The Jets and Patriots are very similar teams. Both come off last-second wins on field goals. Both have key injuries that will test their depth. Both are tied with Miami atop the AFC East. Hold on! New England is nothing like the Jets, regardless of those likenesses, and the 12- point spread favoring the Patriots […]
September 2013
Lisbon gets past Dirigo, 4-1
LISBON FALLS — After a scoreless first half, the Lisbon High School field hockey team came out with fire in its eyes and proceeded to record a 4-1 Mountain Valley Conference win over Dirigo on Wednesday. Hanna Jordan led the Greyhounds with two goals, while Nichole Jones and Olivia Harrington also tallied. Sarah Craig and […]
Mt. Ararat girls top Dragons, 2-1
TOPSHAM — The Mt. Ararat High School girls soccer team hosted Brunswick Wednesday night and came away with a 2-1 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference win. The Eagles improved to 3-0 and are scheduled to visit Mt. Blue on Saturday, while the Dragons dipped to 0-2 and go to Brewer on Saturday. Mt. Ararat goals came […]
Yankees top Orioles; move up in Wild Card
BALTIMORE (AP) — Robinson Cano hit a tiebreaking homer leading off the ninth inning, and New York also got solo shots from Alex Rodriguez and Curtis Granderson in a 50-4 win over Baltimore. The Yankees moved past Baltimore and Cleveland in the AL wild-card hunt. The Yankees trailed 3-1 before Granderson homered in the fifth […]
Suh to appeal $100,000 fine
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh says he isn’t going to change what he does on the field. And he’s appealing his latest fine, too. Suh was fined $100,000 for an illegal block on a Minnesota Vikings player in the Detroit Lions’ season-opening win last weekend. It is the NFL’s […]
A chat with Wheeler about Lonely Planet and his book ‘Dark Lands’
NEW YORK T ony Wheeler wrote his first travel book with his wife, Maureen, in 1973 after driving across Europe and Asia. It sold 1,500 copies in a week and launched a guidebook empire called Lonely Planet. The Wheelers made a fortune when the BBC bought the company in 2007 before the recession, but the […]
Old houseboat finds permanent home
NORFOLK, Va. This is the story of a boat that went home without actually going anywhere. Its adventures include ghost towns, guns, bootleg liquor, terrific storms and tofu. It’s a moving story. Without much movement. In 1927, a wooden railroad barge scavenged from a shipyard became the foundation for a white house, two stories tall, […]