UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. Rory McIlroy didn’t fare so well the last time he played links golf. He shot an 80 at Royal County Down in the Irish Open, missed his second straight cut, returned to his home in Florida and spent four days of practice to get back to his style of golf. Long. High. […]
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Wilson’s wins tourney title
BATH — Wilson’s was able to hold off Bath Iron Works in the second round of the Cal Ripken Minors Tournament for the win, 15- 13. Chase Nicolino, Caleb Sommers and Gabe Morrison stuck out a combined 12 hitters while walking nine. BIW rallied in the top of the fifth to bring the game within […]
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A&J Tennis begins Friday
PORTLAND — The 46th annual A&J Open Tennis Tournament will be held this upcoming weekend, beginning Friday at Waynflete’s Fore River Tennis Complex. Sanctioned as an outdoor major by the Maine Tennis Association, the A&J features competition in men’s open singles and doubles, women’s open singles, open mixed doubles, and both men’s 35-and-over singles and […]
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Openings for Bowdoin basketball camp
BRUNSWICK — The 29th annual Polar Bear Basketball Camp is scheduled to be held at Bowdoin College June 29 to July 2. There are openings still available for the camp, which runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. The camp is for boys entering grades 4-12. There will be daily drill stations, stressing […]
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Mets drop Sea Dogs again, 3-1
PORTLAND — Luis Cessa allowed one run over eight innings to lead the Binghamton Mets (34-30) to a 3-1 Eastern League victory over Portland (25-40) on Wednesday night at Hadlock Field. The Mets won their sixth straight game, while Sea Dogs dropped their third straight. The series with Binghamton concludes tonight, with first pitch slated […]
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Marriage today
NEW YORK T hrough two decades of debate on whether America’s gays and lesbians should have the right to marry, opponents of such unions depicted their resistance as “defense of marriage.” Now, on the cusp of a Supreme Court ruling that could legalize same-sex marriage nationwide, the underlying institution is under scrutiny anew. Does marriage […]
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Yellowstone officials remind tourists: Bison are wild animals
CHEYENNE, Wyo. A pamphlet drawing of a man being gored and flung into the air graphically warns tourists in Yellowstone National Park not to get too close to bison: They’re wild animals and can be very dangerous. Rangers distribute the flier to people as they enter the park, but some visitors still aren’t getting the […]
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Extreme sport of slacklining gains foothold in Iran
TEHRAN, Iran Kiavash Sharifi can hardly describe the feeling of tip-toeing across an abyss on a thin ribbon of webbing that bends ever so slightly downward. The 22-year-old is one of a growing number of Iranians embracing the extreme sport of slacklining — a high-wire walk on a flat line of webbing strung between rocks […]