NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Sutter scored a shorthanded goal to break a second period tie, and the Pittsburgh Penguins moved within one win of the Eastern Conference finals with a 4-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Wednesday night. Pittsburgh, which has won three straight following a series-opening loss, can advance with a […]

FALMOUTH — Four players scored two goals each as the Freeport High School girls lacrosse team slipped past Falmouth, 8-7, in a Western Maine Conference contest on Wednesday. Courtney Broderick’s goal midway through the second half staked the 4-1 Falcons to an 8-4 lead, but Falmouth rallied to get close. Freeport netminder Molly Lane made […]

High school basketball players in Maine and around the country will be able to pursue the rebounds of missed free throws a little sooner beginning next winter, the result of one of four major rule changes recently approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations. Players in marked spaces along the free-throw lane […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Russell Westbrook had a triple-double, MVP Kevin Durant fell one assist short and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Los Angeles Clippers 112- 101 on Wednesday night to tie their Western Conference semifinal series at one game apiece. Westbrook had 31 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for his third triple-double […]

WISCASSET — Chandler Longfellow scored in the seventh inning to give the Wiscasset High School baseball team a walk-off 4-3 Mountain Valley Conference win over previously-unbeaten St. Dom’s on Wednesday. Longfellow had three hits as the Wolverines improved to 3-2 and visit Carrabec on Friday. Daren Wood went the distance, scattering 11 hits. St. Dom’s […]

WALES In her at-bat in the fifth inning, Grace Sabine had the opportunity and the contact she wanted in a crucial situation. But instead of driving in runs, her line drive went right back to the pitcher to end the inning. “I was sort of down, but I knew we needed to get up,” the […]

BATH — Smith-Tobey Post bested BMDA 15-4 and toppled the Lisbon County Credit Union 5-0 in recent Cal Ripken Baseball action. Smith-Tobey 15, BMDA 4 In Major Division action, Asa Hodgdon and Kaleb Jackson of Smith-Tobey both had a breakout game, pitching two solid innings each with Hodgdon recording six strikeouts and Jackson five. Jackson […]