SALT LAKE CITY Actor Emile Hirsch was charged Thursday with assault after police said he put a studio executive in a chokehold and dragged her across a nightclub table while he was in Utah for the Sundance Film Festival. Hirsch was charged with aggravated assault, which is punishable by up to five years in prison […]
February 2015
Dragons hoping for long runs
BRUNSWICK In Saturday’s Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Indoor Track Championships at Bowdoin College’s Farley Field House, the Brunswick foursome Tiffany Tanner, Tessa Cassidy, Ruth Van Kampen and Brooke Escoe had themselves a day. Figure this group of long-distance runners combined to score 66 of the Dragons’ 81 overall points in a second-place showing, just behind […]
Area swim teams looking to hit it big at State meets
BRUNSWICK The Brunswick and Morse High School swim teams have found success on both the boys and girls side over the course of this year’s season. In the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference, both teams were forces to be reckoned with, as the Dragons swept the KVAC Class A Championships with a first-place finish for both […]
Hoop quarters begin today
BRUNSWICK The high school basketball preliminaries are completed, so now it is on to quarterfinal action over the next week, with the Augusta Civic Center, Portland Expo and the Cross Center in Bangor being the host sites. In Eastern Maine Class A girls action today, No. 6 Brunswick (11-7) and thirdseeded Oxford Hills (15-3) kick […]
Gonzaga improves to 25-1
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Kyle Wiltjer scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as No. 3 Gonzaga routed Loyola Marymount 80-51 on Thursday night. Przemek Karnowski and Byron Wesley each scored 11 points for Gonzaga (25-1, 13-0 West Coast), which has won 18 consecutive games. The Zags scored the first 20 points of the game. […]
Blues double-up Lightning, 6-3
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Alexander Steen had a goal and two assists to help St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock move into sole possession of fourth place on the NHL wins list in the Blues’ 6-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night Hitchcock’s 693rd regularseason win broke a tie with Dick Irvin. The […]
Brunswick win stolen by Lawrence/Skowhegan
BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick High School boys hockey team had a 5-3 lead with under two minutes to play in regulation before Lawrence/ Skowhe g an scored two quick goals in the final minutes to tie it, and another in overtime to take the victory, 6-5 this past Saturday. The Dragons led by one after […]
Rose scores 30, Bulls beat Cavaliers, 113-98
CHICAGO CHICAGO (AP) — Derrick Rose drove hard to the rim and heard those familiar “MVP! MVP!” chants from the crowd. The star point guard was in top form, and so were the Bulls. Rose scored 30 points, and Chicago handed Cleveland just its second loss in 16 games, beating the Cavaliers 113-98 Thursday night. […]
Good weather at Pebble, good golf from John Daly
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — John Daly had the kind of round that matched the weather at Pebble Beach. On Thursday, finally, that was good news on both fronts. The sunshine and surf was all anyone could talk about at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am until Daly stole the show. Wearing his Loudmouth pants […]