NEW YORK — A month after setting a record for most home runs in a month, big league batters did it again and are on pace to shatter the season mark. The Elias Sports Bureau said Monday that batters hit 1,142 home runs in June, seven more than in May. Five of the top six […]

NEW YORK — Just three seasons ago, the Brooklyn Nets were the worst team in the NBA. On Sunday, they were the story of the league. They agreed to deals with superstars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving as part of a sensational start to free agency, giving the longtime No. 2 team in New York […]

NEW YORK  — Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole and four of their Houston Astros teammates will lead the American League squad at the All-Star Game in Cleveland on July 9. Major League Baseball unveiled full rosters for the midsummer showcase Sunday, and the Astros top all big league clubs with six players. No other AL club […]

LONDON — Britain loves tradition, and the New York Yankees wrapped up Major League Baseball’s first trip to Europe with one of their sport’s customs: a late-inning pinstriped comeback. Gary Sánchez hit a go-ahead, two-run single in a nine-run seventh inning, and the Yankees overcome a four-run deficit to beat the Boston Red Sox 12-8 […]

LONDON — Rest assured, British fans: Most baseball games are not like this, not even the crazy ones between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. Major League Baseball arrived in Europe on Saturday night with Ye Olde Slugfest. Each team scored six runs in a first inning that lasted nearly an hour, with […]

SACO – A midsummer classic worthy of the majors unfolded between a pair of local little league teams on Friday. Saco erased a three-run deficit and pulled out a 9-7 victory over Biddeford in nine innings at Summer Street Field in Saco in a first-round contest of the 2019 Maine District 4 Little League Baseball […]

SACO — Thornton Academy senior Cameron Seymour didn’t just participate in the most important moments throughout the Golden Trojans’ season. The senior thrived when the lights were brightest.  Seymour converted all 12 of his save opportunities, striking out 26 hitters in 15 innings with a 2.80 earned run average, and he also finished his final […]

SANFORD — Comebacks have become part of the norm for the Sanford Mainers this season. Last Saturday, Sanford rallied from eight runs down to beat the Marthas Vineyard Sharks. Then, on Thursday, they erased a 4-3 lead by scoring five runs in the eighth to take down Winnipesaukee. So it was only fitting that Sanford […]

PARIS — Controversy didn’t drive Megan Rapinoe, the big moment did. Rapinoe turned turmoil into triumph Friday night, scoring twice in the much-anticipated clash with host France to send the defending champion United States into the semifinals of the Women’s World Cup with a 2-1 victory. Two days earlier, Rapinoe had been called out on […]