BRUNSWICK The girls lacrosse teams of Brunswick, Mt. Ararat, Morse and Freeport high schools are looking to hit big this spring. Both Brunswick and Mt. Ararat finished middle of the road in the regular season, while dropping contests in the quarterfinals. However, Morse and Freeport finished toward the top of the Eastern B Heal Point […]

BOSTON (AP) — Two errors by pitcher Blake Treinen allowed Boston to erase a seventh-inning deficit, and the Red Sox won 8-7 on Tuesday night as the Washington Nationals struggled in the field for the second straight game. Boston went ahead with three unearned runs without a hit in the inning, which included three errors. […]

BOSTON The Boston Celtics knew they were in the playoffs. Now they can start thinking about a matchup with LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Jae Crowder hit an offbalance fall- away shot from deep on the right wing with .8 seconds left, lifting Boston to a 95- 93 win over the Toronto Raptors on […]

BANGOR — After suffering an extra-innings one-run loss to Husson in the opening game, Bowdoin’s offense came alive in the second for an 11-5 college baseball win Tuesday evening. Bowdoin’s season record stands at 9-14 entering this weekend’s three-game New England Small College Athletic Conference series against Trinity (Friday single game, Saturday doubleheader). The Eagles […]

PORTLAND — An impressive pitching performance allaround helped the Portland Sea Dogs end their three-game Eastern League losing streak as they defeated the New Britain Rock Cats, 4-1 Tuesday night at Hadlock Field. William Cuevas (1-0), making his Double-A debut, was the first Sea Dogs pitcher of the year to go five innings in a […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Miguel Gonzalez (1-1) struck out a career-high 10 over seven innings, allowing one run and four hits as the Baltimore Orioles slipped past the New York Yankees, 4-3. Adam Jones homered and drove in two runs for the Orioles, and Zach Britton got four outs for his second save. CC Sabathia (0-2) […]