No, not to the pitiable creature who is commissioner of the National Football League. Not to the Worldwide Leader in Broadcast Hyperbole that wasted so much air time covering the non-scandal resulting in his one-month exile. Not to the naysayers who derive more ghoulish glee from trolling New England Patriots’ fans than cheering for one […]
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The Hot Corner: It’s fantasy to think Tom Brady is expendable
I dislike fantasy football. Not merely because I ended my seven-year retirement from it this NFL season and acquired Adrian Peterson, Keenan Allen and Corey Coleman in advance of their debilitating injuries. What I hate, more than the dumb-luck aspect that makes filling out a March Madness bracket look like skilled labor by comparison, is […]
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The Hot Corner: Never doubt the power of sports
As I write, roughly 1,100 miles from most of the people who shaped my existence, it is the morning of Sept. 11. I shall never overlook or underestimate the significance of that spot on the calendar until the day I cease to exist. Anyone within the sound of my voice who is a reasonable member […]
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The Hot Corner: Age slows some, but was no match for Stenson and Mickelson
So much in life is luck of the draw. Yes, I believe strongly in the presence of a higher power, the benefits of clean living, making good choices and all that. Yet any two people who exhibit the same attitudes and aptitudes may reap entirely different results, and it all happens with a sense of […]
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Kudos to Kalle
I loved the article, “No Joke: Lewiston is cradle of champs!” by Kalle Oakes (March 7). His words are important and he articulated what many Lewiston natives feel. I had the honor of being a parent on the ice. As he wrote: “… tiptoed the slippery surface without a care in the world”… snapping pictures […]
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Disparaging remarks uncalled for
This is in response to Kalle Oakes’ column, “Goodell must go” (Sept. 7). This doesn’t concern Goodell, or whether I agree or do not agree with Goodell’s actions. My concern is that Oakes included and made disparaging remarks about Kim Davis from Kentucky. To say I was shocked would be an understatement. That was not […]
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In rebuttal, G. Ferguson: A credit to the Telstar community
I am a Lisbon High School graduate and a former football player for four years. Not a very good one, I’ll admit, as blocking was my greatest asset. In my day, Coach Woodhead got a scrimmage with Lewiston’s three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust offense of Norm Parent. Riding on the bus to face “the big guys,” to say we […]
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P. Fortin: On being more responsible
Kudos to Kalle Oakes for his well-written and insightful column (Sept. 14) regarding “Football’s failures and society’s ills.” He hit it right on. I thoroughly agree that we need to clean up our act as a nation. The athlete (no matter who he or she is) is not the only one to be held accountable, […]
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L. Danforth: Athletics and academics go hand in hand
I agree with Kalle Oakes’ criticism (Nov. 11) of the racist comments made by the Miami Dolphins’ Richie Incognito. I also agree with him that references to “locker room culture” in no way excuse such comments. I was, however, disappointed in Oakes’ snide reference to “anthropologists and psychologists” as “guys who don’t get within 25 […]
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T. Doughty: Story was missing something
After reading the Sept. 7 article by staff writer Kalle Oakes on the Spruce Mountain-Freeport football game, I felt the need to provide more information about the “bizarre finish.” It is disappointing that the Sun Journal would print a story that smears the Freeport football program without contacting the Freeport coach to get a balanced […]