ATLANTA – After listening to Doc Rivers lecture the Boston Celtics at halftime Saturday night, Paul Pierce told his teammates to respect their coach and follow orders. “We were kind of bickering at each other a little bit too much, figuring out what defense we were going to run,” Pierce said. “And I just had […]
2013
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Alabama, Notre Dame again seeing the light
But the dark ages aren’t really that ancient history at the two football powerhouses.
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Girls’ hockey: York snaps Storm streak
Scarborough becomes the final Maine girls’ hockey team to lose, falling to the Wildcats in overtime, 2-1.
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Girls’ Roundup: Windham earns win over Portland
PORTLAND – Sadie Nelson scored 16 points and Sam Frost added 12 to help Windham to a 55-43 victory against Portland in an SMAA schoolgirl basketball game Saturday at the Portland Expo. Windham (4-4) took a 38-27 halftime lead and outscored the Bulldogs 11-4 in the third quarter. Brianna Holdren paced Portland (2-7) with 10 […]
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HOCKEY U.S. beats Sweden, wins junior hockey world title The United States won the junior ice hockey championships on Saturday after Rocco Grimaldi scored twice and Vince Trocheck added an empty-net goal to clinch a 3-1 win over Sweden in the final at Ufa, Russia. It was the third title for the Americans, who also […]
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Boys’ Roundup: Scarborough gets a shutout in hockey, 6-0
SACO – Trevor Murray had a goal and two assists Saturday to help Scarborough to a 6-0 victory against Marshwood-Traip Academy in a schoolboy hockey game. Nick Bagley, Eric Grantz and Garrett McDonald each contributed a goal and an assist for the Red Storm (7-1). Tyler Gagnon made 50 saves for Marshwood/Traip (4-4). KENNEBUNK 5, […]
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Steve Solloway: Rutt can rouse Black Bears out of rut
PORTLAND – The booing started as Jake Rutt skated slowly to the open door of the penalty box. The whistle for unsportsmanlike conduct with 40 seconds left in the hockey game was still in his ears. The booing got louder when the penalty was announced. Not that University of Maine fans had a problem with […]
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Pirates’ defense renders toothless the Sound Tigers
Rookie goaltender Mark Visentin turns in another strong performance, stopping 39 of 40 shots.
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Eastern Maine Notebook: Comings and goings of two longtime respected basketball coaches
BANGOR – Ed Kotahla and Mike McGee stood in front of the scorer’s table at midcourt as their basketball teams went through warmup drills. A typical pregame coaches conversation, a few chuckles and grins masking the nerves before matching wits in a point-worthy game between rivals Bangor and Lawrence. Who knew back in the 1970s, […]
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Local & State Dispatches
LIMINGTON Fire destroys house, garage; no one injured A house and attached garage at 17 Sandville Road were destroyed by fire Friday night. No one was hurt. Limington Fire Chief Michael Hartford said the cause of the blaze, which is not suspicious, is still being investigated. The fire broke out shortly after 8 p.m. The […]