They call showcases such as Sunday’s shellacking at Gillette Stadium “hat and T-shirt games,” although that generally is a misnomer. No self-respecting pro football enthusiast that I know has ever worn apparel touting a division title. Well, present company excluded. I’m a starving artist living on a fixed income. If it’s available on a rack […]
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The Hot Corner: Snubs more fun than solutions?
It bugs the bejeebers out of us, those who embrace the game of football as the standard-bearer of no-frills and no-baloney. The idea that any significant gridiron decisions are made by men wearing suits and ill-fitting sweaters in a conference room — even if those men had a proud history in the game dating back […]
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The Hot Corner: Just relax, New England
Hey, you. Yes, you. Don’t you dare jump off that bandwagon. No, the result of Sunday’s game at Lambeau Field wasn’t what some of us wanted. I’m not a fan of moral victories, bright sides or silver linings. There are no such animals in professional sports. All that aside, the New England Patriots’ 26-21 loss […]
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The Hot Corner: High school football season is … only beginning?
High school football season ended Saturday night, although the coaches, players and true fans among us chuckle and raise our eyebrows at that statement. We recognize that the sport doesn’t take a vacation, at least among those who hope to achieve a level of it that exceeds mediocrity. You’d better believe that Thornton, Marshwood, Winslow […]
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The Hot Corner: Football finals sing fun, familiar refrain
Here we are, and here we go again. It’s high school football championship week. For the second consecutive year, two tri-county teams – the Leavitt Hornets and Oak Hill Raiders – have earned their invitations to the party. Are you surprised? If you are, I respectfully submit that perhaps you haven’t been paying attention. I’ve […]
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The Hot Corner: PASS/ACT cease-fire last hope for local racing
Every Cold War, every family or tribal dispute in human history, has been interrupted to bring you a non-aggression pact. Some have brought the power of salvation. Saving us from ourselves, anyway. Others have been no more valuable than the paper upon which they were written; as flawed as the hands that clasped while fingers […]
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The Hot Corner: Brady or Manning? Savor both flavors
All-nothing. Plus-minus. Buy-sell. Love-hate. Good-evil. So it goes with the Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning nonsense. It’s really no different than the political advertisements we claim to hate before gleefully contributing to the chorus. Thou shalt love one and hate the other, I guess, although I’m wondering where that started. Sports talk radio? Social media? […]
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The Hot Corner: Forfeit lengthens chain of wrong choices
If two wrongs don’t make a right, just imagine the mess a chain of missteps and unfortunate decisions leaves in its wake. The easy thing to do Tuesday morning, when word got out that Telstar will forfeit this weekend’s scheduled Class D West football quarterfinal at Lisbon, was criticize Telstar. The school, the program, its […]
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The Hot Corner: Rain reigns over this week’s sports-related discussion
The past week’s foul weather triggered multiple conversations pertinent to outdoor activities and athletic endeavors. Amazingly, some of them weren’t even profanity-laced. Most of us were more than mildly miffed that Mother Nature chose to play the bucket-over-the-door trick on all attempts to exercise, do yard work, or watch neighborhood kids play games from Tuesday […]
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The Hot Corner: City, sport still pack wallop together
Boxing is alive and well in Lewiston. I admit, I had my concerns, if not doubts. When Matt Peterson and Nick DiSalvo of New England Fights announced in August that they were bringing the prize ring to Androscoggin Bank Colisee in October, it wasn’t completely unlike Five Finger Death Punch declaring its intentions to put […]