BOSTON As injuries continue to mount for the Boston Bruins, Danton Heinen arrived just in time. Heinen scored both goals and Anton Khudobin made 36 saves to lift the Bruins to a 2-1 win over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night. “It was pretty cool,” Heinen said. “It’s something you dream of your whole […]

TOPSHAM — The Mt. Ararat Middle School “B” field hockey team had a 1-1-1 stretch recently. Piper Cohen made several solid saves as the Eagles played Oxford Hills to a scoreless tie. Tara Crossman, Maggie Whalen and Danika Siatras were solid. Mt. Ararat rolled to a 4-0 win over Auburn. Lydia Monks gave the Eagles […]

TOPSHAM — The Mt. Ararat Middle School girls seventh-grade soccer team won a high-scoring affair with Auburn on Tuesday, 4- 3, finishing their season with a 6-3-1 record. Auburn came out and scored early to take the lead, and doubled the advantage before Hannah Hawkes tallied a goal for the Eagles assisted by Kandice Powell […]

PORTLAND, Ore. Blake Griffin made a 3- pointer as time expired and the Los Angeles Clippers remained unbeaten by beating Portland, 104-103, on Thursday in NBA action. Griffin, who scored 16 of his 25 points during the fourth quarter, got the ball on the left side of the floor and hit the 3- pointer just […]

MONTREAL Jonathan Quick stopped 40 shots for his 46th career shutout, Adrian Kempe and Tyler Toffoli scored 11 seconds apart in the first period and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-0 on Thursday night. Anze Kopitar and Kurtis MacDermid also scored for the Western Conferenceleading Kings (8-1-1), who beat the Canadiens 5-2 […]

NEW YORK Joe Girardi was fired as New York Yankees manager Thursday after a decade that produced just one World Series title for a team that expects to win every year. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman announced the move five days after New York lost to Houston in Game 7 of the AL Championship Series. […]