The Chiefs should lock up the No. 1 seed in the AFC, and the Jaguars should win the AFC South.
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Posted inSports
NFL notebook: Owners approve playoff plan after Bills-Bengals canceled
The AFC championship could be played at a neutral site, and home field for one game could come down to a coin flip.
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Shiffrin focusing on the process with Vonn’s record within reach
This weekend, Mikaela Shiffrin can match and surpass Lindsey Vonn for the women’s World Cup record of 82 career wins.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
College football: A round of applause, please, for playoff-crasher TCU
Commentary: The Horned Frogs may not win the national championship, but at least they brought some much-needed variety to the title game.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
College Football Playoff: Georgia defense needs to return to form against TCU
The Bulldogs have allowed 71 points in their last two games, while TCU averages 41.1 points per game to rank fifth in the nation.
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Sports Digest: Leavitt’s Noah Carpenter wins Gatorade football award
Carpenter, a junior, led the Hornets to the Class C state championship.
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‘We know what it’s like’: Workers in dangerous jobs empathize with NFL’s Hamlin
Sports professionals face a fatality rate that’s twice as high as the national rate, but are still twice as safe as painters and paperhangers and four times as safe as miners. And they are far safer than workers in fishing, logging or roofing.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Jen Shah of ‘Real Housewives’ gets 6-year prison term
She helped to defraud thousands of people nationwide in a telemarketing scam stretching nearly a decade.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Waterville man launches coffee company with aim to help African farmers who provide the beans
Churchill Elangwe-Preston, who is launching a micro-roasting company called Mbingo Mountain Coffee, said he wants “to create a light in somebody’s life.”
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Best of CES 2023: Canine communication and a calming pillow
The Las Vegas event formerly known as the Consumer Electronics show bounces back from a pandemic slowdown.