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The Real Super Bowl MVPs When it comes to selecting the Super Bowls best players, its usually all about the quarterbacks, even though thats often not been the reality Author: Feb 3, 2021 When the Chiefs and Buccaneers face off in Super Bowl LV, you can pretty much expect either Patrick Mahomes or Tom Brady to be named the game’s MVP — regardless of whether they deserve it. That’s what history has shown us. When it comes to selecting a Super Bowl MVP, the voters don’t get it right very o...

When Did the Bucs Last Win the Super Bowl? Looking back at Tampas Only Triumph On 2/1/21 at 9:42 AM EST The Tampa Bay Buccaneers return to the Super Bowl has been a long time in the making. Super Bowl LV on February 7 will mark the Bucs first appearance in the NFL championship game in 18 years, when they defeated the Oakland Raiders 48-21 in Super Bowl XXXVII. The Kansas City Chiefs, the Bucs opponents on Sunday, know all too well the feeling of returning to the Super Bowl after a long hiatus a...

95-100 / 102 After a healthy 2019, albeit one during which he was asked to work just four innings per start, Pearson once again had an injury hiccup in 2020. This time his malady, described as right elbow tightness, was actually arm-related after he had previously dealt with an intercostal strain and a fractured ulna caused by a comebacker. The Blue Jays shut him down for about a month, and when Pearson returned he did so as a reliever. Upon coming back, his fastball velocity was not only intac...

1989 Cubs Historical Heroes and Goats: Part 8 Share this story Getty Images Welcome back to our look back at the 1989 Cubs. I’ve told you from the start that the 1989 season was not one that featured a straight line to the top. I’ve prepared you for ups and downs. In part six of our series, the Cubs suffered some injuries and dropped all five games in the week. They righted the ship though and in part seven, we saw that they won the first five games of the week before dropping the sixth to ...

1989 Cubs Historical Heroes and Goats: Part 7 Share this story Getty Images When last we journeyed back to 1989, the Cubs were dropping five straight games. Injuries had set in and gone were Andre Dawson, Jerome Walton and Mitch Webster from the lineup. This meant increased playing time for people like Darrin Jackson, Doug Dascenzo and today’s featured player Lloyd McClendon. Those losses dropped the team down to fourth place, 3½ games out of first and to one game under .500. I’ve already...

CONWAY — In great news for railroad steam enthusiasts, Conway Scenic Railroad says it hopes to have its antique steam engine in working order as of Dec. 26, in time for Christmas week excursions. CSRR Marketing and Events Coordinator Brian Solomon said the North Conway railroad test-fired steam locomotive No. 7470 this week. It is the first time the boiler had been brought up to pressure since being put away for the winter last January, and brings the locomotive one step closer to its retu...

CONWAY — In great news for railroad steam enthusiasts, Conway Scenic Railroad says it hopes to have its antique steam engine in working order as of Dec. 26, in time

Batters The 2020 Orioles were hard not to like. There was no reason to think they would be competitive, yet they hung around the edges of the playoff race until a 5–14 finish dropped them out of contention. I won’t lie: It was somewhat satisfying to this Baltimore native to watch the O’s beat out the Mookie Betts-less Red Sox for fourth in the AL East and take their first trip out of the basement since 2016. It’s doubtful, though, that 2020’s surprising run was the leading edge of som...

Members of the Aiken County Board of Education brainstormed solutions to the school districts substitute teacher shortage at its Dec. 8 meeting. A lack of substitute teachers was part of the boards Nov. 17 decision to move schools back to hybrid instructional models – a combination of in-person classes and distance learning days. The Back-to-School Advisory Committee reported declining fill rates for classrooms in need of substitutes that month, when district-wide quarantines peaked as stu...