BRUNSWICK It was about time. Last Friday night’s Class B North regional final win was the Brunswick High School football team’s third in a row. But it was also a first. For the first time all season, the Dragons were faced with a deficit. For the first time all season, all the starters were on […]
2016
Bowdoin teams ready to roll
BRUNSWICK The winter season has arrived at Bowdoin College, and on Friday night, the women’s basketball team will take the court at Morrell Gymnasium. On Friday, the Polar Bears, ranked 19th in the first D3hoops.com poll of the year, will host Central Maine Community College at 7 p.m. in the second game of the Graef […]
Thomas lifts Celtics over Mavs, 90-83
BOSTON The Celtics don’t want to rely solely on Isaiah Thomas to win. But on some nights, putting the ball in the All- Star guard’s hands is simply the best option. Thomas scored 22 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter in Boston’s 90-83 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night. He scored […]
Saints-Panthers tonight
Pro Picks has been keeping company with the dregs of the NFL, and it’s time that stopped. Coming off the best weekend of football this season, we need to ramp up our game. We’ll start with what shapes up as a shootout in Charlotte, the Panthers (3-6) hosting the Saints (4-5). Both teams figure they […]
Capitals whip Penguins
WASHINGTON Nicklas Backstrom had two goals and three assists and T.J. Oshie enjoyed a four-point game as the Washington Capitals broke out of a recent funk to rout the rival Pittsburgh Penguins 7-1 on Wednesday night. Oshie had two goals and two assists, and Alex Ovechkin, Dmitry Orlov and Justin Williams also scored for the […]
Bowdoin-Colby hockey tickets on sale Monday
BRUNSWICK Tickets for the Bowdoin- Colby men’s ice hockey game on Dec. 2 will be made available to the general public on Monday in the lobby of Morrell Gymnasium. Tickets are free, but will be required to get in the door due to high demand. Tickets will be available beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Monday […]
No. 6 Hoosiers sail to win
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. James Blackmon Jr. made five 3-pointers, scored 23 points and grabbed seven rebounds, while Robert Johnson added 16 points, as No. 6 Indiana sailed to a 100- 78 victory over UMass Lowell on Wednesday night. Blackmon made four 3- pointers and scored 20 of his 23 points in the first half of Indiana’s […]
‘Hi, I’m here for my new heart’
PITTSBURGH Shelby Slagle sauntered into UPMC Presbyterian hospital and heartily greeted the security guard perched behind the revolving doors: “Hi, I’m Shelby, and I’m here for my new heart.” Other than her wedding, this day — May 4, 2015 — was expected to be the happiest of her life. The previous night, she and her […]