BRUNSWICK On the stat sheet, Friday night’s Class B North semifinal was an off night for the Brunswick High School football team. The Dragons committed 10 penalties for over 100 yards, turned the ball over three times and allowed a kickoff return for a touchdown. Yet, the final score said something completely different. Brunswick ran […]

BELFAST The Brunswick High School girls cross country team concluded a solid season by finishing fourth in the State Class A Cross Country Championships at Troy Howard Middle School on Saturday. The Dragons picked up 147 points, with Bonny Eagle taking the title with 77. Falmouth (83) and Massabesic (143) were second and third, respectively, […]

LISBON Three straight years of frustrating one-point losses. … Three years of watching Stacen Doucette’s Oak Hill Raiders celebrate after winning the Class D South title over Lisbon. The Greyhounds put that all to rest on Saturday on newly named Mynahan Field with a 42-9 win over the Raiders in a Class D South high […]

ORONO The University of Maine football team’s (5-4, 4-2 CAA) five-game winning streak came to an end with a 26-7 loss to No. 10 Villanova (7-2, 5-1 CAA) on Saturday afternoon at Alfond Stadium. Micah Wright matched a season-high with eight catches for a season-best 99- yards receiving for the Black Bears, while freshman Earnest […]

BOSTON Emmanuel Mudiay learned quickly that in the NBA, shooters often benefit from a short memory. Coming off a rough game, Mudiay scored 24 of his season-high 30 points in the opening quarter Sunday night while helping the Denver Nuggets to a big first half on their way to a 123-107 victory over the injury-depleted […]

OAKLAND, Calif. Latavius Murray ran for 114 yards and three touchdowns and the Oakland Raiders showed they were ready for prime time, beating the defending Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos 30-20 on Sunday night. In what was being billed as the biggest game in Oakland since the team went to the Super Bowl following the […]

BRUNSWICK The Bates College football team scored 21 points in the fourth quarter to rally for its fifth consecutive Colby- Bates-Bowdoin Championship in a 24-7 win over Bowdoin on Saturday at Whittier Field. The crown is the 13th overall for Bates (3-4) and ties the series record, matching Colby’s five straight titles from 1988-92. Bowdoin […]

FORT WORTH, Texas Carl Edwards got some vindication with a rain-shortened victory to earn a championship-contending spot in the NASCAR Sprint Cup finale. A year after his shot at the title came up five points short because of a rain-shortened race, Edwards got the victory he desperately needed this season by winning at Texas in […]