PYEONGCHANG,South Korea One of the best parts of every Closing Ceremony is the way that Olympians march in en masse, a group of competitors no longer separated by national origin. It’s an easy visual metaphor, yes, but it’s a good one too, an opportunity to see the Olympics as their own self-imagined ideal: competition that […]

RUMFORD The Fryeburg Academy and Deering girls’ teams were separated by just three points beginning Friday’s second and final day at the Class A Nordic ski championships. The closest of the two team races, both teams knew it was going to come down to a couple of places. Fryeburg’s top four skiers finished in the […]

BRUNSWICK Over 2,770 student-athletes from 344 high schools have been named to the 2017 Keith Waldman — Optimal Performance Associates/NFHCA High School National Academic Squad. The High School National Academic Squad program recognizes those high school seniors and juniors who have achieved a minimum cumulative, unweighted grade-point average of 3.50 out of 4.0 or the […]

HAMPTON, Ga. Kevin Harvick had to wait 17 years for a second Atlanta salute to Dale Earnhardt. The memory brought tears to his eyes. In a reprise of the celebration of his first win in Atlanta in 2001, Harvick raised his three-finger salute to Earnhardt following his dominant victory Sunday in the rain-delayed NASCAR Monster […]

NEWPORT The New England Qualifier brings the best wrestlers from across the state together and each athlete has one goal in mind: Punch their ticket to Providence. For Morse/Wiscasset senior Sam Strozier, Saturday’s meet was his last chance to qualify for the New England Interscholastic Wrestling Championships — and he got the job done with […]

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. Justin Thomas was down to his last chance when he delivered his most clutch shot of the final round in the Honda Classic. Turns out he wasn’t finished. Thomas nearly holed a gap wedge on the par-5 18th hole for a birdie to force a playoff with Luke List. Moments later, […]

AMHERST, Mass. The Bowdoin College women’s basketball team suffered just its second loss of the season, 60-48, in the semifinals of the NESCAC Tournament on Saturday afternoon to Tufts University. The second-seeded Polar Bears ( 24- 2) were dealt their first double-digit loss of the campaign and will await to hear about a potential NCAA […]