BLOG: Seven ways to win your bracket

Just kidding. You'll still be throwing your money away. But at least these are fun.

SIDELINES: A shot of gold …

Waterville defenseman Andrew Roderigue brings the heat in state title game.

Basketball tournament full of drama — except in Class D South

Rangeley girls, Valley boys rob regional of any significant suspense, Travis Lazarczyk writes.

SIDELINES: Human errors are part of game

A missed call on the court offers a good life lesson for young athletes, Evan Crawley writes.

Like father, like son: History repeats itself

The Patriots' loss Sunday in the AFC Championship game brought to mind the stinging defeat of the Red Sox three decades ago, and the lessons of defeat, Bill Stewart writes.

SIDELINES: Staff predictions for AFC championship game

Patriots and Broncos square off in highly-anticipated game Sunday afternoon in Denver.

The airing of Maine high school sports grievances

In a strangely cathartic experience as part of Festivus, Evan Crawley writes about the things that bother him most.

Ultramarathons on a whim

Waterville grad Bard dialing up the distance.

Coin flip decides regular season champ in Big Ten

Winslow High School football coach Mike Siviski walked to the edge of Waterville's Drummond Field and took part in what had to be one of the oddest rituals in his more than three decades of coaching high school football, writes Travis Lazarczyk.

Yogi-isms part of the lore