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Thunder Road

Balls, pucks, and monster trucks
Whether young or old, sick or healthy, celebrities have been dying at a hell of a clip: David Carradine, Farrah, MJ, Karl Malden, Steve McNair, Ed McMahon, Sky Saxon, even Robert McNamara (yet, somehow, Mickey Rooney and Abe Vigoda live).
By RICK WORMWOOD  |  July 15, 2009

Cry me an Old Man River

Balls, Pucks, and Monster Trucks
Readers of this column over the past two years (my mom and my Aunt Theresa, mostly) know that I rabidly support my alma mater's basketball team, the University of Memphis Tigers. This past April, our head coach John Calipari relinquished the Tiger reins to take over at Kentucky.
By RICK WORMWOOD  |  June 17, 2009

Roller girls go down

Port shows no authority
Don't you hate missing the best example of whatever point you were making?
By RICK WORMWOOD  |  May 20, 2009
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Why we live here

Tell us your story at  thePhoenix.com/Portland
By now, we've all heard what the people at Forbes magazine have to say about why Portland is at the top of its annual "America's Most Livable Cities" list. We apparently scored a lot of points on a "leisure index."
By PORTLAND PHOENIX STAFF  |  April 22, 2009

Life on the D-list

Name that team
Last month Portland learned we'd be getting an expansion franchise in the NBA's D-League.
By RICK WORMWOOD  |  March 25, 2009

Bring back Maris

 Balls, Pucks and Monster Trucks
Alex Rodriguez, media lightning rod and three-time American League MVP, was never my favorite, even before he wore pinstripes.
By RICK WORMWOOD  |  February 26, 2009

A first, two seconds, and a third at NEPA

Laurels
The Portland Phoenix took home four honors from the New England Press Association (NEPA) awards.
By JEFF INGLIS  |  February 11, 2009

Redskin redux

Balls, Pucks, and Monster Trucks
A couple months ago, when I wrote about the fact that the Sanford and Wiscasset high schools are the last remaining Maine schools using the mascot nickname “redskins,” Sanford principal Allan Young told me that if “redskin” critics called his students racists, he would support a change.
By RICK WORMWOOD  |  January 26, 2009

Annus horribilis

Balls, pucks, and Monster Trucks
It’s New Year’s, a time for reckoning. With the notable exception of the Celtics, the past twelve months were tough on my teams, starting with a huge, unforgettable disaster.
By RICK WORMWOOD  |  December 31, 2008

Sweet science Saturdays

Balls, Pucks + Monster Trucks
The trick to finding the Portland Boxing Club for the first time is not giving up right at the end, when you’re getting close.
By RICK WORMWOOD  |  November 05, 2008

A mighty bad man

Balls, pucks, and monster trucks
October 3, 1995, brought my worst experience at the University of Memphis.  
By RICK WORMWOOD  |  October 09, 2008

Never bet on baseball

Balls, pucks, and monster trucks.
One of my favorite stories about my dad is a sports story.
By RICK WORMWOOD  |  July 16, 2008

Bought and paid for

Balls and pucks
Boston haters will say that the Celtics purchased their 17th championship.
By RICK WORMWOOD  |  June 18, 2008

Unpolishable...

Balls, pucks, and monster trucks
What got spilled on the floor of the Frank Fixaris Memorial Press Box to make it stickier than glue-based rodent traps?
By RICK WORMWOOD  |  April 23, 2008

The void recedes

Balls and pucks
So I say, to hell with the opener. Catching up with the Sox when they finally get to Oakland is fine.
By RICK WORMWOOD  |  March 26, 2008

2008: Year of the Hammer

Balls and pucks
Everyone knows that boxing is a tough, cruel game, but that’s not the entire definition.
By RICK WORMWOOD  |  January 02, 2008

Evel dead

Balls and pucks
Evel Knievel certainly wasn’t the first person to become a superstar by risking life and limb to entertain the masses.
By RICK WORMWOOD  |  December 05, 2007
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Who killed Edward Okeny?

Portland police ignore a stone-cold mystery
When members of Portland’s Sudanese community gathered at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on November 16 to lay to rest 26-year-old Edward Okeny, the church was filled with more than just their collective grief.
By RICK WORMWOOD  |  December 05, 2007

Letters to the editor: November 9, 2007

Article was a home run
We feel we benefit both our clients by avoiding OUIs and the community by making the streets safer.
By LETTERS TO THE PORTLAND EDITOR  |  November 07, 2007

Don’t talk to strangers

Balls and pucks
Why is jawing with total strangers acceptable at sporting events, which are full of alcohol and kids?
By RICK WORMWOOD  |  October 31, 2007

BruceFest

Music seen at Bubba's Sulky Lounge, September 22, 2007
Bubba's filled with fans eager to hear tributes to the heartland-rocker-in-chief, the gravel-voiced singer wrapped in the American flag.
By JEFF INGLIS  |  September 26, 2007

Wrestle-mania

Balls, pucks, and monster trucks
D-Money and Adam Ricker met with the Television Championship Belt on the line, even though this didn’t happen on television but in a Libbyville backyard.
By RICK WORMWOOD  |  September 19, 2007
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By the horns

Riding Portland's mechanical bull
If you’ve ever wondered where the people who make those Girls Gone Wild videos find the women to participate in soft-porn video debasement, you’d be far less bewildered watching girl after girl trying to out-skank one another on the bull.
By RICK WORMWOOD  |  November 29, 2006

Seeking help

 
Bill Fraser shares some advice for first-time riders, and our first-time rider Rick Wormwood evaluates how useful those tips really are.
By RICK WORMWOOD  |  November 29, 2006
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Prisoners of politics

After organizing an exhibit to spark debate, USM closes it when the talk gets too tough
The giant sucking sound that all of Southern Maine heard coming from Forest Avenue last week was not some accidental draining of a huge milk tank at Oakhurst Dairy, but the integrity and independence of Maine’s largest public university going down the toilet. Slideshow: Thomas Manning's exhibit at the University of Southern Maine Brut portraiture: Inmate Manning's art part of outsider tradition. By Ian Paige
By RICK WORMWOOD  |  September 14, 2006
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Baxter School tries to ban Phoenix freelancer

Shooting the messenger
In response to our continued efforts to investigate conditions for students at the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf on Mackworth Island, the school has attempted to ban Portland Phoenix freelancer Rick Wormwood from the island, which is state-owned property, and part of which is a state park.
By JEFF INGLIS  |  August 17, 2006

Portland scene report, June 2, 2006

Sibilance
Now-Is-Now and Dead Season poised for upcoming releases; F2 Beat Alliance debut Sanford Funk Summit ; Jason Hjort boosts the city's electronic music scene
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF  |  May 31, 2006
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God and Darwin

A teacher's private battle between fact and faith
Julie Raines has been teaching biology at Yarmouth High School for 25 years. She hasn't always taught evolution.
By RICK WORMWOOD  |  February 02, 2006

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