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For Memphis Three, a bitter guilty plea

On Friday — after inspiring songs, award-winning documentaries, and celebrity-led protests — the West Memphis Three were suddenly freed from state custody, but only after all three pleaded guilty to the murders as part of the deal that secured their free
Prosecutorial discretion
By RICK WORMWOOD | August 26, 2011

Come the revolution?

As the Pats, Sox, and Celtics all won recent championships, the Bruins were the unlucky, left-out stepchildren during a decade of professional sports dominance the likes of which New England (nor anywhere else, for that matter) had never seen. Of course
Balls, pucks, and monster trucks
By RICK WORMWOOD | July 15, 2011

Tugboats and bugboats

As I write this, the Celtics are one win away from their 18th NBA title, but that is not our focus.
Balls, Pucks & Monster Trucks
By RICK WORMWOOD | June 18, 2010

Thunder Road

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).
Balls, pucks, and monster trucks
By RICK WORMWOOD | July 17, 2009

Cry me an Old Man River

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 rein
Balls, Pucks, and Monster Trucks
By RICK WORMWOOD | June 19, 2009

Roller girls go down

Don't you hate missing the best example of whatever point you were making?
Port shows no authority
By RICK WORMWOOD | May 22, 2009

Why we live here

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."
Tell us your story at thePhoenix.com/Portland
By PORTLAND PHOENIX STAFF | April 24, 2009

Life on the D-list

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

Bring back Maris

Alex Rodriguez, media lightning rod and three-time American League MVP, was never my favorite, even before he wore pinstripes.
Balls, Pucks and Monster Trucks
By RICK WORMWOOD | February 25, 2009

A first, two seconds, and a third at NEPA

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

Redskin redux

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 r
Balls, Pucks, and Monster Trucks
By RICK WORMWOOD | January 26, 2009

Annus horribilis

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.
Balls, pucks, and Monster Trucks
By RICK WORMWOOD | December 31, 2008

Sweet science Saturdays

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.
Balls, Pucks + Monster Trucks
By RICK WORMWOOD | November 05, 2008

A mighty bad man

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

Never bet on baseball

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

Bought and paid for

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

Unpolishable...

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

The void recedes

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

2008: Year of the Hammer

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

Evel dead

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

Who killed Edward Okeny?

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.
Portland police ignore a stone-cold mystery
By RICK WORMWOOD | December 05, 2007

Letters to the editor: November 9, 2007

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

Don’t talk to strangers

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

BruceFest

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

Wrestle-mania

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.
Balls, pucks, and monster trucks
By RICK WORMWOOD | September 19, 2007

By the horns

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.
Riding Portland's mechanical 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

Prisoners of politics

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 to
After organizing an exhibit to spark debate, USM closes it when the talk gets too tough
By RICK WORMWOOD | September 14, 2006

Baxter School tries to ban Phoenix freelancer

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
Shooting the messenger
By JEFF INGLIS | August 17, 2006

Portland scene report, June 2, 2006

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
Sibilance
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF | May 31, 2006

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