CAIRO Egypt’s Cabinet has indefinitely suspended the national soccer league after at least 22 fans were killed in a stampede and clashes with police outside a Cairo stadium, three years after Egypt witnessed one of the deadliest soccer riots in the sport’s history. The Cabinet announced the suspension late Sunday after riot police clashed with […]
February 2015
Gunmen open fire in Marseille
PARIS Gunmen exchanged fire in a Marseille housing project known as an open-air drug market today, prompting police to close off the area in a search for the shooters the same day France’s prime minister planned to visit the city. No injuries were immediately reported in the shooting in the Castellane housing project, an area […]
Clean sweep!
BATH For the third time in as many years, both girls and boys swim teams of Brunswick High School walked away with the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference championships at the Bath Area Family YMCA on Saturday. The girls totaled 339 points on the day, while Cony (224) and Messalonskee (164) captured second and third place, […]
Tired Richmond boys prevail, 59-32
RICHMOND If there is a team in the state of Maine in need of a long day in a hot tub, it is the Richmond High School boys basketball team. The Bobcats played their fourth game in as many days due to the wacky winter weather that has caused postponements to the schedule. In fact, […]
Eagles top Rams, soar into playoffs
TOPSHAM After beating rival Brunswick on Thursday, 66-56, the Mt. Ararat High School boys basketball team (7-11) was able to leapfrog Bangor (5-12) to take over the final playoff spot at No. 9 in the Eastern A Heal Point Standings. However, to sustain its position, the Eagles had to beat the Rams on Friday night […]
Anair’s rebounding, scoring lift Richmond girls past Buckfield
RICHMOND Richmond High School junior forward Kelsea Anair has perfected a move that has afforded her the opportunities to grab offensive rebounds off of missed free throws. Figure, Anair pulled down seven offensive boards, leading to 12 points in the Bobcats’ 49-34 East-West Conference victory over Buckfield in regular-season finale action, giving Richmond a 12-6 […]
Basketball field set
BRUNSWICK The Maine high school basketball regular season has come to an end. It was certainly a challenge in the final week, with the neverending snow causing scheduling headaches, with the Maine Principals’ Association forced to push the final countable games back from Friday to Saturday. Preliminary action kicks off on Tuesday, with both the […]
Jason Day wins at Torrey Pines in a playoff
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jason Day won a four-man playoff Sunday in the Farmers Insurance Open with a par on the second extra hole at tough Torrey Pines. Day only made the playoff by a couple of feet. His chip from behind the par-5 18th green in regulation came out hot and was headed down […]
Bowdoin’s Swords recognized
BRUNSWICK — Senior men’s basketball player John Swords has been named to the Capital One Academic All-District Men’s Basketball Team. A Government and Legal Studies major, Swords owns a 3.79 GPA and is one-of-six recipients from District I (New England). He is now eligible for the Capital One Academic All-America Team ballot, where first-, second- […]