WATERBORO — At the beginning of each outdoor track season, Massabesic High School coach Scott Carbone has each of his athletes write down the goals they hope to achieve that year.  So when senior Syeira New wrote that she wanted to win the 300 meter hurdles at the Class A State Championships it was music […]

TORONTO — A red-hot Rafael Devers extended his six-game hitting streak to a third country. David Price pitched six innings to win his fifth straight decision, Devers homered twice and matched his career-high with six RBI, and the Boston Red Sox snapped a three-game losing streak by beating the Toronto Blue Jays 10-6 on Tuesday […]

SANFORD — Mental toughness in the face of adversity has been a theme of the Kennebunk Little League Baseball team all season and preparation for the moment paid off when it mattered the most.  Max Andrews hit an RBI triple in the top of the sixth inning and then escaped a bases loaded jam on […]

LYON, France — Alex Morgan celebrated her go-ahead goal with a cheeky tea-sipping motion and Alyssa Naeher stopped a late penalty kick to send the United States into the final at the Women’s World Cup with a 2-1 victory over England on Tuesday night. The top-ranked United States will face the winner of Wednesday’s semifinal […]

MIAMI — A Boston Celtics assistant coach has been sentenced to probation and ordered to pay a fine for accepting $300,000 in bribes to get a wealthy Florida businessman’s son into the University of Pennsylvania. Court records show a federal judge imposed the sentence Monday on Jerome Allen, the former head basketball coach at Penn. […]

Point guards got paid. Much like the quarterback in football, the point guard is still a critical component in basketball, the on-court leader of a club in most cases — and in the opening two days of free agency, teams paid accordingly for that spot. Free agency wasn’t even 24 hours old and more than […]

SANFORD — After a 17-2 drubbing at the hands of the Winnipesaukee Muskrats Monday night at Goodall Park in Sanford, Mainers second baseman Drew DeMartino didn’t mince words with how he felt after the game.  “We embarrassed ourselves,” DeMartino said. Sam Cochrane had four hits and four RBIs, Jonathan Crimmin hit a three-run homer during […]

ARLINGTON, Texas — Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died Monday at the age of 27, stunning Major League Baseball and leading to the postponement of the team’s game against the Texas Rangers. Skaggs was with the team in Texas when he was found unresponsive in his hotel room, police said . He was pronounced dead at […]

One of the greatest hitters of all time, Rod Carew, said “My favorite song is the National Anthem. I know that when I hear that song, I’m going to get two or three hits that day.” That’s a quote from the 17-minute video “Generations of the Game” that’s shown every half-hour to start everyone’s visit […]