BOSTON Butler’s historic Hinkle Fieldhouse couldn’t compete with the Boston Garden and all those NBA championship banners hanging from its rafters. The Boston Celtics hired Brad Stevens away from the school he led to back-to-back NCAA title games, putting the 36-year-old coach in charge of their brand new rebuilding effort on Wednesday. Stevens had turned […]

BOSTON Torn rib cartilage in Game 4. A broken rib in Game 5. A separated shoulder in Game 6. Patrice Bergeron played through it all in the Stanley Cup final. And that doesn’t include the collapsed lung that the Boston Bruins star learned about after skating up and down the TD Garden ice in the […]

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers have signed Manny Ramirez to a minor league contract. Ramirez spent three months playing in Taiwan for the Rhinos before leaving the team on June 20. The Rangers made the announcement Wednesday. Ramirez hit .352 with eight homers and 43 RBIs for the Rhinos. The team tried to […]

BRUNSWICK It was certainly a long wait, six days between games for the Brunswick American Legion baseball team, which hosted first place and undefeated Windham at Edwards Field on Wednesday in a doubleheader. For the past week, well, really throughout most of June, rain has made the Zone III schedule a mess, with teams scrambling […]

GRAY — On July 13 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. two Maine taxidermists from the Trails End & Avian Taxidermy shop, will be at Maine Wildlife Park. Taxidermy is a method of reproducing a life-like, threedimensional rendition of a mammal, bird or fish for permanent display. A variety of examples of this delicate art […]

PORTLAND — The MTA Championships, sanctioned as a double major by the Maine Tennis Association, will be held on the weekend of July 12-14, at the Waynflete Sports Complex. Competition will be held in men’s open singles and doubles, women’s open singles and doubles, as well as in men’s 35 and over, 45 and over […]

BANGOR — The world famous Harlem Globetrotters will make history as the first ticketed event in the new Cross Insurance Center. The Globetrotters will bring their family entertainment show for two games on Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. and Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. Tickets to both games start at $23 and are available at […]

YARMOUTH — The weekly Southern Maine Women’s Golf Association event was held on Tuesday at Toddy Brook Golf Course. Brunswick’s Aimee Tara finished second in the B3 Division net competition with a score of 84. Patti Girr of Purpoodock was first with a 74.