The debut of eight-man football in Maine this fall is nearing the goal line. The change would feature would feature 10 high schools divided into two enrollment divisions. One division would include schools with more than 350 students — Ellsworth, Mt. Ararat, Yarmouth, Gray-New Gloucester and Maranacook — and the other for smaller schools — […]
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Gilmore has quietly made major noise in Pats’ Super Bowl run
ATLANTA — In two years, Patriots linebacker Dont’a Hightower still has never heard Stephon Gilmore yell. Not in practice. Not in a game. Not ever. “He’s stays quiet, it’s not just because y’all are in here,” Hightower said with a chuckle this week. “He doesn’t talk. He’s a mute.” Gilmore’s also — silently — assumed […]
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Past and Future: Wade Phillips back at Super Bowl with Rams
ATLANTA — Wade Phillips doesn’t understand why everybody is so impressed by his ability to bridge generations of people and football knowledge with equal aplomb. The Los Angeles Rams’ 71-year-old defensive coordinator sees nothing unusual in his ability to quote lyrics from a month-old Future song right after walking off the team plane at the […]
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Patriots fans flock to Rhode Island to bet on the Super Bowl
LINCOLN, R.I. — Given their team’s success, die-hard fans of the New England Patriots have made Las Vegas like a winter home during Super Bowl week so they can enjoy a fair-weather party while placing bets on the team’s chances. Their destination this time around is a lot closer. Rhode Island was one of six […]
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Nosebleed Section Wrestling Rankings
Here are the top five wrestling teams and top 10 pound-for-pound wrestlers in Maine, according to Journal Tribune Sports Editor Pat McDonald. The team rankings are based on how teams stack up in an individual tournament format. Top 5 Wrestling Teams 1. Marshwood 2. Mt. Ararat 3. Cony 4. Wells 5. Camden Hills Honorable Mention: […]
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High School Roundup: Six pins lead Mustangs to victory on Senior Night
WATERBORO — The Massabesic wrestling team was able to send senior James Cline out a winner as the Mustangs rolled to a 52-18 win over visiting Deering on Wednesday night. Cline, the lone senior on the team, was able to end his home wrestling career with a pin of Bailey Eide at 195 pounds. Massabesic […]
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Maine super fan has been to every Super Bowl – and he’ll be at No. 53 on Sunday
Despite a couple of close calls when he scrambled to buy tickets, Don Crisman has never missed a Super Bowl, attending all 52 so far beginning with the inaugural game in 1967. This year, however, the 82-year-old Kennebunk resident wasn’t sure he’d make it. A lingering bout with ulcerative colitis landed him in the hospital […]
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Develin is ‘the hammer’ that powers Patriots’ running game
ATLANTA — James Develin will reach into his past every now and then by pulling out one of his notebooks from his junior and senior years at Brown University. The New England Patriots fullback flips through a few pages, shakes his head and can barely remember what he scribbled on them on his way to […]
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Brown, Tatum carry Celtics over Hornets without Irving
BOSTON — Jaylen Brown had 24 points and 10 rebounds, Jayson Tatum scored 20 points, and the Boston Celtics rolled over the Charlotte Hornets 126-94 on Wednesday night despite Kyrie Irving’s absence. Terry Rozier had 17 points and tied a career high with 10 assists in place of Irving, who missed his second straight game […]
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Saints’ Payton: ice cream, binge-watching, bring consolation
METAIRIE, La. — Saints coach Sean Payton turned to ice cream, binge-watching and seclusion after his team’s football season came to an excruciating end. Payton was finally ready on Wednesday to stand in front of reporters for his NFL-mandated, end-of-season media availability, some 10 days after New Orleans’ 26-23 overtime loss in an NFC championship […]
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