...included NFL officials. Kirk said he felt "optimistic" after meetings with Gov. Paul Cellucci, House Speaker Thomas Finneran and Senate President Thomas Birmingham. "We just went into the huddle. We're going to call the plays and start...

...end, Kraft was thinking about long-term benefits, rather than short-term gain, Massachusetts House Speaker Thomas Finneran said. He compared the hefty Connecticut deal to "extra caffeine in your coffee." "In the end it might not prove...

...included NFL officials. Kirk said he felt "optimistic" after meetings with Gov. Paul Cellucci, House Speaker Thomas Finneran and Senate President Thomas Birmingham. The Patriots have a $374 million stadium deal in Hartford. BEARS: Bobby...

...his two brothers and half-dozen friends in the lots surrounding Foxboro Stadium. He blames state House Speaker Thomas Finneran for blocking a proposal to build a new stadium in Massachusetts. "If they would have put it to a vote within the...

...don't know if I'll ever watch them again," she said. Jerry Foye of Norwood blamed Massachusetts House Speaker Thomas Finneran. Although Finneran is disappointed by the team's decision, he defended the House's rejection of a plan agreed-upon...