DENVER The Patriots earned a first-round bye in the playoffs — a valuable week off that will let the players rest their legs and the coordinators schedule their job interviews. Josh McDaniels and Matt Patricia have been considered among the best minds in football for a while now. The jobs they’re doing this season — […]

YARMOUTH The Yarmouth/Freeport/ Gray-New Gloucester girls high school hockey team traded goals with Cape Elizabeth/ Waynflete/ South Portland on Monday, eventually escaping with a 7-6 win. Eliza Connelly starting the scoring for Cape Elizabeth, followed by a score from Sophia Venditti. In between, Katie Clemmer found the net for the Clippers (5-3) and the period […]

DURHAM, N.C. Duke finally had all the players that made the Blue Devils the top-ranked team in the preseason — except that, for most of the night, they didn’t play like it. Luke Kennard scored 24 points and No. 5 Duke beat Tennessee State 65-55 on Monday in the college debut of touted freshman Harry […]

OKLAHOMA CITY Paul Millsap hit the go-ahead 10-footer with 12.7 seconds left, and the Atlanta Hawks overcame Russell Westbrook’s 46 points to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 110-108 on Monday night. After Millsap’s shot, Thunder center Steven Adams rebounded a missed 3-pointer by Westbrook and dunked it, but a review determined that the basket came […]

ST. LOUIS Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored 2:55 into overtime, lifting the Edmonton Oilers over the St. Louis Blues 3-2 on Monday night. Nugent-Hopkins scored on a wrist shot after getting a pass from Connor McDavid. Nugent-Hopkins’ winner followed a tying third-period goal by Patrick Maroon, a St. Louis native. He made it 2-2 with a goal […]

HARTFORD, Conn. Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies keep rolling along. Katie Lou Samuelson scored eight of her 26 points during a key third-quarter run, and No. 1 UConn beat 12thranked Ohio State 82-63 on Monday night for the Huskies’ 85th consecutive victory. “ We’re maximizing what we have right now,” Auriemma said. “Nov. 14 […]