After watching Jacoby Ellsbury hit the three-run homer that won Tuesday’s first game for the Red Sox you have to think he can win both the American League’s MVP and Comeback Player of the Year awards…. John Wiechman’s arrest last week was a punch in the gut to those who believed in him. That includes […]
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Steve Solloway: The year those men were babes
Waiting for the connecting flight that would take them on to Alabama, the teenagers lost track of time in the airport arcade. Again and again they fed coins into the video games that allowed them to smash asteroids or turn back hordes of space invaders. Their concentration was finally broken by a loud voice coming […]
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Beach to Beacon: A win-win kind of race
CAPE ELIZABETH – The sound was part yip, part grunt and punctuated by cries of “I beat the runners, I beat the runners.” It was the sound of Mike Noyes’ joy. Noyes is a 58-year-old from Bangor who lost the use of his legs 11 years ago after a 20-foot fall. Six mornings a week […]
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Steve Soloway: Mainers’ stock just went up in Sprint Cup community
Replay the video The finish to Sunday’s Brickyard 400 was an extraordinary day for Maine’s small but close-knit Sprint Cup community. Slugger Labbe guided Paul Menard to his first Sprint Cup victory at Indianapolis from atop the pit box where crew chiefs mastermind race strategy. That’s Slugger Labbe from Saco. Regan Smith took third, with […]
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Steve Solloway: Jamie Ross will never kick himself over the kick
HEBRON — Eight months after the football sailed a few feet off its intended path, Jamie Ross replays the kick. Not as often as he once did, but he won’t forget what everyone tells him to forget. “I hear that a lot. People tell me I played in one of the greatest high school games […]
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Steve Solloway: Obstacles just can’t stop them
While waiting to see if Theo Epstein pulls the trigger and trades Jonathan Papelbon … Nick Rapolla wanted some company when he competed in last Saturday’s Urban Epic Challenge, a 4.5-mile race along Portland’s Eastern Promenade with 17 obstacles to overcome. He asked his little sister to tag along. Mia Rapolla was the first female […]
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Weinrich takes job in Buffalo
Eric Weinrich and his family will continue to live in Maine while he becomes a regional scout for the Sabres.
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Steve Solloway: First-class coach is the goal for Red Claws
Jon Jennings wants a teacher to coach his basketball team. He doesn’t covet a game-day genius but wouldn’t turn his back on one if he could develop talent at the same time. He’s looking for a veteran, someone whose instincts have been honed by experience. Someone mature but enthusiastic. His next coach need not have […]
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Steve Solloway: He’s running toward a barrier and loving every second
Riley Masters’ feet moved so slowly on the basepaths and his bat had so little pop, his Bangor High junior varsity teammates hung a nickname on him: Riley the Rally Killer. “I hit into so many double plays,” he says with a laugh. “I love baseball but I was the slowest kid on the team.” […]
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Steve Solloway: The leader of the search, and leader that he found
ORONO — He might have had a seat up front, next to the new women’s basketball coach, the university president, the athletic director and the Hall of Fame player. Instead, Bob Cobb stood at the back of the crowd that came to the old Memorial Gym for the introduction of Richard Barron, the man who […]