FOXBOROUGH, Mass. Rob Gronkowski has always been proud of his roots growing up outside of Buffalo. He also has never forgotten how his hometown team didn’t want him. Tom Brady passed for a pair of touchdowns, including Gronkowski’s one-handed grab , and the New England Patriots stayed on track for home-field advantage throughout the AFC […]
2017
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Eagles clinch No. 1 seed with win over Raiders
PHILADELPHIA Jake Elliott kicked a 48- yard field goal with 22 seconds left, and the Philadelphia Eagles clinched the No. 1 seed for the NFC playoffs with a sloppy 19-10 victory over the Oakland Raiders on Monday night. Ronald Darby intercepted Derek Carr’s pass and ran it back 52 yards with 54 seconds left, but […]
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Warriors top Cavaliers
OAKLAND, Calif. Klay Thompson hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:33 left, Kevin Durant turned in another solid all-around performance, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 99-92 on Monday in a Christmas Day rematch of the past three NBA Finals. Durant’s block against a driving LeBron James with 24.5 seconds left went out […]
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Orr’s 1970 Cup-winning goal and leap remains top NHL moment
Growing up in Brantford, Ontario, Wayne Gretzky always heard his father, Walter, wax poetic about Bill Barilko’s 1951 Stanley Cup-winning goal for the Toronto Maple Leafs. “We didn’t really even have TV back then and there was kind of clips of it, there was kind of pictures of it — moments of it, so to […]
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Villanova No. 1
Villanova stayed comfortably at No. 1 in an AP Top 25 poll that offered little change at the top. The top four teams stayed the same in Monday’s new poll , led by the Wildcats (12- 0) receiving 43 of 65 first-place votes to stay at No. 1 for the third straight week. No. 2 […]
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THE WOMAN CAVE
NEW YORK When people find out that I’m an empty nester with a “woman cave” in my New York City apartment, they seem to have a lot of questions. So I recently created this FAQ about it for Facebook friends, which led to a whole other round of comments and questions. If you’re curious about […]
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Casserole for holiday season
For the holidays, there are people who absolutely love a classic green bean casserole made with condensed soup, canned beans and packaged fried onions. I get the nostalgia. And the thought is a winning one: tender green beans enveloped in a creamy sauce and topped with crispy crunchy oniony things. But how about a fresher […]
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‘Winning the game,’ but always on the ready
It was snowing the day I went to St. Joe’s Emergency Department in Bangor to talk to the staff about working the night shift. Given the weather, most places might have asked me to reschedule. Not the emergency room. They don’t stop for weather, time of day, holidays, natural disasters — or even a writer […]
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Swarm chasers return wayward honeybees to hives
When half or more of your honeybees have deserted the hive and are lingering nearby, who ya gonna call? Swarm chasers can provide quick help to fellow beekeepers, keeping them from getting stung literally and financially. “A swarm is the division of the honeybee colony into two parts,” said Donald Lewis, a professor and Extension […]