ST. PAUL, Minn. A bounce went the right way at a key time for Mikael Granlund and the Minnesota Wild. Granlund scored with 44.5 seconds left, Devan Dubnyk stopped 25 shots for his league-leading fourth shutout, and the Wild beat the Boston Bruins 1-0 Thursday night. Granlund took a pass from Jonas Brodin circled below […]

BUFFALO, N.Y. Alex Killorn had a goal and assist and the Tampa Bay Lightning won its first game without captain Steven Stamkos, beating the Buffalo Sabres, 4-1. Nikita Kucherov, Nikita Nesterov and Brayden Point also scored, and Valtteri Filppula set up two goals with no-look passes in helping the Lightning win their third straight and […]

NEW YORK Max Scherzer celebrated aboard a boat off the British Virgin Islands, doused by college pals on a floating party. Rick Porcello enjoyed the moment at his parents’ home in New Jersey, surrounded by family, friends and a few bottles of wine. As for Justin Verlander, well, fuming supermodel Kate Upton brought the heat […]

CHICAGO While the Los Angeles Angels stumbled, Mike Trout soared again. Just too good to ignore. Trout won the AL MVP award Thursday for the second time in three years, and Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant was voted NL MVP in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Trout received 19 first-place votes […]

STORRS, Conn. Geno Auriemma expected his young team to go through growing pains early in the season as they adjusted to life without the Huskies’ Big Three. So far they’ve grown up pretty quickly. Freshman Crystal Dangerfield scored 19 points, Katie Lou Samuelson added 16 and No. 3 UConn extended its winning streak to 77 […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. When Luke Kuechly was carted off the field with a concussion, the tears streaming down his face as he left, it appeared the Carolina Panthers might be ready for another collapse. Their defensive leader was gone and another big fourth-quarter lead was crumbling. Instead, the Panthers did just enough to hold on and […]

LOS ANGELES Welcome to an NFL huddle, Mr. Goff . Your assignment, as No. 1 overall pick in April’s draft who has not gotten on the field yet, but starts Sunday for the Rams against the Dolphins, is simple: win. Doing so against a Miami team that has won four straight makes your task a […]

HOUSTON James Harden had 26 points, 14 assists and 12 rebounds for his third triple-double of the season to help the Houston Rockets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 126- 109 on Thursday night. Harden completed the triple-double in the third quarter. The Rockets rebounded a night after scoring just three points in the final 6 […]

LEWISTON Nina Davenport has been a scorer since she stepped on the Bates College campus. Once she finally made it to campus. When Davenport left Freeport in 2014 for the University of Maine in Orono, she was leaving basketball behind. Everything was fine. Until that first college basketball season started. “I saw all of my […]