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ALLEN PARK, Mich. — The Detroit Lions activated left tackle Jeff Backus on Sunday and the 11-year veteran practiced with the team for the first time this season. Backus, who’s started 160 straight games, suffered a partially torn chest muscle during the offseason and spent the first three weeks of training camp on the active/non-football injury list. It’s not clear whether he’ll play in Saturday ...

WEST NEWBURY — The third annual Muscle Car Show to benefit the Lt. Kenneth Fowler Foundation revs up this year on Saturday, Aug. 13, at the Pentucket Regional High School campus. This year's show runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is free to car owners and spectators, with donations to the foundation gratefully accepted. No preregistration is required.

Got to say there is just something about James Wright you root for. The center is considered a long, long shot to make the Tampa Bay Lightning heading into training camp. But he always will be one of the nicest stories of last season and it is good to see him parlaying his 48 games with the Lightning in 2009-10 into some success. lt;!--break-- Wright led the Lightning with six points on three ...

WEST NEWBURY The second annual Lt. Kenny Fowler Muscle Car Show is Saturday from 1 to 6 p.m. The free event takes place at the Pentucket Regional Middle School, 22 Main St. The show is being organized by Sgt. Dan Cena of the West Newbury Police Department as a way to honor his late friend and raise money for the local foundation that bears his name. Fowler, who helped manage his family ...

WEST NEWBURY Gentlemen: Start your V-8 engines. The second annual Lt. Kenny Fowler Muscle Car Show roars back into town next month. The event, which takes place on Saturday, Aug. 14, at the Pentucket Regional Middle School, 22 Main St., is being organized by Sgt. Dan Cena of the West Newbury Police Department, as a way to honor a fallen friend and raise money for the local foundation that ...