SOFTBALL  NOBLE 6, SOUTH PORTLAND 1: Kassidy Lessard’s two-run single in the top of the first gave the Knights (14-2) a quick 2-0 lead in their win over the Red Riots (10-6) in South Portland. South Portland scored on a triple by Chloe Grant and a single by Elise Connors in the seventh. Raegan Kelly, […]

LEWISTON — When neither player could hold his first service game, it appeared as if defending champion Nick Forester of Falmouth and No. 2 seed Dariy Vykhodtsev of Thornton Academy in Saco might be in for a lengthy battle. Instead, Forester found his rhythm on serve and continued to break Vykhodtsev on the way to […]

BOSTON — Sandy León hit a three-run homer off Oliver Pérez after the Indians reliever caused an odd stoppage asking for new footwear, J.D. Martinez homered twice and the Boston Red Sox beat Cleveland 12-5 Monday. Jackie Bradley Jr. added two RBI doubles, and Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts each had two hits and scored […]

Bill Buckner was an All-Star and batting champion, a gritty gamer who was welcome on any team. A reliable fielder, too. But a little grounder forever changed his legacy. Buckner, who made one of the biggest blunders in baseball history when he let Mookie Wilson’s trickler roll through his legs in the 1986 World Series, […]

BOSTON — Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia will take an “indefinite leave” in his long struggle to recover from knee trouble, putting in doubt whether he’ll ever play again in the majors. Boston put the longtime star on the 60-day injured list Monday. The 35-year-old Pedroia has tried for a season-and-half to fully return […]

BOSTON — Brad Marchand is expected to play in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final despite leaving the Boston Bruins’ morning skate early. Coach Bruce Cassidy says Marchand is good to go for the series opener against the St. Louis Blues, and Boston’s leading scorer in the playoffs did not have anything visible on his left hand when […]

FALMOUTH — Meet records fell, surprise winners emerged and the team titles came down to the final event at the SMAA track and field championships Saturday at Falmouth High. Cheverus’s standout sophomore sprinter, Victoria Bossong, had a hand in three records as she paced the Stags to a narrow victory in the girls’ meet. Cheverus […]

BOSTON — Brad Marchand was not on the ice for the Boston Bruins’ last full practice before the Stanley Cup Final against the St. Louis Blues. Marchand injured his left hand in the team’s intrasquad scrimmage Thursday but practiced Saturday. Karson Kuhlman skated in Marchand’s place on the Bruins’ top line with Patrice Bergeron and […]

The following are the results of the Round of 16 and Quarterfinal Round matches in the MPA Singles Championships, played Saturday at Lewiston High School: GIRLS SINGLES  ROUND OF 16 #1-Grace Campanella (Kennebunk-Wells) def. Daphne Stratton-Gignac (York), 6-0, 6-0 #9-Blair Hollyday (Cape Elizabeth) def. #8-Ellie Hodgkin (Erskine Academy), 7-6(5), 6-3 Madelyn Dwyer (Maranacook) def. #4-Meredith […]

BOSTON (AP) — When the Boston Bruins take the ice against the St. Louis Blues, they will do it with a core group of veterans who know what it’s like to hoist the Stanley Cup — and have it slip from their fingers. Patrice Bergeron can still remember the instant euphoria and accompanying adoration from […]