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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

SPECIAL THANKS TO MY 'IRON' FAMILY

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Behind every Ironman is a great support team, one that pushes, drives, and encourages an athlete to achieve his goal of completing a grueli...
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PAUL DEVLIN: AN IRONMAN AT 50

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Lake Placid,  NY. July 27, 2014. First Ironman: 12:12:36  2.4  mile swim    1:02 112 mile bike      6:30 26.2 mile run      4:23
Saturday, June 7, 2014

YOGI BERRA: REAL AMERICAN HERO

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"It ain't over til it's over." The incredible life of the man who coined that phrase is over. Yogi Berra, a baseb...
Sunday, June 1, 2014

MARK REARICK AND THE END OF AN ERA

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Mark Rearick is a New Canaan institution, as much a part of the bucolic Connecticut town as Gates, God's Acre, and the great litt...
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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY KID SISTER, KARA

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I am proud. My kid sister turns 40-something today and I've never be more proud of her and the person she has become than I...
Thursday, April 17, 2014

CARLOS ARREDONDO: FROM OUT OF THE DARKNESS TO HERO

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Carlos Arredondo wasn't the only hero to rise up in the Boston Marathon bombing, but he became the most famous one. First responde...
Tuesday, April 15, 2014

BOSTON STRONGER

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  April 15, 2013. That was the day that two bombs rattled the core of Boston and brought the world class city to its knees. There was ...
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Paul Devlin
Hard-working, creative, and lover of good words, competition, and testing my limits. Graduate of UNC and Tar Heel baseball player. Signed with Boston Red Sox as free-agent. Hit a HR in "Bull Durham" off Nuke. Former sports anchor/reporter at NESN, Fox Sports Net and MLB.com.5-time Ironman, 3-time NYC Marathon finisher. Wedding singer and Solid Gold dancer. "It's not the critic who counts, but the man who gets in the arena to compete that does."
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