SANFORD — Emily Rand was apprehensive at first when her family decided to host two Sanford Mainers for the summer.  She and her husband, Dan, both work full time. Throw in taking care of their two sons, Zeke, 13, and Judd, 11, and their daughter, Lulu, 8, and Rand didn’t know how she would manage […]

BOSTON — Josh Gordon’s winding career has included several second chances following a trail of multiple drug suspensions that cast doubt whether the talented but troubled playmaker would ever get on an NFL field again. He’s getting yet another opportunity. The NFL conditionally reinstated the Patriots wide receiver on Friday. Commissioner Roger Goodell notified Gordon […]

HONOLULU — Bidding was drawing to a close Friday for a basketball jersey believed to have been worn by President Barack Obama. Peter Noble was a student at a prestigious and elite Honolulu prep school when he grabbed a basketball jersey that was destined for the trash. Years later he saw an old photo of […]

NEW YORK — In a record sale for a U.S. sports franchise, the co-founder of Alibaba agreed to buy the remaining 51 percent of the Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center for about $3.4 billion, two people with knowledge of the details said Friday. Joe Tsai already had purchased 49 percent of the team from Russian […]

This Thursday, the Boston Red Sox will host the Kansas City Royals, for at least one inning and possibly more, of the continuation of their game on Aug. 7 that was interrupted by rain at the end of nine innings with the score tied at 4-4. Should one of the teams score in the 10th […]

SACO —  Back in February, Tony Hamlin picked up the phone to give Mari Warner a call. Warner, who played basketball for four years at the University of Maine and coached the sport for two decades at the University of Albany, figured Hamlin was calling to see if she planned on attending an upcoming basketball […]

BOSTON — Red Sox baseball boss Dave Dombrowski gave up on a fourth straight AL East title when he decided not to make a move at the trade deadline. The players bowed out of the postseason race soon after. One year after their record-setting run to their fourth World Series in 15 seasons, the Red […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mike Vrabel has been trash-talking with Tom Brady since the day the former linebacker joined the New England Patriots’ offseason program back in 2001 as a free agent. Brady provided a reminder Thursday he can give just as good as he gets. With coach Bill Belichick watching, Brady presented his friend a small […]

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. – The only team of its type in the state made quite the splash at a recent regional competition.  The Maine Attraction Water Ski Show Team performed their 2019 Wild Wild West show at the Oxbow site in Northampton, Massachusetts, and placed second at the Eastern Regional Tournament held during the last weekend […]