FOXBORO, Mass. For 21 years, Doug Flutie s career has been defined by one play. Now the "Hail Flutie" has its historic bookend. The 43-year-old Patriots backup converted the NFL s first successful ...

Doug Flutie is a Boston College and Canadian Football League legend, but he can't help but wonder what might have been if he'd been given a real shot in the NFL. Illustration: Demetrius Robinson / The ...

Oct. 15—HATCH — The story goes, this was likely going to be the final play of Doug Flutie's football-playing career. He was a back-up quarterback for the New England Patriots, who had just scored a ...

As Doug Flutie stood in the middle of the field with a near-sellout crowd roaring in celebration, the famous Monkees song “I’m A Believer” was blaring over the public address system at Rich Stadium.