October 2014
Giants World Series champs!
KANSAS CITY, Mo. A giant, indeed. Madison Bumgarner punctuated his World Series performance for the ages by pitching the San Francisco Giants to their third championship in five years with a 3-2 win over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night. The big left-hander came out of the bullpen to throw five scoreless innings on […]
Morse unable to set sail against Capers
CAPE ELIZABETH When the final horn blew, the Morse High School girls soccer team likely wanted nothing more than to forget what read on the scoreboard — 6-1 in favor of Cape Elizabeth. The No. 6 Shipbuilders (9- 4-2) hopped on the bus Wednesday afternoon and traveled to Cape Elizabeth to take on the No. […]
Dragons get past Messalonskee
BRUNSWICK When a Brunswick High School girls soccer player thought the ball was going to bounce, it skid. And, as the fog came rolling in during the second half of the Dragons’ Eastern Maine Class A quarterfinal, the ball bounced instead of skid. Throughout Wednesday’s contest, sixth-seeded Messalonskee seemed to have an angel on its […]
Successful opener for Celtics, 121-105
BOSTON (AP) — Brad Stevens knew he had an allstar point guard when he took the Celtics’ coaching job, but he didn’t really get to see it in his first season on the Boston bench. Reconstructive knee surgery kept Rajon Rondo out for the first half of Stevens’ inaugural season in Boston. Rondo hadn’t yet […]
Big match in messy NFC South
Back in 2010, New Orleans went 11-5 and Seattle was 7-9. But the Saints were a wild card for the playoffs and the Seahawks won their division. So off to the Great Northwest the Saints traipsed, where they were dismissed from the postseason by the Seahawks. Now, it’s New Orleans — or any team from […]
Seattle expected to start Coyle at LB
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Undrafted rookie Brock Coyle is expected to start at middle linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks this week against Oakland. Seattle linebackers coach Ken Norton Jr. said Wednesday the job was Coyle’s “to lose,” but the coaching staff could change its mind before Sunday. Coyle’s representatives first tweeted congratulations about their client […]
Pats sign DL Branch, release LB Skinner Praise for Manning
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots have signed defensive lineman Alan Branch and released linebacker Deontae Skinner. Branch was cut by Buffalo on Aug. 24, one day after being arrested on a drunken driving charge. He spent the previous four seasons with Arizona after being drafted in the second round in 2007, then […]
NFL standings
AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L TPctPF PA NewEngland 6 2 0.750238 177 Buffalo 5 3 0.625178 165 Miami 4 3 0.571174 151 N.Y.Jets 1 7 0.125144 228 South W L TPctPF PA Indianapolis 5 3 0.625250 187 Houston 4 4 0.500185 166 Tennessee 2 6 0.250137 202 Jacksonville 1 7 0.125118 218 North W L […]