TOPSHAM — The Merrymeeting Board of Realtors 5K Road Race is scheduled to be held Aug. 19 at 8 a.m. with a start on the Foreside Road field. A Fun Run/ Walk is set to begin at 8:15 a.m. The pre-race registration fee is $17, while the race-day fee is $22 and prizes will got […]

TOPSHAM — The second annual Topsham Fair Sunrise Stampede 5K is scheduled to be held Saturday at 8 a.m. The pre-race fee is $16 and the race-day fee is $20. All runners will receive a Sunrise Stampede water bottle. Trophies will go to the top two overall male and female runners. Raffle prizes include Hanteens, […]

BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College graduate Katie Mathews of Cumberland has been named an All-American by USA Rugby. Mathews, the daughter of Bowdoin coaches MaryBeth and Bob, is the lone player from the newly-formed New England Small College Rugby Conference to net the national honor. A flyhalf for the Polar Bears, Mathews also garnered an All-NESCRC […]

PORTLAND — The Portland Sea Dogs are scheduled to host the third annual “Picnic in the Park” event on Aug. 18 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Hadlock Field. Fans will have the opportunity to enjoy a picnic style meal at the ballpark and meet the 2012 Portland Sea Dogs. Tickets for the event […]

RICHMOND — The Ruffed Grouse Society conservation group is set to host a benefit shoot in Richmond with proceeds used to restore and protect area grouse and woodcock habitat. The Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS) has scheduled a clay bird shoot at Varney’s Clay Sports, 502 Langdon Road in Richmond, on Saturday, beginning with registration from […]

BRUNSWICK — The inaugural Fight Hard 5K Road Race, in memory of Laurie Cockburn Butler, is scheduled to be held Sunday at 7:45 a.m. with a start and finish at Edwards Field. Cockburn Butler, a Brunswick High School graduate, passed away last September at the age of 44 due to breast cancer. “A week before […]

FOXBOROUGH, MASS. Jimmy Graham leaps for high passes. Rob Gronkowski runs over defenders. Aaron Hernandez swerves around them. Three tight ends with three different styles — all on the same field. “I’m not so sure that this era in football right now doesn’t have some of the best tight ends in the history of the […]

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. Ernie Els returns to Kiawah Island for the PGA Championship as a major champion, the same status he carried the last time he was there. He was the U.S. Open winner in 1997, earning his second major at age 27. He came here that fall to represent South Africa in the World […]