LEWISTON — Sports bars are a good place to find yourself on Super Bowl Sunday, presuming you are a football fan. Gridiron Restaurant and Sports Pub in Lewiston was packed Sunday evening, like it is for most Super Bowls. The pub and eatery offered a “no ticket needed, all are welcome” Super Sunday, with specials […]
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Working during the Super Bowl while everyone else parties? Someone has to.
Nick Folan figures he’ll get a lot of generous tips delivering Otto pizza to hungry Pats fans. Portland police Lt. Kevin Cashman, a Chicago Bears fan, will take the opportunity to remind other officers that the Patriots used to lose Super Bowls. And emergency room nurse Monique Gilbert will do her best to keep patients […]
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They were the first Redskins to play in the Super Bowl. Decades later, they're paying the price.
Football fans of a certain age will remember the Super Bowl VII matchup between George Allen’s Redskins and Don Shula’s Dolphins in 1973. That year, Miami became — and remains — the only team in National Football League history to finish the regular season and the postseason undefeated. Yet Washington, making its first-ever Super Bowl […]
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For this nurse and Maine native, it’s great being Tom Brady
The 28-year-old from Sherman, now working in Alaska, is proud to share his name with the Patriots’ quarterback. His name is greeted with smiles, laughs, taunts of “cheater” and, sometimes, utter disbelief. “Guys (in bars) have gotten a little agitated because I continued to tell them my name is Tom Brady,” said Thomas C. Brady […]
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Super Fan: 81-year-old Maine man has attended every Super Bowl
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Donald Crisman has more than a half-century of Super Bowl memories behind him, from taking a 24-hour train ride to Super Bowl II to seeing his beloved New England Patriots win in overtime last year. But he says the 52nd Super Bowl featuring the Philadelphia Eagles and the Patriots on Sunday […]
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McDaniels capitalizes on second stint with Brady, Belichick
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Josh McDaniels didn’t know what he didn’t know. In 2009, he was the baby-faced 32-year-old prodigy plucked out of Bill Belichick’s roost and Tom Brady’s shadow to serve as Mike Shanahan’s replacement in Denver, holding down two jobs he’d never had: head coach and de facto general manager. He’d trade away his […]
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Patriots’ Gronkowski expects to play in Super Bowl
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — New England Patriots star tight end Rob Gronkowski says he expects to play in Sunday’s Super Bowl against the Philadelphia Eagles. Gronkowski has been in the league’s concussion protocol after taking a hit from Jacksonville’s Barry Church in the AFC championship game. He made his first public appearance on Tuesday night while […]
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Once Eagles rejects, Lewis, Amendola and Chung found new life with Patriots
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — One thing sticks out to Patriots running back Dion Lewis about his time with the Philadelphia Eagles. “Not playing,” Lewis said Tuesday with a smirk. Lewis is one of three Patriots starters who will be facing their former team in Sunday’s Super Bowl, along with receiver Danny Amendola and safety Patrick Chung. […]
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Carson Wentz goes from MVP contender to cheerleader
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Carson Wentz made the rounds along Radio Row at last year’s Super Bowl and promised himself he’d be back for this one. He’s here, but only as a cheerleader. Wentz led the Philadelphia Eagles to a 10-2 start before he tore his left ACL and LCL in Week 14. Nick Foles replaced […]
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‘Can we go home now, coach?’ — Patriots, Eagles tackle the serious and silly at media night
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Tom Brady wore a black wool stocking cap and a big smile. Bill Belichick sported a full suit. The guy in the shark costume, well, he was just trying to not wear out his welcome. The New England Patriots were the first team on stage Monday at Super Bowl opening night, […]