football
The Hot Corner: Bengals’ blow-up merely reflection of our own values
Sports reflect society, and the folly of everything America celebrates was on graphic display in Saturday night’s AFC wild card playoff. We all get a pulpit these days, and within minutes of the Cincinnati Bengals’ implosion against the Pittsburgh Steelers, most of us piled on as if we were diving for a loose football in […]
The Hot Corner: Sometimes it’s Patriots’ time, and other times, time’s up
Timing is everything in sports, and it has become alarmingly apparent that this year’s edition of the New England Patriots is cosmically impaired. Matthew Slater and/or Bill Belichick and/or referee Clete Blakeman’s inexplicable decision to say Stephen Gostkowski would kick after the Patriots won the overtime coin toss on Sunday, leading directly to a 26-20 […]
H.S. Football: Connor Elwell of Oak Hill nominated for Gaziano Award
The selection committee for the 2015 Frank J. Gaziano Memorial Offensive and Defensive Lineman Awards announced 15 semifinalists on Monday for what is the largest high school scholarship of its kind in the country. Connor Elwell of Oak Hill is the lone local player in the running. Jeff Kane, president of National Distributors, Inc. and […]
College Notebook: Local graduates honored by ECAC
A pair of local athletes attending Husson University received postseason awards from the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference for the fall season. Matt Archer, a Chesterville native and Mt. Blue High School graduate, was one of two Husson football players named to the ECAC Division III North All-Stars Second Team. Archer, a senior left tackle, was […]
H.S. Football: Bessey, Esposito, McCrum named Fitzpatrick Trophy finalists
Four tri-county football players will receive recognition at the Fitzpatrick Trophy banquet next month, but they will not sit at the head table as finalists. Will Bessey of Brunswick, Joe Esposito of Portland and Austin McCrum of Thornton were announced Saturday as finalists for the Portland-based award, presented each year to an outstanding high school […]
UMaine names Joe Harasymiak as Black Bears football coach
The University of Maine announced that Joe Harasymiak will be the next football head coach, according to a university statement. Harasymiak was named interim head coach when Jack Cosgrove stepped down in November. “I am extremely excited and honored to be chosen as the next head football coach here at the University of Maine,” said […]
Pats victorious, clinch playoff spot
HOUSTON (AP) — Tom Brady got Rob Gronkowski back and it helped the New England Patriots return to the win column and clinch a playoff spot. Brady threw for 226 yards and two touchdowns and the Patriots snapped a two-game skid with a 27-6 win over the Houston Texans on Sunday night. The Patriots (11-2) […]
Patriots stopped cold
DENVER (AP) — Tom Brady lost yet another one of his trusted targets and this time he also lost a game. C.J. Anderson scored on a 48-yard run with 12:32 left in overtime, powering the Denver Broncos past the New England Patriots 30-24 on a snowy Sunday night. Watching from the cozy indoors at field […]
The Hot Corner: Cosgrove taught Maine value of loyalty. Were we listening?
Jack Cosgrove was University of Maine football coach for such a long time that it is easy to forget what he inherited. After a brief period of national prosperity during the Mike Buck era, the Black Bears’ coaching office was equipped with a revolving door. Perhaps you watched with detachment on Friday as Iowa held […]