Central Maine sports columnist Dave Dyer looks back at his 5 years of professional wrestling.
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Sidelines: From Bonds to blasters, it’s the return of the baseball-card glossary
Dave Bailey takes another irreverent look at his favorite hobby.
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Sidelines: From (Manny) Alexander to (Rudy) York, a Red Sox team named for Maine communities
Dave Bailey digs out his weathered Maine map to find the best possible team. And it’s not too shabby — until you make the call to the pen.
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Sidelines: After long year, finale to spring sports is an experience we all deserve
With springtime stress behind us, things this time of year are just better, Mike Mandell writes.
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Sidelines: Rockland trailblazing wrestler Maddie Ripley enjoyed success that may never be matched
Ripley made history by becoming first girl to win an open title competing against boys, and it’s possible we won’t see another wrestler like her, Dave Dyer writes.
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Sidelines: Think it can’t get any worse for the Patriots? In the early ’90s, it was far, far worse.
Dave Bailey looks back to when New England was the most incompetent franchise in the NFL.
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Sidelines: Red Sox fans need to face fact that Chaim Bloom just didn’t get it done
Despite his failures, Boston’s deposed baseball boss had a loyal following, which leaves Dave Bailey scratching his head.
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Sidelines: In Cole Butcher, the Oxford 250 has its latest villain
Canadian driver has ruffled feathers in back-to-back wins, which is a good thing for the race, Travis Barrett writes.
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Sidelines: Some Maine-based summer reading material to beat the heat
The Pine Tree State does not lack for quality sports books, Dave Bailey writes.
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Sidelines: The Buddy system paid dividends for UMaine football in the 1980s
Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens, who recently lost his right leg in a cycling crash, got his head coaching start in Orono and revived a program that was treading water, Dave Bailey writes.