BIDDEFORD — The University of New England women’s basketball team entered Saturday’s Commonwealth Coast Conference championship game riding a 19- game win streak and the Nor’easters were looking to make it four straight league titles. When the Nor’easters went into the locker room at halftime, the mood wasn’t a celebratory one as they trailed WNE […]
2016
UNE blanks Salve Regina to advance
BIDDEFORD — Emily Corrales scored a pair of goals to power fourth-seeded University of New England to a 3-0 win over fifth-seeded Salve Regina University in a New England Hockey Conference Championship women’s semifinal Saturday afternoon at the Harold Alfond Forum. The win propels the Nor’easters into the semifinal round for the first time in […]
Brady leads locals at New England track meet
ROXBURY, MA — Biddeford junior Matt Brady led all locals at the 2016 New England Indoor Track and Field Championships with a ninth-place finish on Sunday. Brady fired a throw of 40-07 3/4, which was good enough for ninth in the shot put event. Thornton Academy’s Samantha Curran finished 13th in the girls’ shot put […]
Johnson earns 76th career Cup win at Atlanta
HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson smoked his tires crossing the finish line, celebrating another win at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Then he realized what it really meant. Johnson stuck his hand out of the No. 48 car, holding up three fingers. It was his little tribute to the Intimidator. Johnson used pit strategy and a […]
What’s on TV
COLLEGE BASKETBALL ESPN — Syracuse at North Carolina, 7 p.m.ESPNU — Oklahoma St. at Iowa St., 7 p.m.ESPN — Kansas at Texas, 9 p.m.ESPNU — Alabama St. at Texas Southern, 9p.m. NBA BASKETBALL NBA — Indiana at Cleveland, 7 p.m.NBA — Oklahoma City at Sacramento, 10p.m. WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL ESPNU — Alabama St. at Texas […]
Lightning strike quickly, beat Bruins 4-1 for 6th straight
BOSTON — Nothing strikes faster than the Lightning. Tampa Bay scored one goal on a penalty shot, another on a 2-on-0 break and two others before Bruins transgressors could get comfortable in the penalty box while beating the Boston Bruins 4-1 on Sunday night to win its sixth straight game. Ryan Callahan had two goals […]
Daley’s hat-trick lifts No. 10 Beacons over UNE
BOSTON — Captain Albee Daley scored three goals to help give top-seeded and nationally-ranked University of Massachusetts Boston a 6-3 win over the University of New England in a New England Hockey Conference semifinal Saturday night at Beacons Ice Arena. UMass Boston (20-4-3) – ranked 10th in the United States College Hockey Online (USCHO) poll […]