the15net.com Hires Warren Dull as World Cup Correspondent
Boston, MA – 07/16/2026 – the15net.com, the independent Boston sports news collaborative dedicated to sharp analysis and cutting through the noise on local teams, is proud to announce the hiring of @Warren_Dull (Pierre Nightmare) as its new 2030 FIFA World Cup correspondent.
In this role, Warren Dull will provide on-the-ground insights, match coverage, tactical breakdowns, player profiles, and fan perspectives from the world’s biggest soccer tournament. His reporting will bring a fresh, no-holds-barred voice to the15net.com’s growing audience of passionate sports fans. “We’re excited to expand our coverage beyond the core Boston teams and into global soccer with someone who brings a unique edge and perspective,” said Steve Bosell, Managing Editor of The15Net dot com,. “Warren Dull ’s voice aligns perfectly with The15’s mission to deliver honest, entertaining, and hype-free sports content. World Cup season is heating up, and we can’t wait for fans to see what he delivers.”
Mr. Dull added: “I’m thrilled to join the team at 15net.com and bring World Cup coverage to Boston sports fans who appreciate straight talk and deep dives. Whether it’s the drama on the pitch or the stories behind the teams, I’ll be there in 2030 to cut through the noise—just like The15 does every day with the Pats, Sox, Celtics, Bruins, and Free Jacks. Hashtag LOL.” Coverage is expected to ramp up in the lead-up to and throughout the tournament, with articles, analysis, and updates appearing regularly on the15net.com.
— Steve Bosell
Managing Editor, The 15 Net
Steve Bosell has been Managing Editor of The 15 Net since fall 2012. He resides in Lynn, MA with his wife and three children.
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The Patriots are back in the Super Bowl for the 12th time in the past 41years. For all you non-math majors out there, that equates to 29.3% of the time. Not bad for a franchise that used to play in a Zayre’s parking lot back in the AFL days.
No metal bleachers
The Patriots have now been to 4 more Super Bowls than any other team, with an overall record of 6-5 heading into Sunday’s game. If they win, they will break a tie with the Steelers for the most wins in Super Bowl history. If they lose, they will break a tie with the Broncos for most losses in Super Bowl history. So win or lose they are guaranteed to make history. We here at Football Cat World Headquarters just hope everyone has fun!
Nothing is more fun than winning!
Speaking of fun, here is a fun fact: Sam Darnold is 0-4 against the Patriots in his career, three losses with the Jets and one with the Panthers. He has thrown 1 touchdown and 9 interceptions, with a combined passer rating of 41.2. The Patriots are the monkey in Sam Darnold’s wrench.
Are YOU really going to lose to Sam Darnold?
And as we head into the long off season, remember Tom Brady may hate you but Football Cat loves you. See you in September.
Sunday Dinner Time Seahawks (-4.5) at Patriots Fake Seabids can’t exorcise these ghosts. Drake Maye IS!
You go girl!
Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.
Not only do we have an AFC Championship game to look forward to on Sunday, but we also have the storm of the century bearing down on our beloved six state region, yes even Rhode Island. How much snow will YOU get? Well, that depends on many factors: how close to the benchmark the storm is, where does any banding set up, what is the QPF and how much love you have in your heart.
My heart isn’t in it
And before you rush out to the stores to stock up on bread and milk, remember these wise words: “Look, I’m not saying I could do it better than them. I’m just saying they’re wrong a lot. That’s a fact. They’re wrong a lot. We all make mistakes. I’m not being critical of them, I’m just saying I don’t think you can go based on that. My experience of going with the forecast in this area two days before the game, I mean I’d bet a lot that they’re wrong, just based on history because they’re almost always wrong. An hour before the game, maybe. You might have something to work with there. I think if you start game planning for what the weather is going to be and you game plan wrong, you’ve wasted a lot of time.” – Bill Belichick, October 31, 2014
14 day forecast?!?!?!
Sunday Early Dinner Time Patriots (-4.5) at Broncos Patriots bust Broncos
He’s comfortable at altitude
Sunday Late Dinner Time Rams at Seahawks (-2.5) Horny Sheep spook Darnold
Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.
It’s been a fun week basking in the glory of the first Patriots playoff win since Super Bowl LIII, but now it’s time to focus on the next opponent, the Houston Texans. What better way to break it all down, than a Dan Shaughnessy style look at how each team’s respective home town matches up with the other.
A football cat
Houston has the Johnson Space Center. Foxborough has the Gillette Stadium Lighthouse. Advantage:Patriots
The landlocked lighthouse is much more impressive
Well there you have it, bet your kid’s college tuition on the home team and thank us later
Saturday Dinner Time Bills at Broncos (-1.5) Buffalo sauces Nix
Buffalo are right at home in Denver
Saturday Prowl Time 49ers at Seahawks (-7) Fake Seabirds rain on Purrrdy’s parade
Someone left the cat out in the rain
Sunday Early Dinner Time Texans at Patriots (-3) As that great Patriot, Patrick Star once opined: “The stars at night are dull and dim whenever they have to be over dumb old stupid Texas! “
SpongeBob had it fisrt
Sunday Late Dinner Time Rams (-3.5) at Bears Horny sheep bang da’ Bears
This is why all Bears fans support two teams
Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.
From the home office in Nashua New Hampshire, the Top 10 Cat New Year’s resolutions for 2026…
10. Stop knocking things off the table… before making eye contact. 9. Learn what “no” means — and continue to ignore it. 8. Sit on warm laptops instead of freshly folded laundry. (Maybe) 7. Eat food more slowly so humans stop accusing me of “inhaling.” 6. Meow at 3 a.m. with a clearer sense of purpose. 5. Fit into boxes without questioning physics. 4. Respect personal space — primarily my own. 3. Pretend to be grateful when receiving gifts I absolutely hate. 2. Reduce judgmental staring to under 14 hours a day. 1. Finally reveal why I do anything… just kidding!
Saturday Dinner Time Panthers at Buccaneers (-2.5) Black cats sink Bucs
Never too early to mark those calendars
Saturday Prowl Time Seahawks (-1.5) at 49ers Purrrrrdy swallows fake Sea Birds
Sunday Lunch Time Saints at Falcons (-3) Falcons excommunicate Saints
St.Gertrude of Nivelles, patron saint of cats
Browns at Bengals (-7.5) Stripey Cats eat elves
Colts at Texans (-10.5) Houston’s practice squad has no problem with Indy’s practice squad
Titans at Jaguars (-12.5) Jags top Tits
Did someone say “Jags tit top”?
Packers at Vikings (-6.5) Vikings win by default
Cowboys (-3.5) at Giants Dart defeats Dallas
Darts is (are?) the sport of the future
Jets at Bills (-7) Bills ground Jets
Visual flight rules are in affect
Lions at Bears (-3) Bears send Jungle Kings into hibernation
Chargers at Broncos (-12.5) Is this the long awaited Trey Lance breakout game? Sorry Patriot fans, it is not.
Cardinals at Rams (-7.5) Rams rough up Red Birds
Chiefs (-5.5) at Raiders Raiders are dozing for Mendoza
It’s not tanking, it’s napping
Dolphins at Patriots (-10.5) Patriots drop Coach Drip
Commanders at Eagles (-7) American Birds crush Commies
The good old days when Russia were the bad guys
Sunday Prowl Time Ravens (-3.5) at Steelers Team X lives! Black birds get to prove that they aren’t afraid to lose on Wild Card Weekend.
Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.
Two goals in one game. Pretty good. Is a hattie for Geekie in the future?
They used to have cool pregame montages before big games on TV.
Biff Poggi is a tremendous Star Wars name.
Imagine how sore Phil Rivers is this morning. Damn. And there’ll be somebody reminding him, “it’s always worse the second day!”
Bummed the NBA cup is over, I really enjoyed not having games to watch.
I know America is back because I’m watching a white linebacker named “Jack.”
If Buddy Cianci was still Mayor, this guy would have been caught within a couple hours. Figure it out.
Holy cow. What a tragedy. Pray for Mahomes.
Do you think Donnie Wahlberg has a red phone that TV producers call when they need a Boston-themed gameday promo?
Ann Michael Maye make your husband as many peppermint chocolate cookies as he WANTS.
Cakes are cooking for Chris Matthews, Ernie Hudson, Eugene Levy, Wes Studi, James Alexander, Paul Rodgers, Ken Hitchcock, Barry Livingston, Bill Pullman, Peter Farrelly, Mike Mills, Tammie Green, Michele Tafoya, Craig Berube, Vincent Damphousse, Curtis Pride, Chuck Liddell, DJ Homicide, Claire Forlani, Tony Richardson, Laurie Holden, Rian Johnson, Giovonni Ribisi, Duff Goldman, Sarah Paulson, Milla Jovovich, Takeo Spikes, Arnaud Clement, Alex Cintrón, Chase Utley, Manny Pacquiao, Neil Sanderson, Jaimee Foxworth, Ryan Hunter-Reay, David Longstreth, and Nat Wolff.
Yeah, bro. Just add 3 MPH to your fastball.
Hey gang, this week’s Phrase that Pays is, “Let’s not disparage big floppy tits.”
Coach Drip should take the ‘72 Lombardi out and drag it out around the parking lot from a rope tied to his car.
Nick Wright looks like he’d challenge Indiana Jones to a scimitar duel.
Blue Line: Delays of about 10 minutes while a maintenance train inspects the overhead wires between Airport and Wonderland. Trains may stand by at stations.
An ACL tear is a sprained knee as a stroke is a headache.
This part of the calendar is hysterical. Half the days I’m using up my PTO and the other ones, my calendar is so empty that I’m sitting around diagramming new drills to run in my practices.
Carlton Davis III has returned to the game (fourth quarter, 9:55).
Congratulations to the New York Knicks for winning the NBA Emirates Cup. As far as made-up awards from an ethically dubious outfit, it’s no FIFA Peace Prize.
Had no idea there was a Utah NHL team. Been living under a rock I guess.
Honk if you remember where they serve meat in Melrose.
Just heard a radio commercial for a water filtration system. The woman doing the V/O says “it’s echo friendly” as in An echo that goes hello, hello…..isnt it pronounced eeeeeco(eco)? these are the things that keep me up these days……ugh.
Mentho-Lyptus!
Carlton Davis reminds me so much of Browner. Hope he doesn’t try to kill his girlfriend in a few years.
Decide yourself if radio’s gonna stay Reason it could polish up the gray Put that, put that, put that up your wall That this isn’t country at all Radio station decide yourself
Keep me out of country and the word Wheel of fortune’s leading us absurd Push that, push that, push that to the floor That this isn’t nothing at all Straight off the boat, where to go
Calling out in transit Calling out in transit Radio Free Europe (Radio)
Weather app tells me it feels like Drake Maye’s uniform number outside right now. I wish it felt like his completion percentage.
Families allow you to spend time with people you would otherwise never associate with.
How does Adam Jones not get punched every day?
Perhaps a boost the Bearcats need as Jizzle James returns to the basketball roster.
I swear Cena is having his 5th “last match” in a 3-month span.
Ann Michael Maye likes baking, and terrariums, and firetrucks, and hugs.
For seasonal home decorations, The Nightmare Before Christmas is really the way to go. Put them up early October when it’s still nice out and let it ride all the way through New Year’s.
Chloe the German Shepherd a suspect yet in that Hollywood double murder?
Fun Fact: Winning the NBA Cup qualifies the Knicks for the 2026 CONCACAF Champions League.
Eh, Patriots just got the Michael Gee Memorial pre-playoff loss out of the way.
Selling the Pittsburgh Penguins means FSG can focus of the Red Sox again. Right?
Best bet for the weekend: throwing all the records out the window when JMU takes on Oregon.
Congratulations to Bianca de la Garza on being recognized as Dame of the House of Savoy in the August family of chivalric orders. There is nuthin’ like a dame.
Material from interviews, wire services, Twitter, Meta, other writers, league and team sources, Joe Giza, and the members of #the15 were used in this column. Rock and Roll fantasy.
And happy birthday to Canadian actress Katheryn Winnick.
Wake up to a bunch of tweets from NBA reporters wondering what happened between the Clippers and Chris Paul. How about do your job and figure it out?
Nothing says rivalry weekend quite like UCF at BYU.
Jason Kelce’s eyebrows look like 2 Australian shepherds about to square off.
Basic math is now ‘analytics’.
The thing about Lane Kiffin is that he hates making things about himself. I can only imagine how hard this must be for him.
The Lions game not starting at 12:30 threw me off. A Thanksgiving staple.
I wonder if the Bruins players’ wives also made them get up early on Black Friday and drive them to Target.
Ryan Day bears an uncanny resemblance to Ming the Merciless.
What are there more of, “Kirk Minihane Show” ex-producers or videos of Turtleboi Aidan crying?
Cakes are cooking for Mickey Thomas, Rick Mears, David Hixon, Don Barnes, Franz Klammer, Melody Anderson, Kathy Jordan, Daryl Hannah, Julianne Moore, Mike Ramsey, Joe Lally, Andrew Stanton, Katarina Witt, Brendan Fraser, Montell Jordan, Harold Steinbrenner, Amy Helm, Laura Schuler, Lindsey Hunter, Paul Byrd, Vernon White, Bucky Lasek, Holly Marie Combs, Rainbow Sun Francks, Sean Parker, Tiffany Haddish, Anna Chlumsky, Jenna Dewan, Brian Bonsall, Michael Essian, Amanda Seyfried, Michael Angarano, Jake T. Austin, and Lil Baby.
If MLB has rules that apply to only one player, how soon until the NFL grants Mahomes possession of the ball no matter what at the end of games?
Rhody has a LB named Rohan Davy. No relation.
I liked New Mexico’s turquoise uniforms. The computers should’ve had that as a deciding factor.
Dallas plays football like chipmunks who found a bag of coke.
Hey gang of fake cancer survivors! This week’s Phrase that Pays is, “Making a big deal over quitting your social drinking is wild.”
The ‘There Are Too Many Streaming Services!’ Guy is my least favorite archetype.
Lem Barney has been upgraded from ‘dead’ to ‘alive’.
Not to go all Brad Rifkin on you, but elk and lingonberries are an incredible pairing.
Anthony Edwards looks like he can’t read.
Red Line: Delays of about 15 minutes due to a disabled train at Park Street. Trains may stand by at stations.
Thanksgiving games don’t need halftime shows. Sorry.
Wonder if Max Brosmer woke up today wondering when they play Holy Cross?
Korpisalo makes some good saves, but you always know when he’s playing because Bs are down 2 five minutes into the game.
Ian Eagle does a great job at play-by-play. A great mix of seriousness and excitement.
This is how we do it, all hands are in the air And wave them from here to there If you’re an OG mack or a wanna-be player You see the hood’s been good to me Ever since I was a lower case G But now I’m a big G The girls see I got the money Hundred dollar bills, y’all.
Hollywood Brown sounds like the name of a hustler from a James Ellroy novel.
Post Malone is the pinnacle of the redneck-wigger aesthetic. A uniquely American archetype.
I’ve slept 29 hours and 43 minutes the last 3 nights.
Lamar must be wondering what he did wrong to have Josina dump him for Shedeur.
Honk if you remember to steer into the skid. And to warn people that you’re skidding, I guess.
Espn had Herbstreit, ‘Booger’, and then Joey Galloway out there saying you’re just being soft if you think Kiffin shouldn’t coach two teams. So fucking stupid.
Wearing my Barstool hoodie so that everyone knows I’m a cool guy who loves sports and chicks and gambling.
Too many evictions scheduled, man.
USF’s Alex Golesh to Auburn? This is a great hire. AG is a BIG culture guy. Excited to see what he can do there. I’ve never heard of him.
Never discount the power of sincerely offered glad tidings.
Who is forcing BYU? Win and in. Lose and not.
Jaylen Brown one of the quickest hair recessions in history. Had that sweet flat top like 5 years ago to this patchy, sloppy mess today.
Boston’s Snowport Holiday Market: Tourist trap, or bad rap?
Just an inscrutable play by Younghoe Koo.
Derek Thompson is the most fake smart writer I’ve ever seen.
Brian Walshe looks like Jay Sherman from ‘The Critic’.
So many catalogs arriving based on the questionable assumption I want to give the gift of cheese.
Best bet for the weekend: Good Kid Pasta returns to practice.
The Game. Zero winners.
Material from interviews, wire services, Twitter, Meta, other writers, league and team sources, Joe Giza, and the members of #the15 were used in this column.I’m travelin’ down the road and I’m flirtin’ with disaster I got the pedal to the floor and my life is runnin’ faster.
And happy birthday to Boston’s Own Alicia Sacramone, multiple time Gymnastics World Champion.
Smart shoppers are avoiding the crowds by visiting the official the15net.com store to pick up their official the15net.com merchandise. It’s what all the cool people will be wearing to the office Christmas party. And who doesn’t want to be cool?
Q: Who could ever look cooler than these Fonzies
A: These two heartbreakers
Sunday Lunch Time Rams (-10) at Panthers Horny sheep skin black cats
49ers (-4.5) at Browns Prospectors fry Colonel Sanders
It takes a tough cat to make a tender bird
Texans at Colts (-4.5) Indianapolis Jones whips Houston
Saints at Dolphins (-5.5) Tua’s Dolphins dunk tanking Saints
He’s not called Coach Drip for nothing
Falcons (-2.5) at Jets Birds of Prey soar over sputtering Jets
Cardinals at Buccaneers (-2.5) Pretty Red Birds fly past Bucs
Jaguars (-6.5) at Titans Spotted cats top Tits
Did someone say “jaguar tit top”? EDITOR’S NOTE: These are leopard spots, not jaguar spots. We regret the error.
Sunday Dinner Time Vikings at Seahawks (-11.5) Sam Darnold haunts Vikings
Raiders at Chargers (-10) Bolts put out Vegas’ lights
You can get the top selling Jonathan shirt in white
Bills (-3.5) at Steelers Buffalo wings Yinzers
Sunday Prowl Time Broncos (-6) at Commanders Rested Broncos bust Commies
Monday Prowl Time Giants at Patriots (-7.5) Pats head to the bye on a high
You can get the top selling Jonathan shirt in blue
Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.
Turkey fans enjoy giving out gobbles this time of year, but what about America’s fastest, and fattest, growing dietary subgroup the Porksaterians? Well don’t worry Porky, we’re here to satisfy you with a serving of oinks.
Grant Huckvale (a.k.a. Hogdale): Hogdale carved a niche for himself as an overly exuberant alternative broadcaster to the stoic and bland official Red Sox play-by-play teams on NESN and WEEI. Over the summer you’d see Hogdale clips occasionally retweeted into your timeline, usually after Red Sox wins, and you’d think to yourself “I think that’s the tops“. We probably all agree that Hogdale is special. Smash cut to present day, and we are confronted with a hog of a different color. Barstool, in an effort to fill an obese chromosomically challenged void in their lineup, swooped in and waved a lucrative (by part-time minimum waged Iowan standards) five figure contract in front of Hogdale’s snout and lured him into their slaughter house. Now Hogdale’s giant screaming maw is ever present, ever hot takey and ever annoying. To quote Rocky IV: “What started out as a joke has turned into a disaster”. 4 oinks 🐷🐷🐷🐷
That will do pig
Thanksgiving early eaters time Packers at Lions (-2.5) Jungle Kings slice and dice Cheese Heads
Thanksgiving late eaters time Chiefs (-3.5) at Cowboys Squantos feast on the Pilgrims
Thanksgiving overeaters time Bengals at Ravens (-7) Scary Black Birds bury Burrow’s boys
Black Friday Afternoon Nap time Bears at Eagles (-7) Birds bully Bears
Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.
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