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Notes from Ironman Austria 2007 Jacqueline Stolte shares her once in a lifetime experience Ifound balance as a young girl by being active. I was a Whaler gymnast, field hockey forward and giddy water girl for the football team. I was both a dancer and an equestrienne. More ...
BY JOSH GALVIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER "When there's no more sun, there's no more run," is the saying that some may have seen on posters over the past couple of weeks advertising Nantucket's 50 mile run around the island. More ...
A HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR with Andrew Spencer My father's fashion sense, a frequent topic of conversation in the Spencer household, is nothing if not an overt show of bravery. Dad doesn't seem to have the fashion-conscious gene that I was apparently blessed with, no doubt a gene I got from my mother. More ...
The AcesSport Biathlon, a fun run/walk to Brant Point and back followed by an outrigger canoe race, took place Saturday at Jetties Beach to benefit Nantucket Community Sailing's disabled athlete programs. More ...
BY STEVE SHEPPARD INDEPENDENT SPORTS EDITOR With claims to a sailing tradition stretching beyond its place in history as an original yachting center, Nantucket and any celebrations of sail are well suited to each other. So it will be this weekend, when Race Week begins and sailors and sailboats of all stripes will ply the wind-blown waters... More ...
Twelve teams took part in Sunday's 21st annual Beach Volleyball Day to benefit the Nantucket Food Pantry. In the end, the Newport Volleyball Club team Go Too Far defeated last year's champ, Sopranos Season IV, 15-12, 13-15, 15-13. More ...
WHERE IS THE CATBIRD SEAT? by Kenneth Turner Blackshaw You've heard the expression, "Sitting in the catbird seat" many times and no doubt know that's supposed to be a good place to sit. In literature it goes back to the early 1940s with James Thurber's short story. He quotes the baseball announcer, Red Barber, as saying it's "like a batter with three ... More ...
Quick, while the weather is clear, get out to Head of the Plains for a sunset afterglow and the emerging stars. More ...
BY JOSH GALVIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER Two titans collided as Toscana Corporation matched up with The Rip in a battle for first place in the Men's Wood Bat League this past Wednesday at the Tom Nevers baseball field. The game did not live up to its billing, however, as Toscana took the contest in decisive fashion by shutting out The Ri... More ... FOA ends its victory drought with hit barrage BY JOSH GALVIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER Lori's Raiders and Future of America couldn't make up their minds in regulation and took eight innings to pick a winner in last Friday's Rec League Softball game of the week. More ... |
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