HIGH SCHOOLS

Scarborough picks Brown as boys’ hockey coach

Longtime assistant coach Jacob Brown has been promoted to be the head coach for the boys’ hockey team at Scarborough High.

Brown replaces Norm Gagne, who left Scarborough after eight seasons to return to his alma mater, Edward Little. Gagne has 715 career wins and seven state championships, including the Class A title with the Red Storm in 2015.

Brown, a middle school teacher in Scarborough, served as an assistant coach for the last seven years.

“Coach Brown joins an outstanding family of coaches here in Scarborough,” said Mike LeGage, the Scarborough athletic director, in a press release. “His expertise will provide Scarborough’s student-athletes with the best opportunity to learn those important life skills essential for success on and off the ice.”

Brown was a four-year varsity player at Lewiston High.

FISHING

FREE FISHING WEEKEND: It’s Free Fishing Weekend on Maine’s waterways.

Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has announced that anyone can fish for free without a license this weekend, except those who have had their license suspended or revoked. All other rules and regulations apply, including bag and possession limits.

BASKETBALL

NBA: The blood clots that Chris Bosh has dealt with the last three seasons have been declared a career-ending injury situation, and the Miami Heat will soon remove the 11-time All-Star forward from their roster, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press.

Bosh will never be able to play again for the Heat, said the source, who added that Bosh could play for another club if he gets medical clearance. But the $52 million Bosh is owed over the next two seasons won’t count against Miami’s salary cap.

• Jack McCloskey, the general manager who built the Detroit Pistons’ championship teams in 1989 and 1990, has died. He was 91.

The Pistons said McCloskey died Thursday in Savannah, Georgia. He had fought Alzheimer’s disease.

Led by McCloskey draft picks Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars and Dennis Rodman – all Hall of Famers, along with coach Chuck Daly – and trade acquisitions Bill Laimbeer, Vinnie Johnson, Rick Mahorn, Mark Aguirre and James Edwards, the Pistons won back-to-back NBA titles.

WNBA: Tina Charles scored a career-high 36 points and Shavonte Zellous added 27 to help the New York Liberty beat the visiting Dallas Wings, 93-89.

Zellous scored just 22 points in the team’s first five games but surpassed that mark early in the fourth quarter.

HOCKEY

NHL: Anaheim Coach Randy Carlyle received a one-year contract extension through the 2018-19 season.

The deal announced also includes an option for 2019-20.

Carlyle, in his second stint with the Ducks, is the winningest coach in franchise history and the only Anaheim coach to win the Stanley Cup.