Sports History

Tim Tebow doesn’t have enough pull to get the New York Jets to keep him on the roster, yet he has somehow been named the most influential athlete in America.

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408 canoes and kayaks with 755 paddlers in them raced down the Kenduskeag Stream Saturday morning. Nobody paddled faster than Nova Scotia's Trevor MacLean - his winning time 2:12:20. It's his 9th win, including the last 5 in a row.

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 In a year in which UMass Lowell won its first ever Hockey East regular season championship and its first ever Hockey East Tournament championship, the River Hawks are the lone team to advance to the Frozen Four.

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In case you haven't heard, the Miami Heat are on the cusp of making history.

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Bangor High School senior Parker Sanderson has been named the 2012 Travis Roy Award winner at the annual Class A Hockey Coaches Association banquet in Lewiston.

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On this day in 1957, the Brooklyn Dodgers announced that they had hired the infamous circus clown Emmett Kelly to entertain their fans at games. (Read: On this day in history, a lot of people developed a debilitating phobia at a friendly afternoon baseball game in Brooklyn.)

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The San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens will duel in Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday, Feb. 3. While neither team was considered a lock to make the Super Bowl, both squads are division winners with a Super Bowl history. That's not always the case; some franchises have shocked the football world by making it to the big game. Here's our list of the five most unlikely Super Bowl teams of all-time:

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Coaching brothers John and Jim Harbaugh are set to square off in the Super Bowl next month when the Ravens and the 49ers meet in the big game. This is every brother's dream, fulfilled; a nationally televised competition to see which brother reigns supreme, fueled by a combination of sibling rivalry and professional glory. It's also not the only time in history that it's happened.

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The Maine Principal's Association high school basketball tournament is just around the corner and we have a chance for you to take home a piece of tourney history!

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Here are just some of the notable sports moments that happened on December 13:

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