INDIANAPOLIS — Rick Spielman came to this year’s annual NFL scouting combine with a quarterback quandary. He has two first-round draft picks trying to recover from injuries and a third-stringer, who led the Minnesota Vikings to the NFC championship game. Now, instead of reaping the benefits of his smart moves and abundant riches, Spielman faces […]
March 2018
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Penn State’s Saquon Barkley is a do-it-all running back
INDIANAPOLIS — The only thing that Saquon Barkley has to prove at the NFL combine this week is that he’s every bit as good as advertised. “For a guy like Barkley who has worked so hard to develop his gifts, I mean, for him it ought to be a victory celebration. It really should,” NFL […]
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US Open abandons 18 playoff, last of golf’s majors to do so
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.— The U.S. Open is changing to a two-hole aggregate playoff, the last of the four majors to do away with an 18-hole playoff. The change is takes effect immediately and would be used at Shinnecock Hills on Long Island in June if there is a tie after 72 holes. The U.S. […]
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At 39, free agent Luke Scott eyes baseball comeback
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — If a major league team calls with a job offer, Luke Scott intends to be ready. So do Neil Walker, Nolan Reimold and Travis Snider, also among more than two dozen free agents working out at the IMG Academy. Scott looks around “Camp Jobless” — as some have dubbed the Major […]
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Webber brings new attitude to OOB softball program
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — One of the keys to a team being successful year in and year out is having a coaching staff with the knowledge and passion to keep things moving in the right direction. New Old Orchard Beach softball coach Jason Webber is hoping his enthusiasm and wisdom — along with a solid […]
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Marchand’s OT goal lifts Bruins over Montreal, 2-1
BOSTON (AP) — Brad Marchand waited patiently along the boards, sizing up the situation before swooping around the net and finding his spot to shoot. Marchand scored 2:06 into overtime to lift the Boston Bruins to a 2-1 comeback win over the Canadiens on Saturday. “You’re just looking for an opening, that’s kind of how […]
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Woman’s body found in trunk of abandoned car
PITTSFIELD (AP) — Police say the body of a Maine woman was found in the trunk of her car after it was towed from a Walmart parking lot in Palmyra. Maine State Police say the discovery was made when a mechanic unlocked the trunk on Friday. The woman was identified Saturday as 30-year-old Jenna French […]
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Accident kills Maine sawmill worker
DIXFIELD (AP) — Officials say a worker has died in an accident at a Maine wood products mill. A spokeswoman for the Irving Forest Products Sawmill in Dixfield, Maine, says the 38-year-old man was performing maintenance on a crane in the log yard when he was killed. The man’s name was not immediately released on […]
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State’s largest dog sled race underway at Fort Kent
FORT KENT (AP) — The musher who’s won Maine’s biggest dog sled race eight times aimed for another victory as more than a dozen teams departed from Fort Kent on Saturday. Martin Massicotte, of St. Tite, Quebec, was seen as the favorite having dominated the grueling, 250-mile Irving Woodlands Can-Am Crown in the past. But […]
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Maine teen denies role in grandmother’s death
WEST BATH (AP) — Prosecutors are charging the 16-year-old grandson of Beulah “Marie” Sylvester with killing the 55-year-old woman in a Bowdoinham mobile home the two shared. The Bangor Daily News reports that Dominic Sylvester’s attorney Tom Berry entered a “denial” on his client’s behalf. A denial is the equivalent of a not guilty plea in juvenile […]