NEW ORLEANS Anthony Davis picked up his dribble along the baseline and pulled up for a tough, 14-foot fall-away as he was fouled by Celtics rookie Abdel Nader. As the shot fell through to cap another big night for the Pelicans’ All-Star, the crowd rose to its feet and Davis exchanged high-fives with fans along […]

BRUNSWICK — The Maine Interscholastic Swim League presented awards recognizing the achievements of swimmers over the past year, with a number of local athletes receiving honors. The Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Swimmers of the Year Awards went to Brian Hess of Brunswick and Olivia Harper of Morse. The All-State team included Hess and his Brunswick […]

BATH — The Friends of Bath Area Youth Lacrosse will hold a free clinic for boys and girls interested in playing the sport. The clinic will be held on Saturday at Morse High School, with kindergarten-second graders on the field from 11 a.m. to noon, followed by grades 3-6 from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. […]

ROCHESTER, Minn. Bowdoin College senior Kate Kerrigan has been named the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Division III National Player of the Year in awards announced at the NCAA Championship Banquet on Thursday evening. It is the second time that a Bowdoin player has received Division III women’s basketball’s highest honor, as Kerrigan joins Eileen Flaherty, […]

BRUNSWICK The Bowdoin College women’s lacrosse team scored 17 unanswered goals in a dominant 18- 3 win over Plymouth State Sunday afternoon. The Polar Bears improved to 5- 1 ( 2- 1 NESCAC), while Plymouth State fell to 1-2. Plymouth State got out to an early lead over Bowdoin, going up 3- 1 with 7:10 […]

BRUNSWICK The Brunswick Parks and Recreation Department hosted the second annual Boys Seventh-Grade Mid-Winter Classic Basketball Tournament recently. In the title game, Gardiner edged past Westbrook, 43-34. A big 18-8 advantage in the second quarter gave Gardiner a 27-14 halftime lead. Westbrook more than doubled its point total in the third quarter with 15 points […]

AUSTIN, Texas The message on the whiteboard in the Texas locker was simple and direct: Rebound! The No. 2 seed Longhorns did that and a whole lot more — just about anything they wanted to, really — in dismantling No. 15 Maine 83-54 in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament. Jatarie White scored […]

ALAMEDA, Calif. The Oakland Raiders are trading star kick returner Cordarrelle Patterson to the New England Patriots. NFL Network reported that Oakland will receive a fifth-round pick in the deal and send one of its six sixth-round picks to New England. Patterson is one of the most accomplished kickoff returners in the game. His career […]