Every time he was in Madras, soon after his arrival, MT would call on us, visit our home with gifts and take us and the children for lunch or dinner with him. He used to take us to all the five-star hotels in Madras. The moment the boys heard that their favourite 'MT maaman' is in town, they used to literally jump with joy. We were specially called for all his film previews as he valued Ragini’s opinion more than mine. He introduced me to eminent personalities in the fields of films, literature, culture and arts in Malayalam -- MB Sreenivasan and V Abdulla were among them. MT wrote his magnum opus , while I was in Madras. I was dumbfounded by the research he did before writing the book. The list of books was large and he asked me to secure as many of them as possible. I could get quite a number for him from libraries of Madras. When I presented a copy of VS Naipaul’s , MT, who used to write a column in a weekly, wrote at length, interpreting the book. In December 1984, I was transferred to Trivandrum to start the Malayalam TV station. MT used to visit the city as he was making frequent trips to the UAE via Trivandrum. He stayed with us and every time he would present us with valuable gifts. During my stint at Trivandrum, I had to appoint a few production assistants. For less than a dozen vacancies, the applicants were more than 3000 with recommendations galore from ministers, Assembly members and other prominent persons. The Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting was breathing down my neck dictating the names of candidates to be issued with appointment letters. I was determined to make the selection purely on merit and did not budge. I wanted the Selection Committee to be constituted with utmost secrecy. I called MT on phone and insisted that he should spare a day for me at Trivandrum. Similarly, I contacted others including ONV Kurup, Bharat Bhushan and others to select the best candidates after shortlisting 60 of them through a written test. While we in the car to DD Kendra, MT made a comment, "I selected Kunhikrishnan for a job. Now after a quarter of a century, I am selecting persons for Kunhikrishnan and a circle gets completed." Doordarshan had a scheme to produce quality films for telecast and it was left to me to select five renowned directors to do the production. I requested Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Aravindan, MT, KG George and Padmarajan. While the first three agreed and assignments were given, Padmarajan’s proposal was rejected because his budget was above the limit. MT flatly refused to work while faced with bureaucratic tangles. I later managed to convince him to produce which bagged awards at Singapore, Tokyo and Jakarta Film Fesitvals. I got the allotment of a Maruti 800 car in the first lot in 1987 and the cost was Rs 1,87,000. There was a deadline for payment and the government loan that I applied for was not forthcoming. MT used to check every day and finally asked us to go to Calicut. We reached late but MT was waiting at the bank with the manager to hand over his cheque and collect the money. By then, a phone message from my office was received at his house that the loan was credited in my bank. We enjoyed his generosity on several occasions. When I was transferred to Delhi from Trivandrum, our younger son was in 10th standard and for want of accommodation and to avoid disruption in his studies, I went alone. Managing two establishments was no easy matter for my wife. One night she informed me, her voice choking, that she had received a letter from MT in which he had written that he knew about our difficulties and as a small relief he was enclosing a cheque for Rs 25,000. It was a help beyond words. On another occasion, our younger son Viswanath studying in Madras wanted to go to US for higher studies, when we were in Delhi. He had already taken the TOEFL test and scored high marks. He had secured the application forms but to send it there was a catch. He needed a capability certificate with a minimum bank balance of Rs 10 lakh. He would receive scholarship after the first semester and we needed to spend for his first fees and meet his travel expenses. MT was specially fond of him and he asked us to make a trip to Calicut with the forms. Again he was waiting at Nadakkavu branch of the bank and got us the necessary capability certificates. It was Vichu (Viswanath), a fourth standard student, that MT had authorised as his nephew to receive a state film award as he could not travel to Trivandrum on the designated day. Vichu received the award in style, following which there was a barrage of phone calls asking about the new 'nephew' of MT. My wife Ragini has a big house, Panchavadi, in Taliparamaba. It was in a dilapidated condition and badly needed repairs. MT visited us when we were there. Later, on another trip he brought the famous architect and designer from Calicut RK Ramesh and asked him to suggest improvements to the house. They spent a couple of hours at the house and later we all drove to my maternal uncle’s house in Peralam, near Payyanur. After lunch, MT called Ragini to a side room and handed over a packet to her, asking her to start the house renovation immediately. The packet contained Rs 1 lakh, a whopping sum those days. It is well known that MT used to do extensive research for his writings, His last novel was and during one of his stays in Delhi, he asked me for help. Fortunately, the head of the DD production centre in Varanasi was a man of letters and I sought his help for facilitating MT's trip. I had cautioned him that MT is a man of few words. MT returned happy after the trip. Acharya called me up to say that I had misjudged MT and that he was a good talker and he was lucky to have befriended him and congratulated me for being a favourite of a 'cult figure'. MT had once visited China and stayed with us prior to the trip. He unearthed two voluminous books on China (One was a publication) and carefully read them. On his return, he was very eloquent on how Kerala could take lessons from China on providing tender coconut water in sachets and develop an industry all over the state. He made his best efforts, but nothing happened.Everyone will love this Marry Me chicken budget meal

President Emmanuel Macron is to name a new prime minister on Friday, aides said, after days of deadlock over finding a candidate to replace Michel Barnier whose ousting by parliament pushed France into a fresh crisis. Barnier was toppled in a historic no-confidence vote on December 4 and there had been expectations Macron would announce his successor in an address to the nation even a day later. But in a sign of the stalemate in French politics after inconclusive legislative elections this summer, he did not name his successor then and has now missed a 48-hour deadline he gave at a meeting meeting of party leaders on Tuesday. On Thursday, Macron left France on a day-long trip to key EU and NATO ally Poland but shortened the visit in an apparent bid to finalise the appointment. "The statement naming the prime minister will be published tomorrow (Friday) morning," said an aide to to the president, asking not to be named, late Thursday just after Macron touched down from the trip to Poland. "He is finishing his consultations," the aide added, without giving further details. Whoever is named will be the sixth prime minister of Macron's mandate after the toppling of Barnier, who lasted only three months, and faces an immediate challenge in thrashing out a budget to pass parliament. Each premier under Macron has served successively less time in office and there is no guarantee for the new premier that they will not follow this pattern. Macron remains confronted with the complex political equation that emerged from the snap parliamentary polls -- how to secure a government against a no-confidence vote in a bitterly divided lower house where no party or alliance has a majority. All the candidates widely floated so far have encountered objections from at least one side of the political spectrum. "They are stuck," said a person close to Macron, asking not to be named and lamenting that "each name gets blocked." "No one is in agreement around the president," added the source, expressing hope Macron will surprise everyone with an unexpected choice. More from this section Macron's rumoured top pick, veteran centrist Francois Bayrou, raises hackles on the left -- wary of continuing the president's policies -- and on the right, where he is disliked by influential former president Nicolas Sarkozy. Beyond Bayrou, prime ministerial contenders include former Socialist prime minister Bernard Cazeneuve, current Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu, a Macron loyalist, and former foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. Another name being discussed in the media is Roland Lescure, a former industry minister, but the nomination of the former Socialist risks inflaming the right. These "are names that have been around for years and haven't seduced the French. It's the past. I want us to look to the future," Greens leader Marine Tondelier said. "The French public want a bit of enthusiasm, momentum, fresh wind, something new," she told France 2 television. Polls indicate the public is fed up with the crisis. Just over two-thirds of respondents to one Elabe poll published on Wednesday said they want politicians to reach a deal not to overthrow a new government. But confidence is limited, with around the same number saying they did not believe the political class could reach agreement. In a separate IFOP poll, far-right National Rally (RN) figurehead Marine Le Pen was credited with 35 percent support in the first round of a future presidential election -- well ahead of any likely opponent. She has said she is "not unhappy" that her far-right party was left out of the horse-trading around the government, appearing for now to benefit from the chaos rather than suffer blame for bringing last week's no-confidence vote over the line. In a critical looming moment, Le Pen on March 31, 2025 faces the verdict in an embezzlement trial on charges she denies. If convicted, she could lose the chance of standing in the 2027 elections and with it her best chance yet of winning the Elysee. burs-tgb-sjw/rlpIITians will play major role in ‘industrial revolution 4.0’: Union minThe state’s top road safety bureaucrat has rejected suggestions that new high-tech cameras that can catch wrongdoers on West Australian roads en masse are revenue-raisers. Road Safety Commissioner Adrian Warner joined Road Safety Minister David Michael on Monday to announce the rollout of the six mobile cameras from Australia Day. Road Safety Commissioner Adrian Warner and Road Safety Minister David Michael. The smart cameras, leased for five years at a cost of $22 million, can easily spot motorists using their phones or driving without a seatbelt and will be deployed to deter the behaviours that make up a large reason for so many of the fatalities on WA roads. A camera pointed at just one lane on the Kwinana Freeway near Salter Point last month spotted more than 6300 people using their mobiles while driving, and 5100 not wearing their seatbelts. Had that camera been used to issue fines, it could have netted the Road Trauma Trust account anywhere from $5 million to $10 million, depending on the severity of the offences. The rollout of the new cameras will coincide with a three-month grace period where motorists breaking the law will be issues with a caution instead of a fine. Warner said this demonstrated the cameras were not about revenue-raising, but changing behaviours. “It’s anything but revenue raising, that’s why we’re doing caution notices,” he said. “This is about drivers changing their behaviour. We have a culture problem. We need to address it, and these cameras are the first step in doing that.” Warner said 99 per cent of people wore seatbelts, but 20 per cent of people who died in crashes weren’t wearing seatbelts. “That should tell you something,” he said. The announcement comes as WA records its worst road toll in almost 10 years, with 182 deaths. Michael said in this context now was the time for the technology to become a vital and permanent tool to be used across the state. “The message is clear and simple: these cameras are coming, slow down, buckle up and put your phone away,” he said. Start the day with a summary of the day’s most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights. Sign up for our Morning Edition newsletter .

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The LSU Tigers will host the Vanderbilt Commodores in an SEC college football matchup at Tiger Stadium this Saturday in Baton Rouge. How to Watch Vanderbilt vs. LSU: The Tigers started the season with big dreams, but a second-half slide has left them clinging to becoming bowl-eligible. At 6-4 overall, LSU will still see postseason action, but their hopes of a College Football Playoff run are long gone. Despite the disappointment, don't count the Tigers out just yet. A strong finish to the season could restore some of the swagger that Tiger fans know and love. With the game being played in the electric atmosphere of Tiger Stadium, LSU will be looking to bounce back and remind everyone why Baton Rouge is one of the toughest places to play in college football. Meanwhile, Vanderbilt has had a season to remember—by their standards, anyway. The Commodores, often seen as the SEC's perennial underdog, have put together a respectable 6-4 record and even cracked the Coaches Poll top 25 at one point. Known as the "upset kings" this fall, Vandy has taken down a few giants along the way and will look to add LSU to their list of victims. With bowl eligibility already secured, the Commodores are playing with house money, making them a dangerous opponent for an LSU team looking to avoid another letdown. WATCH: Vanderbilt vs. LSU live on fuboTV for free on Saturday If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.None

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January is the start of a new year, and it always feels like the start of a new beginning. It’s a hopeful time when people create new goals with a renewed sense of energy. This usually only lasts a few weeks, but sometimes if you create fun goals they stick with you for a little while. Last year, my goal was to read 12 books and 13 audiobooks (or 25 books for the year.) I came pretty close — if you count the two books I’m currently reading. If you do, I managed 24 out of 25 books! Yay! I managed to hit my audiobook goal ... if you count the one I’m currently reading, I actually did 14! This means I only read 10 books, but I think that’s still pretty good. Erica Rogers I know what you really want to know ... what were my favorites? My favorite physical book I read was “Everyone in My Family has Killed Someone” by Benjamin Stevenson. On the surface it’s your typical murder mystery at a ski resort during a snowstorm story. What makes it unique is back story that unfolds as the narrator explains how each family member has killed somebody and how it connects with the current mystery at hand. It has a few twists and turns and a lot of humor that kept me wanting more ... which is good because there are two more in the series! Now, picking my favorite audiobook is harder because so many of them knocked my socks off. I will instead narrow it down to three. Up first is “The Duke and I” by Julia Quinn. If you haven’t heard of this book, maybe you have heard of the Netflix show “Bridgerton,” which is based off of this series of books. This is the first book (and first season) in the series. It’s a regency love story about a girl named Daphne (who is one of EIGHT children) and Simon (a man with a past determined never to marry or have children.) Fair warning, it’s a little steamy at parts so if you’re listening to it as an audiobook, make sure there are no children around. I also read “They Both Die at the End” by Adam Silvera. This book needs to be read with a box of tissues. It’s a tragic young adult novel about two teens who find out today is their last day to live. They start off as strangers, and become so much more by the end of the novel. It’s very heartwarming and even though I read it this summer, it has still stuck with me. Finally I choose “Project Hail Mary” by Andy Weir. This is the same author who wrote “The Martian,” which was turned into a movie starring Matt Damon a few years back. This is another “lost in space” book, but very different chain of events. This story follows Ryaland Grace, who wakes up mid-mission to discover his other crewmates are dead ... and he can’t remember anything else. He can’t remember his name, let alone why he is on a mission in space. As the story unfolds, his memory returns and he discovers his mission is to save Earth and everything living on it (no pressure!). I was hooked into this story. There was an edge of mystery to it, sympathy for Ryaland as he figures everything out, and a beautiful and unlikely friendship that develops as he realizes he’s not as alone as he might think. I have always looked to find something fun to accomplish that I will hopefully stick with and be proud of at the end of the year. Many times that goal includes books and movies, and this year is no different. I discovered a reading challenge called the Alphabet Challenge. The idea is that you read 26 books, one for each letter of the alphabet. It will certainly be a challenge, especially finding books that start with X and Z ... but I like a good challenge. Just for fun I checked how many I reached this year, and I managed to hit 18 unique letters without even trying! No matter what your new year’s reading or movie goal might be, make sure to checks us out to help you out! Erica Rogers serves as the technology and teen librarian for the Grand Island Public Library. Email her at ericar@gilibrary.org Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly! {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items.The LSU Tigers will host the Vanderbilt Commodores in an SEC college football matchup at Tiger Stadium this Saturday in Baton Rouge. How to Watch Vanderbilt vs. LSU: The Tigers started the season with big dreams, but a second-half slide has left them clinging to becoming bowl-eligible. At 6-4 overall, LSU will still see postseason action, but their hopes of a College Football Playoff run are long gone. Despite the disappointment, don't count the Tigers out just yet. A strong finish to the season could restore some of the swagger that Tiger fans know and love. With the game being played in the electric atmosphere of Tiger Stadium, LSU will be looking to bounce back and remind everyone why Baton Rouge is one of the toughest places to play in college football. 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President-elect Donald Trump weighed in on a simmering feud among MAGA allies over H-1B worker visas, telling the New York Post that he supports the program, according to the outlet. Trump told the New York Post that he has “always liked the visas.” The H-1B visa program allows employers to temporarily hire non-U.S. citizens for highly skilled jobs. > Philadelphia news 24/7: Watch NBC10 free wherever you are “I have many H-1B visas on my properties. I’ve been a believer in H-1B. I have used it many times. It’s a great program,” he said, according to the outlet’s report. A spokesperson for the Trump transition team did not immediately respond to a request for comment. During his first term, the Trump administration implemented rules that would have cut the number of H-1B visas issued each year. The rules, however, were ultimately struck down in court. In recent days, MAGA world has been embroiled in a debate over the program, with one faction defending the visas and another faction arguing that the program allows foreigners to take American jobs. Trump allies, including Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, argued in online posts that the visa program benefits the country. The latest news on Donald Trump's presidency Musk said in a post this week that “the number of people who are super talented engineers AND super motivated in the USA is far too low.” Musk, who was born in South Africa and is a naturalized U.S. citizen, said that the reason he and others who built SpaceX and Tesla are in the U.S. is because of the H-1B program. “Take a big step back and F--- YOURSELF in the face,” he said in a post . “I will go to war on this issue the likes of which you cannot possibly comprehend.” Musk said in a post to X that “those contemptible fools must be removed from the Republican Party,” later clarifying that he was referring to “those in the Republican Party who are hateful, unrepentant racists.” Musk’s posts came in reply to a post from Scott Adams, the creator of the “Dilbert” comic, who said “MAGA is taking a page from Democrats on how to lose elections while feeling good about themselves.” Separately, Ramaswamy, who is partnering with Musk to lead Trump’s nongovernmental Department of Government Efficiency, argued in a post to X that he hopes American culture again prioritizes “hard work over laziness.” Ramaswamy also said in a post to X on Friday that the H-1B visa program “is badly broken & should be replaced with one that focuses on selecting the very best of the best (not a lottery), pro-competitive (no indentured service to one company), and de-bureaucratized.” Republicans who criticized H-1B visas included far-right activists Laura Loomer and Steve Bannon. Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley also weighed in, calling it “lazy” for the “tech industry to automatically go to foreign workers for their needs.” “Invest in our American workforce,” she said in a post to X on Friday. “We must invest in Americans first before looking elsewhere.” Musk also faced accusations of censoring critics after more than a dozen conservatives, including Loomer, said their blue badge verification on X had been revoked after they criticized Musk over his views on immigration. This story first appeared on NBCNews.com. More from NBC News:FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Drake Maye received a nice ovation from the Gillette Stadium crowd when he returned to Saturday’s game after it appeared the New England Patriots had lost their rookie quarterback to another head injury. By the fourth quarter, those fans who chose to stick around until the end of a to the Los Angeles Chargers chose to voice their displeasure in a season in which very little has gone right for the former NFL powerhouse. Chants of “Fire Mayo!” reverberated throughout the stadium, which was a quarter full by game’s end. “You hear those things. At the same time, they paid to sit in the seats, and we’ve got to play better. If we play better, we don’t have to hear that stuff,” head coach Jerod Mayo said after the Patriots dropped their sixth straight game. Instead of building off last week’s strong effort at Buffalo, New England took another series of steps backward in the season’s penultimate game. With another game against the Bills on tap next weekend, questions concerning the future of Mayo and several assistant coaches – mostly notably offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt and defensive coordinator DeMarcus Covington – figure to intensify. “I’m always under pressure and it’s been that way for a very long time, not just when I became the head coach of the Patriots. I’m okay. Look, I always do what’s best for the team,” Mayo said. “I have full confidence in the staff. I have full confidence in the players in (the locker room). I think again, it just comes down to being consistent across the board.” Remember, the Patriots parted ways with six-time Super Bowl winner Bill Belichick following last year’s dismal 4-13 record. The coaching change didn’t produce the desired upward swing, with New England staring at the possibility of producing fewer wins in Mayo’s first season. “I’m just tired of losing. I’m trying to be in the playoffs and have a winning season,” said second-year receiver DeMario Douglas, who connected with Maye for New England’s lone touchdown. The most important asset in the Patriots’ rebuilding efforts, Maye was questionable to return with a head injury after taking a blow to the helmet in the first quarter. The No. 3 overall pick from this spring’s NFL draft scrambled near the sideline on third down of the Patriots’ first possession when he was hit by Chargers cornerback Cam Hart. Maye stayed down on the turf for several seconds before eventually getting up and jogging off the field. He briefly sat on the bench before going to the medical tent for evaluation. He was replaced by backup Jacoby Brissett, but for only one series that ended with a three-and-out. After further evaluation in the locker room, Maye returned to the game for the Patriots’ third series at the 10:15 mark of the second quarter. The 22-year-old was knocked out of the Patriots’ Week 8 win over the New York Jets after he suffered a blow to the back of his head. “Just kind of got my bell rung on the first drive. I feel good, I still feel good, and then I was good to go,” Maye said afterward. To his teammates, it wasn't a shock to see Maye re-enter the game after taking a blow to the head. On his first play back under center, Maye took off for a 9-yard run and drew an unnecessary roughness penalty. “He didn’t have to come back, but he did. That gave everyone a lot of confidence,” Patriots wide receiver Kayshon Boutte said. Maye set a Patriots rookie franchise record for touchdown passes in consecutive games (eight) when he connected with Douglas on a play on which the Chargers called for defensive offsides. He also turned the ball over for the eighth straight game – a fumble on a pitch attempt to Douglas that Los Angeles turned into points to make it 17-0 in the second quarter. “I’ve got to give him a better ball to catch. That falls back on me,” Maye said. It appears the Patriots dodged a bullet with respect to Maye and his health. Now, the focus shifts back to Mayo and what his 2025 status. “I think the biggest thing was you don’t see those guys quitting. I think the score may not tell that today, but I feel like the guys are still wanting to win. We’re still leaving it out there every week, and I think that was kind of my message to the team,” Maye said. AP NFL:Travis Kelce beats Patrick Mahomes in brutal awards snub for Kansas City Chiefs superstar despite heroics

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