BRUNSWICK The University of Southern Maine men’s basketball team had the lead for all of two minutes in Tuesday night’s Division III basketball game against Bowdoin College, and in a split second, it was gone. With a one-point lead late in the game, Jack Simonds and Liam Farley hit back-to-back 3-pointers to force a timeout […]

PHILADELPHIA With just one prior shootout attempt on his NHL resume, defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere took his own advice Tuesday night to score the game-winning goal against Tuukka Rask in the Philadelphia Flyers’ 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins. “I really noticed his hands were low, so I said I’m going to go in there and […]

MILWAUKEE Giannis Antetokounmpo tied a career high with 34 points and the Milwaukee Bucks stunned the Cleveland Cavaliers 118-101 on Tuesday night. Antetokounmpo added 12 rebounds and five assists while Milwaukee ended Cleveland’s four-game winning streak. Jabari Parker had 18 points and Michael Beasley had 17 off the bench for the Bucks. LeBron James had […]

LEWISTON — Nina Davenport recorded game highs with 22 points, 13 rebounds and four assists, leading the Bates College women’s basketball team to a 60-57 non-conference victory over the visiting University of New England Monday night in Alumni Gymnasium. Bernadette Connors scored 14 points, making 5- of-6 shots from the field and all three of […]

BRUNSWICK — Bowdoin College sophomore goaltender Kerri St. Denis of Harpswell has been named the New England Small College Athletic Conference Women’s Ice Hockey Player of the Week. In her first year with the Polar Bears, St. Denis has been outstanding in net in her first two contests. She earned NESCAC Player of the Week […]

TOPSHAM — The Topsham Parks and Recreation Department has announced that Sunday’s Open Gym will be moved. Normally, the weekly event is held inside the Mt. Ararat High School gymnasium. However, this week’s Open Gym will take place inside Mt. Ararat Middle School from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Open Gym returns to the high […]

NEW YORK Jimmy Vesey scored the tiebreaking power-play goal with 5:12 remaining to lift the New York Rangers to a 3- 2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night. Rick Nash had a goal and an assist, Nick Holden also scored and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 19 shots to help the Rangers snap a four-game […]

YARMOUTH The Mt. Ararat/Morse High School girls ice hockey team fell behind early en route to an 8-1 setback against Yarmouth/Freeport/Gray- New Gloucester on Tuesday night. Katie Clemmer led the way for the Clippers (1-1), scoring a hat trick and notching one assist. Isabelle King blocked 10 of the 11 shots she faced in net. […]