BOSTON Kelly Olynyk was honored by the Boston Celtics and showered with cheers by their fans. Then he went out and beat his old team. Olynyk scored a career-high 32 points in his rousing return to Boston, and the undermanned Miami Heat hung on Wednesday for a 90- 89 victory over the Celtics. On a […]

FREEPORT Looking at the stats, there’s a quarter where one team scored six points, turned the ball over 12 times in one half, and was outrebounded in the other, 15-4. That same team had 16 steals, created 17 turnovers, and held its opponent to six second-half points. That was the night for the Freeport High […]

HOUSTON Rookie forward Kyle Kuzma set career highs with 38 points and seven 3-pointers, and the Los Angeles Lakers overcame 51 points from James Harden to end the Houston Rockets’ 14- game winning streak with a 122-116 victory Wednesday night. It was Houston’s first loss since Nov. 14 and snapped a three-game skid for the […]

PHILADELPHIA Sean Couturier scored off his own rebound to snap a tie early in the third period and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Wednesday night for their seventh victory in eight games. Robert Hagg added his first NHL goal, Dale Weise and Wayne Simmonds also scored as Philadelphia overcame two […]

RICHMOND Sydney Underhill-Tilton had a double-double as the Richmond High School girls basketball team rolled to a 48-27 Mountain Valley Conference win over Winthrop on Wednesday. The Bobcats have won three in a row and stand at 3- 1. Richmond hosts Boothbay today at 5:30 p.m. Underhill-Tilton had 17 points and 14 rebounds in the […]

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. Fletcher Magee scored 27 points to help Wofford stun No. 5 North Carolina 79-75 on Wednesday night, snapping the reigning national champion’s 23-game home winning streak. The Terriers (8-4) led the entire second half and by as many as 14 points before holding off UNC’s late-game run for a huge road win […]

BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick High School girls “Black” and “Orange” jayvee basketball teams both earned wins on Tuesday. The “Black” squad picked up a 66-32 victory over Gardiner. Kendall Dow scored 22 points to lead the Dragon offense. Chloe Coombs hit three 3-point field goals and Riley Turgeon added 11 points to go along with […]