Joey Payeur – Goalline Stand

This column most closely will resemble Forrest Gump’s legendary box of chocolates—you never know what you’re going to get. So reach into this goodie bag of tidbits and see if you pull out anything you’re interested in. And if you come up empty, I’ll remember to throw in a Tootsie […]

After my don’t-bet-the-rent-money analysis of the NFL’s NFC teams last week, it’s now time to round things out with a look-see at the AFC. AFC East 1. New England (12-4) The Patriots are a guaranteed 6-0 against their woeful divisional rivals this year. Winning an average of two out of […]

The end of summer means sadness to many—slo-pitch players, sun worshippers, and students, to name a few. But the fall leads to so much joy for others: leaf-blower salesmen, kite flyers, and parents of students, for instance. Among those in a celebratory mode are those who follow the NFL, which […]

This week, and from time to time in this space, I will offer up a variety of short updates, thoughts, ideas, and opinions for your reading pleasure. I do this for two reasons: it takes cares of some housecleaning for sports items that deserve print space but not necessarily a […]

“Get back, get back, get back to where you once belonged . . . . Get back, Jo Jo.” Apparently, the Beatles are too powerful a force to be ignored. So here I am, roughly 115 months after I wished you all farewell in this very space. Who says you […]

You’ve got to hand it to Ray Bedard. But he’d rather earn it, if it’s all the same. The 44-year-old Fort Frances athlete poured in a multitude of training hours—and had an equal amount of sweat pour out of him—as he devoted himself to preparing for the Special Olympics World […]

One year ago today, the rules of the game changed forever. Sept. 11, 2001 brought a permanent time-out to our feelings of invincibility as North American residents.The terrorism contests taking place in the Middle East, which we had been casual spectators to before 9/11, suddenly had found a new arena—our […]