A bad team’s season is ended arbitrarily

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I was listening to the news about the Oscoda Area High School football team, and how their season was arbitrarily cut short after being shut out for their first four games. Their coach, Kyle Tobin, is in his first year. His argument is that they are so physically...

Minor League shake-up

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There seems to be a lot going on in the minors, this year. With the increased cash flow of minor league baseball teams, they have been able to break free of some of their affiliations for more advantagous positions with other teams. With Allentown building a new...

Waterford Fall Foliage 5k

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The Waterford Fall Foliage 5k was this morning. There were 136 finishers. Timothy Evan of Stoneham won the race in 17:02, beating Josh Rice by 54 seconds. Alison Stuermos beat Dana Welch by 21 seconds to win the race in 20:54. There was also a 1 mile kids race. Seven...

Week 3 NFL Picks

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Dallas, Kansas City, Oakland, and San Diego are not playing this week. This means that half of my fantasy football team is on a bye, but that’s what I get for not drafting my own team and not trying to make any moves after I got back from my honeymoon. I had a...

Dirigo sweeps Craig’s Cup race #2

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The second of three races in the Craig’s Cup series was this Wednesday evening, September 20th. Dirigo swept the board with the top four positions. Mike Payson, Josh Zolla, and Pete Bottomley repeated their 1-2-3 performance from the first race on August 30th....

Dean Karnazes is on his way

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Dean Karnazes vowed to run 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days, following in the footsteps of Sam Thompson, although I’m not sure he knew Sam would be doing it before him when he was initially planning this ordeal. He has begun his trek across the country and...