After 54 minutes of scoreless hockey, Lucia Pompeo figured she had nothing to lose. “I have the puck, there’s no on me. I’m just going to take it to the net and see what happens,” Pompeo said. Pompeo scored with a backhand 1:27 into the second overtime Saturday night to give Cheverus/Kennebunk/Old Orchard Beach a […]
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TA’s Montano breaks SMAA shot put record
GORHAM — Before entering the shot put circle, Jason Montano raised his arms about his head and clapped slowly once, twice. The crowd caught on quickly and sound reverberated through the University of Southern Maine Fieldhouse Saturday as the Thornton Academy senior placed a 12-pound weighted ball to his neck, whirled twice and uncorked a […]
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Mickelson beats everyone but the dark at Pebble
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Phil Mickelson had everything go his way Sunday in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. He just couldn’t beat the darkness. On a wild day of weather even by Pebble Beach standards, sunshine gave way to a hail storm that covered the greens in a sheet of white in a matter […]
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Harper, Machado, Kimbrel, Keuchel on market as camps open
Bryce Harper, Manny Machado, Craig Kimbrel and Dallas Keuchel won’t be around when the bat and ball bags are opened at spring training throughout Florida and Arizona this week. They are among the dozens of free agents still looking for jobs, joined by Mike Moustakas, Marwin Gonzalez, Carlos Gonzalez and Gio Gonzalez. For the second […]
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Clippers rally from 28 down, beat Celtics 123-112
BOSTON (AP) — The “Beat L.A.!” chants turned to boos as the Boston Celtics blew another big lead to another Los Angeles team. One game after the Lakers rallied from 18 points down to win in Boston — and six days after the Patriots beat the Rams in the Super Bowl — the retooled Clippers […]
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Bruins honor Bergeron with ceremony for 1,000th game
BOSTON (AP) — Boston held a pregame ceremony to honor Patrice Bergeron for playing his 1,000th game in the NHL. Bergeron was joined by his wife, their three children and his parents ahead of the game Saturday against the Los Angeles Kings. He received gifts and loud ovations from the TD Garden crowd. On Tuesday, […]
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Bergeron scores OT winner to lift Bruins past Kings 5-4
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins honored Patrice Bergeron before the game. He made sure there was a celebration at the end. Bergeron scored a power-play goal with 2:26 left in overtime, and the Bruins beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-4 Saturday after blowing a two-goal lead. “The legend continues,” Boston’s Brad Marchand said. “It’s […]
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Harrison Burton wins ARCA race in Daytona debut
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Harrison Burton opened SpeedWeeks at Daytona International Speedway with a victory in the ARCA Series season opener. Burton turned 18 in October to meet the age requirement to race on the biggest and fastest NASCAR-sanctioned tracks. Venturini Motorsports signed him to a five-race ARCA deal with Saturday’s opening event first […]
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Local wrestlers looking to punch tickets to states today
NORTH BERWICK — Local wrestlers will try to punch their tickets to states today when they compete in the Class A South regional tournament at Noble High School. Biddeford, Kennebunk, Massabesic, Noble and Sanford will all send wrestlers to the Class A tournament, while Wells will compete in the Class B South meet. In the […]
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Manfred: No DH or draft changes likely for 2019
ORLANDO, Fla. — Don’t look for a National League designated hitter this year or for new anti-tanking rules in June’s amateur draft. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said Friday that management is focused on pace-of-game changes for 2019 and bolder ideas proposed by the players’ association are too complex to be put in place for this […]