FREEPORT — One quarter. That is what it seems to have come down to with the Freeport High School boys basketball team this season. One eight-minute stretch does in the Falcons. On Tuesday against Fryeburg Academy, it was a 20-7 third quarter deficit that turned a 29-28 halftime lead into a 48-36 Fryeburg advantage as the […]

BOSTON ( AP) — Dennis Seidenberg scored the tiebreaking goal on a slap shot from center ice in the third period, rallying the Boston Bruins to a 4- 3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night. Brad Marchand and Zdeno Chara had power-play goals and Chara also had an assist for the Bruins, who […]

CLEVELAND The Boston Celtics didn’t completely collapse. They merely crumbled this time. Two days after blowing a big late lead and losing at home to Cleveland, the Celtics nearly did it again before recovering and hanging on for a 93-90 win over the scrappy Cavaliers, who trimmed a 22-point deficit to two in the final […]

FRYEBURG — Nina Davenport had 18 points and Leigh Wyman added 17 as the Freeport High School girls basketball team ended a sixgame losing streak with a 59- 48 Western Maine Conference victory over Fryeburg Academy on Tuesday. “We were hot in the first half, making six 3-pointers,” said Freeport (6-9) coach Jen Chon, whose […]

BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College senior Jill Henrikson of Bath scored 25 points with nine rebounds and nine steals to lead the Polar Bear women’s basketball team to a 65-45 win over Eastern Connecticut State University Tuesday evening at Morrell Gymnasium. Henrikson finished one steal and one rebound shy of the fourth triple- double in school […]

INDIANAPOLIS ( AP) — Tom Brady overthrew a wideopen Rob Gronkowski in the first quarter. Then he threw an interception in the fourth. He was right on target, though, in his postgame assessment. The three-time Super Bowl champion admitted that he played badly in the AFC championship game against the Baltimore Ravens. And that may […]

TOPSHAM — Tyler Charron hit seven 3-pointers and scored a game-high 27 points as the Mt. Ararat High School boys basketball team rolled to a 78-56 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference victory over Skowhegan on Tuesday. Brandon Johansen chipped in 15 points for the 2- 13 Eagles, while Josh Wright added nine, and Mason Griffin and […]

SCHENECTTADY, N. Y. — Taylor Hogenkamp finished first in two freestyle events and helped two relays to victory in Hamilton College’s dual meet loss at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., on Saturday. Union prevailed 180-114. Hamilton hosts Rensselaer for Senior Day this upcoming Saturday. Hogenkamp anchored a 200-medley relay that won by .09 seconds with […]