DeShone Kizer takes a snap as the Notre Dame quarterback against Boston College on Nov. 21, 2015, at Fenway Park in Boston, home of the Red Sox. The University of Maine football team takes on UMass on Saturday at Fenway Park. (AP file photo) Jason Matovu grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, about 20 minutes from […]
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With playoff hopes dashed, UMaine football team sets sights on Fenway game
University of Maine receiver Micah Wright is taken down by Delaware defenders K.C. Hinton and Nasir Adderley during Saturday’s gameat Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland. (Carl D. Walsh/Portland Press Herald) The University of Maine football team’s slim NCAA Football Championship Subdivision playoff hopes were dashed by Saturday’s 31-17 loss to Delaware at Portland’s Fitzpatrick Stadium. But […]
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Time-out: It happens every spring
AUBURN — When I look at my snow shovel, my disgust turns to animosity. The love-hate relationship with this implement has strengthened thanks to a winter that has backhanded all of New England during this brutal February — a cruel month indeed. I know it is not the shovel’s fault for this winter’s fury, but […]
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Fenway crowd boos Braun
BOSTON (AP) — From the boos to the bad at-bats, Ryan Braun’s first road game since his 65-game suspension was a rough afternoon. He went 0 for 5 against the Red Sox on Friday. But he was 5 for 5 in getting hooted by Fenway Park’s passionate fans. “All I can do is focus on […]
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Good feelings help keep Red Sox strong
BOSTON (AP) — Walking back to his Fenway Park office after the traditional Patriots Day morning Red Sox game, Charles Steinberg saw the reports on TV that there had been explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line. He saw video of the damage on Boylston Street. He heard the police say that a fire at […]