WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump presented 91-year-old basketball legend Bob Cousy with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Thursday, praising the Boston Celtics star as “one of the all-time greats in the history of sports.” Cousy played for the Celtics from 1950 to 1963, winning six league championships and the 1957 MVP title. The Bob […]

BOSTON — The Fenway fans were letting Bryce Harper have it, calling the Phillies’ $330 million man “overrated” and other insults that Philadelphia manager Gabe Kapler couldn’t bring himself to repeat. Harper then quieted them with one swing. “He’s good at doing that, shutting them up,” Phillies starter Drew Smyly said on Wednesday night after […]

BATH — A crowd of more than 100 gathered at the Hyde School in Bath last Saturday to celebrate the Maine Amateur Wrestling Alliance Hall of Fame Class of 2019 along with several award winners. The MAWA Hall of Fame inducted longtime coaches Rick DeRosier and Luis Ayala as well as former Marshwood standout wrestler […]

PHOENIX — If former major league pitcher Curt Schilling runs for Congress in Arizona, he said it might be for Democratic U.S. Rep. Tom O’Halleran’s seat. Schilling announced last week that he’s thinking about a bid for a U.S. House seat, and he has reached out to the Arizona Republican Party, the Arizona Republic reported Wednesday. “Am […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Larry Bird likes the mural but not the tats. An artist says she’ll remove most tattoos from a large painting of the former NBA star on an Indianapolis multi-family residence. The tattoos include two rabbits mating on his right arm and a spider web on a shoulder. Artist Jules Muck says she was […]

Red, white and blue. The colors of USA Basketball. Except this summer, green — Celtics green, to be precise — would work on that palette as well. The Boston Celtics will have at least three and possibly four players on the final 12-man roster that USA Basketball will take to China next week for the […]

BOSTON — Phillies shortstop Jean Segura was throwing out Red Sox baserunners from both sides of the infield. Segura made a quick flip to throw out Xander Bogaerts for the first out in the ninth when he attempted go from second to third on a grounder to short. Then, while covering the second base position […]

PORTLAND — The Portland Sea Dogs have welcomed 10 million fans through their turnstiles. Maine’s minor league baseball team, an affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, reached the attendance milestone in a Monday night game at Hadlock Field in Portland. The franchise says the fan to set the record was Tabitha Berube of Gray, who […]

Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence headlines The Associated Press preseason All-America team, and he has two teammates from the top-ranked Tigers with him on the first team. Lawrence, the first freshman to quarterback to lead a team to a national championship in more than 30 years, was joined on the first-team offense by Clemson running back […]

From behind the heavy, red velvet curtains, you can’t really see the audience, but you might peek and squint to see if you recognize anyone in the sea of faces. At the same time, you are going over your routine in your head, flexing and trying to keep a pump, after “pumping up” for far […]