BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College men’s lacrosse team held Williams scoreless for a stretch of 33 minutes on its way to a 9-6 New England Small College Athletic Conference win on Sunday afternoon at Pickard Field. The 14th-ranked Polar Bears have won five straight contests and improved to 7-1 (4-1 NESCAC), while the Ephs fell […]

BOSTON — Rajon Rondo got his pregame orders from Doc Rivers. The Celtics coach wanted his point guard to concentrate on scoring. Rondo did that — and so much more. He finished with 16 points, 14 assists and 11 rebounds, and Boston handed Miami its biggest loss of the season, pulling away with a dominant third […]

DENVER — Notre Dame gets another shot at Baylor and this time the stakes are much higher: the national championship. The teams met in the preseason WNIT final, with the Lady Bears winning in Waco 94-81 on Nov. 17. “ It’s going to be a good game,” Baylor star Brittney Griner said after the Lady Bears […]

NEW YORK — When you are already the defending Stanley Cup champions, it takes a whole lot more than a division title to really get the party started. Tim Thomas survived a third-period barrage from the New York Rangers, and Boston held on for a 2-1 victory on Sunday night that clinched the Northeast Division for […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Boston manager Bobby Valentine says Felix Doubront and Daniel Bard will fill out the Red Sox rotation. Valentine announced the final two spots Sunday. The left-handed Doubront will take the fourth spot and the right-handed Bard will be the fifth starter. Jon Lester, Josh Beckett and Clay Buchholz already had […]