ORONO — Brice O’Connor scored on the rebound of a Nick Pryor shot from the slot 3:43 into the second period and it proved to be the gamewinner as the University of Maine men’s ice hockey team skated past Merrimack 2-1 to win the Hockey East quarterfinal series. With the victory, Maine advances to the […]

The good news is the NCAA tournament starts Tuesday. The great news is the word bracketology now will disappear for 11 months. This is the way one man looks at the field, and the track record isn’t too shabby. Last season Connecticut was the pick to win it all; thanks to Kemba Walker it was […]

PITTSBURGH James Neal saw the puck roll to the corner and sprinted to dig it out. The sight of hockey’s most intimidating player standing in his way hardly mattered. The Pittsburgh Penguins forward shoved Boston defenseman Zdeno Chara — all 6-foot-9 of him — in the back then nudged the puck to teammate Evgeni Malkin. […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Landus Anderson single handedly has become one of the top high school players in the Florida Panhandle. His numbers for the Florida High Seminoles are good (19.4 points and 8.5 rebounds per game), but his game is really impressive. The slender 6-4, 170-pound junior gets it done without the use of his right […]

LOS ANGELES The Lakers needed a last-minute basket to hold off the Boston Celtics, and Kobe Bryant knew everybody in green would expect him to take the shot. That’s why Bryant suggested Andrew Bynum should do it — and the All- Star center leaped at the opportunity to seal Los Angeles’ latest win in the […]