FOXBOROUGH, Mass. The last time Tom Brady faced the Baltimore Ravens in the playoffs, he threw interceptions on the New England Patriots’ final two drives. In their three playoff matchups, he lost twice. All those games were at Gillette Stadium, where the postseason rivals meet Saturday for the fourth time in six years. Brady says […]

INDIANAPOLIS Jim Irsay figured the road to Indianapolis’ next Super Bowl title eventually would go through Peyton Manning’s new team. He never anticipated it would happen this fast. Heading into Sunday’s divisional-round game against the Broncos, the Colts owner said Tuesday that Hollywood couldn’t have created a better script than Manning vs. Andrew Luck. “It […]

TORONTO (AP) — Randy Carlyle was fired as coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday following a road trip in which the team lost five of seven games and showed few signs it would regain the promise from earlier in the season. The dismissal comes after 40 games, with Toronto 21- 16-3, fourth in […]

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Andre Drummond and Greg Monroe each had a double-double and the Detroit Pistons scored four points in the final 11 seconds, rallying for a 105-104 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night. With just eight seconds left, Brandon Jennings collected an errant inbounds pass and drove the length of […]

BRIDGEWATER, Mass. — Junior guard Lucas Hausman poured in a game-high 28 points to lead the visiting Bowdoin College men’s basketball team to an 84-78 overtime victory over Bridgewater State University on Tuesday night at the Tinsley Center. Hausman connected on 11- of-16 field-goal attempts and added five rebounds and a pair of assists. Junior […]

BATH — Ethan Winglass continued his offensive production with 27 more points over Oceanside on Tuesday night to help lift Morse to a 70-57 victory over the Mariners at Bath Middle School in Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference play. The Shipbuilders opened up with a 20-11 advantage in the first quarter and added 18 and 21 […]

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Aaron Harrison scored 26 points, including two big free throws with 1:29 remaining in overtime to put Kentucky ahead to stay, and the top-ranked Wildcats withstood three final Mississippi attempts to rally before escaping with an 89-86 victory Tuesday night. Overwhelming favorites against a Mississippi squad they had beaten 102 times […]

TURNER — The Bath Middle School seventh-grade girls basketball team picked up its first win with a 43-34 victory over Tripp on Monday. The Destroyers held quarter leads of 13-6, 24-16 and 35- 22. Paige Faulkingham led all scorers with 12 points in the win, with Abby Sreden adding nine, Dory Kulis eight and Lainey […]