A Maine native (born in Cape Elizabeth in 1957), Joan Benoit Samuelson is one of the most accomplished and decorated American distance...

I love middle linebackers as much as I love fullbacks. These are the guys who go looking for trouble on defense, who can stuff the run or...

For those of us who watched Celtics games at the end of the Bird era, we were treated to John Bagley at the end of his career. That...

I feel like I’ve been neglecting hockey. And this being hockey season. So let’s revisit another sick playmaker from Bruins teams not so...

We revisit that time in Patriots history pre-Tom, pre-titles. When we rooted for a guy like Marv Cook to make the Pro Bowl, or for the #1...

There has never been a Red Sox player I've enjoyed more than Pedro. That's probably because he's the best pitcher they've ever had....

Here's the first thing: Danny Ainge was a GREAT athlete. He's the only person to be first-team All-American in basketball, football, and...

Diana Taurasi is in the discussion for the best women's basketball player of all time. She's the all-time leading scorer in WNBA history...

I’m feeling the Hit Dog tonight. Your 1995 AL MVP. The huge swing. The huge smile. The huge personality. I don’t have much energy to...

Baseball seems to generate more and better nicknames than any other human endeavor. Maybe it's the column inches beat writers have to...

Topical alert! Yesterday, Vermont native (and more importantly, UNH grad) Ellie Purrier destroyed the women’s American indoor mile record...

In the 1996 NBA draft, the Cleveland Cavaliers drafted Vitaly Potapenko 12th overall. One pick ahead of Kobe Bryant, three picks ahead of...