Baseball fans are being inundated with meaningless statistics that are “dumbing down” the game and detracting from their enjoyment of it. For Red Sox fans, Alex Speier of the Boston Globe, who NESN’s Dennis Eckersley calls “Stat Masterson,” and his fellow nerds have never seen a play in baseball they cannot make into a “first […]

BIDDEFORD – For three straight days, Biddeford faced elimination. And for three straight games, the Tigers clawed their way to victory.  In a winner-take-all championship Thursday night, the 8 to 10-year-old Biddeford All-Stars defeated Westbrook 4-2 to capture the Maine Little League state title and advance to the East Region Invitational Tournament in Jenkins Township, […]

BIDDEFORD — At the beginning of the All-Star season, Scarborough Little League head coach Ian Bristol told his players they were going to win the Maine state tournament for 9 to 11-year olds, citing the team’s talent all the way down the roster. Scarborough showcased its ability in a big way against Bangor West in […]

BOSTON — Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts had some special guests in town to see Boston open a critical series against the AL East-leading New York Yankees. They got to the park too late to see his three-run homer in the first inning. So Bogaerts hit another — a solo shot in the eighth to […]

SANFORD — Making the NECBL All-Star North Division baseball team seemed like a pipeline dream for Sanford Mainers’ second baseman Drew DeMartino at the start of the season. But, after finding immediate success during his first year, DeMartino’s aspiration turned into a reality last weekend.  DeMartino, who leads Sanford in home runs (six), RBIs (28) […]

KENNEBUNK – A trio of Kennebunk football players made sure the final time they stepped onto a high school field was a memory that lasted a lifetime.  Offensive lineman Chase Lamontagne, wide receiver Zack Sullivan and linebacker Dante DeLorenzo represented the Rams as members of the West All-Stars at the 30th Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl […]

BIDDEFORD — For the past seven weeks, the Biddeford Little League Softball team has worked on getting around on pitches to try and hit the ball up the middle. That hard work paid off for third basemen Madison Roy in the most important moment. Roy broke a tie in the top of the sixth inning […]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Super Bowl champion New England Patriots are back at work, and things are already a lot quieter. Rob Gronkowski has retired, and the locker room is a more serious place without the fun-loving tight end who once declared himself the life of the party — in garbled Spanish, no less. “There’s […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Charlie Morton struck out 11 over seven innings and the Tampa Bay Rays avoided a three-game sweep by beating David Price and Boston 3-2 in a game that the Red Sox protested on Wednesday. Confusion reigned in the top of the eighth when a series of defensive changes involving reliever Adam […]

BIDDEFORD — Certain situations in life require an outside-the-box approach to accomplish a goal, but Kyle Baker needed to be inside of one to achieve his.  The Maine Northmen, the state’s first professional box lacrosse team, clinched the New England Division in the Regional Box Lacrosse League and a No. 1 seed heading into the […]