WISCASSET Close, but all so far away! Last season, Duane Goud’s Wiscasset High School girls soccer team finished 4-10 and out of the Western Maine Class C playoff picture. But, a goal here, or a goal there and the Wolverines might have been right in the thick of things come postseason time. “We had a […]

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Former AL Cy Young Award winner Bartolo Colon of the Oakland Athletics has been suspended for 50 games after testing positive for testosterone. Major League Baseball made the announcement Wednesday, one week after All-Star game MVP Melky Cabrera of San Francisco was suspended 50 games for a positive test for the […]

TORONTO (AP) — NHL collective bargaining talks were canceled Wednesday after top executives from the league and players’ union held an impromptu morning meeting to discuss the status of the negotiations. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and deputy commissioner Bill Daly spent about two hours with players’ association executive director Donald Fehr and his brother Steve […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Chris Sale struck out 13 in 7.2 stellar innings for his 15th victory, Alex Rios hit a go-ahead homer and the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees, 2-1, to complete a threegame sweep on Wednesday. Sale (15-4) outpitched New York’s Phil Hughes, allowing one walk and three hits, including Derek […]

PHOENIX (AP) — Rookie Wade Miley pitched eight innings to earn his 14th victory, and Arizona beat Miami 3-0 on Wednesday night to complete a sweep of the first home doubleheader in Diamondbacks history. Fellow left-hander Tyler Skaggs (1- 0) made his major league debut in the opener, allowing two runs and three hits over […]

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — Bryce Brentz belted two home runs to lead the Portland Sea Dogs to a 7-2 Eastern League victory and three-game sweep of the New Britain Rock Cats on Wednesday. The Sea Dogs are just 4.5 games behind New Britain and the Reading Phillies in a battle for the final Eastern Division […]