SCRANTON, Pa. The Bowdoin College women’s basketball team never trailed after the opening moments and rolled to a convincing 66-48 victory over Tufts University in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division III Championship on Saturday evening at Scranton University. With the win, the Polar Bears (28-2) advanced to the Division III Final Four for the […]

LEWISTON It was bound to come to an end. A Lisbon streak that began back during the first season of Unified high school basketball was closed out by Lewiston on Friday, with the Blue Devils, seeded third, defeating the Greyhounds, the No. 6 seed, 42-30 in the South quarterfinals. Lisbon, the defending state Unified champs […]

WESTBROOK Floric Missamou hit a basket and the ensuing free throw with 7.7-seconds remaining to lift Westbrook over Morse in high school Unified basketball quarterfinal action on Friday. Westbrook led only one other time in the contest before the eventual game-winning points from Missamou. “To be in a competitive game and feel that competition, it’s […]

From the top seed in the NCAA Tournament — Virginia — to those that barely made it into the bracket — Arizona State and Syracuse — it feels as though everyone involved in March Madness is on the bubble this year. College basketball is in trouble. The brackets came out Sunday, replete with the usual […]

AVONDALE, Ariz. Kevin Harvick is at his best when he’s mad, so much so that former crew chief Gil Martin used to try to rile him up during races. Harvick was running extra hot when he got to ISM Raceway after penalties for technical violations marred his victory last week at Las Vegas. When he […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. The Bowdoin College women’s distance medley relay team posted a dominating victory to claim the national championship on Friday evening at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships. It was the highlight of the evening for the Polar Bears, who claimed their first crown at indoor nationals since Coby Horowitz won […]

PALM HARBOR, Fla. Right when Paul Casey felt he was a winner in the Valspar Championship, he looked up at the TV and saw a scene that was all too familiar. Tiger Woods, red shirt blazing on Sunday, holed a 45-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole at Innisbrook that pulled him to within one […]

BRUNSWICK Playing the first ever lacrosse game at newly revamped Whittier Field, the Bowdoin College men’s lacrosse team hoped to christen it with a victory. But a pair of late goals from Amherst lifted the Mammoths to a 16-15 victory in the NESCAC matchup on Saturday afternoon. Each team scored early and often in the […]