BRUNSWICK The Bowdoin College field hockey closed out its home regular season schedule with a 6-1 Wednesday night win over visiting Husson University. The Polar Bears and Eagles both sit at 8-5 on the year. The Polar Bears and Eagles both sit at 8-5 on the year. Emma Stevens scored her first of three goals […]

CHICAGO Javier Baez sensed he was ready to bust out of his slump and give the Chicago Cubs the lift they needed. As breakthroughs go, this was a big one. Just in time to keep the season going for the defending champs. Baez snapped an 0-for-20 skid with two home runs, Wade Davis hung on […]

NEW YORK This time, it was Masahiro Tanaka who was untouchable on the mound. And when the New York Yankees sent Houston ace Dallas Keuchel to an early exit, their rollicking crowd let loose with a cathartic roar that must have boomed all over the Bronx. “New York is no joke,” Keuchel said afterward. One […]

No longer unbeaten, Kansas City now must concentrate on remaining atop the AFC West and, if the Chiefs can manage it, in front of the rest of the conference pack. The first step toward that comes tonight at Oakland, not exactly a favorite destination for the Chiefs through the years. Except that recently, KC doesn’t […]

ST. LOUIS Jaden Schwartz had his third career hat trick to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 on Wednesday night. Schwartz has four goals and six assists this season and has at least one point in six of the Blues’ first seven games. It was his 51st career multi-point game and […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. James Harden had 27 points and nine assists, and the Houston Rockets made it a perfect two-game road trip to start the season despite playing this one without Chris Paul, beating the Sacramento Kings 105-100 on Wednesday night. While he didn’t shoot especially well, Harden hit a trio of dagger 3-pointers with 8:13, […]

TOPSHAM — The Mt. Ararat Middle School seventh grade girls soccer team rolled to a 4-0 win over Oxford Hills on Tuesday. Hannah Hawkes scored on a cross from Ariana Graybill for a 1-0 Eagles lead. Still holding a one-goal lead in the second half, Hawkes scored again to make for a 2-0 contest as […]

AUBURN — Kelsie Carlton scored a pair of goals to power the Brunswick Junior High School seventh-grade girls soccer team to a 4-2 win over Auburn on Tuesday. Sophia Morin and Olivia Marcotte had a goal each for the Huskies, with Gabbie Swain and Sophie Baskett adding an assist each. Defensively, Hannah Lay and Abby […]

AUBURN — The Brunswick Junior High School girls soccer team improved 9-0, rolling past Auburn, 9-0, on Tuesday. Seven players scored at least one goal for the Huskies. Emily Fairbanks, Mia Klimash and Riley McIntyre split the goaltending duties in the shut out effort. Klimash and McIntyre each had a goal. Logan Brown and Ophelia […]