ATLANTA — Practically every member of the Los Angeles Rams has a favorite story about Aaron Donald’s feats of ridiculous athleticism. Michael Brockers loved the moment at Carolina in 2016 when Donald beat the Panthers’ left guard and launched himself like Superman, swallowing up Cam Newton while airborne. Nickell Robey-Coleman preferred the game at San Francisco […]
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Twin Magic: McCourty twins can make history
ATLANTA — Patriots defensive backs and twins Devin and Jason McCourty both have a lot on their minds as they prepare for Sunday’s Super Bowl matchup with the Rams. Jason is thinking about the past and the magnets their mother, Phyllis Harrell, collected and used to post various keepsakes on the refrigerator of their childhood home […]
Patriots Blocker: Develin is ‘the hammer’ that powers Patriots’ running game
ATLANTA — James Develin will reach into his past every now and then by pulling out one of his notebooks from his junior and senior years at Brown University. The New England Patriots fullback flips through a few pages, shakes his head and can barely recognize what he scribbled on them on his way to earning […]
High School Roundup: Six pins lead Mustangs to victory on Senior Night
WATERBORO — The Massabesic wrestling team was able to send senior James Cline out a winner as the Mustangs rolled to a 52-18 win over visiting Deering on Wednesday night. Cline, the lone senior on the team, was able to end his home wrestling career with a pin of Bailey Eide at 195 pounds. Massabesic […]
Boys Basketball: Richmond uses fast start to hold of Wiscasset
RICHMOND — The Richmond Bobcats needed a win. With three games left and the Bobcats looking to stay in the playoff picture, Richmond survived a late rally to knock off a Wiscasset Wolverines team set on playing the role of spoiler. Richmond led the Mountain Valley Conference matchup 18-1 after the first quarter, but the Wolverines […]
Girls high school basketball: Second-quarter surge propels Freeport Falcons past York, 56-44
FREEPORT — The Freeport Falcons opened the second quarter with a 17-0 run and kept away the York Wildcats for a 56-44 victory in girls high school basketball Tuesday evening. The two Western Maine Conference foes are battling for playoff positions in their respective classes. York fell to 6-9 and currently sits in seventh in the […]
Eagles Have New Football Coach: True returns to his roots at Mt. Ararat
TOPSHAM — Mt. Ararat High School has hired Frank True as its new high school varsity football coach, athletic director Geoff Godo announced on Tuesday. True fills the void that was opened up since just before the start of the 2018 regular season when previous coach O’Neil LaPlante resigned as head coach. “Coach True brings back […]
Polar Bear Report: Top-ranked Bowdoin women’s hoops rolls to 93-42 win
BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College women’s basketball team remained unbeaten with a 93-42 non-conference win over New England College on Tuesday evening at Morrell Gymnasium. The top-ranked Polar Bears improved to 20-0 for just the second time in program history, matching the start posted by the 2003-04 squad, which went on to win its first 30 […]
Patriots Report: ‘Bromance’ of Brady and Edelman key to Patriots success
ATLANTA — Teammates have called their relationship a “bromance.” Patriots quarterback Tom Brady himself openly uses the word love to describe his bond with Julian Edelman, a receiver he’s come to depend on during his career. As the duo prepares to play in a fourth Super Bowl together, each says the connection might be tighter ever […]
Area Roundups: Lisbon earns Unified basketball win over Raiders
WALES — Michael Farrington scored 10 points to power the Lisbon High School Unified basketball team to a season-opening 34-29 victory over Oak Hill on Tuesday. The Greyhounds (1-0) also received six points from Dawson Martel in the win. Nine players scored for Lisbon, which hosts Lewiston on Friday at 3:30 p.m. Marcel Trepanier led all […]
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