MINNEAPOLIS — It was another season with “What’s a catch?” intrigue in the NFL, so much so that Commissioner Roger Goodell said last week he wants the league’s rulemakers to start from scratch this offseason in rewriting the sport’s now-infamous, often-confounding catch rule. So it was only natural that four days after Goodell made that […]
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Huddle Up: If it's the end of an era, all is not lost
Congratulations to the Philadelphia Eagles and to their fans for getting their revenge for Super Bowl XXXIX and their first Lombardi Trophy. The better team won. It probably shouldn’t have been a one-score game at the end. For all of the coincidences that would have made a Patriots’ win Sunday night the perfect bookend to […]
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Philadelphia Eagles win first Super Bowl, holding off New England Patriots 41-33
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles’ flight from last to first ended up with a Lombardi Trophy. In a record-setting shootout between Nick Foles and Tom Brady, the backup quarterback led a pressure-packed 75-yard drive to the winning touchdown, 11 yards to Zach Etrz with 2:21 to go Sunday night. Then a defense that had […]
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Protesters in Portland take a knee to take back a message
Faith-based demonstrators at the jetport ask for the national conversation to return to racial injustice On the eve of the Super Bowl, nearly 100 silent protesters “took a knee” at the Portland International Jetport to call attention to racial injustice and inequality. Beginning at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, the protesters – including many clergy members – […]
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Working during the Super Bowl while everyone else parties? Someone has to.
Nick Folan figures he’ll get a lot of generous tips delivering Otto pizza to hungry Pats fans. Portland police Lt. Kevin Cashman, a Chicago Bears fan, will take the opportunity to remind other officers that the Patriots used to lose Super Bowls. And emergency room nurse Monique Gilbert will do her best to keep patients […]
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H.S. football: Bonny Eagle sweeps Gaziano Lineman Awards
Bonny Eagle defensive lineman Arlo Pike won the Frank Gaziano Lineman of the Year Award on Saturday at Augusta Civic Center. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) Bonny Eagle offensive lineman Zachary Klein won the Frank Gaziano Lineman of the Year Award on Saturday at Augusta Civic Center. (Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal) AUGUSTA — Thanks to seniors such as […]
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Patriots defensive coordinator Patricia bringing the beard back to Super Bowl
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — It may have been his last game in New England, and Matt Patricia wasn’t ready for it to end. The Patriots defensive coordinator went back onto the field long after the AFC championship was over and the team had advanced to the Super Bowl for the sixth time in his tenure. There, […]
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NFL: Gronk, Brady on mend as Patriots start Super Bowl preparations
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — In the two-week run-up to the Super Bowl, the New England Patriots will face plenty of questions about two things critical to the team’s success: Tom Brady’s right hand and Rob Gronkowski’s head. Brady answered most of the concerns about whether the hand injury would hinder him with a strong performance […]
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Tom Brady rallies Patriots past Jaguars in AFC title game
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Give ’em a hand: Tom Brady and the New England Patriots are heading back to the Super Bowl. Brady shook off a hand injury and threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Danny Amendola with 2:48 remaining , rallying the Patriots to a 24-20 comeback victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars in the AFC […]
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Richard G. Cote
AUBURN — Richard G. Cote returned to our Lord on Friday, Jan. 12, at home surrounded by his family after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was born to George and Adrienne (Lemieux) Cote on Nov. 29, 1930. Richard attended St. Louis, Walton and Edward Little schools where he played football, baseball and hockey. “Rocket […]