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Portland majoring in the minors

Two years ago, Portland was on the lower end of the nation’s top 100 minor league sports markets. Now, boosted by the addition of a basketball team and the tenure of two longtime franchises, the city has been named the No. 5 market nationwide.

The Sports Business Journal attributes Portland’s jump in the rankings to the fact that it has one of the highest attendance-to-population ratios of any multiple-team market.

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Fenway may host UMaine hockey

The University of Maine men’s hockey team may step onto the ice in one of baseball’s most revered stadiums this winter.

Multiple sources have confirmed Jan. 7 as the date for a Hockey East doubleheader at Fenway Park involving the Black Bears and three other teams.