Field accidentally built on man’s land
SKOWHEGAN (AP) — A Maine town will spend $27,500 to correct mistakes it made that led to a youth football field being accidentally built on private property.
Officials in Skowhegan say they skipped the step of ensuring that the field was built on the property of the Skowhegan Community Center sports complex. The field ended up partially on abutting property owner Kris Laney’s land.
The Morning Sentinel reports that the town will purchase a 50-by-470-foot piece of land from Laney for $15,000. It will also spend $12,500 for drainage, survey and engineering work.
Town Road Commissioner Greg Dore says buying the land was cheaper than moving the football field at an estimated cost of $45,000.
Blazers offer Aldridge max. deal
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Portland Trail Blazers offered All-Star forward LaMarcus Aldridge a maximum contract extension.
The offer was confirmed by a person close to the negotiations who could not comment publicly because the team had not formally announced it. The offer, made to Aldridge’s representatives last week, was first reported by Yahoo! Sports.
Aldridge, in the fifth and final year of a $65 million contract, is set to become a free agent next summer. The Blazers hope to lure him to stay with a five-year, $108 million extension.
Kyle Busch wins Truck race at Kentucky
SPARTA, Ky. (AP) — Kyle Busch made it 5 for 5 this season in the Camping World Truck Series, holding off Kyle Busch Motorsports teammate Darrell Wallace Jr. on Thursday night at Kentucky Speedway.
Busch has six straight series victories dating to last season and 40 overall in 120 starts. The Sprint Cup driver led the final 55 laps in the 150-lap race. He also won at the 1.5-mile track in 2011.
“Really proud of Kyle Busch Motorsports finishing 1-2,” Busch said. “It’s a great testament for everything we’ve gone for and strived for. … Qualifying 1-2 and finishing 1-2, I think I was more pumped for having a 1-2 finish, than winning, honestly.”
Wallace, the winner two weeks ago at Gateway in Madison, Illinois, finished 1.844 seconds behind Busch.
Wallace shook his head sideways when asked if he thought he had a chance to beat Busch on a late restart.
“He knew what he was doing,” Wallace said. “He’s so cool to work with. He’s so good.”
Kyle Busch Motorsports drivers have won nine of the series’ last 12 races, with Wallace winning twice and Erik Jones once. Toyota has won 10 straight races.
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