FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — The Maine Red Claws had a chance to win their first-ever playoff game, but Romero Osby’s shot was blocked at the buzzer and Fort Wayne escaped with a 104-103 overtime victory to take Game 1 of the NBA Development League playoffs. Game 2 of the best-of-three series is Saturday at […]

BATH The Bath Area Family YMCA’s Gymnastics team closed out its regular season Saturday with incredible results, including the addition of Aurora Jamison, Anna Yankee, Mari Domingos, Molly Newall, Maya Kosak, Tori Hersey, Julianne Salko, Emma Dobransky and Marisabel Rodriguez to the team’s 9.0 Club. In Level 2, ages 7-8 competition, Macie Shiers placed first […]

PORTLAND — The Portland Pirates (37-25-7-1) fell in sudden-death overtime to the Worcester Sharks (40-24- 4-2), 1-0 in a Tuesday night American Hockey League showdown at the Cross Insurance Arena. It was the fourth straight loss for the Pirates, two of which have come in overtime, who are looking to secure the final spot in […]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — New England Patriots running back LeGarrette Blount has been suspended for the first game next season for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy. The league announced the suspension without pay Tuesday without saying when the violation occurred. Blount was arrested last August for possession of marijuana while with Pittsburgh. Steelers running […]

AUGUSTA, Ga. Henrik Stenson has played in the Masters nine times without much success. He has three rounds in the 80s. He has only one round in the 60s (just barely — a 69). And he has yet to record a finish higher than a tie for 14th. He attributed that to not being in […]

AUGUSTA, Ga. Tiger Woods hit the ball so pure that he felt like a 14- time major champion. Before long, the swing left him and he resembled a guy who couldn’t break 80. He became so frustrated that he even threw a few clubs because of a game that had never been so maddening. This […]

AUGUSTA, Ga. He’s the No. 1 player in the world, winner of the last two majors and star of a poignant new Nike commercial he admits to having watched — but only once. If this was any other Masters, Rory McIlroy would be the talk of golf and the biggest story of the week. That […]

BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College women’s lacrosse team rallied from a halftime deficit to defeat rival Colby, 8-7 on Tuesday evening in a battle of top-10 New England Small College Athletic Conference teams at Ryan Field. The seventh-ranked Polar Bears used a 4-1 run midway through the second half to pull ahead for good and […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kawhi Leonard matched a career high with 26 points, and the San Antonio Spurs rolled past the Oklahoma City Thunder 113-88 on Tuesday night for their eighth straight victory. The defending NBA champions have won each game during their streak by double digits, and by an average of 20.9 points. Tim […]