NEW ORLEANS — Before his confetti-flecked suit gets back from the cleaners, John Calipari will be on the road. Such is life for a coach who recruits all that NBA-ready talent — especially when those players get in the habit of bringing championships back to their ol’ Kentucky home. Cal’s latest group of oneand doners doesn’t […]

DENVER — All season long, Baylor has been the best team led by the best player in the country. And that just makes the stakes in to night’s NCAA championship a little higher. Anything short of a women’s national title would be deemed a failure for Brittney Griner and her Lady Bears. That may explain why […]

BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College softball team celebrated its home opening day with a pair of mercy-rule wins over Thomas on Monday afternoon. The Polar Bears took game one in six innings, 8-0, before taking a five-inning, 9-1 victory in game two. Bowdoin improved to 15-8, while Thomas fell to 3-15. Toni DaCampo led the […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Aaron Cook is headed to the minors. If he keeps pitching the way he did Monday, he might not stay there long. Cook threw five solid innings, Adrian Gonzalez had two hits and the Boston Red Sox beat the Washington Nationals 4-2. Cook allowed only two hits, including Danny Espinosa’s […]

BATH — Bath Middle School wrestling coach AJ Reno checked through the archives and spoke to former coaches last week, trying to uncover if the Destroyers had ever won the Pine Tree League West Regional after his team captured the title two Saturdays ago at Monmouth Academy. “I know they finished second one year,” said Reno, […]