PROVINCETOWN — Marvelous Marvin Hagler, the legendary middleweight champion boxer, died unexpectedly on March 13 at age 66 at his home in New Hampshire. Hagler was originally from Newark, N.J., […]
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WARRIORS WATCH
Football Kickoff Saturday
A weekly preview of Nauset sports
Thursday, March 25 Girls volleyball: The Nauset Warriors host the Barnstable Raiders at 5:15 p.m. Friday, March 26 Girls volleyball: Sturgis East Charter School takes on the Warriors at the […]
DELAY OF GAME
Nauset Football Must Wait a Week
‘Fall II’ season pushed back by Covid diagnosis
EASTHAM — The arrival of the long-awaited high school football season, now one of the state’s “Fall II” sports, has been delayed a week as the Nauset Regional High team […]
BURNING BRIGHT
‘Tiger’: How Not to Wish Upon a Star
A golfer’s injury inspires reflection
There is a certain tier of athletes I like to classify as “one-namers.” That means they’re recognizable by their first or last name only. LeBron, Brady, Jordan, Serena, Babe, and […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
Eastham Looks Back at Its First Preacher
Samuel Treat Day will ask ‘emotional questions posed by our history’
EASTHAM — The grave marker in the Cove Burying Ground is plain: “Rev. Samuel Treat died Mar. 18, 1716, aged 69 years,” it reads. But the story of Eastham’s first […]
HOLY GRAIL
The Surprising Evolution of Sports Card Collecting
Value is in the eye of the beholder for a Barry Bonds card or a digital ‘moment’
People have collected sports cards for 135 years. The first set of baseball cards was released in 1886 by the Goodwin Tobacco Company. A Honus Wagner card from that set […]
AWARDS
Winter Sports All-Stars
12 Nauset athletes are honored by the Cape & Islands League
EASTHAM — Nine Nauset Regional High School winter athletes were named Cape & Islands League All-Stars this season. Nauset boys basketball was represented by juniors Seth Asiimwe and Keleb Daniels. […]
PHOTOGRAPHY
In View This Week
MacMillan Pier, Provincetown. (Photo Nancy Bloom) Crowds gathered in hopes of a glimpse of the cast, or maybe a chance to walk on, while the film crew for the television […]
THE TIP-UP
Sunday on the Pond, With Pickerel
The primal pleasures of coming out from winter hiding
Ice fishing? That was everyone’s first question. And then, in varied order: Won’t you fall through? But what if you do? Won’t you be cold? Will you catch anything? Or, […]
LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
Avery Burns Ends Season Proud of Her Team’s Effort
Nauset girls basketball gave their all despite championship loss
EASTHAM — The Nauset Regional High School girls basketball season didn’t end the way the team wanted it to, but senior leader Avery Burns feels good knowing that she and […]
SNOWSCAPE
Sledders of All Styles Take to Outermost Slopes
A snow day report from the local dunes and links
Photographs by Nancy Bloom
OVERBOARD
Chess Club Makes a Virtual Move
Nauset, Sturgis, and Plymouth North students play online
EASTHAM — Most high-school sports have struggled to maintain a playable season this year, due to strict safety regulations and rescheduled games in a shortened season. But one club sport […]
PHOTOGRAPHY
In View This Week
TOURNAMENT TIME
Nauset Basketball Racks Up More Wins
League tournaments cap the winter season; skaters go virtual
EASTHAM — The Nauset Warriors boys basketball team came away with a win at the buzzer against Barnstable on Monday in the first round of the Cape and Islands League […]
MEALS NEED WHEELS
When It Comes to Hunger, Sometimes Transportation Is the Issue
The RTA and others collaborate to deliver food where it is needed
As food insecurity has continued to grow across Cape Cod during the pandemic, a hidden issue has come into view alongside it. Sometimes, people go hungry not because there is […]
