BOSTON The youth movement is alive and thriving for the Boston Celtics. And for the second straight game it was enough to upend a Philadelphia 76ers team that still has much to figure out as it heads home trailing 2-0 in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Rookie Jayson Tatum scored 21 points and hit a pair […]

AUBURN Edward Little capitalized on Brunswick’s mistakes — in the first half. The second half ? That was a different story. The Dragons cleaned up their mistakes and pulled away for an 18-8 victory in a boys’ Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference lacrosse contest at the Walton School. The two teams entered halftime tied at six. […]

PITTSBURGH Jake Guentzel scored twice to push his playoff total to a league-leading 10, Matt Murray stopped 20 shots and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 3-1 in Game 4 to even their tense Eastern Conference semifinal on Thursday night. Evgeni Malkin added his fourth goal of the playoffs for Pittsburgh as the two-time […]

ARLINGTON, Texas Nomar Mazara is cleaning up nicely for the Texas Rangers in the lineup spot usually occupied by Adrian Beltre, baseball’s active career hits leader. Mazara drove in five runs while homering in his third straight game and the Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 11- 5 on Thursday night, handing former AL Cy […]

BOSTON Lightning coach Jon Cooper came to Boston with a plan to steal back the home-ice advantage that the Bruins took away with their Game 1 win in Tampa. Now he has bigger goals in mind. “We can’t exhale,” Cooper said on Thursday, a day after the Lightning beat Boston 4- 1 to open a […]

TOPSHAM — The Mt. Ararat Middle School softball team went run for run with Auburn in a 13-12 victory on Wednesday. The Eagles came out swinging and ended with every player putting the ball in play. Mt. Ararat had 14 hits to Auburn’s eight. Megan Reed and Emily Bontatibus led the attack with three hits […]

BRUNSWICK — Three members of the Bowdoin College men’s lacrosse team were honored in All-NESCAC awards handed out on Thursday. Seniors Matthew Crowell and Parker Sessions were named as First Team selections, while junior Sam Carlin was named as a Second Team selection. Crowell earned the third All-NESCAC honor of his career. A Second Team […]

TOPSHAM — The Mt. Ararat Middle School eighthgrade baseball team played its first home game of the season Wednesday, rolling to a 19-8 victory over Auburn. The game started with Auburn scoring first in the top of the opening frame, but the Mt. Ararat bats came alive, answering with four runs in the bottom of […]

BRUNSWICK — A trio of Bowdoin College Polar Bears have been named Second Team All-NESCAC in Women’s Lacrosse All-Conference selections on Thursday. Seniors Hannah Hirschfeld and Grace DeWald were joined by first-year Eliza Denious on the NESCAC Second Team. Hirschfeld is enjoying her finest season, posting a career-high 49 points on 32 goals and 17 […]

AUBURN — The Mt. Ararat Middle School seventh grade baseball team edged Auburn, 9-8, on Wednesday. The Eagle bats exploded for 12 hits, led by leadoff hitter Parker Bate’s, who had four hits. Lucas Holman had a long home run in the third inning along with another hit. Luke Spooner and Brady Merrill each were […]