RICHMOND It’s tough to do much of anything seven times in a row. After a hard-fought 2-0 win over Searsport in Wednesday’s Class D South regional final, the Richmond High School girls soccer team will be heading to Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland on Saturday to play in its whopping seventh straight state championship game. While […]

TAMPA, Fla. Boston Bruins coach Claude Julien had a gut feeling about Jimmy Hayes and was right. Hayes scored in the 10th round of a shootout, Tuukka Rask won his sixth straight game to start the season and the Bruins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Thursday night. “Jimmy Hayes is a pretty good […]

CLEVELAND LeBron James approached another milestone and the Cleveland Cavaliers remained unbeaten. Just another day of work for the reigning NBA champions in their 128-122 victory over the Boston Celtics on Thursday night. James scored a season-high 30 points and moved within two points of passing Hakeem Olajuwon for 10th place on the NBA’s alltime […]

TAMPA, Fla. About 100 Atlanta Falcons fans lingered in the stands at Raymond James Stadium, chanting “MVP! MVP! MYP!” as Matt Ryan returned to the field for postgame interviews. The NFL’s passing yardage leader was nearly flawless again Thursday night, throwing for 344 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions to help the NFC South leaders […]

Now this is more like it. The Silver and Black against the Orange Crush for the division lead. Well, at least the current Raiders and Broncos going head to head for first place in the AFC West. One of pro sports’ most storied, intense (yeah, you can say dirty) rivalries resumes Sunday in Oakland. Both […]

OAKLAND, Calif. Kevin Durant matched his career high with seven 3- pointers and scored 39 points, coolly knocking down long jumpers while thoroughly embarrassing Russell Westbrook and his old Oklahoma City team in Golden State’s 122-96 rout of the Thunder on Thursday night. This rematch of the Western Conference Finals won by the Warriors in […]

BOSTON The Boston Red Sox have exercised their 2017 option on designated hitter David Ortiz “as a formality,” even though he has said he will retire. The team also exercised its option on right-hander Clay Buchholz and declined the option on catcher Ryan Hanigan. Hanigan receives an $800,000 buyout. The Red Sox also reinstated third […]

BRUNSWICK — Three members of the Bowdoin College men’s and women’s cross country teams have been honored in All-Conference awards announced by the New England Small College Athletic Conference on Tuesday. Junior Sarah Kelley was named First Team All-Conference from the Bowdoin women’s team, while seniors Matthew Jacobson and Nick Walker earned Second Team All-Conference […]

TOPSHAM — The Topsham Parks and Recreation Department is again providing a Learn to Ski/Snowboard program this year. If you live in Maine there is no reason to not let your child experience skiing and snowboarding at its best. This year’s 25th anniversary is back at Lost Valley, which will offer children the very best […]