Prop bets popular for Super Bowl, but NFL wants them gone

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Many Americans in places where sports betting is legal for the first time are beginning to make wagers on the Super Bowl, including some bets on the performances of individual athletes. But if the National Football League had its way, bets on things like passing touchdowns for New England Patriots […]

Five lessons NFL teams can learn from the Rams and Patriots

Once again in the AFC, Tom Brady would not allow the torch to be passed. His 37-31 overtime win over Patrick Mahomes and a fatigued Kansas City Chiefs defense allowed the New England Patriots to go to their ninth Super Bowl with Brady and Coach Bill Belichick era. The NFC championship game was just as […]

New England’s timeless QB gave all he had against best of new generation

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The fervor of the hometown fans painted this frozen brown tundra red – and not just any red, either, but a bold primary color, the most vivid red imaginable, the kind of red that came from a heart artery. Even the opera house and the statues in the plazas wore Kansas […]

WATCH: Mainers brave snow storm on unicycles, skis

As a major winter storm brought some of the coldest temperatures and largest snowfall of the season to the northeast U.S., some residents in Maine were out enjoying the winter weather.

Congress to pursue divergent paths to reopening government, but stalemate no closer to resolution

WASHINGTON — Congress takes up legislation this week to reopen the federal government following a new offer from President Donald Trump, but divergent efforts in the House and Senate look destined to go nowhere, leaving the month-old stalemate no closer to resolution. The Senate, led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., will take up a […]

Mark LaFlamme: Drunk on Fireball and Pringles

‘All the President’s Men’ Watched this movie the other night and realized I’d never seen it. Odd, right? A story of two reporters working on a story big enough to topple a president? Why the careers of Woodward and Bernstein are very much like my own, with the small exception that I tend to work […]

Missing your paper Sunday morning?

The severity of the winter storm will likely cause delays with tomorrow’s newspaper delivery. The heavy snowfall and icy conditions pose a risk to the safety of our carriers. Your paper may be delivered later than usual tomorrow or even along with your next scheduled delivery. You can keep up with our storm coverage and all the latest breaking local news at SunJournal.com. […]

Donald Trump offers DACA protection for $5.7 billion in border wall funding

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump made a new offer Saturday to Democrats aimed at ending the 29-day partial government shutdown that would extend deportation protections for some immigrants in exchange for $5.7 billion in border wall funding. Trump’s proposal is designed to ramp up pressure on Democrats by offering a reprieve on his attempts to […]

Don’t try this at home: Researcher literally swims with great white shark

HALIEWA, Hawaii (AP) — Two shark researchers who came face to face with what could be one of the largest great whites ever recorded are using their encounter as an opportunity to push for legislation that would protect sharks in Hawaii. Ocean Ramsey, a shark researcher and conservationist, told The Associated Press that she encountered […]

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