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A/L Sports Hall of Fame: Pastime was good to Verne Paradie

Baseball and law aren’t normally connected, unless big leaguers are in the midst of a labor dispute. Verne Paradie can see the relationship, though. Had he not excelled at one, he might not be practicing the other. “Playing for Ed Flaherty had a huge impact on what I am in life,” Paradie said of his […]

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A/L Sports Hall of Fame: Brown’s run isn’t over

LEWISTON — Kelly Bennett Brown laughed when she recalled the rumor that was swirling around Lewiston when her family moved here prior to her junior year in high school. The Bennetts were moving from West Germany, and word that Kelly played basketball and her twin brother, Kevin, played soccer raised expectations that the Blue Devils […]

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Inaugural inductees announced

BANGOR — An NCAA Division I national champion, an NCAA Division III player of the year, numerous major-college performers and record-setting high school and college coaches are among the members of the inaugural Maine Basketball Hall of Fame induction class announced Wednesday. The announcement was made during a press conference in Portland and was scheduled […]