The quarterback inspires his teammates to believe they can win.
February 2012
Super Bowl: Eli Manning now one of NFL’s elite quarterbacks
Manning, who set an NFL record with 15 fourth-quarter touchdown passes this year, has matured a lot since 2008.
Super Bowl: The Patriots Season
The start of NFL preseason was delayed by a lockout. Somehow, that doesn’t seem to matter anymore. The fans returned in earnest. The games seemed unusually dramatic. The star players were still larger-than-life. And now, the 2011 season comes to an end when the New England Patriots and New York Giants meet in a Super […]
Super Bowl: Pats still feeling pain of almost perfect
Memories of New England’s Super Bowl loss to the Giants are especially hard to forget for one local fan.
Super Bowl facts and figures
AT STAKE: National Football League championship for the Vince Lombardi Trophy. PARTICIPANTS: New England Patriots and New York Giants. This the seventh appearance for the Patriots (3-3) and the fifth for the Giants (3-1). SITE: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis. This is the first Super Bowl played in Indianapolis. SEATING CAPACITY: 63,000 KICKOFF: 6:29 p.m. today NETWORK […]
Ore. mushroom pickers found alive after six days
A couple and their adult son were found injured but alive Saturday in Oregon, six days after they disappeared from their campsite.
Russia, China veto U.N. resolution on Syria
Going against U.S. and world sentiment, Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a resolution calling for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down after the brutal killing of 5,400 Syrian citizens.
Kennebunk man held on charges of running over ex-wife
Philip Bundy, 42 is being held on $2,000 cash bail at York County Jail on charges that he ran over his ex-wife with a pickup truck Friday night.
Arts Calendar Feb. 8-19
Greater Portland Auditions, Calls for Art Ajkun Ballet Theater, New York City-based dance company, holding auditions in February and March 2012 in New York City; FMI visit ajkunbt.org. Books & Authors Wednesday 2/8 Brock Clarke Book Discussion, 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700. Thursday 2/9 “Naked Shakespeare:” A presentation of sonnets, […]
Community Calendar Feb. 8-19
Greater Portland Benefits Friday 2/10 Dance Away Cancer, 6:30 p.m., The Landing at Pine Point, 353 Pine Point Road, Scarborough, $30/$250 table, 671-6802. Max Garcia Conover benefit concert for Chewonki, 8 p.m., Mayo St. Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland, 615-3609. Saturday 2/11 Book Sale, 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Bay Square, 27 Forest Falls Dr., Yarmouth. Portland […]