NEW YORK — Ty Law was a wide-eyed youngster with big dreams when he started making summer visits to his Uncle Tony’s home in Texas. They fueled his passion for football. And, they guided his journey to greatness. Tony Dorsett was forging his own path to the Pro Football Hall of Fame long before his […]

BOSTON — The defending World Series champion Boston Red Sox are setting their sights on an AL wild-card berth, and they’re doing it with the players they already have. Red Sox baseball boss Dave Dombrowski conceded on Wednesday that the ballclub doesn’t have a “realistic” hope for a fourth straight AL East title, and said […]

SANFORD — Watching your teammates succeed without you can be a driving force in an athlete’s quest for success. For Vanderbilt sophomore and Sanford Mainers infielder Sterling Hayes, seeing his fellow Commodores celebrate a College World Series in late June without him has served as motivation during his first season in the New England Collegiate […]

Bob Cote was remembered Wednesday as a “gentleman’s coach” and a great influence on the lives of the young men he coached at St. Louis High in Biddeford and Thornton Academy in Saco. A Biddeford native, Cote died Tuesday at age 88. “He was a perfect role model for someone growing up,” said Don Wilson, […]

BOSTON — Kevin Kiermaier felt he had something to prove to the Charlotte Stone Crabs, where he played in two games while working his way back from a left thumb sprain. It took him all of one pitch. “I’m sure they’re thinking, ‘Man, where was this a couple days ago?’” Kiermaier said, smiling, after homering […]