HOCKEY

Anthony Bohn will join the Maine Mariners as an assistant to Coach Riley Armstrong.

Bohn, 33, is a Florida native who served as assistant coach of the North American Hockey League’s Aberdeen Wings for the past two seasons. He played college hockey at St. Mary’s University in Minnesota.

Before Aberdeen, Bohn served as an assistant coach of the NAHL’s Topeka Roadrunners. Joining him in Maine will be his wife and twin sons.

The ECHL Mariners will begin their inaugural season Oct. 15 at Portland’s Cross Insurance Arena.

BASKETBALL

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NBA: Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown sued the city of Milwaukee and its police department, saying officers’ use of a stun gun during his arrest in January for a parking violation constitutes excessive force and that they targeted him because he is black.

The lawsuit alleges officers involved in his arrest used their incident report to try to reframe what happened to give the impression Brown was resisted and obstructed them.

COLLEGES

BASEBALL: Jackson Kowar struck out a career-high 13 in 62/3 innings, Jonathan India hit a three-run homer and defending national champion Florida eliminated Texas from the College World Series with a 6-1 win at Omaha, Nebraska.

n Jordan Westburg hit a grand slam, doubled and drove in seven runs and Mississippi State went on to beat North Carolina 12-2.

TENNIS

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GERRY WEBER OPEN: Roger Federer opened his title defense by seeing off Aljaz Bedene 6-3, 6-4 at Halle, Germany.

QUEEN’S CLUB: Andy Murray won the first set on his return from injury after almost a year away from competitive tennis before Australian Nick Kyrgios rallied to win 2-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5 in the first round at London.

GOLF

OBIT: Five-time British Open champion Peter Thomson has died, his family said. He was 88.

Thomson had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease for more than four years and died at his Melbourne, Australia, home surrounded by family members.

BASEBALL

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REGENCY MORTGAGE SUMMER LEAGUE: Garon Kelley threw 62/3 scoreless innings, allowing six hits and striking out nine to lead South Portland to a 7-0 win over Falmouth in the first game at South Portland.

South Portland won the second game, 13-1 in five innings.

n Creegan Thomas threw two scoreless innings of relief and picked up the victory and Bonny Eagle scored five unanswered runs to rally and defeat Gorham 7-3 in the second game at Gorham.

Jacob Humphrey had three hits as Bonny Eagle (6-0) handled Gorham (0-2) 12-1 in the first game.

n Brady Nolin threw five innings and drove in three runs to lead Greely past Saco-Biddeford Savings 8-7 in the second game at Westbrook.

Harry McFarland had a pair of hits, including a two-run inside-the-park home run, for Greely in a 12-2 win in the opener.

NECBL: Laurence Hill lined a two-out solo home run to drive in the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth as the Sanford Mainers (7-3) edged the Vermont Mountaineers 4-3 at Montpelier, Vermont.

AMERICAN LEGION: Yankee Ford used a four-run bottom of the fourth to take control and defeat Coastal Landscaping 5-1 in Zone 3 game at South Portland.

– Staff and news service report


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