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When a High School Football Player Passes: A Rememberance for a Friend
On September - 24 - 2009
On Sunday, Sept. 20, at around 2:30 in the morning, a green Ford Mustang crashed into a silver Chevrolet Impala on the corner of Brighton Avenue and Capisic Street in Portland, Maine. The car was driven by 21-year-old Yannick Mulongo, who was suspected of being under the influence of alcohol.
Eighteen-year-old high school senior Guy Kitoko was killed.
Guy ran with the tough crowd during his earlier years at Lincoln Middle School and Deering High School, both in Portland. But Kitoko made the honor roll at Deering last school year, and he wanted to join the Marines after he graduated from college.
At the corner ...
After 9/11, Baseball Brought Hope Back to America
On September - 11 - 2009
Even though I walk in the valley of the shadow of death, I will not falter, for You are with me.
Psalm 23
On September 11th, 2001, four airplanes were hijacked by terrorists from the group Al Qaeda. The planes were destined for the Pentagon, either the White House or the Capitol Building, and the other two were to strike the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.
Three of the planes made it to their destinations. The one heading to the White House was brought down in Pennsylvania by brave passengers.
2,993 people died that day. America was forever redefined.
One week later, a ...
Sen. Ted Kennedy’s Last Hurrah
On August - 26 - 2009
This article isn't entirely related to sports.
Senator Ted Kennedy (Democrat, Massachusetts), brother of President John F. Kennedy and Sen. Robert Kennedy, died this morning in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. He was 77.
The Kennedy's have been actively involved in sports during the long and grand political careers. Kennedy's mother, Eunice Shriver Kennedy, was the founder of the Special Olympics.
Kennedy had been serving Massachusetts since November of 1962. He served nine terms as senator, making him the third-longest-serving senator in US history. As of 2009, Senator Kennedy was behind Robert Byrd (Democrat, West Virginia) as the most senior member of the Senate.
Kennedy was diagnosed with ...
Sen. Ted Kennedy’s Last Hurrah
On August - 26 - 2009
This article isn't entirely related to sports.
Senator Ted Kennedy (Democrat, Massachusetts), brother of President John F. Kennedy and Sen. Robert Kennedy, died this morning in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. He was 77.
The Kennedy's have been actively involved in sports during the long and grand political careers. Kennedy's mother, Eunice Shriver Kennedy, was the founder of the Special Olympics.
Kennedy had been serving Massachusetts since November of 1962. He served nine terms as senator, making him the third-longest-serving senator in US history. As of 2009, Senator Kennedy was behind Robert Byrd (Democrat, West Virginia) as the most senior member of the Senate.
Kennedy was diagnosed with ...