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College Roundup: UNE women triumph again as streak hits 11

BIDDEFORD – Beth Suggs scored 23 points in 26 minutes Thursday as the University of New England extended its winning streak to 11 games with a 75-46 victory against Gordon in a Commonwealth Coast Conference women’s basketball game at Harold Alfond Forum. Reserve Kelly Coleman chipped in with 13 points and Alanna Vose scored 12 […]

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High School Roundup: Gardiner stops Capers in OT

PORTLAND – Austin Moore scored on a power play with 2:12 left in overtime Thursday to give Gardiner a 2-1 victory against Cape Elizabeth in a schoolboy hockey game at the Portland Ice Arena. Alex Nadeau and Hunter Belanger assisted on the winner for the Tigers (4-7-1). Gardiner opened the scoring 11:41 into the first […]

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Super Bowl Notebook: Union, league remain at odds on safety issues

NEW ORLEANS – So much for labor peace in the NFL. Less than 18 months after the league and players ended a lockout by signing a 10-year collective bargaining agreement, NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith and union president Domonique Foxworth used a Super Bowl news conference to lay out a series of complaints […]

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NBA Roundup: Thunder survives sparks in victory

OKLAHOMA CITY – Kevin Durant scored 27 points, Russell Westbrook added 21 points and nine assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat Memphis 106-89 on Thursday night in the Grizzlies’ first game since trading their top scorer, Rudy Gay. Memphis struggled mightily in the first half and trailed by 26 in the third quarter before […]

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GOLF Mickelson nearly breaks own record with a first-round 60 at the Phoenix Open Phil Mickelson missed out on a 59 by a fraction of an inch Thursday in the Phoenix Open. Mickelson had a chance to become only the sixth player in PGA Tour history to break 60 with a 25-foot birdie attempt on […]