BELGRADE, SERBIA Heavy snow and frigid temperatures have gripped large parts of Europe, leading to dozens of deaths, freezing rivers, the grounding of planes and traffic accidents: POLAND The government says that 10 people died Sunday of cold as the country has been gripped by low temperatures. The deaths bring to 65 the number of […]
2017
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Brazil prison killing spree led by gang leaves 31 dead
RIO DE JANEIRO Thirty-one inmates were slain Friday in northern Brazil, during a prison killing spree led by the country’s largest gang, authorities said. The bloodshed comes just days after 60 inmates were killed during rioting at two prisons in a neighboring state and it increases fears that violence could spread, including to the streets […]
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Wiscasset falls to Winthrop
WISCASSET Even Ethan James needs some help. The Winthrop High School basketball team knew what they were getting into at Wiscasset on Saturday night — Ethan James was going to get his points and there was only so much the Ramblers could do about it. The 6-foot-6 senior center did his part and put up […]
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Packers, Steelers get playoff wins
GREEN BAY, Wis. Aaron Rodgers, master of the Hail Mary pass, struck again in another big moment. Rodgers overcame a sluggish start and finished with four touchdown passes, including a momentum-swinging 42- yard heave to Randall Cobb at the end of the second quarter, to lead the Green Bay Packers to a 38- 13 win […]
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Brunswick-Kennebunk II goes to Dragons, 59-34
BRUNSWICK It was November 2016, and the Brunswick High School football team was celebrating a 28-6 victory over Kennebunk in the State Class B championship in Orono. On Friday, the Brunswick student body carried cut-out versions of the “Gold Ball” won that night as the Dragons hosted the Rams in a Class A South basketball […]
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Eagles earn first hoops victory
TOPSHAM The Mt. Ararat High School girls basketball team broke into the win column with a 55-38 Class A South victory over Biddeford on Friday. The Eagles improved to 1- 7 and host Morse today at 5 p.m. Mt. Ararat led 11-10, 29-20 and 48-27 at the quarter breaks. Kyla Greenleaf had 13 points and […]
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Thomas holds on for a victory
KAPALUA, Hawaii Justin Thomas kept reminding himself that a one-shot lead with two holes to play is never a bad place to be on the PGA Tour. Ignoring that his five-shot lead was nearly gone against Hideki Matsuyama, Thomas thought more about the great golf that had put him in this position Sunday at the […]
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Morse JV girls fall to Blazes
WESTBROOK — The Morse High School jayvee girls basketball team struggled in falling to Westbrook, 46-21, on Thursday. The Blue Blazes held quarter leads of 12-7, 24-12 and 35-17. Abby Sreden paced Morse with seven points, with Marija Mendenica, Dory Kulis and Paige Faulkingham chipping in four points apiece. At the free-throw line, Westbrook was […]
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Brunswick 8th girls drop a close one
BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick Junior High School eighth-grade girls basketball team was edged by Oxford Hills, 35-32, in recent action. The Huskies trailed by 12 points in the fourth quarter, but fought back behind a solid team defensive effort, led by Elena Palmer and Alysa Wyman, with help from Emma Banks. Leading the offensive attack […]
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Bates opens NESCAC with hoops victory
LEWISTON — Allie Coppola popped for a career-high 24 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to power the Bates College women’s basketball team to a 64-57 victory over Colby in the New England Small College Athletic Conference opener for both teams on Friday inside Alumni Gym. Bates (4-8, 1-0 NESCAC) came from behind, out-scoring the Mules, […]