BOSTON — Josh Gordon’s winding career has included several second chances following a trail of multiple drug suspensions that cast doubt whether the talented but troubled playmaker would ever get on an NFL field again. He’s getting yet another opportunity. The NFL conditionally reinstated the Patriots wide receiver on Friday. Commissioner Roger Goodell notified Gordon […]
2019
Posted inJournal Tribune
Bidders vie for Obama’s high school basketball jersey
HONOLULU — Bidding was drawing to a close Friday for a basketball jersey believed to have been worn by President Barack Obama. Peter Noble was a student at a prestigious and elite Honolulu prep school when he grabbed a basketball jersey that was destined for the trash. Years later he saw an old photo of […]
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Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
U.S. plans to sell F-16 fighters to Taiwan
The decision by the Trump administration is highly controversial because China fiercely opposes all arms sales to Taiwan, which it regards as a renegade province.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
New year, higher expectations, for UNE football team
The Nor’easters enter their second season as a varsity football program with more confidence and experience.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Actor Peter Fonda, star of counterculture classic ‘Easy Rider,’ dies at 79
He never won an Oscar but was nominated both for acting and writing and carved his own path in the movie industry.
Posted inNew England Patriots, Sports
NFL conditionally reinstates Patriots receiver Josh Gordon
The wide receiver has been suspended indefinitely since Dec. 2018 for violations of the league’s substance abuse policy.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Racism at Edward Little highlighted in The Boston Globe
Auburn officials say racial issues at high school deserve more attention but insist the city’s high school is typical in the problems it faces.
Posted inMaine
UMA students getting hands-on experience in cybersecurity
The new Maine Cyber Range offers students simulated chances to detect and prevent cyber attacks.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s plane bounced, went off runway, investigators say
The police chief says ‘it’s just the grace of the good Lord’ that the plane didn’t hit a vehicle as it crashed onto a highway.
Posted inBusiness, Uncategorized
U.S. stocks end turbulent week with broad gains
Don’t expect the volatility to go away anytime soon, analysts say.