Want to polarize a room anywhere in Maine? Figure out someone’s political persuasion in the space of one conversation? Provoke a few cheap laughs in mixed company? Easy as pie. Just say, “Lewiston.” Proven more effective than dropping the names LePage or Trump, the reaction is more immediate and unequivocal. Even apologists groan and smirk […]
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The Hot Corner: Party like it’s 2002, Lewiston. The drought is over.
LEWISTON — Five thousand one hundred fourteen days. Give or take. Nobody skating for Lewiston High School on Saturday night was old enough to have been inside Androscoggin Bank Colisee in any more productive capacity than drinking fountain soda through a sippy cup when the Blue Devils won their most recent Class A hockey championship in […]
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The Hot Corner: Edward Little leaves fabulous final impression
PORTLAND — Edward Little girls’ basketball was part of something special this winter. Yes, that is almost impossible for the Red Eddies to comprehend right now. It’s difficult to digest for a school where the newest hardwood state championship trophy belongs to the boys and is older than almost every player’s grandparents. When the current players […]
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The Hot Corner: It’s the Kalle Awards, without Bim, in black-and-white
The question I heard more than any other during the 12-day adrenaline rush we call the high school basketball tournament: How can I watch the games? I received it by text, by Facebook, by Twitter, by email, and I think at one point by homing pigeon. Clearly y’all need to start reading the paper every […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Baxter State Park fishery is enticing
Sometime soon the Penobscot Fly Fishers will host its annual affair they have dubbed The Cabin Fever Reliever. Aptly named, this public event is a chance for winter-wracked fly fishers to watch some skilled fly tying demos. It is also an opportunity to chat with kindred piscators and remind ourselves that spring will come, and […]
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The Hot Corner: Manning mighty, by any measure
Two seconds. No, literally, I attempted to watch Super Bowl 50 pregame coverage for two seconds Sunday morning before I saw NFL Network’s talking point. Staring straight at me from the bottom of the screen, in hi-definition, daring me to heave a blunt object and ruin our party before the chili started to simmer. “Does […]
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The Hot Corner: ‘Butt in the gym,’ shots in the air, needed to save game
In the viral video era, once you’ve had your fill of cute cats, or dads getting hit with a Wiffle ball line drive in the private parts, there’s nothing more wonderful than a good, old-fashioned coaching rant. Most of the hall of fame tantrums live on either in our mind or in beer commercials. Football […]
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The Hot Corner: Two, too great to compare, too polarizing to enjoy
In a 2015-16 New England Patriots’ news cycle that was dominated by embarrassing (for everyone involved except the Patriots) lunacy, let’s start the next one with some real talk. The Patriots aren’t heading west to Tom Brady’s neck of the woods to defend their Super Bowl title, to make the franchise’s ninth Super Bowl appearance […]
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The Hot Corner: Good, bad or indifferent, NFL won’t die
If you think crooked politicians and misbehaving celebrities are bulletproof, able to save face and able to prosper professionally through the worst of circumstances, be assured that they have nothing on the National Football League. Seriously, what could kill the NFL? It’s the zombie that represents every form of evil in society yet is unstoppable […]
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The Hot Corner: Bengals’ blow-up merely reflection of our own values
Sports reflect society, and the folly of everything America celebrates was on graphic display in Saturday night’s AFC wild card playoff. We all get a pulpit these days, and within minutes of the Cincinnati Bengals’ implosion against the Pittsburgh Steelers, most of us piled on as if we were diving for a loose football in […]