LEWISTON Two quick goals by Lewiston’s Bilal Hersi finally put Brunswick away in the Class A North boys high school soccer quarterfinal at Garcelon Field on Wednesday night. Hersi scored twice in a 40- second period late in the match as the second-ranked Blue Devils defeated the No. 7 Dragons, 4-1, to advance to the […]

MEDFORD, Mass. The Bowdoin College field hockey team dropped its final regular season game of the year in a 3-0 decision at Tufts University on Wednesday night. The Polar Bears enter the postseason with a 9-6 overall record and 5-5 mark in conference play. The Jumbos earned the No. 2 seed in the NESCAC postseason […]

BOSTON Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia is expected to miss more than a month of the 2018 season after left knee surgery. The team said on Wednesday that Pedroia had surgery to restore the cartilage in his left knee. The Red Sox say he will return to games in seven months, which would […]

TOPSHAM Coming into his sophomore season of high school cross-country running, Lisandro Berry-Gaviria wanted to improve on his freshman campaign of a year ago. In the fall of 2016, the Mt. Ararat runner had a strong first year. He quickly began to learn the ropes of high school running and posted times of 16:59.80 (fifth) […]

On a short week, having a backup quarterback start usually means trouble. Not so for the Miami Dolphins, who saw Matt Moore come on for the injured Jay Cutler — to cheers at Hard Rock Stadium — and rally the troops past the Jets. Right now, the Ravens aren’t as good as the Jets, either, […]

LOS ANGELES George Springer screamed with joy as he circled the bases after hitting a two-run homer in the 11th inning. Would it be enough? Was this the final plot twist on one of the wildest nights in postseason history? Yes, it was — barely — and the Houston Astros won a World Series game […]

SAN DIEGO Rookie Dan Feeney has been dreaming of this moment his entire life, maybe even since he was 6-years old and first saw quarterback Tom Brady in a New England Patriots uniform. Flash forward 18 years and the Los Angeles Chargers guard is scheduled to make his first NFL start on Sunday — against […]

ST. LOUIS Jaden Schwartz and Alex Pietrangelo scored second-period power-play goals and Jake Allen made 23 saves to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Calgary Flames 5- 2 on Wednesday night. St. Louis has won three of its last four, losing only to red- hot Las Vegas in overtime. Calgary had won its first […]

NEW YORK Spencer Dinwiddie made the go-ahead 3-pointer with 43 seconds left while starting for the injured D’Angelo Russell, and the Brooklyn Nets overcame LeBron James’ first triple-double of the season to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 112-107 on Wednesday night. James had 29 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds in his 56th triple-double, but he […]