SALEM, Va. — Maddie Hasson scored 25 points, Abby Kelly added 21 and Bowdoin advanced to the NCAA Division III women’s basketball championship game for the second straight year with a 71-60 victory Friday over St. Thomas of Minnesota. Bowdoin (31-1) will play Thomas More (31-0) or Scranton (29-2) at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. It will […]
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McIlroy, Fleetwood share lead at Players Championship
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The easy way out was to go low under a tree 20 feet in front of Rory McIlroy. He was looking up. Coming off a 10-foot eagle and a 20-foot birdie that tied him for the lead Friday in The Players Championship, McIlroy risked wasting that great finish with a […]
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Skier gets answers about her rescuers in decades-old incident at Sunday River
REGION — Samantha Collins (now Bono) nearly lost her life 20 years ago after striking a tree while skiing at Sunday River. The 15-year-old was knocked unconscious immediately and lay off the beaten trail. Collins first memories did not come back until three weeks after her life-changing accident, and the question became who were the […]
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Musher’s journey from feeding sled dogs to winning Iditarod
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A young Pete Kaiser had the drive to learn about racing sled dogs and the family and community to support his passion. Years later, he won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Growing up, Kaiser had plenty of sled dogs to choose from at his parents’ kennel in Bethel, a rural community […]
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Elway insists Flacco is still in his prime at age 34
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — John Elway insists Joe Flacco is at the top of his game at age 34 even though the former Baltimore Ravens quarterback hasn’t thrown a pass in the playoffs since 2015. “Joe is a perfect fit for us,” Elway said at Flacco’s introductory news conference Friday. “He’s played in a lot of […]
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Dillon wins pole at Fontana after nobody finishes final lap
FONTANA, Calif. — Austin Dillon won the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series race in Auto Club Speedway on Friday after no drivers completed a lap in the final round of qualifying. Dillon got his fourth career pole essentially by default after a bizarre scene that ended with fans booing the drivers when they all […]
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Miami QB Ryan Tannehill traded to Titans for draft picks
MIAMI — Ryan Tannehill has a new team. Now the Miami Dolphins need a new quarterback. Miami traded Tannehill on Friday to the Tennessee Titans in a deal that also involved draft picks. The Dolphins sent their sixth-round pick this year to the Titans for a fourth-round choice in 2020 and a seventh-round pick in […]
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Vegas-bound Raiders spending big for final season in Oakland
ALAMEDA, Calif. — Jon Gruden and Mike Mayock were invited by Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis for an event in Las Vegas last week, a year before the team’s planned move to Sin City. The Raiders coach and general manager were set for a night on the town with their wives when those plans got […]
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UNE continues historic season with trip to NCAA quarterfinals
BIDDEFORD — The University of New England men’s hockey team is about to go where no other UNE athletic team has gone before — to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division III Championships. “I think we’ve had a great season so far. We’ve broken a lot of records this year. It’s been a lot of […]
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Irving’s triple-double leads Celtics past Kings 126-120
BOSTON — Kyrie Irving had 31 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds to help the Boston Celtics overcome a 17-point first-half deficit and beat the Sacramento Kings 126-120 on Thursday night. It was Irving’s second career triple-double. His first was with Cleveland on Feb. 28, 2014, against Utah. Jaylen Brown added 22 points, and Marcus […]