ST. LOUIS (AP) — Denisha Womack scored 17 points and Saint Louis beat snapped George Washington’s 19-game winning streak. George Washington (21-3, 10-1) absorbed its first Atlantic 10 defeat and first loss since falling to then-No. 8 Maryland on Nov. 22. The Colonials have a one-game lead in the conference. Jamesia Price scored 15 points […]

BOSTON Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens wasn’t about to put too much importance on his team’s comeback victory over the Eastern Conference-leading Atlanta Hawks. “For 47 minutes, 59.8 seconds, we were the losing team,” Stevens said on Wednesday night after Evan Turner’s scoop shot with 0.2 seconds left gave the Celtics their only lead and […]

FREEPORT — The Freeport High School Alpine boys ski team captured its first Western Maine Conference championship on Tuesday at Shawnee Peak in Bridgton. The Falcons scored 49 points to easily outdistance runner-up Greely, which finished 52 points back at 101. Yarmouth (122 points) was third, Fryeburg Academy (142) fourth and Gray-New Gloucester (210) fifth. […]

AUBURN — For the second day in a row, the Poland/Gray- New Gloucester/Oak Hill 26ers and the Mt. Ararat/Lisbon Eagles met in a boys hockey matchup. Jason Cote had the game-winner 1:20 into overtime to give the 26ers a 2-1 win and the season sweep over the Eagles on Wednesday Ethan Cailler assisted on both […]

PEBBLE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods says his golf is not acceptable for the PGA Tour and he will not return until it is. Woods shot a career-worst 82 to miss the cut in the Phoenix Open by 12 shots. He was playing poorly at Torrey Pines when he withdrew after 11 holes because […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Daniel Sedin scored his second goal at 1:20 of overtime, and the Vancouver Canucks recovered after blowing a late twogoal lead, beating the Chicago Blackhawks 5-4 on Wednesday night. Henrik Sedin made a great pass to his brother in the middle of the ice, and Daniel pushed it into the open left […]

LOWELL, Mass. The University of Maine women’s basketball team started a bit slowly on Wednesday night. Ultimately, the University of Massachusetts Lowell was simply no match for the Black Bears. UMaine held UMass Lowell under 30 percent shooting while connecting 60 percent at the offensive end on its way to a 74-46 America East victory […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Andre Iguodala and Leandro Barbosa led a dominant effort from the Golden State Warriors’ reserves and Klay Thompson hit a big 3-pointer down the stretch to close out a long road trip with a 94-91 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday in NBA action. Iguodala scored just eight points on 4-for-4 […]