BRUNSWICK The Bowdoin College women’s basketball team will head to Scranton, Pa., for the third round of the NCAA Division III Tournament this Friday. The Polar Bears (26-2) will battle Scranton (28-1) at 7 p.m. on Friday evening. The other third round contest in the regional will feature Tufts (25-4) and Messiah (27-2) at 5 […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. David Price and the rest of the Boston Red Sox staff are learning a whole new pitch this spring. Price faced Red Sox minor leaguers on a back field Monday in his first camp outing, throwing three innings under controlled circumstances. “It feels good to be able to stand here and feel […]

CLEVELAND LeBron James scored 31 points before taking a seat on the bench, Larry Nance Jr. reached career highs with 22 points and 15 rebounds in his first start for Cleveland, and the Cavaliers closed a disappointing five-game homestand on a positive note with a 112-90 win Monday night over the Detroit Pistons, who haven’t […]

STANDISH — Saint Joseph’s College (1-0) kicked off the 2018 women’s lacrosse season with a 19-10 victory over Husson University (0-1) on a blustery Saturday afternoon at the SJC Athletics Complex. The Monks held a 3-2 lead 10 minutes into the contest before rattling off six unanswered goals, including back-to-back strikes from freshman attack Emily […]

SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. — The Bates College women’s tennis team completed a weekend sweep of three NEWMAC teams Saturday at Mount Holyoke College, defeating both Mt. Holyoke and Wheaton (Mass.) by 6-3 scores following a 9-0 win over Smith College on Friday night. The Bobcats (5-1) have won four matches in a row heading into […]

AMHERST, Mass. — Saint Joseph’s College (28-2, 16-0 GNAC) fell to top-ranked Amherst College (29-0, 10-0 NESCAC), 53-47, in a hard-fought second round NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Tournament contest at LeFrak Gymnasium on Saturday evening. For the Monks, the loss ended a memorable 2017-18 season. Saint Joseph’s had its 27-game winning streak snapped. With […]

SEATTLE The Seattle Mariners are running out of healthy outfielders. To the rescue — Ichiro? Ben Gamel will miss opening day, the Mariners said Monday, because of a strained oblique muscle that’s expected to sideline him four to six weeks. That could open a spot for Ichiro Suzuki, and a deal with the Mariners might […]