BOSTON The Boston Red Sox hired Houston Astros bench coach Alex Cora as manager Sunday, turning to a player from their 2007 World Series championship roster to help the team out of its current playoff slump. “Returning to the Red Sox and the city of Boston is a dream come true for me and my […]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. To Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, this was simply an extension of last February’s Super Bowl. For the Atlanta Falcons, it was another dose of football pain. By the end of New England’s clinical 23-7 romp through the fog Sunday night, it was clear that the Patriots have straightened out what […]

PITTSBURGH Ben Roethlisberger threw for 224 yards and two touchdowns, Le’Veon Bell added 192 total yards, and Pittsburgh’s defense dominated Cincinnati in the second half. The Steelers (5-2) relied on their stars to take the lead, then on their reinvigorated defense to blunt Cincinnati and give themselves a significant cushion over the rest of the […]

YARMOUTH Most competitive sporting events consist of runs and momentum. Friday night’s “Battle of the Bay” between the Freeport and Yarmouth high school football teams was no different. The Clippers scored 20 unanswered second-half points to sail past the Falcons, 27-21 in Class C South football action. The teams entered the game tied for the […]

TURNER The way Leavitt figured it, there wasn’t much to learn from last week’s loss to Mt. Desert Island. “Really, we just washed it away,” Hornets coach Mike Hathaway said. “We didn’t really talk about it a lot. We told them, you should be anxious to get back on the field, and prove to people […]

ALBANY, N.Y. With the University of Maine leading 12-10 late in the fourth quarter, the University at Albany began marching and drove to the Maine 13-yard line. However, a big third-down sack from Deshawn Stevens and a false start penalty backed the Great Danes up to the 27 where Ethan Stark’s 44-yard field goal try […]

LISBON Perhaps Lisbon was feeling charitable Saturday. That would explain why it needed to overcome 15 penalties to rally past Oak Hill, 20-14. Officials were throwing pink flags to raise awareness for breast cancer, and the Greyhounds were doing their part by getting penalized for 163 yards. The markers showed up early and often and […]

NEW LONDON, Conn. The Bowdoin College women’s soccer team scored a pair of first-half goals at Connecticut College to collect a 2-0 NESCAC victory on Saturday afternoon. The Polar Bears (9-4-1, 4-4- 1 NESCAC) handed the Camels just their second loss of the season, dropping the 14th-ranked team in the nation to 11-2-1 (6-2-1 NESCAC). […]

KANSAS CITY, Kan. Martin Truex Jr. didn’t feel a sense of urgency to win Sunday’s race at Kansas Speedway because of its playoff implications, not with his spot in the next round safe following a victory at Charlotte. No, the sense of urgency was much more personal. Truex learned overnight that one of the Furniture […]