BRUNSWICK Kara Finnerty scored with three minutes remaining in overtime to lift the Bowdoin College field hockey team to a season-opening 2-1 win against the University of New England on Wednesday evening. The Polar Bears (1-0) took the one-goal lead late in the first half, but the Nor’easters (0-2) forced overtime with a goal in […]

ATLANTA Already a three-time All- Star and four-time Gold Glove Award winner, Brandon Phillips learned this summer as a 37-year-old minor leaguer to relish playing baseball “until I wake up.” Added Phillips: “I’m still dreaming.” Phillips’ two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning off A.J. Minter highlighted his long-awaited season debut on Wednesday and capped […]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. For the second straight year, the Patriots have tried to show Rob Gronkowski how much he’s valued. The All-Pro tight end says he’s feeling the love and is looking forward to showing them his appreciation on the field. Last week the Patriots added $4.3 million in incentives to Gronkowski’s contract over the next […]

FRISCO, Texas Second-guessers will be ready to pounce when Brett Maher takes the field for the Cowboys to attempt the first regular-season kick of his NFL career. If he misses, the refrain from Dallas fans figures to be something along the lines of, “Dan Bailey woulda made it.” The Cowboys factored that into their surprising […]

The last time the Eagles opened a season as NFL champions, it was 1960 and, well, who remembers what folks did then in Philadelphia? What they’ll certainly do tonight at the Linc when the Falcons come to town is roar with approval at the site of the Lombardi Trophy and the championship banner. Fans will […]

NEW YORK Novak Djokovic put aside all of it, from his opponent’s unheard-of, middle-of-a-set chance to change out of sweat-soaked clothes and shoes, to consecutive time violations because he let the serve clock expire, to the 16 break points he wasted. All that mattered, really, was that Djokovic managed to do what Roger Federer could […]

BRUNSWICK Four players had one goal each as the Brunswick High School field hockey team doubled up Camden Hills, 4-2, in Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference action on Wednesday. Sara Scrapchansky, Shea Sullivan, Lauren Jacobs and Eliza Rudalevige had a goal apiece for the 1-1 Dragons, while Lea Scrapchansky and Jacobs each picked up an assist. […]

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. Easily overlooked in golf this week is that other “cup,” the one more about finances than flags. Jordan Spieth sure hasn’t forgotten about the FedEx Cup. One year after he was in the mix for the $10 million bonus until the final hour at East Lake in Atlanta, Spieth is simply trying […]