The firing of girls basketball coach Zach Keene illustrates Spruce Mountain has commitment issues with its coaches.
Kalle Oakes
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The Hot Corner: No debating Izzo’s actions
The fabricated controversy surrounding Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo was little more than a family fuss.
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The Hot Corner: Patriots pass on free agency frenzy, for good reason
The Patriots didn’t land any prized free agents. Kalle Oakes says no worries, that’s not the prize they are looking for.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Op-Eds, Sports, Varsity Maine
The Hot Corner: The cure for what ails high school hoops
Long-time Maine basketball observer Kalle Oakes says the game needs help, and it isn’t a shot clock
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The Hot Corner: Patriots continue to defy logic and naysayers
It’s almost as if nobody who comments on the National Football League, pundits to patrons, ever watch the game or spend one nanosecond pondering its recent history. The volume of former players and coaches who picked the Los Angeles Chargers to “end the dynasty” and/or push the New England Patriots “over the cliff” this past […]
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The Hot Corner: For a college football champion, two can play at that game
Tell me again what multiple of four you’d like to see invited to a college football playoff? I only ask because four isn’t working. It’s a pointless exercise that takes the starch out of two bowl games and satisfies nobody. Since the start of the college football playoff, the average margin of victory has been […]
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Football, Local Sports, National Sports, sj-web, Sports, Varsity Maine
The Hot Corner: A Christmas list for local sports fans
Being a charitable columnist of good cheer, it’s Kalle Oakes’ job to dole out the delights
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The Hot Corner: UMaine football team deserves more fan support
One of my favorite sports movies to quote out of context on an almost daily basis is the 1989 comedic masterpiece “Major League.” Everybody’s favorite .200 lifetime hitter, Bob Uecker, stars as Harry Doyle, the increasingly intoxicated, FCC-boundary-pushing radio announcer for the Cleveland Indians. His list of zingers in the film is a mile long, […]
Posted inFootball, Local Sports, sj-web, Varsity Maine
The Hot Corner: Are football championship blowouts a problem?
In the interest of full disclosure, I didn’t watch a single moment of the Maine high school football state championships, as for the first time since my leaving that fair, snow-banked state, there was no free option to do so. That being said, it’s apparent from the extensive social media attention in my circle that: […]
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The Hot Corner: Another World Series a reminder of Red Sox's place in our hearts
Mrs. Living on a Community Sportswriter’s Salary asked me a pivotal question a few days before the start of the World Series. I’m online shopping for Christmas bargains that may or may not be sports-related and may or may not be for you, she related. Red Sox or Patriots? It’s the modern-day Ginger/Mary Ann or […]