NEW YORK — Tom Brady is an old man by NFL standards, and he has been for a few years. Yeah, whatever. The New England Patriots quarterback has defied age, logic and the annual naysayers who think this might just be the season when he’ll finally look like a guy whose playing days are coming […]
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NFL 2019: With Brady, now 42, Pats poised to defend title
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady’s 40th birthday prior to the 2017 season was supposed to mark the start of decline for the NFL’s most-decorated quarterback. Instead, it ended with Brady becoming the oldest MVP in league history and coming eight points short of taking the Philadelphia Eagles to overtime in a Super Bowl thriller. The […]
USA Basketball appreciates test by Australia
This is why USA Basketball went to Melbourne. The Americans wanted trouble. They got some. Thursday’s 102-86 win over Australia was everything that U.S. coach Gregg Popovich could have wanted in a World Cup tuneup game for his squad. A few days removed from traveling halfway around the world, playing a road game in front of the […]
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New Hampshire man convicted of aiding roommate’s suicide by bringing him a gun
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LePage, Moody and Poliquin gather at Republican forum to boost Trump, bash Mills
A media event in Gorham highlights the president’s tax cuts and criticizes Maine’s Democratic Gov. Janet Mills.
CMP drops dispute with Portland over streetlights that don’t work
The utility tells state regulators that it will work with the city to repair inoperable streetlights but wants them to revisit the issue of responsibility for future repairs.
Crooked Mile Cafe in Portland finally reopens, 2 years after a car hit it
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