The third-year quarterback has made significant improvement over last year’s preseason, boosting expectations.
2023
Sports Digest: Maine gets last-gasp goal to tie Holy Cross, 1-1
The Black Bears remain undefeated through three women’s soccer matches, thanks to a goal by Elle Vermilya with 11 seconds remaining.
U.S. intelligence says an intentional explosion brought down Wagner chief Prigozhin’s plane
There has as yet been no official confirmation that the mercenary leader was among the 10 dead.
Fox News reaches 12.8 million viewers for first Republican primary debate, despite Trump’s absence
There seemed little evidence that Trump’s attempt to counterprogram the debate, by appearing in an online interview with Tucker Carlson at about the same time, affected the number of viewers.
Red Sox earn series split by trouncing Astros, 17-1
Boston sets season highs with 17 runs and 24 hits, including four hits each by Wilyer Abreu, Connor Wong and Alex Verdugo.
Seth Carey claims ‘malicious prosecution,’ seeks sanctions for police, prosecutor
After a five-year battle to clear his name, one-time district attorney candidate Seth Carey of Rumford filed suit in Oxford County this week accusing the Maine State Police of malicious prosecution. Carey said in legal papers that police filed “completely false criminal charges” against him that led to the loss of his law license and […]
MLB roundup: Betts leads red-hot Dodgers to two wins over Guardians
Mookie Betts goes 5 for 5 in a suspended game, then adds two hits in the second game as Los Angeles improves to 19-3 in August.
Iran and Saudi Arabia among six countries set to join China, Russia in BRICS economic bloc
The bloc’s move to expand shows signs of strengthening a China-Russia coalition as tensions with the West spiral higher.
Sliman Bensmaia, who added sensations of touch to prosthetics, dies at 49
Dr. Bensmaia and his collaborators created algorithms that mimic the biological processes of how the brain interacts with limbs to generate sensations of touch.
Hopeful signs of an economic ‘soft landing’ emerge in Jackson Hole as Fed meets with world watching
Business these days in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is still good – just not as robust as it was after the U.S. economy roared out of the pandemic recession.